New Year Honours 1959
Leslie William Spratley MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
• Coal Merchants' Federation of Great Britain
Organisation: Coal Merchants' Federation of Great Britain
Recognised in the New Year Honours 1959 with the Member of the Order of the British Empire.
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) · 1959
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New Year Honours 1959- Role at the time
- Coal Merchants' Federation of Great Britain
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 624 times in the New Year Honours List 1959 — about 51% of the list.
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Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 1959
) Leslie Gordon Lohan
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Ada Learoyd
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
“For services to disabled people of Huddersfield and district.”
Adrian Claude Emeryj Esq.
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Agnes Beatrice Read
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Agnes Rattray Ince
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
“For political and public services in Leeds.”
Alan Charles Llewellyn Sperling
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Alan James Bryce Methven
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Alan Robert Goss
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Royal Air Force
Alan Wolryche Stansfeld York and Lancaster Regiment.
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Albert Brown Ellis
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Albert Charles Knight
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Albert Davies
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Albert Edward Chignell
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Inspector
Albert Edward Denton
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
“For political and public services in County Down.”
Albert Edward Luff
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Albert Edward Mostori Fenna
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Albert Edward Percy Irish
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Albert Edward Tiedeman
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
“for Over- sea Governments and Administrations.”
Albert Edward Victor Sturrock
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Albert Meagher
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Albert Norman Mitchell Smith
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Albert Winstanley
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
Alberta Tutton
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
“For services on behalf of charitable organisations, especially the Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind, in the State of Victoria.”
Alexander Bowman
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1959
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 1959
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1959 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1958.
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