New Year Honours 1950
Olive Esdpn Courtney-Jones MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
• British Army of the Rhine
Organisation: British Army of the Rhine
“For services to ex-Servicemen in Bangor, 'County Down.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
For services to ex-Servicemen in Bangor, 'County Down.
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Member of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 1950- Role at the time
- British Army of the Rhine
“For services to ex-Servicemen in Bangor, 'County Down.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“For services to ex-Servicemen in Bangor, 'County Down.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“For services to ex-Servicemen in Bangor, 'County Down.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 605 times in the New Year Honours List 1950 — about 49% of the list.
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How widely is this recognised?
1,144 people have been recognised for Defence & Armed Forces.
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 New Year Honours 1950
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Abdulla Shamte
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Adelaide Cartwright
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
“for Mental Defectives, Langho, Lancashire.”
Aero Engine Development
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
African Construction .Forces
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Agnes Frances Allan
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Agnes Gibb Gray
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Agnes Leslie Richmond
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Alan Ridgard Towers
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Royal Air Force
Alan Willsher Weekes
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Alastair Ronald Stewart
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Royal Air Force
Albert Bgadedo Goyea
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Albert John Buckley
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Albert Lindgvist
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Albert Pearson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Albert Walter Wallis Clarke
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Alexander Bremner Henderson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Alexander Broadfoot Allan
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
“For services to farming in Kirkcudbrightshire.”
Alexander Charles Jarvis
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Alexander Duncan McLEAN
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Alexander Ernest Passawer Perctval
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Alexander Frederic Aime Imbert-Terry
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
Alexander Henderson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1950
In the same field
Others recognised for Defence & Armed Forces
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 1,144 people have been recognised for Defence & Armed Forces. See the full list →
John Peel
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bideford, Devon
“For voluntary service to the Royal Marines, the Royal Marines Charity and the Veteran Community.”
Scott Caswell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
“For services to Policing and to Veterans.”
Roderick Wood
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Inverness, Inverness-shire
“For services to Youth, to Veterans and to the community in the Highlands.”
Mark Rowlands
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Portishead, Somerset
“For services to Defence.”
Pandora Reilly
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Helen Ralph
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Duncan Macdonald
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Roger Lewis
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Penarth, South Glamorgan
“For voluntary services to Service Personnel and Veterans.”
Matthew Davenport
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Andrew Cooper
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Coventry, West Midlands
“For services to Manufacturing and to Defence.”
John Ambler
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Emsworth, Hampshire
“For voluntary service to Military History.”
Gillian Wright
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Charlotte Potter
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
David Halliday
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Liphook, Hampshire
“For services to Service Personnel, Veterans and Families.”
Andrew Elliott
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Elizabeth Butler
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dartford, Kent
“For voluntary service to Veterans and to Public Service.”
Christopher Bailey
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Siobhan Alloway
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Andrew Start
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Longfield, Kent
“For services to Defence.”
Natalie Moore
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Steven Carlier
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Belper, Derbyshire
“For services to Defence.”
David Waters
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Preston, Lancashire
“For Voluntary Service to Veterans.”
Elaine Smith
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Southampton, Hampshire
“For services to Defence and to Charitable Fundraising.”
Martin Uden
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Veterans of the Korean War, and to UK/Korea relations.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 1950
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1950 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1949.
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