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Member of the Order of the British Empire ( MBE ).

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Where can I find details of M.B.E. recipients? Gray Leaver (1884-1952) received the M.B.E. (Military) in 1919, and I would like to know why he was awarded this.

http://www.solarnavigator.net/british_empire_medal.htm

Honours Lists are published in the London Gazette, where I imagine you would find a few words about the reason for the award, but I think not usually the entire citation.

I found a page about Harry Grey Leaver's Military Cross http://www.burnleygallantry.co.uk/leavermc.htm . I see this was announced in the London Gazette and reported in the Burnley Express. You may already know all about this but the collection of names and citations of Gallantry awards in WWI at http://www.burnleygallantry.co.uk/awardsindex.htm may be of interest to other members. The list contains only one award of the MBE (military) and that is not to a Leaver.

There's a useful National Archives page giving background on the Honours system as it applies to the Armed Services at http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/docu ... /wo373.asp though this is mainly about awards made after 1935. It says that awards of the MBE were made "for meritorious service. A number of awards of OBE and MBE were made for gallantry "not in the face of the enemy" (for example, bomb disposal and so on) and ranked below the George Medal."

Charon

Thanks Charon, I have details on Harry Gray Leaver (1895-1980) and I already knew about him being awarded the Military Cross, but as yet I have not been able to find Gray Leaver’s (1884-1952) citation for his M.B.E. Incidentally, Harry Gray Leaver and Gray Leaver are first cousins.

I have contacted Andrew at Burnley in the Great War; I believe he has access to the London Gazette.

The London Gazette online http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/search

Leaver,

did you have any success in searching for Grey Leaver? If you did, I'd be interested to know how - I could only find Harry and his MC in the Gazette on line

Charon

So far I have had no luck. I will keep trying…