Birthday Honours 1983
John Richard Grainger Meikle MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Leader • Taunton Deane Borough Council
Organisation: Taunton Deane Borough Council
Recognised in the Birthday Honours 1983 with the Member of the Order of the British Empire.
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) · 1983
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- Leader, Taunton Deane Borough Council
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 410 times in the Birthday Honours List 1983 — about 33% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Leader, Taunton Deane Borough Council.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 1983
Aidan Scotland
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1983
Royal Air Force
Aidan's Roman Catholic School
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1983
Teacher
Alan Frederick Dyer
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1983
Royal Corps of Signals
Alan Jones
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1983
Royal Air Force
Alan Russell Jackson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1983
Royal Navy
Alan Scott
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1983
Royal Air Force
Alastair Campbell Montgomery
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1983
Royal Air Force
Albert Charles Hampshire
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1983
Albert Clifford Bryer
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1983
“For services to the com- munity in Llandeilo and district.”
Albert John Bromfield
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1983
Alexander Allen
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1983
Alexander David Liddell Gardiner
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1983
Alexander Davidson Baird
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1983
Chairman
Alexander Munroe Fleming
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1983
“For services to the Boys' Brigade in Scotland.”
Alfred Emrys Lloyd
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1983
Alfred Entwistle
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1983
Superintendent
Alfred Francis Raymond Patron
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1983
Vice Consul
Alfred George Kennedy
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1983
Royal Navy
Alfred John Pagden
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1983
Royal Air Force
Alice Helena Walker Orr
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1983
Alistair Mackenzie Cross
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1983
Royal Naval Reserve
Amelia Winifred Collins
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1983
“For services to the Girl Guide Association.”
Andrew Deveney Sim
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1983
Andrew Philip Johnson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1983
Royal Navy
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Where this record comes from
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 1983
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1983 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1983.
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