
New Year Honours 2013
“For voluntary services to the Physically Handicapped and Able Bodied Club, Newport, South Wales.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
For voluntary services to the Physically Handicapped and Able Bodied Club, Newport, South Wales.
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“For voluntary services to the Physically Handicapped and Able Bodied Club, Newport, South Wales.”
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The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 535 times in the New Year Honours List 2013 — about 44% of the list.
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20 Member of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Newport.
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1,920 people have been recognised for Science, Engineering & Technology.
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2013
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2013). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 December 2012.
Location (Newport) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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