Birthday Honours 1954
John William Farnsworth MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“For services to sport and social welfare in Nigeria.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
For services to sport and social welfare in Nigeria.
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“For services to sport and social welfare in Nigeria.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 206 times in the Birthday Honours List 1954 — about 17% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
2,830 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation.
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 1954
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' William Harris West Yorkshire Regiment .
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) Harry Lacy
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
Royal Regiment of Artillery
•Ge.orge Holmes . Hoerder
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
Achilles Symeon Papadopoulos
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
Ada Crewe
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
Adam George Birrell
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
Adam Thomson Pullar
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
“For services to shipping in Jamaica.”
Alan Edward .ARNOLD
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
Corps of Royal Engineers
Albert Graham White
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
Royal Regiment of Artillery
Albert Holloway
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
“for Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom in South-East Asia.”
Albert Raymond Wilkey
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
Alexander Marshall Horace Gregory- Hood
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
Alice Eugenie Russell
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
Alice Jane Carr
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
Matron
Ambrose Marriott
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
Archibald Roy Francis
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
Arthur Greenhow
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
Royal Air Force
Arthur Zammit Cutajar
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
“For public services in Malta.”
Basil Reel
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
Bernard Webster
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
Royal Air Force
Beryl Courtenay ST. Quintin
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
“For social welfare services.”
Betty Evelyn Richards
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1954
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Others recognised for Sport & Recreation
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 2,830 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation. See the full list →
Kevin Sinfield,
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Oldham, Greater Manchester
“For services to Rugby League, Rugby Union and the MND Community.”
Raymond Pritchard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Sport, to Tourism and to UK/Switzerland Relations.”
Steven Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Liverpool, Merseyside
“For services to Rugby Union Football and to the community in Crosby, Merseyside.”
Scott Rogers
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Saint Helens, Merseyside
“For services to Disability Sport.”
Lynn Hay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Amateur Sport in London.”
Michael Barnard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stafford, Staffordshire
“For services to Grassroots Football.”
Gary Street
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Ashford, Kent
“For services to Rugby Union.”
Garry Richardson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Seale, Surrey
“For services to Sport Broadcasting.”
Winston Michael
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Ashford, Kent
“For services to Inclusivity and Sport in Kent.”
Ian Lovett
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Sevenoaks, Kent
“For services to Cricket and to Charity.”
Karen Jones
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Tavistock, Devon
“For services to Netball in England.”
Christine Gibbons
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Hove, East Sussex
“For services to Community Sport and Fitness.”
Gordon Deans
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Stromness, Orkney
“For services to Sport and to Island Communities.”
Lee Carsley
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Association Football.”
Christopher Brookes
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bolton, Greater Manchester
“For services to Rugby League.”
David Dein
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Football and to Charity.”
Kwadwo Adjepong
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Sport and Sports Law.”
James Wilson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Gorebridge, Midlothian
“For services to Youth Development, Sport and to Community Empowerment.”
William Ryan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Saltash, Cornwall
“For services to Rugby Football in Cornwall.”
Ronald Pearson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wrexham, Clwyd
“For services to Cricket.”
Naomi Issitt
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Rugby, Warwickshire
“For services to Defibrillator Training and Awareness in Rugby, Warwickshire.”
Terence Hensby
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
“For services to Community Rugby.”
Andrew Train
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Pershore, Worcestershire
“For services to Sport.”
Babar Qureshi
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Business, to Charity and to Cricket.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 1954
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1954 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1954.
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