New Year Honours 1950
James Ian Cormack Crombie KBE
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)
• Third Secretary
Organisation: Third Secretary
Recognised in the New Year Honours 1950 with the Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
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Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) · 1950
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How common is this award?
The Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 8 times in the New Year Honours List 1950 — about 1% of the list.
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Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 1950
— 'Vice-Marshal Alexander Paul Davidson
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— Frederick Brundrett
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Eric Westbury Thompstone
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Percy Joseph Sillitoe
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Reginald Hector Franklin; 1 Esq.
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“For services to Local Government.”
Robert William Urquhart
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Vice-Marshal Anthony Lauderdale Paxton
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Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 1950
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1950 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1949.
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