New Year Honours 1976
Michael George Simmons
Air Force Cross
Royal Air Force
Recognised in the New Year Honours 1976 with the Air Force Cross.
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London Gazette page
Air Force Cross · 1976
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Queen's Fire Service Medal · 1969
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In context
Each honour in context
Role, region and citation as recorded for each award.
Queen's Fire Service Medal
Birthday Honours 1969- Role at the time
- Royal Air Force
Air Force Cross
New Year Honours 1976- Role at the time
- Royal Air Force
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Michael George Simmons
Air Force Cross
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How common is this award?
The Air Force Cross was awarded 11 times in the New Year Honours List 1976 — about 1% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Royal Air Force.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Air Force Cross in the New Year Honours 1976
Aircrewman John Hiram Guppy
PersonAir Force Cross · 1976
Force Department 30 Force Medal 31
PersonAir Force Cross · 1976
George Michael Cullen
PersonAir Force Cross · 1976
Royal Air Force
Henry Jordan Crone
PersonAir Force Cross · 1976
Royal Air Force
John Edward Rooum
PersonAir Force Cross · 1976
Royal Air Force
John Hall Fawcett
PersonAir Force Cross · 1976
John Watson
PersonAir Force Cross · 1976
Royal Air Force
Keith William Mills
PersonAir Force Cross · 1976
Royal Air Force
William Bruce Gardner Hopkins
PersonAir Force Cross · 1976
Royal Air Force
William Somers
PersonAir Force Cross · 1976
Royal Air Force
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Air Force Cross · 1976
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1976 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1975.
Queen's Fire Service Medal · 1969
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1969 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1969.
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