New Year Honours 1972
Muriel Diana Reader Harris DBE
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
• Miss Freya STARK
“For ser- vices to Education and the Church.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
For ser- vices to Education and the Church.
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) · 1972
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 1972- Role at the time
- Miss Freya STARK
“For ser- vices to Education and the Church.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
“For ser- vices to Education and the Church.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
“For ser- vices to Education and the Church.”
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How common is this award?
The Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 2 times in the New Year Honours List 1972.
What organisation were they with?
Miss Freya STARK.
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Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 1972
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 1972
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1972 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1971.
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