New Year Honours 1981
Samuel John Cox MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) · 1981
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 435 times in the New Year Honours List 1981 — about 32% of the list.
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Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 1981
Agnes Clelland
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1981
Aimbury Dodwell
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1981
Member
Alan Durrant Bennett
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1981
“For services to the brick industry in the South East.”
Alan Frank Mason
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1981
Alan Geoffrey Lillecrapp
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1981
“For services to local government and the community.”
Albans District Council.
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1981
Member
Albert Edward Lofthouse
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1981
Member
Albert James Slater
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1981
Albert John Coles
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1981
Albert Thomas Bullock
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1981
Alfred George Button
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1981
“For services to the development of the Esperance district.”
Alfred Gleave
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1981
“For services to Export.”
Alfred Robert Williams
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1981
“For services to Industry in Wales.”
Alice Ivy Durdey
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1981
“For nursing and welfare services to the community in Cyprus.”
Alistair Cochrane Lang
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1981
Royal Air Force
Andrew Cyril McELHINNEY
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1981
“for Aid to refugees.”
Angus Goodwille
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1981
“For services to the British community in Iran.”
Ann Rockall
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1981
Anthony Brian Hooper Harris
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1981
Assistant Director
Anthony Fergus Sarel Ling Queen's Regiment.
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1981
Archibald Francis Goodman
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1981
“For municipal ser- vice.”
Archibald Paterson Condy
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1981
Higher Executive Officer
Arthur Bullock
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1981
Senior Executive Officer
Arthur Donald Christopher Stevenson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1981
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 1981
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1981 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1980.
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