Birthday Honours 1941
“For services to Civil Defence.”
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- Birthday Honours 1941
- Role at the time
- Public Assistance Department
“For services to Civil Defence.”
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How common is this award?
The was awarded 23 times in the Birthday Honours List 1941 — about 4% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the same honour in the Birthday Honours 1941
Chairman of Dorset Education Committee.
Person1941
“For public services in Dorset.”
Dennis Leo Daley
Person1941
“For services to Civil Defence.”
Donald Austin
Person1941
“For Distinguished Service.”
Duncan Macintyre
Person1941
“FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE.”
Florence Maud Collard
Person1941
“For services during the evacuation from Dunkirk.”
Francis John Wane
Person1941
“For services as a Native Commissioner in Southern Rhodesia.”
Frank Gill
Person1941
“For services rendered in the development of the telephone industry and of international telephony.”
Frederick James Hodge
Person1941
“For services to Civil Defence.”
George C. Stevens
Person1941
“For services to Civil Defence.”
Harold Lindsay
Person1941
“For services to Civil Defence.”
Henry William Coleman
Person1941
“For Gallantry.”
James Alexander Skinner
Person1941
Inspector
John Emmanuel Kankam
Person1941
“For Distinguished Service.”
Leslie Norman Tope
Person1941
“For services to Civil Defence.”
Margaret John Lewis
Person1941
“For services during the evacuation from Dun- kirk.”
Philip Henry Manson-Bahr
Person1941
Robert Winton Gillespie
Person1941
“For public services.”
Seconded for service with
Person1941
Thomas Godden
Person1941
“For services to Civil Defence.”
Walter England
Person1941
“For services to Civil Defence.”
William Gibson
Person1941
“For services to Civil Defence.”
William Tait Bowie
Person1941
“For public services in the Nyasaland Protectorate.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
· 1941
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1941 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1941.
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