New Year Honours 1954
No. 812132 Class I Arthur James Velvick MVO
Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)
• Royal Regiment of Artillery
Organisation: Royal Regiment of Artillery
Recognised in the New Year Honours 1954 with the Member of the Royal Victorian Order.
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Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) · 1954
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Royal Victorian Order was awarded 912 times in the New Year Honours List 1954 — about 59% of the list.
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Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Member of the Royal Victorian Order in the New Year Honours 1954
- Gilbert John Boustead
PersonMember Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1954
-Dorothy Alice Maud Harper
PersonMember Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1954
“For political and public services in Bath.”
— Charles Kingsley Adams
PersonMember Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1954
— Howard Ford
PersonMember Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1954
'Edith Amelia Chamberlayne
PersonMember Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1954
1 (Catherine PrisciUa Rabagliati
PersonMember Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1954
“For political and public services in Paddington.”
Abraham Lightman
PersonMember Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1954
Adam Kilburn
PersonMember Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1954
Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Adrian Holman
PersonMember Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1954
Agnes Earl
PersonMember Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1954
“For political and public services in the North Riding of Yorkshire.”
Agnes Jane Little
PersonMember Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1954
Alan Pitt Robbins
PersonMember Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1954
Albert Eric Vere Robbins
PersonMember Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1954
Albert Goodwin
PersonMember Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1954
“for Industry.”
Albert Hill
PersonMember Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1954
Army Cadet Force
Albert John Edgar Beck
PersonMember Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1954
“For services as Engineer and Manager, Cardiff Undertaking, (Wales Gas Board.”
Albert Parker
PersonMember Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1954
Albert Sidney Raven
PersonMember Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1954
Albert Victor Buddin
PersonMember Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1954
Albert Victor Thornton
PersonMember Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1954
Alcuin Hill
PersonMember Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1954
Aldeenan Henry Patten
PersonMember Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1954
“For public services in Stocfoport, Cheshire.”
Alexander Creffield Riddelsdell
PersonMember Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1954
Alexander Findlay
PersonMember Of The Royal Victorian Order · 1954
Royal Air Force
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Member of the Royal Victorian Order · 1954
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1954 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1953.
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