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Aden Protectorate Levies
The Aden Protectorate Levies (APL) were an Arab military force raised for the local defence of the Aden Protectorate under British rule.
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Admiralty
The Admiralty, originally known as the Office of the Admiralty and Marine Affairs, was the government department responsible for the command of the Royal Navy firstly in the Kingdom of England, secondly in the Kingdom of Great Britain, and from 1801 to 1964, the United Kingdom and former British Empire.
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Agbor
Agbor is a kingdom in Delta state, Nigeria.
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Air Force Reserve (Australia)
The Air Force Reserve or RAAF Reserve is the common, collective name given to the reserve units of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).
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Alan Herries Wilson
Sir Alan Herries Wilson (2 July 1906 – 30 September 1995), was a British mathematician and industrialist.
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Alan Rawsthorne
Alan Rawsthorne (2 May 1905 – 24 July 1971) was a British composer.
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Alexander Fleck, 1st Baron Fleck
Alexander Fleck, 1st Baron Fleck KBE LLD FRS FRSE (11 November 1889 – 6 August 1968) was a British industrial chemist.
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Alexander Oppenheim
Sir Alexander Oppenheim, OBE FRSE PMN (4 February 1903 – 13 December 1997) was a British mathematician.
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Alexander Robertson (police officer)
Sir Alexander Robertson DCM (died 27 August 1970) was a British police officer.
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Alfred Earle
Air Chief Marshal Sir Alfred Earle, (11 December 1907 – 27 March 1990) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War who later served as Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff (1964–66), and Director General of British Defence Intelligence (1966-1968).
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Alfred Hill (bishop)
Alfred Thomas Hill, CMG, MBE (2 November 1901 – 27 August 1969) was the fourth Anglican Bishop of Melanesia.
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All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, also known as the All England Club, based at Church Road, Wimbledon, London, England, is a private members' club.
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Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales, formerly the National Museums and Galleries of Wales, is a Welsh Government sponsored body that comprises seven museums in Wales.
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Anthony Selway
Air Marshal Sir Anthony Dunkerton "Mark" Selway, (20 February 1909 – 19 June 1984) was a Royal Air Force officer who became Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at Coastal Command from 1962 until his retirement in 1965.
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Antony Head, 1st Viscount Head
Antony Henry Head, 1st Viscount Head, (19 December 1906 – 29 March 1983) was a British soldier, Conservative politician and diplomat.
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Archbishop of Melanesia
The Archbishop of Melanesia is the spiritual head of the Church of the Province of Melanesia, which is a province of the Anglican Communion in the South Pacific region, covering the nations of Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.
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Archibald Wilson
Air Marshal Archibald Oliver Garfield Wilson ICD OBE DFC (USA) (May 1921 – 4 July 2014), commonly Archie Wilson, was a Rhodesian fighter pilot who served in the Royal Air Force during World War II.
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Arthur Dale Trendall
Arthur Dale Trendall AC CMG (28 March 1909 – 13 November 1995) was a New Zealand-born Australian art historian and classical archaeologist whose work on identifying the work of individual artists on Greek ceramic vessels at Apulia and other sites earned him international prizes and a papal knighthood.
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Arthur Morse
Sir Arthur Morse (Chinese: 摩士) (25 April 1892 – 13 May 1967) was the head of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation during and after World War II.
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Arthur Ward (dairy researcher)
Sir Arthur Hugh Ward (25 March 1906 – 1 November 1993) was a New Zealand accountant, dairy researcher and administrator, company director and university chancellor.
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Associated Electrical Industries
Associated Electrical Industries (AEI) was a British holding company formed in 1928 through the merger of the British Thomson-Houston Company (BTH) and Metropolitan-Vickers electrical engineering companies.
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Association of British Travel Agents
ABTA is a UK travel trade association for tour operators and travel agents.
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Atomic Energy Research Establishment
The Atomic Energy Research Establishment, known as AERE or colloquially Harwell Laboratory, near Harwell, Oxfordshire, was the main centre for atomic energy research and development in the United Kingdom from the 1940s to the 1990s.
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Atomic Weapons Establishment
The Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) is responsible for the design, manufacture and support of warheads for the United Kingdom's nuclear weapons.
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Austin Rawlinson
Austin Rawlinson, (7 November 1902 – 25 November 2000) was one of the first Englishmen to swim the back crawl in competitions, which he has done in ca.
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Australian Industrial Relations Commission
The Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC), known from 1956 to 1973 as the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission and from 1973 to 1988 as the Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission, was a tribunal with powers under the Workplace Relations Act 1996 (and equivalent earlier legislation) that existed from 1956 until 2010.
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Australian National University
The Australian National University (ANU) is a national research university located in Canberra, the capital of Australia.
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Australian Staff Corps
The Australian Staff Corps was a small corps of Regular Army officers who were trained in staff duties and who were largely responsible for the training of the Militia, Australia’s part-time military force, during the inter-war period and in the early years following the Second World War.
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Balete people
The Balete people, traditionally called the Bamalete, or baMalete, are a Southern African Tswana people of Nguni descent.
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Barnett Janner, Baron Janner
Barnett Janner, Baron Janner (20 June 1892 – 4 May 1982) was a British politician who was elected as a Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) and later as a Labour MP.
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BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.
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Bernard Lovell
Sir Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell (31 August 19136 August 2012) was an English physicist and radio astronomer.
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Bert Bockett
Herbert Leslie Bockett (29 June 1905 – 17 October 1980) was a New Zealand public servant.
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Bill Hamilton (engineer)
Sir Charles William "Bill" Feilden Hamilton (26 July 1899 – 30 March 1978) was a New Zealander who developed the modern jetboat, and founder of what is now the world's leading water jet manufacturing company - CWF Hamilton Ltd.
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Board of Deputies of British Jews
The Board of Deputies of British Jews (historically London Board of Deputies and London Committee of Deputies of British Jews) is the main representative body of British Jews.
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Board of Trade
The Board of Trade is a British government department concerned with commerce and industry, currently within the Department for International Trade.
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Bonner Pink
Ralph Bonner Pink (30 September 1912 – 6 May 1984) was a British Conservative politician.
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Borno Emirate
The Borno Emirate or Borno Sultanate is a traditional Nigerian state formed at the start of the 20th century.
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Brian Windeyer
Professor Sir Brian Wellingham Windeyer (7 February 1904 – 26 October 1994) was Professor of Therapeutic Radiology at the Middlesex Hospital Medical School, University of London, from 1942–69, Dean of school from 1954–67 and Vice-Chancellor of the University of London from 1969–72.
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British Honduras
British Honduras was a British Crown colony on the east coast of Central America, south of Mexico, from 1862 to 1964, then a self-governing colony, renamed Belize in June 1973,, Caribbean Community.
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British Museum
The British Museum, located in the Bloomsbury area of London, United Kingdom, is a public institution dedicated to human history, art and culture.
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British South Africa Police
The British South Africa Police (BSAP) was, for most of its existence, the police force of Rhodesia (renamed Zimbabwe in 1980).
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British Transport Docks Board
The British Transport Docks Board (BTDB) was a nationalised industry, managing former railway-owned docks in Great Britain.
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Bruce Greatbatch
Sir Bruce Greatbatch, KCVO, CMG, MBE (10 June 1917 – 20 July 1989) was the British colonial governor of Seychelles from 1969 to 1973.
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Bryan Robertson
Bryan Robertson OBE (1 April 1925 – 18 November 2002) was an English curator and arts manager described by Studio International as "the greatest Director the Tate Gallery never had".
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Central Electricity Generating Board
The Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB) was the cornerstone of the British electricity industry for almost forty years, from 1957 to privatisation in the 1990s.
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Chad
Chad (تشاد; Tchad), officially the Republic of Chad ("Republic of the Chad"), is a landlocked country in Central Africa.
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Charles Elworthy, Baron Elworthy
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Samuel Charles Elworthy, Baron Elworthy, (23 March 1911 – 4 April 1993) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force.
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Charles Herbert Stuart-Harris
Professor Sir Charles Herbert Stuart-Harris (born Kings Norton, Birmingham, 12 July 1909, died Sheffield February 1996) was the first full-time professor of medicine at University of Sheffield.
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Chichele Professorship
The Chichele Professorships are statutory professorships at the University of Oxford named in honour of Henry Chichele (also spelt Chicheley or Checheley, although the spelling of the academic position is consistently "Chichele"), an Archbishop of Canterbury and founder of All Souls College, Oxford.
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Christopher Andrewes
Sir Christopher Howard Andrewes (7 June 1896 – 31 December 1988) was a British virologist who discovered the human influenza A virus in 1933.
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Christopher Welby-Everard
Major-General Sir Christopher Earle Welby-Everard (9 August 1909 – 10 May 1996) was a senior British Army officer and the last British commander of the Nigerian Army.
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City College Brighton & Hove
City College Brighton & Hove was a large general further education college in Brighton and Hove.
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City of Cardiff Council
The County Council of the City and County of Cardiff (Dinas a Sir Caerdydd) is the governing body for Cardiff, one of the Principal Areas of Wales.
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Commonwealth realm
A Commonwealth realm is a sovereign state that is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations and shares the same person, currently Queen Elizabeth II, as its head of state and reigning constitutional monarch, but retains a Crown legally distinct from the other realms.
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is an intergovernmental organisation of six independent member states whose principal function is to mark, record and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of Commonwealth of Nations military service members who died in the two World Wars.
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Cook Islands
The Cook Islands (Cook Islands Māori: Kūki 'Āirani) is a self-governing island country in the South Pacific Ocean in free association with New Zealand.
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Cotton Board (United Kingdom)
The Cotton Board was an organisation to oversee the organisation, research, marketing and promoting the cotton textile industry mainly based in Lancashire and Glasgow.
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Courtaulds
Courtaulds was a United Kingdom-based manufacturer of fabric, clothing, artificial fibres, and chemicals.
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CP Ships
CP Ships was a large Canadian shipping company established in the 19th century.
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Crompton Parkinson
Crompton Parkinson was a British electrical manufacturing company.
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Crown agency
A crown agency was an administrative body of the British Empire, distinct from the Civil Service Commission of Great Britain or the government administration of the national entity in which it operated.
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Daphne Park
Daphne Margaret Sybil Désirée Park, Baroness Park of Monmouth CMG, OBE, FRSA (1 September 1921 – 24 March 2010) was a British spy.
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David Armitage Bannerman
David Armitage Bannerman OBE, MA, SD (Cantab), Hon.
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David Obadiah Lot
David Obadiah Vrengkat Lot was a Nigerian religious leader of the Church of Christ denomination and a politician from the Middle Belt region of Nigeria.
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De Havilland
De Havilland Aircraft Company Limited was a British aviation manufacturer established in late 1920 by Geoffrey de Havilland at Stag Lane Aerodrome Edgware on the outskirts of north London.
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Decca Navigator System
The Decca Navigator System was a hyperbolic radio navigation system which allowed ships and aircraft to determine their position by receiving radio signals from fixed navigational beacons.
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Denis Browne (surgeon)
Sir Denis John Wolko Browne (2 April 1892 – 9 January 1967) was the first British surgeon to devote his practice entirely to the care of children.
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Denis Spotswood
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Denis Frank Spotswood, (26 September 1916 – 11 November 2001) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force.
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Dennis Mitchell (RAF officer)
Air Commodore Sir Arthur Dennis Mitchell (26 May 1918 – 25 Dec 2001) was a British military pilot and commander.
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Department of Supply
The Department of Supply was an Australian government department that existed between March 1950 and June 1974.
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Department of the Navy (Australia)
The Department of the Navy is a former Australian federal government department created on 13 November 1939 to replace the Navy Office within the Department of Defence, after the outbreak of the Second World War.
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Derek Hodgkinson
Air Chief Marshal Sir William Derek Hodgkinson, (27 December 1917 – 29 January 2010), commonly known as Sir Derek Hodgkinson, was a senior Royal Air Force officer.
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Dikwa Emirate
The Dikwa Emirate is one of the successor states to the old Bornu Empire, a traditional state within Borno State, Nigeria.
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Disablement Advisory Committee
Disablement Advisory Committees were established in the United Kingdom by the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944.
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Dominic Ekandem
Dominic Ignatius Ekandem (1917–1995), was a Roman Catholic cardinal and was the first West African Catholic Bishop.
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Don Valley (UK Parliament constituency)
Don Valley is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Caroline Flint of the Labour Party.
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Dunlop Rubber
Dunlop Rubber was a multinational company involved in the manufacture of various rubber goods.
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Durham University
Durham University (legally the University of Durham) is a collegiate public research university in Durham, North East England, with a second campus in Stockton-on-Tees.
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Edgeworth Beresford David
Edgeworth Beresford David (Chinese: 戴維德, 1908–1965) was the Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong from 1955 - 1957 and the last Chief Secretary of Singapore from 1958 to 1959.
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Edmund Capper
Edmund Michael Hubert Capper (12 March 1908 – 6 March 1998) was an Anglican bishopBorn on 12 March 1908 and educated at St Joseph's Academy, Blackheath and Durham University, he was ordained in 1933.
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Edmund Pery, 5th Earl of Limerick
Colonel Edmund Colquhoun Pery, 5th Earl of Limerick (16 October 1888 – 4 August 1967) was a British peer and soldier.
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Edward Holbrook Derrick
Edward Holbrook Derrick (1898–1976) was an Australian pathologist, best known for his role in identifying Q fever.
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Edward Lewis (Decca)
Sir Edward Roberts Lewis (19 April 1900 – 29 January 1980) was a British businessman, best known for leading the Decca recording and technology group for five decades from 1929.
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Elizabeth Couchman
Dame Elizabeth May Ramsay Couchman DBE (née Tannock; 19 April 1876 – 18 November 1982) was an Australian political activist.
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Elizabeth Gregory
Elizabeth Gregory (4 March 1901–22 October 1983) was a New Zealand university professor of home science.
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Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms.
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English Electric
The English Electric Company Limited was a British industrial manufacturer formed after the armistice of World War I at the end of 1918.
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Ernest Jones (trade unionist)
William Ernest Jones, CBE (14 April 1895–19 July 1973) was a British trade unionist.
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Eugene Gorman
Brigadier Sir Eugene "Pat" Gorman, (10 April 1891 – 19 July 1973) was an Australian barrister and military officer.
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Ewen Paul Cameron
Sir Ewen Paul Cameron (15 January 1891 – 18 January 1964) was an Australian politician.
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Financial Secretary to the Treasury
Financial Secretary to the Treasury is a junior Ministerial post in the British Treasury.
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Floss Casasola
Floss Casasola, MBE, OD (1903–1991) was a British Honduran teacher and music instructor who became involved in the Belizean Independence Movement.
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Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company (commonly referred to simply as "Ford") is an American multinational automaker headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit.
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Forestry Commission
The Forestry Commission is a non-ministerial government department responsible for forestry in England and Scotland (on 1 April 2013 Forestry Commission Wales merged with other agencies to become Natural Resources Wales).
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Francis Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 8th Baron Thurlow
Francis Edward Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 8th Baron Thurlow KCMG (9 March 1912 – 24 March 2013) was a British diplomat.
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Frank Gill (politician)
Thomas Francis "Frank" Gill (31 January 1917 – 1 March 1982) was a New Zealand air force pilot and politician.
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Frank Willan
Group Captain Frank Andrew Willan, (21 December 1915 – 12 November 1981) was an English aviator, Royal Air Force officer and Conservative politician.
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Frederick Lister
Sir Thomas Frederick Lister CBE (23 November 1886 – 13 March 1966) was the first chairman of the British Legion.
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Gabon
Gabon, officially the Gabonese Republic (République gabonaise), is a sovereign state on the west coast of Central Africa.
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Gas board
The area gas boards were created after the passing of the Gas Act 1948 by Clement Attlee's post-war Labour government in the United Kingdom.
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General Post Office
The General Post Office (GPO) was officially established in England in 1660 by Charles II and it eventually grew to combine the functions of state postal system and telecommunications carrier.
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Geoffrey Campbell Gunter
Sir Geoffrey Campbell Gunter CBE (30 April 1879 - 1961) was the first Jamaican to have been governor of Jamaica in the modern era.
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Geoffrey Herklots
Dr Geoffrey Alton Craig Herklots (1902 – 14 January 1986) was a British botanist and ornithologist.
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Geoffrey Jellicoe
Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe (8 October 1900 – 17 July 1996) was an English architect, town planner, landscape architect, garden designer, lecturer and author.
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George Giggall
The Right Reverend George Kenneth Giggall (15 April 1913 – 23 September 1999) was an Anglican bishop.
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George Mooring
Sir Arthur George Rixson Mooring KCMG (23 November 1908 - 13 January 1969) was a British colonial civil servant, British Resident to Zanzibar from 1959 to 1964.
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George Pargiter, Baron Pargiter
George Albert Pargiter, Baron Pargiter, CBE (16 March 1897 – 16 January 1982) was a British Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP).
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Gerald Beadle
Sir Gerald Clayton Beadle (1899–1976) was a BBC Radio announcer and administrator, and later Director of BBC Television.
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Gershom Stewart
Sir Gershom Stewart KBE (30 December 1857 – 5 December 1929) was a Scottish-born British businessman in Hong Kong who became a Conservative Party politician in England.
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Guy Powles
Sir Guy Richardson Powles (5 April 1905 – 24 October 1994) was a New Zealand diplomat, the last Governor of Western Samoa and architect of Samoan independence, and New Zealand's first Ombudsman.
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Harold Beeley
Sir Harold Beeley (15 February 1909 – 27 July 2001) was a British diplomat, historian, and Arabist.
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Hawkesbury Agricultural College
Hawkesbury Agricultural College was the first agricultural college of New South Wales, Australia.
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Heather Professor of Music
The Heather Professor of Music is the title of an endowed chair at the University of Oxford.
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Henry Baker (politician)
Sir Henry Seymour Baker (1 September 1890 – 20 July 1968) was an English-born Australian politician.
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Hilda Stevenson
Dame Hilda Mabel Stevenson (1893–1987) was an Australian philanthropist and community worker.
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Home Office
The Home Office (HO) is a ministerial department of Her Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom, responsible for immigration, security and law and order.
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House of Fraser
House of Fraser is a British department store group with 56 stores and 2 outlets across the United Kingdom and Ireland.
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Howard Shannon
Howard Huntley Shannon (29 March 1892 – 15 August 1976) served as a member of the South Australian House of Assembly for the Electoral district of Murray from 8 April 1933 to 18 March 1938 and for the Electoral district of Onkaparinga from 19 March 1938 to 1 March 1968.
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Hugh Anthony Prince
Major-General Hugh Anthony Prince CBE (11 August 1911 – 6 November 2005) was an Indian Army and British Army officer who became Chief of the Military Planning Office for the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization.
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Hugh Beadle
Sir Thomas Hugh William Beadle (6 February 1905 – 14 December 1980) was a Rhodesian lawyer, politician and judge who served as his country's Chief Justice from 1961 to 1977.
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Hugh Douglas (minister)
Hugh Osborne Douglas was an eminent Church of Scotland minister in the 20th century.
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Hugh Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of Allander
Hugh Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of Allander (15 January 1903 – 6 November 1966) was the grandson of Hugh Fraser I, and the father of Sir Hugh Fraser, 2nd Baronet.
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Hugh Norman-Walker
Sir Hugh Selby Norman-Walker (17 December 1916 – 28 August 1985) was a British colonial official.
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Humphrey Waldock
Sir (Claud) Humphrey Meredith Waldock, (13 August 1904 – 15 August 1981) was a British jurist and international lawyer.
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Iban people
The Ibans or Sea Dayaks are a branch of the Dayak peoples of Borneo.
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Imperial War Museum
Imperial War Museums (IWM) is a British national museum organisation with branches at five locations in England, three of which are in London.
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Institute of Contemporary Arts
The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) is an artistic and cultural centre on The Mall in London, just off Trafalgar Square.
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International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) is an international financial institution that offers loans to middle-income developing countries.
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Isabel Wilson
Isabel Grace Hood Wilson CBE MD FRCP (6 September 1895 — 8 December 1982) was a Scottish psychiatrist, who was Principal Medical Officer of the Ministry of Health.
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Jack Simon, Baron Simon of Glaisdale
Jocelyn Edward Salis Simon, Baron Simon of Glaisdale, (15 January 1911 – 7 May 2006) was a Law Lord in the United Kingdom, having been, by turns, a barrister, a commissioned officer in the British Army, a barrister again, a Conservative Party politician, a government minister, and a judge.
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Jack Westrup
Sir Jack Westrup (26 July 190421 April 1975) was an English musicologist, writer, teacher and occasional conductor and composer.
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James Cassels (British Army officer)
Field Marshal Sir Archibald James Halkett Cassels, (28 February 1907 – 13 December 1996) was a senior British Army officer who served as Chief of the General Staff (CGS), the professional head of the British Army, from 1965 to 1968.
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James Heading
Sir James Alfred Heading (28 January 1884 – 9 April 1969) — Australian Dictionary of Biography.
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Jim Bowman
Sir James Bowman, 1st Baronet, KBE (8 March 1898 – 25 September 1978) was a British trade unionist.
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Jodrell Bank Observatory
The Jodrell Bank Observatory (originally the Jodrell Bank Experimental Station, then the Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories from 1966 to 1999) is a British observatory that hosts a number of radio telescopes, and is part of the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics at the University of Manchester.
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John Anderson (British Army officer)
General Sir John D'Arcy Anderson (1908–1988) was a British Army officer who reached high office in the 1960s.
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John Knott (public servant)
Sir John Lawrence Knott (6 July 19101999) was a senior Australian public servant.
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John Lancaster (Royal Navy officer)
Vice-Admiral Sir John Strike Lancaster, KBE, CB (26 June 1903 – 7 January 1992) was a senior officer in the Royal Navy.
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John Rawlins (Royal Navy officer)
Surgeon Vice Admiral Sir John Stuart Pepys Rawlins, (12 May 1922 – 27 July 2011) was a Royal Navy officer and pioneer in the field of diving medicine.
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John Seely, Lord Mottistone
Henry John Alexander Seely, 2nd Baron Mottistone (1 May 1899 – 18 January 1963) was an architect whose work, in partnership with Paul Edward Paget, included the interior of Eltham Palace in the Art Deco style, and the post-World War II restoration of a number of bomb-damaged buildings, such as houses in the Little Cloister (Westminster Abbey), the London Charterhouse and the church of St John Clerkenwell.
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John Vincent Barry
Sir John Vincent William Barry KC (13 June 1903 – 8 November 1969) was an Australian justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria, and an expert in criminology.
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John Wilfred Stanier
Field Marshal Sir John Wilfred Stanier, (6 October 1925 – 10 November 2007) was a senior British Army officer who was Chief of the General Staff from 1982 to 1985.
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Jugah Barieng
Tun Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Temenggong Jugah anak Barieng, also known as Tun Jugah, (1903 – 8 July 1981) was a Malaysian politician of Iban descent from the state of Sarawak.
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Kano State
Kano State is a state located in Northern Nigeria.
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Keith Buttle
Keith Nicholson Buttle (23 November 1900 – 15 December 1973) was a New Zealand businessman and politician.
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Kenneth O'Connor
Sir Kenneth Kennedy O'Connor KBE MC QC (21 December 1896 – 13 January 1985) was a soldier, lawyer and judge who served in the British Colonial Service.
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Kingston upon Hull City Police
Kingston upon Hull City Police was the police force responsible for policing the city of Kingston upon Hull in northern England until 1974, when it was amalgamated under the Local Government Act 1972 with parts of other forces to form the Humberside Police.
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Kitty Anderson
Dame Katherine "Kitty" Anderson DBE (4 July 1903, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire – 15 July 1979, Northallerton, Yorkshire) was headmistress of North London Collegiate School from 1945-65.
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Knutsford (UK Parliament constituency)
Knutsford was a county constituency in Cheshire which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election.
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Lance Brisbane
Sir Hugh Lancelot (Lance) Brisbane (16 March 1893 – 4 February 1966) was a prominent Western Australian industrialist and businessman.
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Laurence Durlacher
Admiral Sir Laurence George Durlacher KCB OBE DSC (1904–1986) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Fifth Sea Lord.
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Law of the sea
Law of the Sea is a body of international law that concerns the principles and rules by which public entities, especially states, interact in maritime matters, including navigational rights, sea mineral rights, and coastal waters jurisdiction.
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Leslie Averill
Leslie Cecil Lloyd Averill (25 March 1897 – 4 June 1981) was a New Zealand soldier who served during the First World War on the Western Front.
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Lewes (UK Parliament constituency)
Lewes is a constituency in East Sussex represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Maria Caulfield, a Conservative.
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List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Madagascar
The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the Republic of Madagascar is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Madagascar, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Antananarivo.
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List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Portugal
The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Portugal is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Portuguese Republic, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Portugal.
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List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Uruguay
The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Uruguay is head of the UK's diplomatic mission to Uruguay.
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List of British representatives at Aden
This is a list of British representatives at Aden from the 1839 Aden Expedition to the 1967 withdrawal from Aden.
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List of colonial governors of Samoa
This article lists the colonial governors of Samoa.
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List of High Commissioners of New Zealand to India
The High Commissioner to India is New Zealand's foremost diplomatic representative in the Republic of India, and in charge of New Zealand's diplomatic mission in India.
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List of high commissioners of the United Kingdom to New Zealand
The High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to New Zealand is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in New Zealand, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in New Zealand.
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List of High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Nigeria
Countries belonging to the Commonwealth of Nations typically exchange High Commissioners, rather than Ambassadors.
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List of NHS Regional Hospital Boards (1947–1974)
Regional hospital boards were established in 1947 by the National Health Service Act 1946 to administer hospital and specialist services of the National Health Service in England and Wales.
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List of rulers of the Yoruba state of Oyo
Oyo, Oyo State, is the seat of the line of the rulers of Oyo.
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Lloyd's Register
Lloyd's Register Group Limited (LR) is a technical and business services organisation and a maritime classification society, wholly owned by the Lloyd’s Register Foundation, a UK charity dedicated to research and education in science and engineering.
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Local Government Association
The Local Government Association (LGA) is an organisation which comprises local authorities in England and Wales.
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London County Council
London County Council (LCC) was the principal local government body for the County of London throughout its existence from 1889 to 1965, and the first London-wide general municipal authority to be directly elected.
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London, Tilbury and Southend Railway
The London, Tilbury and Southend Railway (LTSR), also known as Essex Thameside, is a commuter railway line on the British railway system which connects Fenchurch Street station in central London with destinations in east London and Essex, including,,,, Tilbury, Southend and.
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Lord Adam Gordon
Major Lord Adam Granville Gordon (1 March 1909–1984) was a British royal courtier.
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Louis Mbanefo
Sir Louis Nwachukwu Mbanefo Kt (13 May 1911 – 28 March 1977) is noted as the first lawyer from the East of Nigeria.
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Makerere University
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Malcolm Cartwright-Taylor
General Sir Malcolm Cartwright Cartwright-Taylor, (1911–1969) was a Royal Marines officer who served as Commandant General Royal Marines from 1962 to 1965.
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Margaret Rutherford
Dame Margaret Taylor Rutherford, (11 May 1892 – 22 May 1972) was a British character actress of stage, television and film, probably best known for her later career as Agatha Christie's character Miss Marple.
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Maurice Ashkanasy
Maurice Ashkanasy CMG (3 October 1901 – 2 April 1971) was an Australian barrister and Jewish community leader.
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Max Grünhut
Max Grünhut (7 July 1893 – 6 February 1964) was a German-British legal scholar and criminologist.
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May Mills
May Mills OBE (19 July 1890 – 26 January 1984) was a pioneering sports administrator and educator in South Australia who helped to raise the status and opportunities for women in sport.
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Mayor of Auckland City
The Mayor of Auckland City was the directly elected head of the Auckland City Council, the municipal government of Auckland City, New Zealand.
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Medical Research Council (United Kingdom)
The Medical Research Council (MRC) is responsible for co-coordinating and funding medical research in the United Kingdom.
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Methodist College Belfast
Methodist College Belfast (MCB), locally known as Methody, is a Northern Irish coeducational voluntary grammar school in Belfast, located at the foot of the Malone Road.
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Metropolitan Police Service
The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), commonly known as the Metropolitan Police and informally as the Met, is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement in Greater London, excluding the "square mile" of the City of London, which is the responsibility of the City of London Police.
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Michael Jones (public administrator)
Michael Rotohiko Jones (14 September 1895 – 24 January 1978) was a New Zealand interpreter, land agent, sportsman, private secretary, public administrator and broadcaster.
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Middlesbrough West (UK Parliament constituency)
Middlesbrough West was a parliamentary constituency in the town of Middlesbrough in North East England.
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Middlesex Hospital
Middlesex Hospital was a teaching hospital located in the Fitzrovia area of London, England.
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Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food was a United Kingdom cabinet position, responsible for the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
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Murray College
Government Murray College Sialkot (often referred to as Murray College), formerly known as Scotch Mission College, is located in Sialkot in the Punjab province of Pakistan.
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Murray Halberg
Sir Murray Gordon Halberg (born 7 July 1933) is a New Zealand former middle distance runner who won the gold medal in the 5000 metres event at the 1960 Olympics.
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National Assistance Board
The National Assistance Board was established by the National Assistance Act 1948 and abolished by the Supplementary Benefit Act 1966.
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National Coal Board
The National Coal Board (NCB) was the statutory corporation created to run the nationalised coal mining industry in the United Kingdom.
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National Farmers' Union of England and Wales
The National Farmers' Union (NFU) is a member organisation/industry association for farmers in England and Wales.
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National Institute for Medical Research
The National Institute for Medical Research (commonly abbreviated to NIMR), was a medical research institute based in Mill Hill, on the outskirts of London, England.
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National Savings Movement
The National Savings Movement was a British mass savings movement that operated between 1916 and 1978 and was used to finance the deficit of government spending over tax revenues.
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National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers
The National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers (NUAW) was a trade union in the United Kingdom which existed between 1906 and 1982.
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National Union of Mineworkers (Great Britain)
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is a trade union for coal miners in Great Britain, formed in 1945 from the Miners' Federation of Great Britain (MFGB).
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Nembe Kingdom
The Nembe Kingdom is a traditional state in Niger Delta.
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New Zealand Army
The New Zealand Army (Ngāti Tūmatauenga, "Tribe of the God of War") is the land component of the New Zealand Defence Force and comprises around 4,500 Regular Force personnel, 2,000 Territorial Force personnel and 500 civilians.
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New Zealand Gazette
The New Zealand Gazette (Te Kāhiti o Aotearoa), commonly referred to as just the Gazette, is the official newspaper of the Government of New Zealand.
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New Zealand Wool Board
The New Zealand Wool Board was established in 1944 under the Wool Industry Act.
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Ngan Shing-kwan
Ngan Shing-kwan, (Chinese: 顏成坤; 18 December 1900 – 14 April 2001), born in Hong Kong,"".
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Nigerian Navy
The Nigerian Navy (NN) is a branch of the Nigerian Armed Forces.
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Niue
Niue (Niuean: Niuē) is an island country in the South Pacific Ocean, northeast of New Zealand, east of Tonga, south of Samoa, and west of the Cook Islands.
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Norman Denning
Vice-Admiral Sir Norman Egbert Denning, (19 November 1904 – 27 December 1979) was a Royal Naval and Intelligence Officer at the Admirality and Defence Intelligence Staff who served as Director of Naval Planning from 1945 to 1956, Director of Naval Intelligence from 1960 to 1964, and Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff for Intelligence from 1964 to 1965.
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North London Collegiate School
North London Collegiate School is an independent day school for girls in London.
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North Weald Airfield
North Weald Airfield is an operational general aviation aerodrome, in the civil parish of North Weald Bassett in Epping Forest, Essex, England.
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Orders and decorations of the Commonwealth realms
This article concerns the orders and decorations of the Commonwealth realms awarded by the sovereign in right of each nation.
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Oxford University Air Squadron
The Oxford University Air Squadron, abbreviated Oxford UAS, or OUAS, formed in 1925, is the training unit of the Royal Air Force at the University of Oxford and forms part of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
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Parliament House, Canberra
Parliament House is the meeting place of the Parliament of Australia, located in Canberra, the capital of Australia.
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Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries was a junior ministerial office in the British government, serving under the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries.
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
A Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (also called a Parliamentary Secretary, especially in government departments not headed by a Secretary of State) is the lowest of three tiers of government minister in the government of the United Kingdom, immediately junior to a Minister of State, which is itself junior to a Secretary of State.
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Paterson Fraser
Air Marshal Sir Henry Paterson Fraser (15 July 1907 – 4 August 2001) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War and in the post-war years.
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Percy Bernard, 5th Earl of Bandon
Air Chief Marshal Percy Ronald Gardner Bernard, 5th Earl of Bandon, (30 August 1904 – 8 February 1979) was an Anglo-Irish aristocrat who served as a senior commander in the Royal Air Force in the mid-20th century.
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Peter Berger (Royal Navy officer)
Vice Admiral Sir Peter Egerton Capel Berger (11 February 1925 – 19 October 2003) was a Royal Navy officer who became Flag Officer, Plymouth.
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Peter Dimmock
Peter Harold Dimmock, CVO, CBE (6 December 1920 – 20 November 2015) was a British sports broadcaster and senior television executive during the formative years of the medium in the 1950s.
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Peter Thorne (RAF officer)
Air Commodore Peter Donald Thorne, (3 June 1923 – 5 April 2014) was a fighter pilot and test pilot in the Royal Air Force (RAF), who held diplomatic posts in Tehran and Moscow during the 1970s.
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Phillip Law
Phillip Garth Law AC, CBE, FAA FTSE (21 April 1912 – 28 February 2010) was an Australian scientist and explorer who served as director of Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) from 1949 to 1966.
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Poole (UK Parliament constituency)
Poole is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Robert Syms, a Conservative.
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Post-nominal letters
Post-nominal letters, also called post-nominal initials, post-nominal titles or designatory letters, are letters placed after a person's name to indicate that that individual holds a position, academic degree, accreditation, office, military decoration, or honour, or is a member of a religious institute or fraternity.
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President of the Tasmanian Legislative Council
The President of the Tasmanian Legislative Council is the presiding officer of the Council.
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Prime Minister of Malaysia
The Prime Minister of Malaysia (Perdana Menteri Malaysia) is the head of government and the highest political office in Malaysia.
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Prime Minister's Department (Australia)
The Prime Minister's Department was an Australian government department that existed between July 1911 and March 1971.
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Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service
Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service (PMRAFNS) is the nursing branch of the British Royal Air Force.
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Prison Commission (England and Wales)
The Prison Commission was a public body of the Government of the United Kingdom established in 1877 and responsible for overseeing the operation of HM Prison Service.
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Public Works Loan Board
The Public Works Loan Board (PWLB) (Bwrdd Benthyciadau Gwaith Cyhoeddus) is a statutory body of the UK Government that provides loans to public bodies from the National Loans Fund.
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Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps
Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (QARANC; pronounced kwa-rank) is the nursing branch of the British Army and part of the Army Medical Services.
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Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service
Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service (QARNNS) is the nursing branch of the British Royal Navy.
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Queen Victoria Hospital
The Queen Victoria Hospital (QVH), located in East Grinstead, West Sussex, England is the specialist reconstructive surgery centre for the south east of England, and also provides services at clinics across the region.
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Queen's University Belfast
Queen's University Belfast (informally Queen's or QUB) is a public research university in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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RAAF College
The Royal Australian Air Force College (commonly known as the RAAF College and abbreviated as RAAFCOL) is the Royal Australian Air Force training and education academy which is responsible for all the Air Force's initial, career development, promotion and leadership training.
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RAF Carlisle
RAF Carlisle (previously RAF Kingstown) was a Royal Air Force establishment, now closed after being used for a variety of roles over a period of fifty eight years and formerly located north of Carlisle city centre in Cumbria, England.
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RAF Quedgeley
RAF Quedgeley was a Royal Air Force station near Quedgeley, Gloucestershire.
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RAF Sylt
RAF Sylt is a former Royal Air Force station located near Sylt, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
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Ray Hanna
Raynham George Hanna (28 August 1928 – 1 December 2005) was a New Zealand-born fighter pilot who emigrated to England to join the Royal Air Force.
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Reginald James Wallace
Reginald James Wallace CMG OBE (c. 1919 – 10 December 2012) was a British civil servant.
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Republic of the Congo
The Republic of the Congo (République du Congo), also known as the Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply the Congo, is a country in Central Africa.
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Resident (title)
A Resident, or in full Resident Minister, is a government official required to take up permanent residence in another country.
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Returned and Services League of Australia
The Returned and Services League, Australia (RSL) is a support organisation for men and women who have served or are serving in the Defence Force.
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Richard Kirby (arbitrator)
Sir Richard Clarence Kirby AC (22 September 190425 October 2001) was a long serving president of the Australian Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission (1956-1973) (having first been appointed to the Commission in 1947).
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Richard Pilkington (politician, born 1908)
Sir Richard Antony Pilkington, KBE, MC (10 May 1908 – 9 December 1976) was a British Conservative Party politician and a soldier in the British Army.
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Richard Smeeton
Vice Admiral Sir Richard Michael Smeeton, (24 September 1912 – 29 March 1992) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic from 1962 to 1964.
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Richard Way
Sir Richard George Kitchener Way KCB CBE (15 September 1914 – 2 October 1998), commonly known as Sam Way, was a British civil servant, Chairman of London Transport and Principal of King's College London.
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Robert Grainger Ker Thompson
Sir Robert Grainger Ker Thompson KBE CMG DSO MC (1916–1992) was a British military officer and counter-insurgency expert and "He was widely regarded on both sides of the Atlantic as the world's leading expert on countering the Mao Tse-tung technique of rural guerrilla insurgency".
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Roland Penrose
Sir Roland Algernon Penrose CBE (14 October 1900 – 23 April 1984) was an English artist, historian and poet.
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Rolls-Royce Limited
Rolls-Royce was a British luxury car and later an aero engine manufacturing business established in 1904 by the partnership of Charles Rolls and Henry Royce.
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Rowena Jackson
Rowena Othlie Jackson (born 24 March 1926) is a New Zealand former prima ballerina.
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Royal Air Force College Cranwell
The Royal Air Force College (RAFC) is the Royal Air Force training and education academy which provides initial training to all RAF personnel who are preparing to be commissioned officers.
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Royal Australian Air Force
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), formed March 1921, is the aerial warfare branch of the Australian Defence Force (ADF).
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Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service
The Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service (RAAFNS) was a branch of the Royal Australian Air Force, which existed from 1940 to 1946, and from 1948 to 1977.
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Royal Australian Army Medical Corps
The Royal Australian Army Medical Corps (RAAMC) is the branch of the Australian Army responsible for providing medical care to Army personnel.
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Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps
The Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC) is a Corps of the Australian Army.
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Royal Australian Artillery
The Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery, normally referred to as the Royal Australian Artillery (RAA), is a Regiment of the Australian Army descended from the original colonial artillery units prior to Australia's federation.
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Royal Australian Corps of Signals
The Royal Australian Corps of Signals (RASigs) is one of the 'arms' (combat support corps) of the Australian Army.
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Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
The Royal Corps of Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (RAEME; pronounced Raymee) is a corps of the Australian Army that has responsibility for the maintenance and recovery of all Army electrical and mechanical equipment.
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Royal Military College, Duntroon
The Royal Military College, Duntroon, also known simply as Duntroon, is the Australian Army's officer training establishment.
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Royal National Institute of Blind People
The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) is a UK charity offering information, support and advice to almost two million people in the UK with sight loss.
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Royal New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps
The Royal New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps (RNZAOC) concerned itself with the provisioning of troops with the means to fight; specifically uniforms, weapons and equipment.
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Royal Observer Corps
The Royal Observer Corps (ROC) was a civil defence organisation intended for the visual detection, identification, tracking and reporting of aircraft over Great Britain.
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Royal Ulster Constabulary
The Royal Ulster Constabulary was the police force in Northern Ireland from 1922 to 2001.
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Saburi Biobaku
Saburi Oladeni Biobaku (1918–2001) was a Nigerian scholar, historian and politician who was among a set of Yoruba historians who followed the pioneering effort of Samuel Johnson in setting the foundations of Yoruba historiography and creating reference notes of indigenous African historical literature.
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Savai'i
Savaii is the largest (area 1,694 km2) and highest (Mt Silisili at 1,858 m) island in Samoa and the Samoan Islands chain.
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Sheriffs of the City of London
Two Sheriffs are elected annually for the City of London by the Liverymen of the City Livery Companies.
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Solicitor General for England and Wales
Her Majesty's Solicitor General for England and Wales, known informally as the Solicitor General, is one of the Law Officers of the Crown, and the deputy of the Attorney General, whose duty is to advise the Crown and Cabinet on the law.
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Southern Rhodesia
The Colony of Southern Rhodesia was a self-governing British Crown colony in southern Africa from 1923 to 1980, the predecessor state of modern Zimbabwe.
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St George Hospital (Sydney)
The St George Hospital and Community Health Service is a tertiary referral hospital located in Kogarah, a southern suburb of Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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St John Ambulance
St John Ambulance is a trade name used by a number of affiliated organisations in different countries, counties, states or provinces dedicated to the teaching and practice of medical first aid and the provision of ambulance and community volunteer services, all of which derive their origins from the St John Ambulance Association founded in 1877 in the United Kingdom.
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St John Tyrwhitt
Admiral Sir St John Reginald Joseph Tyrwhitt, 2nd Baronet KCB DSO DSC*(18 April 1905 – 10 October 1961) was a senior Royal Navy officer who went on to be Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel.
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Standard Telephones and Cables
Standard Telephones and Cables Ltd (later STC plc) was a British telephone, telegraph, radio, telecommunications, and related equipment R&D manufacturer.
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Stanley Russell
Stanley (Stan) Ivan Russell (26 March 1906 – 29 November 2005) was a New Zealand local-body politician.
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Sultanate of Zanzibar
The Sultanate of Zanzibar (Usultani wa Zanzibar, translit), also known as the Zanzibar Sultanate, comprised the territories over which the Sultan of Zanzibar is the sovereign.
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Supreme Court of New Zealand
The Supreme Court of New Zealand (in Māori: Te Kōti Mana Nui) is the highest court and the court of last resort of New Zealand, having formally come into existence on 1 January 2004.
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Supreme Court of Victoria
The Supreme Court of Victoria is the superior court for the State of Victoria, Australia.
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Sydney Teachers' College
The Sydney Teachers' College was a tertiary education institution that trained school teachers in Sydney, Australia.
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Tanganyika (territory)
Tanganyika was a territory administered by the United Kingdom (UK) from 1916 until 1961.
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Tate
Tate is an institution that houses the United Kingdom's national collection of British art, and international modern and contemporary art.
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Tawahi (Aden)
Tawahi or (التواهي) is a city district in the city of Aden, located in the Aden Governorate in Yemen.
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Territorial, Auxiliary and Volunteer Reserve Association
The Territorial Auxiliary and Volunteer Reserve Associations were formed in 1908 under the provisions of the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907 to provide local support to the Territorial Force in the United Kingdom.
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The Marine Society College of the Sea
The Marine Society College of the Sea is a distance learning further education college for those who make their living at sea.
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The Royal British Legion
The Royal British Legion (RBL), sometimes called The British Legion or The Legion, is a British charity providing financial, social and emotional support to members and veterans of the British Armed Forces, their families and dependants.
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Theodora Turner
Theodora Turner, (born 5 August 1907, Congleton, Cheshire – died 24 August 1999, Wantage, Oxfordshire) was a British nurse and hospital matron.
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Thomas Cook & Son
Thomas Cook & Son, originally simply Thomas Cook, was a company founded by Thomas Cook, a cabinet-maker, in 1841 to carry temperance supporters by railway between the cities of Leicester, Nottingham, Derby and Birmingham.
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Thomas Pike
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Thomas Geoffrey Pike, (29 June 1906 – 1 June 1983) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force.
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Thomas Seymour Hill
Thomas Seymour Hill (21 February 1893 – 1 August 1977), was a leading Australian rules football administrator in the SANFL between 1926 and 1963.
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Tom Williams, Baron Williams of Barnburgh
Thomas Williams, Baron Williams of Barnburgh, PC (18 March 1888 – 29 March 1967) was a British coal miner who became a Labour Party politician.
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Trades Union Congress
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is a national trade union centre, a federation of trade unions in England and Wales, representing the majority of trade unions.
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Transport Research Laboratory
TRL Limited, trading as TRL, and colloquially known as the Transport Research Laboratory, is a fully independent private company offering a transport consultancy and research service to the public and private sector.
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Trevor Housley
Trevor Alfred Housley (31 October 191010 October 1968) was a senior Australian public servant.
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Tufton Beamish, Baron Chelwood
Tufton Victor Hamilton Beamish, Baron Chelwood, MC, DL (27 January 1917 – 6 April 1989) was a British Army officer, Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Lewes (1945–1974), and author.
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Tunku Abdul Rahman
Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah II (Jawi: تونكو عبدالرحمن ڤوترا الحاج ابن المرحوم سلطان عبدالحميد حاليم شه;, 8 February 1903 – 6 December 1990) was a Malaysian politician who served as the first Chief Minister of the Federation of Malaya from 1955 to 1957, before becoming Malaya's first Prime Minister after independence in 1957.
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Tyrone Guthrie
Sir William Tyrone Guthrie (2 July 1900 – 15 May 1971) was an English theatrical director instrumental in the founding of the Stratford Festival of Canada, the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the Tyrone Guthrie Centre at his family's ancestral home, Annaghmakerrig, near Newbliss in County Monaghan, Ireland.
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Ulster Special Constabulary
The Ulster Special Constabulary (USC; commonly called the "B-Specials" or "B Men") was a quasi-military reserve special constable police force in Northern Ireland.
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Umar Ibn Muhammad of Borno
Shehu Umar Ibn Muhammad also known as Shehu Sanda Kyarimi, CBE, CMG, KBE, was Shehu of Dikwa between 1922 and 1937 and Shehu of Borno from 1937 to 1967.
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University of London
The University of London (abbreviated as Lond. or more rarely Londin. in post-nominals) is a collegiate and a federal research university located in London, England.
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University of Malaya
The University of Malaya (UM; Universiti Malaya) is a public research university located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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University of Malta
The University of Malta is the highest educational institution in Malta.
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University of Manchester
The University of Manchester is a public research university in Manchester, England, formed in 2004 by the merger of the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology and the Victoria University of Manchester.
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University of Sheffield
The University of Sheffield (informally Sheffield University) is a public research university in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.
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University of Tasmania
The University of Tasmania (UTAS) is a public research university primarily located in Tasmania, Australia.
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University of the West Indies
The University of the West Indies (UWI), originally University College of the West Indies, is a public university system established to serve the higher education needs of the residents of 18 English-speaking countries and territories in the Caribbean: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, and Turks and Caicos Islands.
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Variety Artistes' Federation
The Variety Artistes' Federation (VAF) was a trade union representing variety performers in the United Kingdom.
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Vic Feather
Victor Grayson Hardie Feather, Baron Feather, (10 April 1908 – 28 July 1976) was General Secretary of the Trade Union Congress in Great Britain from 1969 to 1973.
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Vic Skermer
Victor John William "Vic" Skermer (1908November 1992) was an Australian public servant.
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Victoria League
The Victoria League for Commonwealth Friendship (1901–present) is a voluntary charitable organisation which connects people from Commonwealth countries.
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Walter Bromley-Davenport
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Walter Henry Bromley-Davenport TD DL (15 September 1903 – 26 December 1989) was a British Conservative Party politician.
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Walter Coutts
Sir Walter Fleming Coutts (30 November 1912 – 4 November 1988) was a British colonial administrator and was Uganda's last Governor before independence, from 1961–1962.
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Walter Simon (sinologist)
Ernest Julius Walter Simon CBE FBA (10 June 189322 February 1981) was a German sinologist and librarian.
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Wesley Church, Melbourne
Wesley Church is a Uniting Church in the centre of Melbourne, in the State of Victoria, Australia.
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Whitechapel Gallery
The Whitechapel Gallery is a public art gallery in Whitechapel on the north side of Whitechapel High Street, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in the East End of London and Central London.
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Widnes (UK Parliament constituency)
Widnes was a county constituency in England, based on the town of Widnes, in Lancashire.
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William Alexander, Baron Alexander of Potterhill
William Picken Alexander, Baron Alexander of Potterhill (13 December 1905 – 8 September 1993) was a British educator and educational administrator who served as general secretary of the Association of Education Committees from 1945 to 1977.
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William Crawford (Royal Navy officer)
Vice Admiral Sir William Godfrey Crawford KBE, CB, DSC (14 September 1907–16 June 2003) is a former Royal Navy officer who served as Flag Officer Sea Training.
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William Gurdon Stirling
General Sir William Gurdon Stirling (1907–1973) was a British Army General who reached high office during the 1960s.
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William Luce (governor)
Sir William Tucker Luce (1907–1977) was the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Aden between 1956 and 1960.
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William Walkley
Sir William Gaston Walkley CBE (1 November 1896 – 12 April 1976) was a New Zealand oil company executive.
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William Wilson (artist)
William Wilson (21 July 1905 – 1972) was a Scottish stained glass artist, printmaker and watercolour painter.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_New_Year_Honours
