New Year Honours 1948
Majorj Hubert Thomas Newman KBE
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)
Recognised in the New Year Honours 1948 with the Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
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Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) · 1948
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How common is this award?
The Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 14 times in the New Year Honours List 1948 — about 1% of the list.
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Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 1948
— I Vice-Marshal Matthew Brown Frew
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— James Wilson Robertson
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— Lieutenant-General Reginald Alexander Dallas Brooks
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— Rear-Admiral Arthur Robin Moore Bridge
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— Rear-Admiral John Leigh Bedale
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— Wilfrid Charles George Cribbett
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' Rear-Admiral Joseph Aloysius O'Flynn
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Francis Michie Shepherd
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Frank Spencer Spriggs
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George Henry Maddex
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Herbert John Hutchinson
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John Forster
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Rear-Admiral Guy Herbrand Edward Russell
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Knight Commander 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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