Birthday Honours 1940
Rear-Admiral William Eric Campbell Tait CB
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)
Recognised in the Birthday Honours 1940 with the Companion of the Order of the Bath.
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Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) · 1940
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How common is this award?
The Companion of the Order of the Bath was awarded 6 times in the Birthday Honours List 1940 — about 1% of the list.
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Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Companion of the Order of the Bath in the Birthday Honours 1940
Herbert Charles Dibben
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Major-General Stanley Woodburn Kirby
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Theophilus John P'onting
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Vice-Admiral Geoffrey Layton
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William Le Couteur Brodrick
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Companion of the Order of the Bath · 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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