Birthday Honours 1979
William Chadwick Failey MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
• British Transport Docks Board
Organisation: British Transport Docks Board
Recognised in the Birthday Honours 1979 with the Member of the Order of the British Empire.
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) · 1979
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- British Transport Docks Board
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 269 times in the Birthday Honours List 1979 — about 34% of the list.
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Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 1979
Ada Ellen Hastings
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Adelaide Millar Keag
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Alan John Hummerston
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Alan Victor Shepley
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Chairman
Alexander Conn Collie
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Councillor
Alexander Donaldson Willox
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
General Medical Practitioner
Alfred Charles Smalldon
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Higher Executive Officer
Alice Maud Woods
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Allan George Weldon Garraway
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
General Manager
Andrew Denholm
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Managing Director
Andrew Robertson Irvine
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
“For services to Rugby Football in Scotland.”
Angus Arthur McKENZIE
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
“For service to audio research for the blind and disabled.”
Anne Carruthers Taylor
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Anne Rawlinson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
“For services to the elderly in Runcorn.”
Anthony Woolf Perez
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Executive Officer
Arthur Douglas Kirkwood
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Arthur Irvine
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Arthur Richard Bultitude
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Barbara Beatrice Joan Bland
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Executive Officer
Barbara Patricia Longley
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Barnardo's Quinta School
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Bernard Grace Jones
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Bernard Thomas Davis
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Chairman
Beryl Dawson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 1979
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1979 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1979.
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