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William John Rundle. For services to the West Somerset Free Press. John Mervyn Sanders. For services to the promotion of adult education in Lichfield. Frank Edmund Sawyer, Fishery Manager, Services Fly Fishing Association. Sidney Eric Scarley, Terminal Manager, Southampton, Freightliner Terminal.
Hawaii (/ h ə ˈ w aɪ. i / ⓘ hə-WY-ee; [9] Hawaiian: Hawaiʻi [həˈvɐjʔi, həˈwɐjʔi]) is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about 2,000 miles (3,200 km) southwest of the U.S. mainland.
The New Year Honours 1981 were appointments by most of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries, and honorary ones to citizens of other countries.
The Siege of Malta in World War II was a military campaign in the Mediterranean theatre.From June 1940 to November 1942, the fight for the control of the strategically important island of the British Crown Colony of Malta pitted the air and naval forces of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany against the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Royal Navy.
A writer in this period noted: "The River Taff runs under the walls of his honours castle and from the north part of the town to the south part where there is a fair quay and a safe harbour for shipping." [35] Cardiff became a borough in 1542 [39] and further Royal Charters were granted to it by Elizabeth I in 1600 [41] and James I in 1608. [42]