Birthday Honours 1939
Malcolm Hamish Lees MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
• Public Works Department
Organisation: Public Works Department
Recognised in the Birthday Honours 1939 with the Member of the Order of the British Empire.
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) · 1939
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 279 times in the Birthday Honours List 1939 — about 41% 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 Birthday Honours 1939
— Annie Baines
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Matron
— Douglas Allen
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
— Jane Alexander
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
“For social welfare ser- vices in the Commonwealth of Australia.”
— Una Frances Marie Morton
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
(Ordnance
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
(Ordnance Executive
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Adelaide Hospital
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Adolpha Wykeham Holt
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
“For political and public services in Thirsk and Malton.”
Agam Prashad Mathur
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Alan Leslie Greenway
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Alan Parkhurst Dodd
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
“For ser- vices to ex-service men in the Commonwealth of Australia.”
Albert Briers
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Albert Joseph Suttbn Gabriel
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Albert Thomas Sheldon
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Albury Rowlands Grove Fearby
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
“For services to ex-service men in the Common-- wealth of Australia.”
Alfred Henry James Stroud
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
“For political and public services in Aldershot.”
Alfred Henry Rosevear
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
“For political and public services in South East St.”
Alfred Thomas Barber
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Alice Elisabeth Kotalawala
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
“For social services in Ceylon.”
Amy Wheaton
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
“For public services in the Commonwealth of Australia.”
Andrew Alexander McKinnon
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Andrew Francis MacCulloch
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Annie Cameron Maclarty
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Annie Forsyth
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
“For services in connec- tion with charitable and philanthropic move- ments, State of New South Wales.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 1939
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1939 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1939.
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