London Gazette Queen S Birthday Honours
The 1971 queen s birthday honours were appointments to orders and decorations of the commonwealth realms to reward and highlight citizens good works on the occasion of the official birthday of queen elizabeth ii.
London gazette queen s birthday honours. This year s recipients were announced in a special gazette supplement on 8 june. They were announced in supplements to the london gazette of 23 may 1972 for the united kingdom australia new zealand. The lists of people who have received honours are published at new year and on the queen s official birthday in june. Celebrate your honour with a commemorative edition.
Honours have been awarded with few exceptions on the sovereign s birthday since at least 1860 during the reign of queen victoria. All honours lists are available from the london gazette honours page. An honours committee makes recommendations to the prime minister and then to the queen who awards the honour. See previous birthday and new year honours supplements from 1940 to 2018 and from 1885 to 1939.
The official lists are published biannually in the gazette the official newspaper of the crown. The official lists are published biannually in the gazette the official newspaper of the crown. The new year and birthday honours are published in the gazette in the new year and between may and june the queen s official birthday. They were announced in supplements to the london gazette of 6 june 1947.
The new year and birthday honours are published in the gazette in the new year and between may and june the queen s official birthday. The 1972 queen s birthday honours were appointments to orders and decorations of the commonwealth realms to reward and highlight citizens good works on the occasion of the official birthday of queen elizabeth ii. If you or a loved one have been honoured by the queen or mentioned in despatches the gazette is available to buy as a personalised commemorative edition. An honours committee makes recommendations to the prime minister and then to the queen who awards the honour.
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour and arranged by honour with classes knight knight grand cross etc and then divisions military civil etc as appropriate. Each pack contains a complete edition of the gazette from the day the honour was published. You can see all birthday and new year honours supplements from 1940 to 2020 and from 1860 to 1939. You can see the queen s birthday honours 2018 supplement here.