New Year Honours 1940
Wilfred James Ninnis MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Recognised in the New Year Honours 1940 with the Member of the Order of the British Empire.
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) · 1940
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The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 14 times in the New Year Honours List 1940 — about 7% of the list.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 1940
— James G. Godwin
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“for Meritorious Service:— James G.”
Cecil N. L. Wyborn
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Commissioned Gunner William Christopher Hampton
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Henry Arthur Kirby
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Horace A. Hart
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Joseph Reader
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Lieutenant-Commander Adelbert William Cust John Nicholson
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Lieutenant-Commander Edward Hale
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Lieutenant-Commander Frederick Stanley Walford
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Lieutenant-Commander George Antony 'Francis Norfolk
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Op KNIGHTHOOD. ist January
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Raymond T. Cook
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Thomas H. Smith
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 1940
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1940 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1939.
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