New Year Honours 1939
Keith Webster MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
lately Chief Constable • Gravesend Borough Police Force
Recognised in the New Year Honours 1939 with the Member of the Order of the British Empire.
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) · 1939
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 364 times in the New Year Honours List 1939 — about 53% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
lately Chief Constable, Gravesend Borough Police Force.
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 New Year Honours 1939
— Avice Mary Cam
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
— For Meritorious Service. 1603 Alexander Bain
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
“For Meritorious Service.”
— For Meritorious Service. Archie Victor Styles
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
“For Meritorious Service.”
— For Meritorious Service. No. 4601438 Harry Laming
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
“For Meritorious Service.”
— Francis Louis Bougeya
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
— Samuel John Bryce Beard
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
“For municipal and social welfare services in the Common- wealth of Australia.”
Abdul Ghani Issa Rabieh
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Abdulla Hassan Shane
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Ada Kathleen Fanny Jessop
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Adam Buchanan
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
“for the Burgh of Paisley.”
Adrian Everard Hedley
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Agnes Brooknan Ross Ronald
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
“For social services in Falkirk.”
Ahmad Khan
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Alan Cuthbert Bettley-Cooke
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
“For ser- vices to ex-service men in the Commonwealth of Australia.”
Albert Edward Henry Cosham
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Constable
Albert Pentland
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Superintendent
Alexander Carmichael
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Constable
Alexander Francis Smith
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
“for Scot- land.”
Alexander Keith Taylor
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Alexander Key Thorns
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Alexander Stewart Maclntyre
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Alfred Benjamin Milner
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Alfred Donald Miller
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Alfred Ernest Heald
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 1939
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1939 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1938.
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