Sydney Harold Gillett, MC, Alderman, and Sheriff in the City of London in 1952. And Lord Mayor of London in 1958. Awarded the MC in 1916 and knighted in 1953.
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Sydney Harold Gillett
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Charles Cheers, Baron Wakefield of Hythe CGE, LLD
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Robert Clayton
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Elroy Bailey
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Charlotte Anne Johnston
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Southwark Council
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