New Year Honours 1981
Vice-Marshal John Matthias Dobson Sutton CB
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)
Royal Air Force
Recognised in the New Year Honours 1981 with the Companion of the Order of the Bath.
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Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) · 1981
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How common is this award?
The Companion of the Order of the Bath was awarded 9 times in the New Year Honours List 1981 — about 1% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Royal Air Force.
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Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Companion of the Order of the Bath in the New Year Honours 1981
Andrew Linton Watson
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 1981
Andrew Patrick Withy Magellan
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 1981
John Brooker Willis
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 1981
Paul Eric BASS. d.CB.
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 1981
Robert Cyril Ford
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 1981
Robert Noel Evans
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 1981
Vice-Marshal Eric Clive Dunn
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 1981
Vice-Marshal John Geoffrey Genior Beddoes
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 1981
Royal Air Force
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Where this record comes from
Companion of the Order of the Bath · 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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