New Year Honours 1956
Gordon Montague Merrifield
Royal Red Cross
Royal Air Force • Acting Squadron Leader Gordon Montague MERRIFIELD (73006)
Recognised in the New Year Honours 1956 with the Royal Red Cross.
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Royal Red Cross · 1956
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Air Force Cross · 1944
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Air Force Cross
Birthday Honours 1944- Role at the time
- Royal Air Force, Acting Squadron Leader Gordon Montague MERRIFIELD (73006)
Royal Red Cross
New Year Honours 1956
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How common is this award?
The Royal Red Cross was awarded 9 times in the New Year Honours List 1956 — about 1% of the list.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Royal Red Cross in the New Year Honours 1956
-Kenneth Charles Giddings
PersonRoyal Red Cross · 1956
Alexandra's Royal Army • Nursing Corps.
PersonRoyal Red Cross · 1956
John Gascon Claridge
PersonRoyal Red Cross · 1956
Marion Mann
PersonRoyal Red Cross · 1956
Ministry
PersonRoyal Red Cross · 1956
Peter Donald Thorne
PersonRoyal Red Cross · 1956
Second Class:— Catherine Fisher
PersonRoyal Red Cross · 1956
Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps
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Where this record comes from
Royal Red Cross · 1956
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1956 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1955.
Air Force Cross · 1944
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1944 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1944.
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