Dear Sir/Madam

Thank you for your request for information about :

Civic honours

Received on 05/07/2023

This request has been formally logged in our FOI management system and has been assigned the reference REQ11525.
You should receive a reply to your request within the statutory time limit of 20 working days.

Please remember to quote the reference number REQ11525 in any future communications.

Yours sincerely,
Information Management

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Mae'r e-bost hwn yn cynnwys gwybodaeth y bwriedir ar gyfer y derbynnydd yn unig a gall fod yn gyfrinachol, yn destun ragorfraint gyfreithiol neu broffesiynol, neu fel arall wedi’i diogelu rhag cael ei rhyddhau. Os nad chi yw derbynnydd bwriadedig y neges hon, a fyddech cystal â rhoi gwybod i'r anfonwr ar unwaith a pheidio â datgelu, dosbarthu neu gopïo’r e-bost i unrhyw barti arall. Mae’r e-bost hon ac unrhyw ffeiliau atodedig yn eiddo i Gyngor Dinas Casnewydd.

Pan fyddwch yn anfon e-bost at Gyngor Dinas Casnewydd, rydych yn cydsynio i’r Cyngor fonitro a darllen unrhyw e-byst o’r fath at ddibenion cydymffurfio â diogelwch ac â deddfwriaeth. I weld yr ymwadiad llawn ewch i http://www.newport.gov.uk/ymwadiad

Dear Helen Cross,

Thank you for your recent request for information which I have enclosed
below for ease of reference. Your request has been treated in accordance
with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and/or the Environmental
Information Regulations 2004.

Your Request : REQ11525

I can confirm that we hold information that falls within the scope of your
request. The answers to your questions have been provided in red text
below.

Please provide me with a list of individuals, groups of people and/or
bodies, who have been awarded the freedom of your council area, or any
similar award or designation.

By similar award or designation, I mean an honorary civic award bestowed
by the council on an individual, company, group or military unit with the
intent of recognising their contribution to the local area. This would
exclude formal civic offices eg Mayor. I am interested in receiving the
information for any period for which you hold the records.

Name/Group Date
Godfrey Charles, Viscount of Tredegar 9 June 1909
Alderman John Moses, Justice of the Peace for Newport 12 October 1909
County Borough
Albert Augustus Newman, Town Clerk (retiring) 29 June 1922
Right Honourable Henry Thomas, Member of HMs Most 8 May 1924
Honourable Privy Council, MP and HMs Principal Secretary
of State for the Colonies
Alderman Thomas Parry, Justice of the Peace for Newport 28 February 1927
County Borough
Horace Sampson Lyne, MBE, Fire Brigade (retiring) 6 April 1934
Alderman John Moxon, OBE 1 March 1935
William Royse Lysaght, OBE 10 September 1936
Alderman Frederick Phillips, Justice of the Peace for 10 September 1936
Newport County Borough
Alderman John Lloyd Davies, Justice of the Peace for 10 September 1936
Newport County Borough
Field Marshall Sir Bernard Law Montgomery, Knight of the 25 September 1945
Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath
Mary Ann Hart, OBE, Justice of the Peace for Newport 13 April 1954
County Borough
Corps of South Wales Regiment amalgamated with The Welch 8 July 1969
Regiment to form the Royal Regiment of Wales
104 Air Defence Regiment Royal Artillery (Volunteers) 21 May 1978
and many other Regiments and Units which were the
predecessors of said Regiment
Aubrey Hames 19 February 1998
The Royal Welsh Fusiliers 15 September 2001
The Merchant Navy Association 27 August 2002
Sir Harry G Jones, CBE 25 May 2004
HMS Severn 25 June 2006
Newport County AFC 17 August 2013
1963 Newport RFC team (50^th anniversary of their defeat 31 October 2013
of the All Blacks)
Royal British Legion 28 October 2021

I hope this provides the information you were looking for; if there is any
further information that we can provide, please submit a further request.
If you have any queries about this email or if you are unhappy with the
service you have received in relation to your request and wish to make a
complaint or request a review of our decision, please contact me.

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may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision.
Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the
Councils complaints procedure. To contact the Information Commissioner
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Kind regards,

Sarah Jones

Information Management

Mae’r Cyngor yn croesawu gohebiaeth yn Gymraeg, Saesneg neu yn y ddwy
iaith. Byddwn yn cyfathrebu â chi yn ôl eich dewis. Ni fydd gohebu yn
Gymraeg yn arwain at oedi.

The Council welcomes correspondence in English or Welsh or both, and will
respond to you according to your preference. Corresponding in Welsh will
not lead to delay.

Disclaimer/Ymwadiad

This email contains information intended for the addressee only and may be
confidential, the subject of legal or professional privilege, or be
otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient
of this message, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose,
distribute or copy the email to any other party. This email and any
attached file are the property of Newport City Council.

When you email Newport City Council, you consent to the Council monitoring
and reading any such emails for the purposes of security and legislative
compliance. For the full disclaimer please access
http://www.newport.gov.uk/disclaimer.

Mae'r e-bost hwn yn cynnwys gwybodaeth y bwriedir ar gyfer y derbynnydd yn
unig a gall fod yn gyfrinachol, yn destun ragorfraint gyfreithiol neu
broffesiynol, neu fel arall wedi’i diogelu rhag cael ei rhyddhau. Os nad
chi yw derbynnydd bwriadedig y neges hon, a fyddech cystal â rhoi gwybod
i'r anfonwr ar unwaith a pheidio â datgelu, dosbarthu neu gopïo’r e-bost i
unrhyw barti arall. Mae’r e-bost hon ac unrhyw ffeiliau atodedig yn eiddo
i Gyngor Dinas Casnewydd.

Pan fyddwch yn anfon e-bost at Gyngor Dinas Casnewydd, rydych yn cydsynio
i’r Cyngor fonitro a darllen unrhyw e-byst o’r fath at ddibenion
cydymffurfio â diogelwch ac â deddfwriaeth. I weld yr ymwadiad llawn ewch
i http://www.newport.gov.uk/ymwadiad

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