New Year Honours 1948
Mabel Alice Sparks MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
• Ministry of National Insurance
Organisation: Ministry of National Insurance
Recognised in the New Year Honours 1948 with the Member of the Order of the British Empire.
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) · 1948
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New Year Honours 1948- Role at the time
- Ministry of National Insurance
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 480 times in the New Year Honours List 1948 — about 32% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
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 1948
- Alexander Slater
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
— Beryl Carnegy Oliver
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
— Charles Ramsdale Lockhart
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
— Kenneth Roy Adams
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
— Lieutenant-Commander George Peebles Frazier
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
— Signal Alfred Edgar Brown
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
Royal Navy
. Geoffrey Wingfield Shepherd
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
. George William Arthur Lyddiatt
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
' Nigel John Buchanan Stuart
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
'Maurice Victor Waldron
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
Abdul Rahman B'In Abdul Aziz
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
Ada Anna Mrs.- Woodman
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
Adam Bennett
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
Adam Loudon Gordon Royal Norfolk Regiment.
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
Agnes Anna Brown de 1'Hoste Bowie
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
“For social services in Nyasaland.”
Alan Pickard
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
Albert • Edward Littlewood
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
Albert Ernest Adams
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
Alexander Bentley
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
Alexander Francis Chase
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
Alexander Watson Miller
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
“For services • as Secretary, West Green Approved Society.”
Alfred Charles Button
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
Alfred Eric Peters
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
Alfred Harry Bell
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1948
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 1948
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1948 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1947.
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