New Year Honours 1961
Sidney William MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
• Higher Executive Officer
Organisation: Higher Executive Officer
Recognised in the New Year Honours 1961 with the Member of the Order of the British Empire.
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) · 1961
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New Year Honours 1961- Role at the time
- Higher Executive Officer
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 538 times in the New Year Honours List 1961 — about 40% 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 1961
- John Geoffrey Unsworth
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
Royal Navy
- Stanley Rudolph Bartlett
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
Royal Navy
'Constance Gwenllian Thomas
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
Honorary Secretary
(Ethel Grace Roberts
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
) Douglas Jeffrey Cairns
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
) Robert Hugh Cuming Royal Scots Greys
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
Abdullah Hamid Khalifa
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
“for Local Government, Aden.”
Ada Elizabeth Newby
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
Adam Louis Mohamed
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
Adolphus Jesse Skinner
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
Agnes Nimmo Carruthers
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
Akio Nansowe Wamara Kamese
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
Alace Joan BATTEN. Lately Honorary Secretary
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
“for the Preservation of Rural England.”
Alan Swainson Townsend
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
Alan Wright
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
Albert Edwin Young
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
“For services to the community.”
Albert James Smith
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
Albert Johnson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
Albert Ross Bowtell
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
Albert Victor Adam Fiddes
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
Albert Victor Bryant
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
Albert William Parkin
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
Alexander Aitken
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
“For services in the field of localgovernment.”
Alfred Edward Bickerstaff
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 1961
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1961 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1960.
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