New Year Honours 1947
William Orwin Atkinson MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
• Acton Savings Committee
Recognised in the New Year Honours 1947 with the Member of the Order of the British Empire.
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) · 1947
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- Acton Savings Committee
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 593 times in the New Year Honours List 1947 — about 53% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Acton Savings Committee.
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 1947
— Annie Louise Brown
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
— Kathleen Armer
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
— Mark John Abbs
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
.Telegraphist William James Jackson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Able Seaman John Joseph Coulson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Adelaide Palmer
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
“For services during the enemy occu- pation of Singapore.”
Adelaide Pentecost
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Librarian
Adeline Bertha Straughan
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Alan William Biddlecombe
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Albert Charles Cash
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Albert Edgar Piper
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Albert Edward Andrews
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Albert Edward Featherstone
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Albert Edward Leek
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Albert Edward Porter
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Albert Edwards
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Albert Hellier
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Albert John PLAICE/Esq.
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Albert William Hodges
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Alexander Clarke Macdonald
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
“For scsrvices during hostilities.”
Alexander Robertson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Alexander Robertson Edmiston
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Alexander Smaill Frater
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
“For medical and public services in the New Hebrides.”
Alfred Ernest Atkinson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1947
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 1947
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1947 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1946.
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