Birthday Honours 1972
Thomas Pickett KBE
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)
“for Zambia.”
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Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) · 1972
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How common is this award?
The Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 17 times in the Birthday Honours List 1972 — about 1% of the list.
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Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 1972
Archibald Galbraith Fleming
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“For services to British commercial interests in San Francisco.”
Charles James Gomez
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Derek George Cudmore
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Doreen Mary Elizabeth Vermeulen-Cranch
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“For services to medicine in the Netherlands.”
Edward Robert Hugh Paget
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Gordon Arthur Ransome
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James Richard Holt
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“For services to British interests in Thailand.”
John Bertram William Grigson
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“For services to British interests in Ceylon.”
John Parmenas Eustace
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“For services to the community in St.”
Justice Hedworth Cunningham Smith
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Louis Edward Stewart Holland Le Bailly
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Peter Brian Baxendell
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“For services to British commercial interests in Nigeria.”
Victor Thomas Smithyman
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Walter Arthur Soundy
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“For services to the British community in El Salvador.”
Walter Frederick Pretyman
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“For services to agriculture and industry in Brazil.”
William Ernest Evan Kirkham
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“for Prisons, Uganda.”
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Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 1972
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1972 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1972.
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