Birthday Honours 1985
Terence Leslie Gilbert KBE
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)
Royal Air Force
Recognised in the Birthday Honours 1985 with the Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
London Gazette page
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) · 1985
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Military service
Royal Air Force- Division
- Military Division
- Service number
- E1921908
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Birthday Honours 1985- Role at the time
- Royal Air Force
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How common is this award?
The Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 44 times in the Birthday Honours List 1985 — about 4% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Royal Air Force.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 1985
Alison Munro
PersonKnight Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1985
“For public services.”
Anthony Joseph Lark
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Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (Training)
Bernard Lawton
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Royal Air Force
Brian Carl Marvin Baxter
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Royal Air Force
Brian Edward Chamberlain
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Charles: Albert Bailey
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Colin
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Daniel David Oxlee
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Royal Air Force
David Akers-Jones
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David Henry Bryan
PersonKnight Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1985
Royal Air Force
David William Highman
PersonKnight Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1985
Royal Air Force
Derek Alwyn Exley
PersonKnight Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1985
Royal Air Force
Derek Edward Milner
PersonKnight Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1985
Royal Air Force
Flying William Houldsworth
PersonKnight Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1985
George James Thomas Bean
PersonKnight Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1985
Royal Air Force
Godfrey Hugh Rolfe
PersonKnight Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1985
Graeme Alan- Robertson
PersonKnight Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1985
Royal Air Force
Henry David Alastair Capel Miers
PersonKnight Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1985
Ian Alexander Robert Brown
PersonKnight Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1985
Royal Air Force
Idwal David Llewellyn Jones
PersonKnight Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1985
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (Training)
Jack Ambrose Eric Ransome
PersonKnight Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1985
Royal Air Force
Jenkin Alun Morgan
PersonKnight Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1985
Joan Christabel Jill Knight
PersonKnight Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1985
“For political service.”
Joan Fleetwood Varley
PersonKnight Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1985
“For politi- cal service.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 1985
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1985 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1985.
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