New Year Honours 1979
William Gray Burns MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
• Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Organisation: Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Recognised in the New Year 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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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 480 times in the New Year Honours List 1979 — about 32% of the list.
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Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 1979
Ada Mary Miles
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Adam Brown Allan Hunter
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
“For services to the community in Midlothian.”
Adrian James Van Riemsdyk
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Senior Scientific Officer
Agnes Elizabeth Millichap
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Deputy Head
Agness Maureen Marr
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Staff Officer
Alan Newman Wackett
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Officer
Alastair Frank Sangster Seaton
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Albert Archer
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Albert Edward Silsby
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Royal Air Force
Albert Grant Fraser
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
General Medical Practitioner
Albert Henry Peters
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Albert Leach
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Managing Director
Albert Owen
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
General Manager
Albert Roebuck
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Albert William John Pusey
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Alexander ' McKellar Sinclair
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Royal Navy
Alexander Louis Dotto
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Vice Consul
Alexander Sim
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
“For services to the Royal British Legion in Scotland.”
Alexander Winter Patterson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Senior Lecturer
Alfred Gordon Reilly
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Alfred James Witherington
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Alfred John Woodcock
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Alfred William Alcock
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
Senior Executive Officer
Alice Gwendoline Howlett
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1979
“For services to occupational health nursing.”
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Where this record comes from
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 30 December 1978.
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