Birthday Honours 1938
Josiah Charles Stamp
“For public services.”
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“For public services.”
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How common is this award?
The was awarded 24 times in the Birthday Honours List 1938 — about 3% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
4,317 people have been recognised for Government & Public Service.
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 Birthday Honours 1938
Albert Martin
Person1938
“For political and public services in Southend-onTSea.”
Albert Smith
Person1938
“For political and public services in Lancashire.”
Arthur Edwin Cutforth
Person1938
“For services to Agriculture.”
Arthur John Edward Craig
Person1938
“For political and public services in Peterborough.”
Arthur Newton Hollely
Person1938
“For political and public services in Plymouth.”
Charles Herbert Smith
Person1938
“For political and public services in Birmingham.”
Ernest Arnold Mills
Person1938
“For political *' ah'd!"public services in Lambeth.”
Eugene Joseph Squire Hargreaves Ramsden
Person1938
“for Bradford, North Division, 1924 to 1929 and since 1931..”
George Leighton Seager
Person1938
Hadji Mohamed Macan Markar
Person1938
“For public services in Ceylon.”
Henry Toy
Person1938
“For political and pub- lic services in Cornwall.”
John Mpxon
Person1938
“For public ser- vices in Newport, Monmouthshire.”
Lieutenant-Colonel Claude Vivian Holbrook
Person1938
“For political and public services in Rugby.”
Lieutenant-Colonel John Conway Lloyd
Person1938
“For political and public services <-.in .Breconshire and Radnorshire.”
Louis William Smith
Person1938
“for the Hallam Division .”
Nicholas College
Person1938
“For services to Church music.”
Robert Hormus Kotewall
Person1938
“For public services in Hong Kong.”
Ronald Conway Davison
Person1938
“For political and public services.”
Samuel Strang Steel
Person1938
“For political and public services in .Scotland-.”
Samuel Turner
Person1938
“For public services in Lancashire.”
Sydney Richard Wells
Person1938
“for Bedford since 1922.”
Thomas Stewart Gordon
Person1938
“For public services in the Commonwealth of Australia.”
William John Handfield Haslett
Person1938
“For political and public' services in the Spelthorne division of Middlesex.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Government & Public Service
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 4,317 people have been recognised for Government & Public Service. See the full list →
Simon Richardson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Christian Philip Hollier Turner
PersonKnight Commander Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Lynn Brown
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Gullane, East Lothian
“For services to Policing and Public Service.”
Janette Durbin
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Glynne Jones
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Mark
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Matthew Ellis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Sapphire Dalton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Charles Obazuaye
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Corby, Northamptonshire
“For Public Service.”
Michael Mitchell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Flitwick, Bedfordshire
“For Public Service.”
Jack Emsley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Cynthia Davis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Faversham, Kent
“For Political Service.”
Stephen Davis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Jane Sidebottom
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For service to British Foreign Policy.”
Claire Healy
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Nicola Millington
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Scott Dunning
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Ifeanyi Agboola
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Andrew Waggett
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Alexander Profumo
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Christopher Hammond
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Merrill Powell
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Political Service.”
Cherry Povall
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wirrall, Merseyside
“For services to Local Government and to the Magistracy.”
Susan Parsonage
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wokingham, Berkshire
“For services to Local Government.”
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· 1938
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1938 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1938.
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