Birthday Honours 1947
Lieutenant-Colonel John Robert Chancellor GBE
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE)
“For services to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.”
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Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE)
For services to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.
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Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) · 1947
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“For services to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.”
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The Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 1 times in the Birthday Honours List 1947.
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Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire · 1947
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Published 14 June 1947.
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