Birthday Honours 1940
No. 3769938 Lance-Sergeant William Rawcliffe King's'Regiment . MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
• The King's Regiment (Liverpool)
Organisation: King's Regiment (Liverpool)
Recognised in the Birthday Honours 1940 with the Member of the Order of the British Empire.
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) · 1940
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 232 times in the Birthday Honours List 1940 — about 26% of the list.
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Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 1940
. Alec Baden Kendall
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Royal Air Force
•Officer Frederick ".Hugh.• Ross Hazel
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1940
Royal Air Force
361878 Francis Drake Luke
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1940
“for Meritorious Service: 361878 Flight Sergeant Francis Drake Luke, Royal Air'Force.”
362882 Herbert George • Christmas
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1940
“for Meritorious Service: 362882 Flight Sergeant Herbert George • Christmas, Royal Air Force.”
Able Seaman Alfred Clode
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1940
Able Seaman Erskine Eric Knox Stormer
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1940
Albert Benjamin Knowles
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1940
Royal Air Force
Albert Leslie Mould
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1940
Albert William Usher
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1940
Royal Air Force
Alexander Edward John
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1940
Alexander Shekleton
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1940
Alfred Arthur Hay
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1940
Alfred Standing
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1940
and Adjutant Arthur Isidore Fleuret
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1940
and Adjutant Charles Granville Robinson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1940
Arthur Gordon Poynter Leahy
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1940
Averell John Daniell
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1940
Battery Sergeant-Major Douglas Wilson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1940
Charles Gordon Campbell Wade Royal Fusiliers .
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1940
Charles Henry Dady
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1940
Charles Thomas Skeats
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1940
Charles Victor Guest
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1940
Royal Air Force
Christopher Prioleau Warren
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1940
Class I Edward Richard Daw
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1940
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 1940
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1940 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1940.
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