New Year Honours 1951
Godfrey Eocleston Boyd Shannon
• an Assistant Secretary in the Commonwealth Relations Office
“For services ; to Agriculture in the State of Western Australia.”
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For services ; to Agriculture in the State of Western Australia.
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- an Assistant Secretary in the Commonwealth Relations Office
“For services ; to Agriculture in the State of Western Australia.”
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How common is this award?
The was awarded 6 times in the New Year Honours List 1951 — about 1% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
an Assistant Secretary in the Commonwealth Relations Office.
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Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the same honour in the New Year Honours 1951
Eric Ashton Carpenter
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“For services as President, Manchester Chamber of Commerce.”
Gerald Robert Wight
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“For public services in Trinidad.”
Harold Wooding
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“For public services.”
Thomas Macpherson
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“for Romford, 1945-1950.”
William Alfred Souter
Person1951
“For services to the.”
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Where this record comes from
· 1951
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1951 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1950.
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