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New Year Honours 1981

William George McKenzie Sutherland

Queen's Police Medal

lately Chief Constable • Bedfordshire Police

Organisation: Bedfordshire Police

Recognised in the New Year Honours 1981 with the Queen's Police Medal.

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New Year Honours List 1981

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Queen's Police Medal · 1981

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    New Year Honours 1981
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    lately Chief Constable, Bedfordshire Police

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Queen's Police Medal · 1981

Source & provenanceVerified against the London Gazette (PDF supplement)

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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