Portal:British Empire/Did you know/2
...that Major
Sir Hamish Forbes, 7th Baronet
was awarded the
MBE (Military Division)
for his many escape attempts while a
prisoner-of-war
in
Germany
from 1940 to 1945, and was later patron of the
Lonach Highlanders
?
...that
Albert F. A. L. Jones
, awarded the
Order of the British Empire
in 1987 for his services to
astronomy
, is an
amateur astronomer
in
New Zealand
?