Honorary Freedom of West Suffolk
Admissions to the Honorary Freedom of West Suffolk subsequent to the Honorary Freedom of the Boroughs Act 1885 and Section 249 of the Local Government Act 1972
Glossary of terms
| Abbreviation | Full version |
|---|---|
| ADC | Aide de Camp to Her Majesty |
| DL | Deputy Lieutenant |
| DSO | Companion of the Distinguished Service Order |
| FSA | Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London |
| GBE | Knight or Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire |
| GCB | Knight or Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath |
| GCMG | Knight or Dame Grand Cross |
| JP | Justice of the Peace |
| KCB | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
| Lt Col | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Lt Gen | Lieutenant General |
| MA | Master of Arts |
| MB | Bachelor of Medicine |
| MP | Member of Parliament |
| MVO | Member of The Royal Victorian Order |
| OBE | Order of the British Empire |
| RATA | Royal Artillery Territorial Army |
Former Borough of Bury St Edmunds
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| The Right Honourable Sir William Purdie Treloar, Lord Mayor of London | 1907 |
| Edward William Lake, JP | 1909 |
| George Gery Milner-Gibson-Cullum, MA, FSA, DL, JP | 1911 |
| Owen Aly Clark, Alderman of the former Borough | 1919 |
| Field Marshal Viscount Allenby, KCB, GCMG, Commander in Chief of the British Army in Egypt and Palestine | 1920 |
| Lt Col the Honourable Walter Edward Guinness, DSO, MP, Under-Secretary of State for War | 1923 |
| John Ridley Hooper, JP | 1934 |
| Joseph Maitland Wilson, CBE, JP | 1934 |
| Edward Lancelot Dewe Lake, TD, JP | 1937 |
| The Most Honourable Rear Admiral Frederick William Fane, Fourth Marquis of Bristol, MVO | 1943 |
| The Suffolk Regiment | 1944 |
| Miss Muriel Dewe Lake | 1946 |
| Field Marshal the Lord Wilson of Libya and Stowlangtoft GCB, GBE, DSO, ADC | 1947 |
| Ernest Stork, DSO, MB, JP, Borough Medical Officer of Health | 1948 |
| 358 (Suffolk Yeomanry) Medium Regiment RATA | 1953 |
| First East Anglian Regiment (now the First (Royal Norfolk and Suffolk) Bn, 1963 Royal Anglian Regiment) The Suffolk and Norfolk Yeomanry (as reorganised April 1967) | 1967 |
| Robert Arthur Cecil Olle, Alderman of the former Borough | 1968 |
| George Henry Pemberton, Alderman of the former Borough | 1968 |
| Ernest William Steward, MBE, JP, Alderman of the former Borough | 1968 |
| Frederick George Banks, Alderman of the former Borough | 1970 |
| Royal Air Force Honington | 1972 |
Former St Edmundsbury Borough Council
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| Lt Gen Sir Richard Goodwin, KCB, CBE, DSO, DL | 1978 |
| John William Henry Knight, OBE, Councillor of the Borough | 1991 |
| Mrs Barbara Jennifer Hill, Alderman of the Borough | 1991 |
| Eric George Steele, OBE, JP, Councillor of the Borough | 1993 |
| The Lady Miriam Hubbard | 1995 |
| James Ronald Hartley, Councillor of the Borough | 1999 |
| Third Air Force, United States of America | 2000 |
| Normandy Veterans Association (1944), Bury St Edmunds and District Branch Number 35 | 2004 |
| All residents of the Borough of St Edmundsbury who served in the armed forces of the Allied Pow during the Second World War | 2005 |
| 677 (Suffolk and Norfolk Yeomanry) Squadron Army Air Corps (Volunteers) | 2006 |
| Sheila Kathleen Wormleighton, MBE | 2007 |
| Sir Eldon Wylie Griffiths, MA (Cantab), MA (Yale) | 2007 |
| 3 Regiment, Army Air Corps, Wattisham | 2010 |
| Nigel Baber Aitkens, Alderman of the Borough | 2012 |
| David Lockwood JP | 2012 |
| Dr Ann Williams, OBE | 2014 |
| HMS Vengeance | 2017 |
| TS St Edmund (Mayor’s Own) Sea Cadet Corps | 2017 |
Former Forest Heath District Council
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| Mr Nigel Roman | 2019 |