The New Year Honours 1921 were appointments by King
George V
George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until Death and state funeral of George V, his death in 1936.
George w ...
to
various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by members of the
British Empire
The British Empire comprised the dominions, Crown colony, colonies, protectorates, League of Nations mandate, mandates, and other Dependent territory, territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. It bega ...
. They were published on 31 December 1920.
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, ''etc.'') and then divisions (Military, Civil, ''etc.'') as appropriate.
British Empire
Baron
* Sir
William Beardmore, ., Chairman and Managing Director of
William Beardmore & Co., Ltd.; Chairman of the
Industrial Welfare Society. For public services.
* Sir
Ernest Cable, Ex-President of
Bengal Chamber of Commerce; Ex-Sheriff of Calcutta. Prominently identified with development of India.
*
Mathew Lewis Vaughan-Davies, , Member of Parliament for
Cardiganshire
Ceredigion (), historically Cardiganshire (, ), is a county in the west of Wales. It borders Gwynedd across the Dyfi estuary to the north, Powys to the east, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire to the south, and the Irish Sea to the west. Ab ...
for 26 years.
* The Right Honourable Sir
Horace Brooks Marshall, ,
Lord Mayor of London
The Lord Mayor of London is the Mayors in England, mayor of the City of London, England, and the Leader of the council, leader of the City of London Corporation. Within the City, the Lord Mayor is accorded Order of precedence, precedence over a ...
1918-19. For public services.
* Colonel
James Alexander Francis Humberston Stewart-Mackenzie of Seaforth, late
9th Lancers, , Vice-Lieutenant for
Ross and Cromarty
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Historical ...
, and Chairman of the
Territorial Force
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since its inception; Honorary Colonel, 1/4th
Seaforth Highlanders
The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, the Duke of Albany's) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, mainly associated with large areas of the northern Highlands of Scotland. The regiment existed from 1881 to 1961, and saw service ...
.
Privy Councillor
*
William Lehman Ashmead Bartlett Burdett-Coutts, , Member of Parliament for
Westminster
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since 1885.
;Ireland
*
Edward Mervyn Archdale, , Member of Parliament for
North Fermanagh.
*
Alderman
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Sir
Andrew Beattie, , Ex-
High Sheriff of Dublin City, Commissioner of National Education, Ireland.
* The Reverend
Thomas Hamilton, . For long and successful service to the cause of education in Ireland. First as President of Queens College, Belfast, subsequently as President and Vice-Chancellor of the
Queens University of Belfast.
*
Andrew Jameson, Ex-Governor,
Bank of Ireland
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, Chairman of
Irish Lights Commission.
Baronet
* Sir
Archibald Birkmyre, , late Member of the
Viceroy of India
The governor-general of India (1833 to 1950, from 1858 to 1947 the viceroy and governor-general of India, commonly shortened to viceroy of India) was the representative of the monarch of the United Kingdom in their capacity as the Emperor of ...
's Legislative Council and the Bengal Legislative Council; Vice President of the
Bengal Chamber of Commerce. For public services.
*
Albert Edward Bowen, President of the
Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway, Ex-High Sheriff of Bedfordshire. For public services on many Government War Committees.
* Admiral Sir
Cecil Burney, . For war services.
* Commander
August Bernard Tellefsen Cayzer, Chairman of the
Clan Line
The Clan Line was a passenger and cargo shipping company that operated in one incarnation or another from the late nineteenth century and into the twentieth century.
History Foundation and early years
The company that would become the Clan Lin ...
of steamers. For public and national services.
* Rear-Admiral Sir
Walter Cowan, . For war services.
*
Reginald Henry Cox, , Senior Partner in Messrs.
Cox & Co., Bankers and Agents to the British Army for over a century and a half, JP and Deputy-Lieutenant for Berkshire and Ex-High-Sheriff of that county. For public services.
*
James Hamet Dunn. For public services rendered to the Government during the War.
* Colonel Sir
William Thomas Dupree, , for several years
Mayor of Portsmouth. For municipal and local services.
*
Frederick Eley, General Manager and a Director of the
National Provincial and Union Bank of England Ltd. For public services.
*
Sven Wohlford Hansen, Chairman of Hansen Shipbuilding and Ship-repairing Co. Ltd., which revived the shipbuilding industry in
Bideford
Bideford ( ) is a historic port town on the estuary of the River Torridge in north Devon, South West England. It is the main town of the Torridge District, Torridge Districts of England, local government district.
Toponymy
In ancient records Bi ...
(after 50 years lapse). For public and local services.
* Colonel Sir
Joseph Hewitt. For notable services rendered in the Coal Controllers Department.
* Sir
Samuel Hill Hill-Wood, , Member of Parliament for
High Peak Division, Derbyshire. For local services.
*
Rowland Frederick William Hodge, Founder of
Northumberland Shipbuilding Company
The Northumberland Shipbuilding Company was a shipbuilding business based at Howdon in Tyne and Wear.
History
The company was established by Harry S. Edwards in Howdon in 1883. Following the death of the founder the business was bought by Rowla ...
; Chairman of Eltringhams Ltd. For public services, particularly in connection with shipbuilding.
*
George Harry Holcroft, . For notable services in Birmingham, particularly in connection with the University.
*
Trehawke Herbert Kekewich, , Chairman of Devon
Quarter Sessions
The courts of quarter sessions or quarter sessions were local courts that were traditionally held at four set times each year in the Kingdom of England from 1388; they were extended to Wales following the Laws in Wales Act 1535. Scotland establ ...
,
Recorder of
Tiverton for over 20 years. For national services.
*
Donald Macmaster, , Member of Parliament for
Chertsey Division, Surrey, since 1910.
*
Frederick Mills, ,
Deputy Lieutenant for the county of Monmouth; Chairman of the
Ebbw Vale Steel & Iron Company and of the Ebbw Vale Industrial Council. For public and local services.
*
Bernard Oppenheimer. For work in connection with the inauguration of diamond polishing for discharged and disabled soldiers.
* Lieutenant-General Sir
Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, , Founder of the
Boy Scout Movement.
*
Henry Samman, Honorary Elder Brother,
Trinity House
The Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond, also known as Trinity House (and formally as The Master, Wardens and Assistants of the Guild Fraternity or Brotherhood of the most glorious and undivided Trinity and of St Clement in the ...
, Hull; Chairman of the Shipping Section of the Hull Chamber of Commerce. For public services.
* Colonel
Charles Edward Yate, , Member of Parliament for
Melton Division. For public services.
Knight Bachelor
*
Ivor Algernon Atkins, , Organist of
Worcester Cathedral
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. Conductor of the
Three Choirs Festival.
*
Reginald Blair, , Member of Parliament for
Bow and Bromley. For public services.
*
Thomas Jewell Bennett, , Member of Parliament for
Sevenoaks Division. For many years Editor of ''
The Times of India
''The Times of India'' (''TOI'') is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by the Times Group. It is the List of newspapers in India by circulation, third-largest newspaper in India by circulation an ...
''. For public services.
*
Richard Dawson Bates
Sir Richard Dawson Bates, 1st Baronet (23 November 1876 – 10 June 1949), known as Dawson Bates, was an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) member of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland.
He was born in Strandtown, Belfast, the son of Richard D ...
, . For public and local services.
*
James Bell, Jr., Member of Shipping Committee of the Hull Chamber of Commerce and of Humber Conservancy Board. For public and local services.
*
Samuel Barrow, , Member of Trade Committee dealing with trade reconstruction after the war. For public and local services in Surrey.
* Lieutenant-Colonel
Henry Baldwin Barton, , Mayor of
Finsbury
Finsbury is a district of Central London, forming the southeastern part of the London Borough of Islington. It borders the City of London.
The Manorialism, Manor of Finsbury is first recorded as ''Vinisbir'' (1231) and means "manor of a man c ...
since 1911. For public and local services.
*
Wilfred Denham, Author and Writer.
*
John Daniel, Member of the
Cardiff City Council and Education Committees; President of the Cardiff
Cymmrodorion and Chairman of the Glamorganshire Branch of the National Union of Welsh Societies. For public and local services.
*
William Davies, Editor of the ''
Western Mail'', Cardiff.
*
Andrew Rae Duncan, Coal Controller since October 1919.
*
Henry Foreman, , Member of Parliament for
North Hammersmith; for many years Mayor of Hammersmith. For municipal and local services.
*
John Charles Fox, Senior Master of the Supreme Court, Chancery Division.
* Captain
Francis John Childs Ganzoni, , Member of Parliament for
Ipswich
Ipswich () is a port town and Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in Suffolk, England. It is the county town, and largest in Suffolk, followed by Lowestoft and Bury St Edmunds, and the third-largest population centre in East Anglia, ...
. For public services.
*
Charles Frederick Gill, , Recorder of Chichester.
* Councillor
William Hopwood, . For public and local services in Lancashire.
*
John Martin-Harvey, Actor.
*
William Hodgson. For public services in Crewe.
*
Alexander McAusland Kennedy, , President of the
Shipbuilding Employers Federation of Great Britain; served on several Government advisory committees during the War. For public and local services.
*
Harry Vernon Kilvert, . For public and local services in Cheshire.
* Professor
Peter Redford Scott Lang. For over 40 years
Professor of Mathematics in
St. Andrew's University. For public services.
*
Richard Roope Linthorne,
Town Clerk
A clerk (pronounced "clark" /klɑːk/ in British and Australian English) is a senior official of many municipal governments in the English-speaking world. In some communities, including most in the United States, the position is elected, but in ma ...
of
Southampton
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for 22 years. For public and local services.
*
John Mitchell,
Provost of Ayr during the whole of the war. For municipal and local services.
*
William Edgar Nicholls, , Director of
Barclay's Bank. For public services.
*
Ernest Fitzjohn Oldham, Deputy Chairman of the
Federation of British Industries. For public services.
*
Thomas David Owen. For public and local services in
Merseyside
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, and for services in connection with the
University College of North Wales.
* Major
William Reid, , Chairman of Board of Management of
Royal Glasgow Asylum for the Blind. For public and local services.
*
Charles Ryall, , Senior Surgeon to the Cancer Hospital and to the
Bolingbroke Hospital. For public services.
*
John Ross, , Treasurer of the
Carnegie University (Scotland) Trust, Chairman of
Carnegie (UK) Trust and Hero Fund. For public services.
*
Thomas Rowbotham, Mayor of
Stockport
Stockport is a town in Greater Manchester, England, south-east of Manchester, south-west of Ashton-under-Lyne and north of Macclesfield. The River Goyt, Rivers Goyt and River Tame, Greater Manchester, Tame merge to create the River Mersey he ...
1916-18. For public and local services.
* His Honour Judge
Walworth Howland Roberts, County Court Judge of Marylebone.
*
William Peter Rylands, President of the
Federation of British Industries.
*
Edwin Savill, Chartered surveyor
*
Harold Smith, , Member of Parliament for
Warrington
Warrington () is an industrial town in the Borough of Warrington, borough of the same name in Cheshire, England. The town sits on the banks of the River Mersey and was Historic counties of England, historically part of Lancashire. It is east o ...
.
*
Samuel Squire Sprigge, , Editor of ''
The Lancet
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The journal publishes ...
''.
*
Edwin Forsyth Stockton, Governor of
Manchester University
The University of Manchester is a public university, public research university in Manchester, England. The main campus is south of Manchester city centre, Manchester City Centre on Wilmslow Road, Oxford Road. The University of Manchester is c ...
. For local and public services.
* Alderman
William Wade, ,
Lord Mayor of Bradford, 1919–20; Member of the Bradford Chamber of Commerce. For public and local services.
* Professor
James Walker, Professor of Chemistry,
University of Edinburgh
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.
* Captain
Lionel de Lautour Wells, , Royal Navy, late Chief Officer
Metropolitan Fire Brigade. For public services.
*
Dawson Williams, , Editor of the ''
British Medical Journal
''The BMJ'' is a fortnightly peer-reviewed medical journal, published by BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, which in turn is wholly-owned by the British Medical Association (BMA). ''The BMJ'' has editorial freedom from the BMA. It is one of the world ...
''.
*
Richard John Williams. Mayor of
Bangor, 1913-20. For public and local services.
*
Arthur Worley, , General Manager of the
North British and Mercantile Insurance Company. For public services.
;Ireland
*
Edward Coey Bigger
Sir Edward Coey Bigger (1861 – 1 June 1942) was an Irish politician and physician. He was an independent member of Seanad Éireann from 1925 to 1936. He was first elected to the Seanad at the 1925 election for 9 years. He was re-elected at the ...
, , Chairman of Public Health Council and Medical Member of Local Government Board, Ireland.
*
Henry Campbell, Town Clerk of Dublin for many years.
*
Robert Meyer, Town Clerk of Belfast.
*
Ernest Godwin Swifte, , Chief Metropolitan Police Magistrate in Dublin for many years.
;India
*
George Herman Collier, , Director-General of Stores,
India Office
The India Office was a British government department in London established in 1858 to oversee the administration of the Provinces of India, through the British viceroy and other officials. The administered territories comprised most of the mo ...
.
*
Thomas Walker Arnold, , lately Educational Adviser for Indian Students to the Secretary of State.
* Mr. Justice Brod Bahadur
Shadi Lal, Barrister-at-Law, Chief Justice, High Court, Punjab.
*
Surendra Nath Banerjea, Elected Member of the Viceroy's Legislative Council.
*
Gokaldas Kahandas Parekh,
Pleader, Bombay.
*
Montagu de Pomeroy Webb, , Merchant, Karachi, Bombay.
*
Alexander Robertson Murray Sir Alexander Robertson Murray (29 November 1872 – 19 March 1956) was a former President of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce.
Career
A native of Elgin, he commenced his business career in the town clerk's office at Montrose, coming to Dunde ...
, , Senior Partner, Messrs. Thomas Duff & Company, Calcutta, President, Chamber of Commerce.
* Khan Bahadur
Mirza Abdul Husain Sahib,
Sheriff of Madras.
*
Marakjee Byramjee Dadabhoy, , Barrister-at-Law,
Nagpur
Nagpur (; ISO 15919, ISO: ''Nāgapura'') is the second capital and third-largest city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is called the heart of India because of its central geographical location. It is the largest and most populated city i ...
, Central Provinces.
*
Thomas Smith, , Manager, Muir Mails Company,
Cawnpore, United Provinces.
* Rai Bahadur
Hari Ram Goenka, , Merchant and Landholder, Bengal.
;Dominions, Crown Colonies, Protectorates, etc.
* The Honourable
Theophilus Cooper, a Judge of the
Supreme Court of New Zealand
The Supreme Court of New Zealand () is the highest court and the court of last resort of New Zealand. It formally came into being on 1 January 2004 and sat for the first time on 1 July 2004. It replaced the right of appeal to the Judicial Co ...
.
*
Frederick Dutton, Honorary Treasurer,
Royal Colonial Institute.
*
Henry Cowper Gollan, ,
Attorney-General of the Island of Ceylon.
*
Alexander Jarvie Hood, , of Sydney, Senior Honorary Physician at the
Prince of Wales (Military) Hospital,
Randwick, State of New South Wales.
*
George Hunter, Member of the
House of Representatives
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, Dominion of New Zealand. Has rendered valuable assistance in connection with the settlement of returned soldiers.
* The Honourable
Edward Lucas,
Agent-General
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in London for the State of South Australia.
* The Honourable
John Emanuel Mackey, ,
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Victoria.
*
Pietro James Michelli, , Secretary to the
London School of Tropical Medicine.
*
Ernest Oppenheimer, Honorary Secretary to the South African War Memorial Fund. Took a leading part in recruiting, both of combatants and labourers, for various fronts during the War.
*
Michel Angelo Refalo, , the
Chief Justice and President of His Majesty's Court of Appeal for the Island of
Malta
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.
*
Newton John Stabb, , Chief Manager of
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
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, Hong Kong. For services on behalf of British trade and interests in the Far East.
*
Henry Strakosch. For financial services to the Union of South Africa in connection with the War.
Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB)
;Military Division
;;Royal Navy
* Admiral
Louis Alexander Mountbatten, Marquess of Milford Haven, .
* Admiral Sir
Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee, .
* Admiral Sir
John Michael de Robeck, .
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)
;Military Division
;;Royal Navy
* Vice-Admiral
Laurence Eliot Bower .
;;Army
* Major-General (Honorary Lieutenant-General)
Michael Frederic Rimington, (Colonel,
6th Dragoons), Retired Pay.
* Major-General
Robert Porter, , Retired Pay.
* Major-General
Layton John Blenkinsop, , Director General,
Army Veterinary Service, War Office.
* Major-General Sir
Vere Bonamy Fane, .
;Civil Division
*
Vincent Wilberforce Baddeley, .
* Brigadier-General
William Thomas Francis Horwood, ,
Commissioner of Metropolitan Police.
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)
;Military Division
;;Royal Navy
* Rear-Admiral
Maurice Swynfen Fitzmaurice
Vice-Admiral Sir Maurice Swynfen Fitzmaurice, (12 August 1870 – 23 January 1927) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
He served in a number of campaigns in Africa, being twice mentioned in despatches, and had risen to the rank of captain pri ...
, .
* Lieutenant-Colonel Walter Thomas Creswell Jones, , Royal Marines Light Infantry.
;;Army
* Major-General
Weir de Lancy Williams, .
* Major-General
Alfred Alexander Kennedy, .
* Colonel (temporary Colonel on the Staff) John Constantine Gordon Longmore, , Brigadier-General i/c Administration, Egypt.
* Colonel
Albemarle Bertie Edward Cator, ,
Officer Commanding
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,
Scots Guards
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and Regimental District.
* Colonel
Llewelyn Alberic Emilius Price-Davies, , Assistant
Adjutant-General,
Aldershot Command.
* Colonel (temporary Major-General)
Ivo Lucius Beresford Vesey, , Director of Organisation, War Office.
* Colonel (temporary Colonel-Commandant)
Cuthbert Henry Tindall Lucas, , Brigade Commander,
16th Infantry Brigade, Irish Command.
* Colonel (temporary Major-General, Canadian Forces) Harry Macintire Elliot, , Master General of Ordnance,
Canadian Forces
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.
* Colonel Sisley Richard Davidson, .
* Colonel Herbert Josè Pierson Browne.
* Colonel Herbert Evan Charles Bayley Nepean, .
;Civil Division
* Rear-Admiral
Herbert William Richmond
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.
* Captain
Aubrey Smith, , Royal Navy.
* The
Right Reverend
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Bishop
John Taylor Smith, .
* Colonel John Stollery, , late
Royal Field Artillery
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(Territorial Force).
* Colonel Gilbert Ormerod Spence, , 5th Battalion,
Durham Light Infantry.
* Lieutenant-Colonel Alan Francis Maclure, , Territorial Force Reserve, 7th Battalion,
Lancashire Fusiliers
The Lancashire Fusiliers was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that saw distinguished service through many years and wars, including the Second Boer War, and the World War I, First and World War II, Second World Wars. It had many diffe ...
.
* Lieutenant-Colonel James Craig, , Territorial Force Reserve, 7th Battalion,
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
*
Walter St. David Jenkins, , Director of Contracts,
Admiralty.
* Basil Edward Holloway, Director of Finance (Materials),
Air Ministry
The Air Ministry was a department of the Government of the United Kingdom with the responsibility of managing the affairs of the Royal Air Force and civil aviation that existed from 1918 to 1964. It was under the political authority of the ...
.
*
Edward Henry Pelham, Principal Assistant Secretary, Board of Education.
*
Maurice Linford Gwyer, Solicitor, Ministry of Health.
* Lieutenant-Colonel
John Wallace Pringle,
Royal Engineers
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,
Chief Inspecting Officer of Railways, Ministry of Transport.
*
Otto Ernst Niemeyer, Principal Assistant Secretary, Treasury.
* Nathaniel Francis Banner Osborn, Deputy Director of Contracts,
War Office
The War Office has referred to several British government organisations throughout history, all relating to the army. It was a department of the British Government responsible for the administration of the British Army between 1857 and 1964, at ...
.
* Philip Francis Wood, , Official Draftsman,
Scottish Office
The Scottish Office was a department of the Government of the United Kingdom from 1885 until 1999, exercising a wide range of government functions in relation to Scotland under the control of the Secretary of State for Scotland. Following the es ...
.
Order of the Star of India
Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India (GCSI)
:''Additional Knights Grand Commanders, in recognition of the services rendered by the
Native States of India during the War.''
* Lieutenant-Colonel His Highness Maharaja Sir
Prabhu Narayan Singh Bahadur, ,
Maharaja of Benares.
* Major-General His Highness Farzand-i-Khas-i-Daulet-i-Inglishia Mansur-i-Zaman Amar-ul-Umra Maharajadhiraja Rajeshwar Sri Maharaja-i-Rajagan Sir
Bhupindar Singh Mahindar Bahadur, ,
Maharaja of Patiala.
Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India (KCSI)
* Sir
Edward Douglas MacLagan, ,
Governor-Designate of the Punjab.
* The Right Honourable Sir
Satyendra Prassano, Baron Sinha of Raipur, ,
Governor of Bihar and Orissa.
*
Sir Nicholas Dodd Beatson-Bell, ,
Governor-Designate of Assam.
* Sir
William Sinclair Marris, , Governor-Designate of Assam (in succession to Sir Nicholas Beatson-Bell).
*
Louis James Kershaw, ,
Indian Civil Service
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Its members ruled over more than 3 ...
, Secretary in the Revenue and Statistics Department,
India Office
The India Office was a British government department in London established in 1858 to oversee the administration of the Provinces of India, through the British viceroy and other officials. The administered territories comprised most of the mo ...
.
*
George Seymour Curtis, , Indian Civil Service, Member of the Executive Council of the Governor of Bombay.
*
Lionel Davidson, , Indian Civil Service, Member of the Executive Council of the Governor of Madras.
Companion of the Order of the Star of India (CSI)
* Henry Mayne Reid Hopkins, Indian Civil Service, Senior Member, Board of Revenue,
United Provinces.
* Robert Arthur Graham, Indian Civil Service, Chief Secretary to the Government of Madras.
*
Percy James Mead, Indian Civil Service, Secretary to Government, Revenue Department (lately Chief Secretary), Bombay.
*
George Rainy
George Rainy (6 June 1790—9 June 1863) was a Scottish merchant, slave owner and land owner.
In the early 1800s, Rainy became involved in sugar plantations in the Caribbean which were Slavery in the British and French Caribbean, worked by Afric ...
, , Indian Civil Service, Chief Secretary to Government,
Bihar and Orissa.
* Geoffrey Rothe Clarke, , Indian Civil Service, Director-General of Posts and Telegraphs.
* Douglas Donald, , on special duty as Political Officer for Orakzais,
North-West Frontier Province
The North-West Frontier Province (NWFP; ) was a province of British India from 1901 to 1947, of the Dominion of Pakistan from 1947 to 1955, and of the Pakistan, Islamic Republic of Pakistan from 1970 to 2010. It was established on 9 November ...
.
* Khan Bahadur Sardar Muhammad Ali Khan Kazilbash, Vice-President of the Municipal Committee and Honorary Magistrate, Lahore.
:''Additional Companion, in recognition of the services rendered by the Native States of India during the War.''
* Nawabzada Haji Muhammad Hamidulla Khan, third son of
Her Highness the Begum of Bhopal.
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG)
* Brigadier-General Sir
William Henry Manning, ,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Island of Ceylon.
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG)
* Major
Harry Edward Spiller Cordeaux, ,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Bahama Islands.
* The Right Honourable
Adrian Knox
Sir Adrian Knox (29 November 186327 April 1932) was an Australian lawyer and judge who served as the second Chief Justice of Australia, in office from 1919 to 1930.
Knox was born in Sydney, the son of businessman Sir Edward Knox. He studied ...
, ,
Chief Justice of the
High Court of Australia
The High Court of Australia is the apex court of the Australian legal system. It exercises original and appellate jurisdiction on matters specified in the Constitution of Australia and supplementary legislation.
The High Court was establi ...
.
*
Albert Edward Stephenson, , Director of Colonial Audit.
*
Sir Alexander George Boyle, , lately a
Lieutenant-Governor
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in the
Protectorate of Nigeria.
*
Ernest James Lennox Berkeley, , lately His Majesty's
Consul-General at
Tunis
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.
* Sir
Harold Arthur Stuart, , lately British High Commissioner on the
Inter-Allied Rhineland High Commission.
;Honorary Knight Commander
* His Highness Paduka Sri Sultan
Iskandar Shah ibni Almerhum Sultan Idris,
Sultan of Perak
The Sultan of Perak (, Jawi script, Jawi: ) is the Constitutional monarchy, constitutional monarch and head of state of the Malaysia, Malaysian state of Perak. It is one of the oldest hereditary seats among the Malay states. The current Sultan o ...
.
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)
* William Cecil Bottomley, , of the
Colonial Office
The Colonial Office was a government department of the Kingdom of Great Britain and later of the United Kingdom, first created in 1768 from the Southern Department to deal with colonial affairs in North America (particularly the Thirteen Colo ...
.
* Ernest Augustus Boxer, President of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers Association.
* Ernest Marshall Owen Clough, Clerk of the House and Taxing Officer,
Senate of the Union of South Africa.
*
Illtyd Buller Pole-Evans, , Chief of the Division of Botany and Plant Pathology, Department of Agriculture, Union of South Africa.
* The Honourable
William James George, Minister for Public Works, and Trading Concerns and Water Supply, State of Western Australia.
* Gavin Macaulay Hamilton, , lately Secretary to the Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Dominion of New Zealand.
* The Honourable
John Blyth Hayes, Minister for Works, State of Tasmania.
* Edward Charles Long, Principal Medical Officer,
Basutoland
Basutoland was a British Crown colony that existed from 1884 to 1966 in present-day Lesotho, bordered with the Cape Colony, Natal Colony and Orange River Colony until 1910 and completely surrounded by South Africa from 1910. Though the Basot ...
.
* Major
Charles William James Orr,
Royal Artillery
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,
Colonial Secretary,
Gibraltar
Gibraltar ( , ) is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory and British overseas cities, city located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula, on the Bay of Gibraltar, near the exit of the Mediterranean Sea into the A ...
.
* Thomas Edmund Rice, Director of the Medical and Sanitary Service, Nigeria.
*
Henry Getty Chilton, a Counsellor of Embassy in
His Majesty's Diplomatic Service
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.
* Major James Hugh Hamilton Dodds, His Majesty's
Chargé d'affaires
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at
Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa (; ,) is the capital city of Ethiopia, as well as the regional state of Oromia. With an estimated population of 2,739,551 inhabitants as of the 2007 census, it is the largest city in the country and the List of cities in Africa b ...
.
* Reginald Walter Matthew, a Director in the Department of Overseas Trade.
Order of the Indian Empire
Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (GCIE)
* His Highness Maharaja Sir
Ugyen Wangchuck
''Gongsar'' Ugyen Wangchuck (, ; 11 June 1862 – 26 August 1926) was the first Druk Gyalpo (King) and founding father of the Kingdom of Bhutan from 1907 to 1926. In his lifetime, he made efforts to unite the fledgling country and gain the trus ...
, ,
Maharaja of Bhutan.
:''Additional Knight Grand Commander, in recognition of the services rendered by the Native States of India during the War.''
* Lieutenant-Colonel His Highness Farzand-i-Dilband Rasikh-ul-Itikad Daulat-i-Inglishia Raja-i-Rajagan Maharaja Sir
Jagatjit Singh Bahadur, ,
Maharaja of Kapurthala.
Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE)
*
Henry Robert Conway Dobbs, ,
Indian Civil Service
The Indian Civil Service (ICS), officially known as the Imperial Civil Service, was the higher civil service of the British Empire in India during British Raj, British rule in the period between 1858 and 1947.
Its members ruled over more than 3 ...
, Foreign Secretary to the Government of India.
* Thakore Saheb
Dolatsinhji Jesvantsinhji,
Thakore Saheb of
Limbdi, Ruling Chief, 2nd Class, Bombay.
* Sardar Bahadur Sardar
Arur Singh, , Manager,
Golden Temple
The Golden Temple is a gurdwara located in Amritsar, Punjab, India. It is the pre-eminent spiritual site of Sikhism. It is one of the Holy place, holiest sites in Sikhism, alongside the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur in Kartarpur, Pakistan, ...
,
Amritsar
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, Punjab.
*
Henry Ashbrooke Crump, , Indian Civil Service, Financial Commissioner,
Central Provinces
The Central Provinces was a province of British India. It comprised British conquests from the Mughals and Marathas in central India, and covered parts of present-day Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra states. Nagpur was the primary ...
.
:''Additional Knights Commanders, in recognition of the services rendered by the Native States of India during the War.''
* Lieutenant-Colonel His Highness Maharaja Sir
Amar Parkash Bahadur, ,
Maharaja of Sirmur.
* Lieutenant-Colonel His Highness Nawab Sir
Ahmad Ali Khan Bahadur, ,
Nawab of Maler Kotla.
Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE)
* Khan Bahadur Sayyid Mehdi Shah, , Honorary Magistrate and Member of the Legislative Council of the Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab.
* Diwan Bahadur Diwan Daulat Rai, Barrister-at-Law, Rawalpindi, and Member of the Legislative Council of the Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab.
* Michael Keane, Indian Civil Service, Chief Secretary to Government, United Provinces.
*
Sir James David Sifton, Indian Civil Service, Financial Secretary to Government, Bihar and Orissa.
* Lieutenant-Colonel Philip Sykes Murphy Burlton, Indian Army, Commissioner, Jullundur Division, Punjab.
* Charles Morgan Webb, Indian Civil Service, Chief Secretary to the Government of Burma.
* David Thomas Chadwick, Indian Civil Service, Indian Trade Commissioner, London.
* Harry William Maclean Ives, Chief Engineer and Secretary to the Government of the Punjab, Public Works Department, Irrigation Branch, Punjab.
* Charles Maurice Baker, Indian Civil Service, Collector, Bombay.
* William Alexander Marr, Indian Civil Service, Magistrate and Collector, Rungpur, Bengal.
*
Geoffrey Latham Corbett, Indian Civil Service, Deputy Secretary, Commerce Department, Government of India.
* Major Edmund Henry Salt James, Indian Political Department, Deputy Commissioner, Hazara.
* John Tudor Gwynn, Indian Civil Service, Publicity Officer, Madras.
* Lieutenant-Colonel David Macdonald Davidson,
Indian Medical Service
The Indian Medical Service (IMS) was a military medical service in British India, which also had some civilian functions. It served during the two World Wars, and remained in existence until the independence of India in 1947. Many of its officer ...
, Civil Surgeon, Lahore, Punjab.
* Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick O'Kinealy, Indian Medical Service, Surgeon Superintendent, Presidency General Hospital, Calcutta, Bengal.
* Lieutenant-Colonel William Frederick Harvey, Indian Medical Service, Director, Central Research Institute,
Kasauli
Kasauli is a town and cantonment, located in the Solan district of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. The cantonment was established by the British Raj in 1842 as a Colonial hill station,Sharma, Ambika"Architecture of Kasauli churches" ''The ...
, Punjab.
* Lieutenant-Colonel
Lionel Augustus Grimston, , Commanding the
6th Assam Valley Light Horse (I.A.F.), Assam.
* Lieutenant-Colonel John Lawrence Van Geyzel, late Indian Medical Service, Examiner of Medical Stores, India Store Depot.
* Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
Sydney Frederick Muspratt, , Indian Army, General Staff Officer, First Grade, Army Headquarters.
* Major Henry George Vaux, Military Secretary to His Excellency the Governor of Bengal.
*
Arthur Charles Rumboll, , Acting Agent,
Great Indian Peninsula Railway.
* Hugh Charles Sampson, Deputy Director of Agriculture, V and VII Circles,
Coimbatore
Coimbatore (Tamil: kōyamputtūr, ), also known as Kovai (), is one of the major Metropolitan cities of India, metropolitan cities in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the banks of the Noyy ...
, Madras.
* Dr.
Edwin John Butler,
Imperial Mycologist, Pusa.
* Alexander Waddell Dods, (Major, Calcutta Port Defence Artillery), Partner, Messrs. Burn & Co., Calcutta, Bengal.
*
Dadiba Merwanji Dalal, Justice of the Peace, Bombay.
* Rai Bahadur Gopal Das Bhandari, , Advocate and Municipal Commissioner, Amritsar, Punjab.
* Rai Bahadur Jadu Nath Mazumdar, Chairman, District Board,
Jessore
Jessore (, ), officially Jashore, is a city of Jessore District in Khulna Division. It lies in southwestern Bangladesh. It is home to the first flight training school of the Bangladeshi Air Force, established in 1971. Jessore city consists of 9 wa ...
, Bengal.
* Jehangir B. Murzban, Journalist, Bombay.
* Narayan Molhar Joshi,
Servants of India Society, Bombay.
* Hamid Khan, Assistant Political Officer,
Najaf
Najaf is the capital city of the Najaf Governorate in central Iraq, about 160 km (99 mi) south of Baghdad. Its estimated population in 2024 is about 1.41 million people. It is widely considered amongst the holiest cities of Shia Islam an ...
,
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia is a historical region of West Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the Fertile Crescent. Today, Mesopotamia is known as present-day Iraq and forms the eastern geographic boundary of ...
.
*
Harry Evan Auguste Cotton. Formerly Advocate of the
High Court of Calcutta, Member of the
London County Council
The London County Council (LCC) was the principal local government body for the County of London throughout its existence from 1889 to 1965, and the first London-wide general municipal authority to be directly elected. It covered the area today ...
.
*
Frank Herbert Brown, Journalist, formerly of Bombay.
:''Additional Companion, in recognition of the services rendered by the Native States of India during the War.''
* Jalal-ud-Daula Nawab Muhammad Khurshaid Ali Khan Bahadur, Mustakil-i-Jang, , Nawab of Dujana.
Order of the British Empire
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE)
;Military Division
* Lieutenant-General Sir
Richard Cyril Byrne Haking, .
* Honorary Major-General His Highness Maharaja Raj Rajeshawar Siromani Sri Sir
Ganga Singh Bahadur, ,
Maharaja of Bikaner. For valuable services rendered during the War.
Order of the Companions of Honour (CH)
* The Reverend
John Clifford, .
* Sir
John Reeves Ellerman, .
Kaisar-i- Hind Medal
;First Class
* Sir
Pramada Charan Banerji, ., Puisne Judge of the
High Court of Allahabad.
* Joseph Vas, Indian Civil Service, Magistrate and Collector, Bankuar, Bengal.
* Rai Bahadur Sakhi Chand, Superintendent of Police,
Puri
Puri, also known as Jagannath Puri, () is a coastal city and a Nagar Palika, municipality in the state of Odisha in eastern India. It is the district headquarters of Puri district and is situated on the Bay of Bengal, south of the state ca ...
,
Bihar and Orissa.
* M. R. Ry. Diwan Bahadur
Agaram Subbarayalu Reddiyar Garu, President of the South Arcot District Board, Madras.
* M. R. Ry. Diwan Bahadur
Mocherla Ramachandta Rao Pantulu Garu, President of the Kistna District Board, Madras.
* Francis Ernest Morrison, Vice-Chairman, Bhagalpur District Board, Bihar and Orissa.
* Reverend William Somers Sutherland, Missionary, of
Kalimpong
Kalimpong is a town and the headquarters of an eponymous district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is located at an average elevation of . The town is the headquarters of the Kalimpong district. The region comes under Gorkhaland Territo ...
, Bengal.
* Annette Matilda Benson, , formerly Senior Physician,
Cama & Albless Hospital, Bombay.
* Maung Ba Oh (alias Ahmed Ulla), Timber Merchant and Raft Agent to the Bombay, Burma Trading Corporation Limited,
Rangoon
Yangon, formerly romanized as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar. Yangon was the List of capitals of Myanmar, capital of Myanmar until 2005 and served as such until 2006, when the State Peace and Dev ...
, Burma.
Royal Victorian Order
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)
* His Royal Highness
the Duke of York, .
* The
Right Honourable
''The Right Honourable'' (abbreviation: The Rt Hon. or variations) is an honorific style traditionally applied to certain persons and collective bodies in the United Kingdom, the former British Empire, and the Commonwealth of Nations. The term is ...
Adelbert Wellington Brownlow, Earl Brownlow.
* The Right Honourable Sir
Frederick Edward Grey Ponsonby, .
* Captain
The Honourable
''The Honourable'' (Commonwealth English) or ''The Honorable'' (American English; American and British English spelling differences#-our, -or, see spelling differences) (abbreviation: ''Hon.'', ''Hon'ble'', or variations) is an honorific Style ...
Sir
William Charles Wentworth Fitzwilliam, .
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)
* The
Right Reverend
The Right Reverend (abbreviated as The Rt Revd or The Rt Rev) is an honorific style (form of address), style given to certain (primarily Western Christian, Western) Christian ministers and members of clergy. It is a variant of the more common st ...
Bertram Pollock, ,
Lord Bishop of Norwich.
* The Right Reverend Bishop
Herbert Edward Ryle, ,
Dean of Westminster
The Dean of Westminster is the head of the chapter at Westminster Abbey. Due to the abbey's status as a royal peculiar, the dean answers directly to the British monarch (not to the Bishop of London as ordinary, nor to the Archbishop of Canterb ...
.
* The Honourable Sir
Charles Russell,
* Sir
Lionel Earle, .
*
Frederick Stanley Hewett, .
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)
* Sir
William Barclay Peat
Sir William Barclay Peat (15 February 1852 – 24 January 1936) was an accountant and one of the founders of KPMG.
Career
Peat born in Forebank, St Cyrus, Kincardine, Fife, Kincardine, Scotland. He was the second son of James Peat and Marg ...
.
*
The Very Reverend
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The definite article "t ...
Albert Victor Baillie,
Dean of Windsor
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.
* Colonel Stratford Edward St. Leger, .
* William Richard Codling, .
* Captain John Hampden Waller, , of the
Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms
His Majesty's Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms is a bodyguard to the British Monarch. Until 17 March 1834, they were known as The Honourable Band of Gentlemen Pensioners.
Formation
The corps was formed as the Troop of Gen ...
.
* William Fairbank, .
* Major
Philip Hunloke
Major Sir Philip Hunloke (born Philip Perceval, 26 November 1868 – 1 April 1947) was a British sailing (sport), sailor and courtier.
He was the son of Captain Philip Perceval of the Royal Horse Guards but changed his name in 1905. He wa ...
, .
Member of the Royal Victorian Order, 4th class (MVO)
* Captain James Murray Pipon, , Royal Navy.
* Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher Middlemass Davidson, of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms.
* Lieutenant-Commander Martin John Coucher de Meric, Royal Navy (Dated 8 August 1920).
* Richard John Frederick Edgcumbe.
* William Henry Massey.
Member of the Royal Victorian Order, 5th class (MVO)
* Arthur Clement Beck.
* Captain Andrew Benbow.
* William Stewart MacWilliam.
* Richard Philip.
* Superintendent Stephen Frederick Spencer, Metropolitan Police.
* Frederick John Worledge.
King's Police Medal (KPM)
;England
*
Harry Philip Parnell Lane, , Chief Constable of Lancashire.
* Frederick Brindley, Chief Constable, Stockport Borough Police.
* George Henry Barker, Assistant Chief Constable,
Sheffield City Police.
* Joseph Crisp, Superintendent and Deputy Chief Constable, East Riding of Yorkshire Constabulary.
* Henry Barraclough, Superintendent, West Riding of Yorkshire Constabulary.
* Thomas Sheridan, Superintendent,
Newcastle and Tyne City Police.
* James Ravenhall, Superintendent and Deputy Chief Constable,
Warwickshire Constabulary.
* William Ritchie, Inspector,
Cumberland and Westmorland Constabulary.
* Joseph Hutchinson, Inspector,
Lincolnshire Constabulary.
* William Kenward, Inspector,
Surrey Constabulary.
* Walter Henry Southey, Inspector,
Dover Borough Police.
* Robert Lewis Bertram, Sergeant, Cumberland and Westmorland Constabulary.
* Leslie Cross, Sergeant, Lincolnshire Constabulary.
* John Abbott, Sergeant,
Metropolitan Police.
* Thomas James Brown, Sergeant,
Lancashire Constabulary
Lancashire Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing the ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county of Lancashire in North West England. The force's headquarters are at Hutton, Lancashire, Hutton, near the cit ...
.
* Thomas Brown, Police Constable,
Liverpool City Police
Liverpool City Police was the police force operating in the city of Liverpool, England
England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it co ...
.
* James Fox, Police Constable, Liverpool City Police.
* Alfred Isaac Fulton, Police Constable, Cumberland and Westmorland Constabulary.
* Charles Rodwell, Police Constable, Lincolnshire Constabulary.
* Francis Douglas Sinton, Police Constable,
Northumberland Constabulary.
* Bertram Allison, Police Constable, Metropolitan Police.
* Percy Sweet, Police Constable, Metropolitan Police.
* Alexander Jaffray, Police Constable, Metropolitan Police.
* Wallace Churchyard, Police Constable, Metropolitan Police.
* George Day, Police Constable, Metropolitan Police.
* Harry Hayes, Police Constable, Metropolitan Police.
* Harry Berry, Police Constable,
Port of London Police.
;;Fire Brigade
* Allbert Mildon, Superintendent,
London Fire Brigade
The London Fire Brigade (LFB) is the Fire department, fire and rescue service for London, the capital of the United Kingdom. It was formed by the Metropolitan Fire Brigade Act 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. c. 90), under the leadership of superintendent ...
.
* James William Spurgeon, Sub-Officer, London Fire Brigade.
* Arthur William Fenner, Fireman, London Fire Brigade.
* George Sluman, Pilot, London Fire Brigade.
* Samuel Penn, Police Inspector and Second Officer, Wolverhampton Fire Brigade.
;Scotland
* William Dawson Paterson, Assistant Chief Constable,
Edinburgh City Police.
* William Millar Douglas, Superintendent,
Glasgow City Police.
* Lachlan McTavish, Police Constable, Renfrew Constabulary.
;;Fire Brigade
* John McGregor, Senior Superintendent, Glasgow Fire Brigade.
;India
* James Walter Macleod North, Inspector, Madras City Police.
* Amudur Varadarajulu Nayudu Govindarajulu Nayudu, Head Constable, Madras City Police.
* Muhammad Kalimullah Sahib Chida, Khan Sahib, Deputy Superintendent, Madras City Police.
* Kannampundi Govinda Mudaliyar Natesa Mudaliyar, Constable, Madras City Police.
* Rowther Jagganadha Rao Nayudu, Inspector of Police, Madras.
* Panappakkam Ella Pillai Muruga Pillai, Constable, Madras City Police.
* Ignasamuthu, Head Constable, Ramnad District, Madras.
* Francis Everard Sharp, Assistant Superintendent of Police, Bombay.
* Patrick A. Kelly, District Superintendent of Police, Bombay.
* Sheikh Abdul Karim Abdul Aziz, Sub-Inspector of Police, Bombay.
* Khan Mahomed Dost Mahomed Brohi, Inspector of Police, Bombay.
* Edwin Lionel Cauty, Superintendent and Officiating Deputy Commissioner of Police, Bombay.
* Shaik Rasul Shaik Chand, Head Constable, Criminal Investigation Department, Bombay.
* Rasiduddin Ahammad, Head Constable, Bengal Police.
* Harendra Nath Chakrabatti, Head Constable, Bengal Police.
* Mohendra Nath Mukherji, Inspector, Calcutta Police.
* Didar Husain, Sub-Inspector of Police, Bengal.
* George Woods Dixon, Superintendent of Police, Officiating Deputy Inspector-General, Intelligence Branch, Criminal Investigation Department, Bengal.
* Bharat Chandra Mukharji, Head Constable, Bengal Police.
* Derajuddin, Constable, Bengal Police.
* Subodh Chandra Chakrabartti, Inspector of Police, Bengal.
* Shaj Mahamad, Head Constable, Bengal Police.
* Thakur Singh, Officiating Inspector of Police, Bengal.
* Pandit ChakraJ Dhar Jayal, Rai Bahadur, Officiating Superintendent, United Provinces Police.
* Aziz Khan, Sub-Inspector, United Provinces Police.
* Har Prasad, Sub-Inspector, United Provinces Police.
* Frederick Young, Officiating Superintendent, United Provinces Police.
* The Honourable Mr. Levett Mackenzie Kaye, Inspector-General, United Provinces Police.
* Hugh Otway de Gale, Superintendent, Punjab Police.
* Anar Khan, Officiating Inspector of Police, Mianwali District, Punjab.
* Henry George Fitzgerald, Deputy Inspector General, Punjab Police.
* Khan Bahadur Agha Ali Raza Khan, Superintendent, Punjab Police.
* Pandit Jiwan Lal, Inspector of Police, Criminal Investigation Depantment, Punjab.
* John Lacon Ommanmey, Officiating Deputy Inspector-General, Burma Police.
* Francis Herbert Fearnley-Whittingstall, District Superintendent, Burma Police.
* Gulab Khan, Constable, Rangoon Town Police.
* Khiwan Khan, Head Constable, Yamethin District, Burma.
* Pow Chin, Subadar, Burma Military Police.
* Lieutenant Reginald George Bateman Lawson, Indian Army Reserve of Officers, District Superintendent, Assistant Commandant, Burma Military Police.
* Robert Joseph Ashby, Inspector and Officiating Deputy Superintendent, Bihar and Orissa Police.
* Natharam, Inspector, Criminal Investigation Department, Central Provinces Police.
* Ramlal, Inspector, Criminal Investigation Department, Central Province Police.
* Alexander Tollemache Halliday, Special Superintendent in charge of the Criminal Investigation Department, Assam Police.
* Bhuban Mohan Ganguli, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Assam.
* Hangspal Limbu Jemadar, 3rd (Naga Hills) Battalion,
Assam Rifles.
* James Edward Ryall, Assistant Superintendent, North-West Frontier Province Police.
* Girdhari Lal, Sub-Inspector, North-West Frontier Province Police.
* George Durrant Sanderson, Officiating District Officer, Frontier Constabulary.
* Jiwan Das, Sub-Inspector, North-West Frontier Province Police.
* Khan Sahib Hamid-ud-Din, Inspector of Police, Delhi.
* Evelyn Julius Bayley, Deputy Superintendent, Hyderabad Railway Police.
;British Dominions Beyond The Seas
* Jonathan Atkinson, Superintendent of Police, Second Class, New South Wales.
* Michael Brooks, Superintendent of Police, Third Class, New South Wales.
* Charles Edward Stewart Rose, Sergeant of Police, South Australia.
* Michael Kenny, Divisional Inspector of Police, Orange Free State, Union of South Africa.
* Gabriel Jacobus Verster, Constable, South African Police.
* Tom Mviti, Native Constable, South African Police.
* Arthur Lane, Station Officer, Hong Kong Fire Brigade.
* William Murison, Chief Detective Inspector of Police, Hong Kong.
* James Kerr, Chief Inspector of Police, Hong Kong.
* Han Hang, Principal Chinese Detective, Hong Kong Police.
* Bernard Toole, Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Jamaica.
* Bauchi Amadu, Sergeant-Major of Police, Northern Provinces, Nigeria.
* Percy Frederick Browne, Commissioner of Police,
Tanganyika Territory
Tanganyika was a colonial territory in East Africa which was administered by the United Kingdom in various forms from 1916 until 1961. It was initially administered under military occupation. From 20 July 1922, it was formalised into a League o ...
.
Promotions
;Royal Navy
The following promotions have been made, to date from 31 December 1920.
;;Commander to Captain
* James G. P. Ingham, .
* Colin A. M. Sarel, .
*
Wilbraham T. R. Ford.
* Claud F. Allsup, .
* James S. C. Salmond.
*
Eric G. Robinson, .
* Hugh Seymour, .
* Edward O. Cochrane.
* Everard J. Hardman-Janes, .
* James D. Campbell, .
*
Hugh D. Hamilton.
* Charles S. Benning, .
* Edward O. B. S. Osborne, .
;;Lieutenant-Commander to Commander
* Henry V. Hudson, .
* Andrew Wilmot-Smith, .
* Andrew Johnstone, .
* George Wilson.
* Edwin G. Morris.
* William R. Priston.
* Roger Burges.
* William H. W. Ridley.
* Melvill Hensman, .
* Geoffrey R. S. Watkins, .
* John G. P. Vivian.
* Francis R. Barry.
* Arthur E. H. Wright, .
* Frederick G. Charsley, .
* Henry M. Coombs, .
* Edye K. Boddam-Whetham, .
* Malby D. Brownlow.
*
John G. Crace.
* Geoffrey Nicholson.
* Eric W. W. Ling.
* Ralph D. Binney.
* Herbert Pott.
* Colin Cantlie, .
* Francis Q. Champness.
;;Lieutenant to Commander
* HRH
Albert Frederick Arthur George, Duke of York, .
;;Paymaster Commander to be Paymaster Captain
To date from 1 January 1921.
* John E. Jones.
* Charles M. Luckham.
* Beauchamp U. Colclough, .
* William E. R. Martin, .
* Bertram C. Allen, .
* Hugh S. Hall, .
* Charles J. E. Rotter, .
* Walter Gask, .
;;Engineer Commander to Engineer Captain
* Charles A. Harding.
* Frederick W. Sydenham, .
* Hugh S. Garwood, .
* Walter W. Bills.
* George N Leslie.
* Walter S. Hill.
;;Engineer Lieutenant-Commander to Engineer Commander
* Percy Reeve.
* Robert Montgomery.
* William F. Paffett.
* Charles S. Bell.
* Thomas H. Warde.
* Cecil B. Sheppard.
* Osborne W. Skinner.
* Howard Wormell.
* James Ashton, .
* Laurence P. Fowler.
* Harold V. Gaud.
* Norman S. Richardson.
* Albert A. G. Martell, .
* Réné C. Hugill, .
;;Surgeon-Commander to Surgeon-Captain
* Christopher L. W. Bunton, .
;Royal Naval Reserve
;;Commander to Captain
* James Turnbull, .
* Frederick G. Brown, .
* Frederick H. Fitzroy, .
;;Lieutenant-Commander to Commander
* Alfred S. Leech, .
* Harry C. Birnie, .
* William P. Townshend, .
* Charles G. Matheson, .
* Edward A. Singeisen, .
* Edward S. Carver, .
* John W. Williams, .
* Charlies M. Wray.
* Robert B. Irving, .
;Army
Honorary ranks, in recognition of distinguished services rendered during the War.
;;Honorary Lieutenant-General
* Honorary Major-General His Highness Saramand-i-Rajha-i-Hindustan Raj Rajindar Sri Maiharajadhiraja Sir
Sawai Madho Singh Bahadur, ,
Maharaja of Jaipur.
;;Honorary Colonel
* Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel His Highness Sawai Maharaja Sir
Jey Singh Bahadur, ,
Maharaja of Alwar.
;;Honorary Major
* Honorary Lieutenant His Highness Maharaja Sri Brajindra Sawai
Kishan Singh Bahadur Jang, Maharaja of
Bharatpur.
* His Highness Rais-ud Daula Sipahdar-ul Mulk Maharajadhiraja Sri Sawai Maharaji Rana Sir Udaibhan Singh Lokindar Bahadur Diler Jang Jai Deo, , Maharaj-Rana of Diholpur.
* Honorary Captain His Highness Nawab Sidi Ibrahim Mohamed Yakub Khan Mubazarat Nasrat Jung Bahadur,
Nawab of Sachin.
* Honorary Captain His Highness Raja Sir Bije Chand, , Raja of
Bilaspur.
;;Honorary Captain
* Maharaj Kumar Sadul Singh, son of His Highness the
Maharaja of Bikaner.
* Rao Raja Hanut Singh, son of His Highness Maharaja Sir
Partap Singh Bahadur,
Regent of Jodhpur.
* Rao Raja Sagat Singh, son of His Highness Maharaja Sir Partap Singh Bahadur, Regent of Jodhpur.
* Nawab Aizud-din Ahmed Khan, Nawab of Loharu.
Royal Red Cross (RRC)
;Bar to the Royal Red Cross
* Dorothea Matilda Taylor, , (Acting) Principal Matron,
Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service.
;2nd Class
* Lizzie Parrish Dixon, Matron, Military Families' Hospital Staff.
Air Force Cross (AFC)
;Bar to the Air Force Cross
* Flying Officer
Thomas Audley Langford-Sainsbury, . (Air Force Cross gazetted 1 January 1919).
References
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New Year Honours
1921 awards
1921 in the United Kingdom