New Year Honours 1949
“For services to the coalmining industry.”
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- New Year Honours 1949
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“For services to the coalmining industry.”
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How common is this award?
The was awarded 7 times in the New Year Honours List 1949 — about 1% 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 New Year Honours 1949
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Hugh Ernest Griffiths
Person1949
“For services in the industrial re- habilitation of disabled persons.”
John Hacking
Person1949
“For services to the electricity supply industry.”
Sidney Bacon Palmer
Person1949
“For public services in the Federation of Malaya.”
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· 1949
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1949 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1948.
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