1980 New Year Honours


The 1980 New Year Honours were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. They were announced on 31 December 1979 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1980.
Names and titles of recipients are shown as they appeared in this honours list.

United Kingdom

Knights Bachelor

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB)

;Military Division
;Civil Division
;Military Division
;Civil Division
;Military Division
;Civil Division

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG)

Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)

;Fourth Class
;Fifth Class

Royal Victorian Medal (Silver)

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE)

;Military Division
;Civil Division
;Civil Division
;Diplomatic Service and Overseas List
;Military Division
;Civil Division
;Diplomatic Service and Overseas List
;Military Division
;Civil Division
;Diplomatic Service and Overseas List
This section fails to include Victorians awarded the MBE - See the listing in the Victorian Gov't Gazette No 2 of 4 January 1980. From a cursory examination of this Wikipedia page, I believe the names of Victorians have been included, incorrectly, in the listing above for OBE.
;Military Division
;Civil Division

Home Civil Service

;Military Division
;Civil Division

Member of the Royal Red Cross (RRC)

England and Wales
Northern Ireland
Overseas Territories
State of New South Wales
State of Victoria
State of Queensland
State of Western Australia
Scotland
England and Wales
State of Victoria

Knight Bachelor

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)

Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)

;Civil Division
;Military Division
;Civil Division
;Military Division
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY
AUSTRALIAN ARMY
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE

Associate of the Royal Red Cross (ARRC)

AUSTRALiAN ARMY
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE

Barbados

Knight Bachelor

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Knight Bachelor

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Order of the British Empire

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)

;Military Division
;Civil Division
;Military Division
;Civil Division

Knight Bachelor

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Order of St Michael and St George

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)

;Military Division
;Civil Division

Order of the British Empire

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Order of the British Empire

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Order of the British Empire

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)