New Year Honours 2023
Ludwig Karl Ford CB
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)
Recognised in the New Year Honours 2023 with the Companion of the Order of the Bath.
London Gazette notice
Order of the Bath
Military Division Ministry of Defence (Army)
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2022
The KING has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Honourable Order of the Bath:
C.B.
To be Ordinary Members of the Military Division of the Third Class, or Companions, of the said Most Honourable Order:
Major General Ludwig Karl FORD C.B.E.
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Source: The London Gazette, issue 63918 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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