The King's Birthday Honours 1923 were appointments in many of the

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s of King

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to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of The King. They were published on 1 and 29 June 1923. 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

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 ...

Charles Napier Lawrence, chairman,

London, Midland and Scottish Railway The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMSIt has been argued that the initials LMSR should be used to be consistent with London and North Eastern Railway, LNER, Great Western Railway, GWR and Southern Railway (UK), SR. The London, Midland an ...

. * The Honourable Herbert Cokayne Gibbs, , Chairman of the City of London Unionist Association. For public and political services.

Privy Councillor

* Montagu Collet Norman, ,

Governor of the Bank of England The governor of the Bank of England is the most senior position in the Bank of England. It is nominally a civil service post, but the appointment tends to be from within the bank, with the incumbent choosing and mentoring a successor. The governor ...

. * The Honourable Stanley Melbourne Bruce, , Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia. * The Honourable

William Stevens Fielding William Stevens Fielding, (24 November 1848 – 23 June 1929) was a Canadian Liberal politician, the seventh premier of Nova Scotia (1884–96), and the federal Minister of Finance from 1896 to 1911 and again from 1921 to 1925. Early life ...

, , Minister of Finance, Canada. * Lieutenant-Colonel George Abraham Gibbs, , Member of Parliament for Bristol (West) since 1906. Treasurer of HM's Household since 1921. * Commander Bolton Meredith Eyres-Monsell, Royal Navy, , Member of Parliament for

Evesham Evesham () is a market town and Civil parishes in England, parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands region of England. It is located roughly equidistant between Worcester, England, Worceste ...

since January 1910,

Civil Lord of the Admiralty The Civil Lord of the Admiralty formally known as the Office of the Civil Lord of Admiralty also referred to as the Department of the Civil Lord of the Admiralty was a member of the Board of Admiralty who was responsible for managing the Royal N ...

, 1921–October 1922,

Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty The Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty also known as the Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Board of Admiralty was a position on the Board of Admiralty and a civil officer of the British Royal Navy The Roy ...

since October 1922.

Baronet

* Major-General Sir Anthony Alfred Bowlby, , President of the

Royal College of Surgeons The Royal College of Surgeons is an ancient college (a form of corporation) established in England to regulate the activity of surgeons. Derivative organisations survive in many present and former members of the Commonwealth. These organisations ...

. * Thomas Hutchison,

Lord Provost of Edinburgh The Right Honourable Lord Provost of Edinburgh is elected by and is the convener of the City of Edinburgh Council and serves not only as the chair of that body, but as a figurehead for the entire city, ex officio the Lord-Lieutenant of ...

. * Sir William Plender, . For public services. * Henry Lesser Rothband. For public services. *

George Alfred Wills Sir George Alfred Wills, 1st Baronet of Blagdon (3 June 1854 – 11 July 1928) was the Chairman, then first President, of Imperial Tobacco and a prominent member of an eminent Bristol family. He was the son of Henry Overton Wills III and Alice ...

, . For public services. * Sir William Watson Rutherford, , Member of Parliament for Edge Hill Division of Liverpool, 1903–1922. * Major Arthur Clive Morrison-Bell, , Member of Parliament for

Honiton Honiton () is a market town and civil parish in East Devon, situated close to the River Otter, Devon, River Otter, north east of Exeter in the county of Devon. Honiton has a population estimated at 12,154 (based on 2021 census). History The ...

since 1910. * John Henry Brunel Noble, . For public services in the County of Northumberland. * Sir Arthur John Dorman, . For public services in Yorkshire. * Sir William Hannay Raeburn, , Member of Parliament for

Dumbartonshire Dunbartonshire () or the County of Dumbarton is a historic county, lieutenancy area and registration county in the west central Lowlands of Scotland lying to the north of the River Clyde. Dunbartonshire borders Perthshire to the north, Stirling ...

since 1918.

Knight Bachelor

* Francis Robert Anderton, Late Chairman 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 ...

. * George Francis Blacker, , Dean of University College Hospital Medical School. * George Dance. For public services. * David Davis, ,

Lord Mayor of Birmingham Lord is an appellation for a person or deity who has authority, control, or power over others, acting as a master, chief, or ruler. The appellation can also denote certain persons who hold a title of the peerage in the United Kingdom, or are ...

. * Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert Ellisse, , Controller and Financial Adviser,

Imperial War Graves Commission The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is an intergovernmental organisation of six independent member states whose principal function is to mark, record and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of Commonwealth of Nations mil ...

. * Professor Hermann Gollancz, . In recognition of his contributions to learning. * His Honour Judge Herbert William Lush-Wilson, . For public services. * Henry Joseph Lynch, managing director of Messrs. Davidson, Pullen, Rio de Janeiro. Ex-president of Chamber of Commerce, Brazil. * Lieutenant-Colonel Ewen John Maclean, . For services to the Ministry of Health in Wales. * Arthur Copson Peake, , President of

The Law Society The Law Society of England and Wales (officially The Law Society) is the professional association that represents solicitors for the jurisdiction of England and Wales. It provides services and support to practising and training solicitors, as ...

. * Professor

William Matthew Flinders Petrie Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie ( – ), commonly known as simply Sir Flinders Petrie, was an English Egyptologist and a pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology and the preservation of artefacts. He held the first chair of ...

, , Edwards Professor of Egyptology,

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. * Arthur Scott Quekett, , Parliamentary Draughtsman and Treasury Solicitor, Northern Ireland. * Guy Stephenson, , Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions. * John Fischer Williams, , British Legal Representative on the Reparations Commission. * Henry Maddocks, , Member of Parliament for

Nuneaton Nuneaton ( ) is a market town in Warwickshire, England, close to the county border with Leicestershire to the north-east.OS Explorer Map 232 : Nuneaton & Tamworth: (1:25 000) : Nuneaton's population at the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 censu ...

since 1918. * Lieutenant-Colonel Martin Archer-Shee, , Member of Parliament for Finsbury Central, January and December 1910, and

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 1918. * Alfred Stephens, . For public and political services in Carmarthenshire. *

George Henry Morse Sir George Henry Morse (27 May 1857 – 1 April 1931) was an English brewer, administrator and mountaineer. He was Lord Mayor of Norwich and later President of the Alpine Club. Early life Morse was born in 1857, second son of Charles Morse of Ay ...

, . For public and political services in Norwich. Lord Mayor of Norwich 1923. * Charles Ernest Leonard Lyle, , Member of Parliament for Stratford 1918–1922. Chairman of Queen Mary Hospital for the East End of London since 1915. * Alderman Ernest Henry Cook, , For public and political services in Bristol. Lord Mayor of Bristol 1921–22. * John Priestman, . For public and political services in Sunderland. * Daniel Thomas Keymer, . For public and political services in Hackney. * Herbert Lidiard. For public and political services in Paddington. Three times Mayor of

Paddington Paddington is an area in the City of Westminster, in central London, England. A medieval parish then a metropolitan borough of the County of London, it was integrated with Westminster and Greater London in 1965. Paddington station, designed b ...

. * Major Frederic Arthur Kelley, , Member of Parliament for

Rotherham Rotherham ( ) is a market town in South Yorkshire, England. It lies at the confluence of the River Rother, South Yorkshire, River Rother, from which the town gets its name, and the River Don, Yorkshire, River Don. It is the largest settlement ...

since 1918. * Pomeroy Burton. For public services. * Louis Frederick Pearson, . For public and political services in Nottingham. * Alderman Albert Edward Pritchard, . For public and political services in

Wednesbury Wednesbury ( ) is a market town in the Sandwell district, in the county of the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England; it was historically in Staffordshire. It is located near the source of the River Tame, West Midlands, River Tame and ...

. * Alderman Charles Henry Wilson, . For public and political services in Leeds. ;India * Maurice Henry Weston Hayward,

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 ...

, Member of the Executive Council of the

Governor of Bombay Until the 18th century, Bombay consisted of seven islands separated by shallow sea. These seven islands were part of a larger archipelago in the Arabian sea, off the western coast of India. The date of city's founding is unclear—historians tr ...

. *

Rai Bahadur Rai Bahadur (in North India) and Rao Bahadur (in South India), R.B., was a title of honour bestowed during British rule in India to individuals for outstanding service or acts of public welfare to the Empire. From 1911, the title was accompani ...

Kurma Venkata Reddi Nayudu Garu, Minister for Development,

Madras Chennai, also known as Madras ( its official name until 1996), is the capital and largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state of India. It is located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal. According to the 2011 Indian ce ...

. * Moropant Vishvanath Joshi, Member of the Executive Council of the Governor of the

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 ...

. * Mr. Justice Hugh Walmsley, Indian Civil Service, Judge, High Court, Calcutta, Bengal. * Mr. Justice Muhammad Rafiq, Puisne Judge, High Court, Allahabad, United Provinces. * Ernest Albert Seymour Bell, , Member,

Railway Board The Ministry of Railways is a ministry in the Government of India, responsible for the rail transport in India, country's rail transport. The Indian Railways is the rail network operated and administered by the Railway Board constituted by t ...

. * Edward Mitchener Cook, , Indian Civil Service, Secretary to the Government of India, Finance Department. * Brigadier-General Charles Lane Magniac, , Agent,

Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway The Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway was a railway company that operated in southern India. It was founded on 1 January 1908 by merging the Madras Railway and the Southern Mahratta Railway. Initially, its headquarters was at Royapuram in ...

, Madras. * Hugh Trowbridge Keeling, , Chief Engineer, Public Works Department, Delhi. * Captain Thomas George Segrave, , Royal Naval Reserve, in charge of the management of the Indian Prize Ships. *

Diwan Bahadur Dewan Bahadur or Diwan Bahadur was a title of honour awarded during British rule in India. It was awarded to individuals who had performed faithful service or acts of public welfare to the nation. From 1911 the title was accompanied by a special ...

Sathappa Chettiar Ramanathan Chettiar Muthiah Chettiar Annainalai Chettiar Avargal, Banker, Madras. *

Gopal Das Bhandari, , Pleader and President, Municipal Committee,

Amritsar Amritsar, also known as Ambarsar, is the second-List of cities in Punjab, India by population, largest city in the India, Indian state of Punjab, India, Punjab, after Ludhiana. Located in the Majha region, it is a major cultural, transportatio ...

, Punjab. *

Purshotamdas Thakurdas Sir Purshottamdas Thakurdas (1879–1961), , was an Indian Gujarati people, Gujarati cotton trader, banker and industrialist from Mumbai, India. He had served as the Sheriff of Bombay in 1920 and succeeded Mathuradas Vissanji, Sir Mathuradas Vis ...

, , Merchant, Bombay. * Adam Beattie Ritchie, Merchant, Messrs. Finlay, Fleming & Co., Burma. * Hector William Gavin Mackenzie, , Senior Censor, Royal College of Physicians. * Rayner Childe Barker, , Director-in-Chief, Indo-European Telegraph Department, India Office. ;Dominions, Colonies, Protectorates, etc. * The Honourable Frederick Revans Chapman, 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 ...

. * William Herbert Daw, for services in connection with the Oversea Dominions. * The Honourable Jean Etienne Reenen de Villiers, Judge President of the

Orange Free State The Orange Free State ( ; ) was an independent Boer-ruled sovereign republic under British suzerainty in Southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, which ceased to exist after it was defeated and surrendered to the British Em ...

Provincial Division of the

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. * Charles James Griffin, Chief Justice of His Majesty's High Court of Uganda. *

George Handley Knibbs Sir George Handley Knibbs (13 June 1858 – 30 March 1929)Bambrick, S.. ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', Volume 9, Melbourne University Press, 1983, pp. 620-621. Retrieved 24 August 2009 was an Australian scientist, the first Commonwea ...

, , Director of the Bureau of Science and Industry, Commonwealth of Australia. * William Thorley Loton, of the City of Perth in the State of Western Australia, in recognition of his public services. * James Comyn Macgregor, ,

Resident Commissioner Resident commissioner was or is an official title of several different types of commissioners, who were or are representatives of any level of government. Historically, they were appointed by the British Crown in overseas protectorates (such a ...

Bechuanaland Protectorate The Bechuanaland Protectorate () was a British protectorate, protectorate established on 31 March 1885 in Southern Africa by the United Kingdom. It became the Botswana, Republic of Botswana on 30 September 1966. History Scottish missionary ...

. * William Macintosh, of

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, Member of the House of Assembly of the Union of South Africa, in recognition of his public services. * Ernest William Sanders Montagu, Secretary for Mines and, Works,

Southern Rhodesia Southern Rhodesia was a self-governing British Crown colony in Southern Africa, established in 1923 and consisting of British South Africa Company (BSAC) territories lying south of the Zambezi River. The region was informally known as South ...

. * Professor William John Ritchie Simpson, , a Member of the Colonial Advisory Medical and Sanitary Committee. * John Warren Swanson, Lord Mayor of the City of Melbourne, State of Victoria, in recognition of his public services.

Order of the Bath

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

;Civil Division * Sir

Eyre Crowe Sir Eyre Alexander Barby Wichart Crowe (30 July 1864 – 28 April 1925) was a British diplomat, an expert on Germany in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. He is best known for his vehement warning, in 1907, that Germany's expansionism was mot ...

, ,

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Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

;Military Division ;;Royal Navy * Vice-Admiral Sir

Morgan Singer Sir Morgan Singer, (13 December 1864 – 27 April 1938) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station. Naval career Singer joined the Royal Navy in 1877, and was promoted to lieutenant on ...

, . * Vice-Admiral Sir Hugh Henry Darby Tothill, . ;;Army * Major-General

Charles Walker Robinson Major-General Sir Charles Walker Robinson, (April 3, 1836 – May 20, 1924) was a British North American-born British Army officer and writer on military subjects. Born in Toronto, Upper Canada, the son of John Beverley Robinson, he attended Tri ...

, , retired pay. * Major-General Owen Edward Pennefather Lloyd, , retired pay,

Colonel Commandant Colonel commandant is a military title used in the armed forces of some English-speaking countries. The title, not a substantive military rank, could denote a senior colonel with authority over fellow colonels. Today, the holder often has an honor ...

Royal Army Medical Corps The Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) was a specialist corps in the British Army which provided medical services to all Army personnel and their families, in war and in peace. On 15 November 2024, the corps was amalgamated with the Royal Army De ...

. * Lieutenant-General Sir John Stuart Mackenzie Shea, ,

Indian Army The Indian Army (IA) (ISO 15919, ISO: ) is the Land warfare, land-based branch and largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Commander-in-Chief, Supreme Commander of the Indian Army, and its professional head ...

. ;;Royal Air Force * Air Vice-Marshal Arthur Vyell Vyvyan, . ;Civil Division *

Holberry Mensforth Sir Holberry Mensforth, KCB, CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and militar ...

, , Director-General of Factories, War Office.

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

;Military Division ;;Royal Navy * Rear-Admiral

David Murray Anderson Admiral Sir David Murray Anderson, (11 April 1874 – 30 October 1936) was a British naval officer and governor. Anderson served in the Royal Navy from the age of 13 and served in many colonial wars and was given various Empire postings, rising ...

, . * Captain (Commodore, 2nd class)

Alan Hotham Admiral Sir Alan Geoffrey Hotham (3 October 1876 — 10 July 1965) was a Scottish first-class cricketer and an officer in the Royal Navy. Graduating from the Britannia Royal Naval College in 1892, Hotham served in the Royal Navy until 1929, seei ...

, . * Captain Charles Andrew Fountaine. * Captain Francis Arthur Marten, . * Surgeon Rear-Admiral Joseph Chambers, . * Colonel Reginald Cecil Temple, , Royal Marine Artillery. ;;Army * Major-General

Arthur Grenfell Wauchope General Sir Arthur Grenfell Wauchope (1 March 1874 – 14 September 1947) was a British soldier and colonial administrator. Military career Educated at Repton School, Wauchope was commissioned into the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in 1 ...

, . * Colonel Anthony Hudson Woodifield, , assistant director of Ordnance Services, the

British Army of the Rhine British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) was the name given to British Army occupation forces in the Rhineland, West Germany, after the First and Second World Wars, and during the Cold War, becoming part of NATO's Northern Army Group (NORTHAG) tasked ...

. * Colonel Howard Alan Denholm Fraser, Commanding

Royal Engineers The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually called the Royal Engineers (RE), and commonly known as the ''Sappers'', is the engineering arm of the British Army. It provides military engineering and other technical support to the British Armed Forces ...

Peshawar District Peshawar District (, , ) is a Districts of Pakistan, district in the Peshawar Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located about 160 km west of the Pakistan's capital Islamabad. The district headquarter is the city of ...

, India. * Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet Colonel Alfred Edgar Glasgow, , Commanding 2nd Battalion,

The Royal Sussex Regiment The Royal Sussex Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that was in existence from 1881 to 1966. The regiment was formed in 1881 as part of the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot a ...

. * Colonel Cecil De Sausmarez, , Officer in charge of Records,

Royal Garrison Artillery The Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA) was formed in 1899 as a distinct arm of the British Army's Royal Artillery, Royal Regiment of Artillery serving alongside the other two arms of the Regiment, the Royal Field Artillery (RFA) and the Royal Horse ...

. * Colonel Julian Mayne Young, , Assistant Quartermaster-General,

Aldershot Command Aldershot Command was a Home Command of the British Army. History After the success of the Chobham Manoeuvres of 1853, reformers of the British Army decided to create a permanent training camp at Aldershot. To begin the preliminary work a smal ...

. * Major-General Arthur Le Grand Jacob, , Indian Army,

General Officer Commanding General officer commanding (GOC) is the usual title given in the armies of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth (and some other nations, such as Ireland) to a general officer who holds a command appointment. Thus, a general might be the GOC ...

Kohat District Kohat District (, ) is a district in the Kohat Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Kohat city is its district capital. History Mughal era From the early sixteenth century, the history of Kohat revolves around three ma ...

, India. * Colonel Walter Holland Ogilvie, ,

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 ...

, assistant director of Medical Services, Presidency and

Assam Assam (, , ) is a state in Northeast India, northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra Valley, Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . It is the second largest state in Northeast India, nor ...

District, India. * Colonel (temporary Colonel Commandant) Etienne Ronald Partridge Boileau, , Indian Army, Brigade Commander, 11th Indian Infantry Brigade. * Colonel (temporary Colonel Commandant) Harry Ross, , Indian Army, Commander, Rangoon Brigade Area, Southern Command, India. * Colonel Arthur William Hamilton May Moens, , Indian Army, General Staff, Officer, 1st Grade, India Office. * Colonel Edward Thomas Humphreys, , for valuable services rendered in connection with military operations in Malabar, 1921-1922. ;;Royal Air Force * Air Commodore Charles Alexander Holcombe Longcroft, . ;Civil Division * Robert John Thompson, , Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture. * Captain John McInnes Borland, , Royal Naval Reserve. * William McClelland, . * Lieutenant-Colonel and Honorary Colonel Thomas Stokes George Hugh Robertson Aikman, late Commanding 4th Battalion (Militia), The

Highland Light Infantry The Highland Light Infantry (HLI) was a light infantry regiment of the British Army formed in 1881. It took part in the First World War, First and World War II, Second World Wars, until it was amalgamated with the Royal Scots Fusiliers in 1959 t ...

. * Colonel Sir Robert Drummond Moncreiffe, , Honorary Colonel, 6th/7th (Perth & Fife) Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), Territorial Army. * Brevet Colonel Robert William Herbert Watkin Williams-Wynn, , Honorary Colonel, 61st (Carnarvon & Denbigh Yeomanry) Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery, Territorial Army. * Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Charles John Coventry, , Commanding 100th (Worcestershire & Oxfordshire Yeomanry) Brigade,

Royal Field Artillery The Royal Field Artillery (RFA) of the British Army provided close artillery support for the infantry. It was created as a distinct arm of the Royal Regiment of Artillery on 1 July 1899, serving alongside the other two arms of the regiment, the ...

, Territorial Army. * Colonel George Ralph Charles, Baron Harlech, , Chairman of the Shropshire Territorial Army County Association.

Order of the Star of India

Knight Grand Commander (GCSI)

* His Highness Lieutenant-Colonel

Maharaja Maharaja (also spelled Maharajah or Maharaj; ; feminine: Maharani) is a royal title in Indian subcontinent, Indian subcontinent of Sanskrit origin. In modern India and Medieval India, medieval northern India, the title was equivalent to a pri ...

Shri Shri (; , ) is a Sanskrit term denoting resplendence, wealth and prosperity, primarily used as an honorific. The word is widely used in South and Southeast Asian languages such as Assamese, Meitei ( Manipuri), Marathi, Malay (including In ...

Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji, , Maharaja Jam Sahib of Nawanagar, Bombay.

Knight Commander (KCSI)

Rao Bahadur Rai Bahadur (in North India) and Rao Bahadur (in South India), R.B., was a title of honour bestowed during British Raj, British rule in India to individuals for outstanding service or acts of public welfare to the British Empire, Empire. From ...

Bayya Narasimheswara Sarma, Member of the Executive Council of the Governor-General. * Sir Ibrahim Rahimtoola, , Member of the Executive Council, Bombay.

Companion (CSI)

* Maharaja Shri Fateh Singh, Home Member of Council,

Jodhpur State Kingdom of Marwar, also known as Jodhpur State during the modern era, was a kingdom in the Marwar region from 1243 to 1818 and a princely state under British rule from 1818 to 1947. It was established in Pali by ''Rao Siha'', possibly a migran ...

, Rajputana. * John Hullah, Indian Civil Service, Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Revenue and Agriculture. * Steuart Edmund Pears, , Resident,

Waziristan Waziristan (Persian language, Persian, Pashto, Ormuri, , ) is a mountainous region of the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The Waziristan region administratively splits among three districts: North Waziristan, Lower South Waziristan Dis ...

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 Islamic Republic of Pakistan from 1970 to 2010. It was established on 9 November 1901 from ...

. * John Campbell, ,

, Representative of the Government of India on the Opium Advisory Committee of the League of Nations. * George Frederick Paddison, Indian Civil Service, Commissioner of Labour, Madras. * James Milne, lately serving with the Inchcape Committee.

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

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

* His Excellency the Right Honourable Sir Charles Norton Edgcumbe Eliot, , His Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Tokio.

Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG)

* Laurence Nunns Guillemard, , Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Straits Settlements and their Dependencies. *

Malcolm Stevenson Sir Malcolm Stevenson (15 March 1878 – 27 November 1927) was a British colonial administrator. He served as the Governor of Cyprus, and later as the Governor of the Seychelles. Stevenson was born in Lisburn, Ireland, and educated at Met ...

, , High Commissioner and Commander-in-Chief of the Island of Cyprus. * The Honourable John George Bice, Member of the

Legislative Council A legislative council is the legislature, or one of the legislative chambers, of a nation, colony, or subnational division such as a province or state. It was commonly used to label unicameral or upper house legislative bodies in the Brit ...

, Chief Secretary and Minister of Marine of the State of South Australia. * Charles Thomas Davis, , Assistant Under-Secretary of State,

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 ...

. * James William Jamieson, , His Majesty's Consul-General at Canton.

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

* John Ernest Adamson, Director of Education for the Province of Transvaal,

Union of South Africa The Union of South Africa (; , ) was the historical predecessor to the present-day South Africa, Republic of South Africa. It came into existence on 31 May 1910 with the unification of the British Cape Colony, Cape, Colony of Natal, Natal, Tra ...

. * David Alexander, Director of Medical and Sanitary services, Gold Coast Colony. * John Henry Butters, , Chief Engineer and General Manager, Hydro Electric Department, State of Tasmania. * Captain Thomas Edward Donne, Secretary, Office of the High Commissioner in London for New Zealand. * Percy Hubert Ezechiel, one of the Crown Agents for the Colonies. * The Reverend

Robert Laws Robert Laws FRGS FRSGS (1851–1934) was a Scottish missionary who headed the Livingstonia mission in the Nyasaland Protectorate (now Malawi) for more than 50 years. The mission played a crucial role in educating Africans during the colonial ...

, , Principal of the Livingstonia Mission,

Nyasaland Protectorate Nyasaland () was a British protectorate in Africa that was established in 1907 when the former British Central Africa Protectorate changed its name. Between 1953 and 1963, Nyasaland was part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. After ...

, in recognition of his public services. * William Stewart Mowle, Clerk of the Legislative Assembly of the State of New South Wales. * Major Cecil William Chase Parr, , British Resident, Perak,

Federated Malay States The Federated Malay States (FMS, , Jawi script, Jawi: ) was a federation of four protectorate, protected states in the Malay Peninsula — Selangor, Perak, Negeri Sembilan and Pahang — established in 1895 by the British government, and whi ...

. * Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Reginald St. Johnston, Colonial Secretary of the

Leeward Islands The Leeward Islands () are a group of islands situated where the northeastern Caribbean Sea meets the western Atlantic Ocean. Starting with the Virgin Islands east of Puerto Rico, they extend southeast to Guadeloupe and its dependencies. In Engl ...

. * John Scott, Deputy Chief Secretary to the

Government of Nigeria The federal government of Nigeria is composed of three distinct branches: Federal Ministries of Nigeria, the executive, the National Assembly (Nigeria), legislative, and the Supreme Court of Nigeria, judicial, whose powers are vested and bestow ...

. * Samuel Henry Slater, , Adviser to the Ministry of Finance, Iraq Government. *

James William Tibbs James William Tibbs (27 October 1855 – 17 February 1924) was a New Zealand school principal who made a significant contribution to the development of secondary education in that country. He served as headmaster of Auckland Grammar School ...

, lately Headmaster of the

Auckland Grammar School Auckland Grammar School (often simplified to Auckland Grammar, or Grammar), established in 1869, is a State school, state, Day school, day and Boarding school, boarding secondary school for Single-sex education, boys in Auckland, New Zealand. ...

in the Dominion of New Zealand, in recognition of services to Education. *

Thomas Trumble Thomas Trumble, (9 April 1872 – 2 July 1954) was a career Australian public servant who was appointed acting Departmental secretary, Secretary of the Department of Defence (Australia), Department of Defence during the First World War, and Secr ...

, , Secretary to the Department of Defence, Commonwealth of Australia. * Charles Henry Bentinck, Counsellor at His Majesty's Legation at Athens. * Nevile Meyrick Henderson, Counsellor to His Majesty's High Commission at

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. * Gerald Campbell, His Majesty's Consul General at San Francisco. ;Honorary Companion * His Highness Tunku Mahmud ibni Almerhum Sultan Ahmad Tajudin, vice-president of the State Council,

Kedah Kedah (), also known by its honorific Darul Aman (Islam), Aman (دار الأمان; Arabic for 'The Safe Abode') and historically as Queda, is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia, located in the northwestern part of ...

, Malay States.

Order of the Indian Empire

Knight Grand Commander (GCIE)

* Sir Reginald Henry Craddock, , late Lieutenant-Governor of Burma.

Knight Commander (KCIE)

* Henry Fraser Howard, , late Controller of Finance,

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, and Secretary to the Inchcape Committee.

Companion (CIE)

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Diwan

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, , Chief Minister,

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, Punjab. *

Thakur Hari Singh, , Military Member, State Council,

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, Rajputana. * Wilfred Alder, ,

, Officiating Auditor-General, Government of India, Finance Department. * James Rea Martin, Indian Civil Service, Secretary, Development Department, Bombay. * David George Mitchell, Indian Civil Service, lately Secretary to Government, Legal Department, and Secretary to the Legislative Council,

. * Eardley Garforth Bryan Peel, His Majesty's Consul at

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, Persian Gulf. * Francis Farquhar Sladen, Indian Civil Service, Deputy Commissioner, United Provinces. * Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Henry Chenevix-Trench, ,

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. * Albert Frederic Lucas Brayne, Indian Civil Service, Officer on Special Duty, Government of India, Finance Department. * Eric Charles Handyside, , Officiating Commandant,

Frontier Constabulary The Frontier Constabulary () is a federal paramilitary force of Pakistan under the control of the Interior Secretary of Pakistan, which is largely drawn from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, but operates in several districts of Pakistan. It is res ...

, North West Frontier Force. * Cecil Guy Barnett, Superintending Engineer, Burma, formerly Executive and Superintending Engineer, Delhi New Capital Works. * Lieutenant-Colonel Asher Leventon,

, Superintendent, Campbell Medical School and Hospital, Bengal. * Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Hunter, Indian Medical Service, Civil Surgeon,

Lucknow Lucknow () is the List of state and union territory capitals in India, capital and the largest city of the List of state and union territory capitals in India, Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is the administrative headquarters of the epon ...

, United Provinces. * Lieutenant-Colonel Robert McCarrison, Indian Medical Service, on deputation to the Medical Research Department, India. * Joseph William Bhore, , Indian Civil Service, Secretary to the High Commissioner for India in the United Kingdom, lately acting as High Commissioner. * Harry Graham Haig, Indian Civil Service, late Secretary, Indian Fiscal Commission. * Khan Bahadur Muhammad Bazlullah Sahib, , Commissioner of the Corporation of Madras. * Reginald Maitland Maxwell, Indian Civil Service, Bombay. * James Herbert Hechle, late Registrar, High Court (Original Side), Bengal. * Major David Patrick Johnstone, , Surgeon to His Excellency the

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. * Khan Bahadur Muhammad Sher Baz Khan, Honorary Magistrate,

Lahore District Lahore District () is a Districts of Punjab, Pakistan, district in Punjab (Pakistan), Punjab, Pakistan, consisting of the provincial capital, Lahore and surrounding areas. It is the most populous Districts of Pakistan, district of Pakistan, with ...

, Punjab. * Khan Bahadur Mian Muhammad Hayat Khan, Kureshi, of Sobbowal, Honorary Magistrate,

Shahpur District Shahpur District, established in 1893 during the British Raj, existed in what is now Pakistan until 1960. From its inception until 1914, Shahpur served as the district headquarters. In 1914, the headquarters were relocated to Sargodha, althoug ...

, Punjab. * The Reverend George Dunsford Barne, , Principal, Lawrence Royal Military School, Sanawar (2nd in Command, Simla Rifles Auxiliary Force, India), Punjab. *

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, Director of the Kodaikanal Observatory, Madras. * Saw Hke, Sawba of

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, Burma.

Royal Victorian Order

Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)

* His Highness Aga Sultan Sir Mahomed Shah Aga Khan, (dated 30 May 1923.) * The Right Honourable Reginald, Earl of Meath, . * The Right Honourable Andrew, Baron Dunedin, .

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)

* Arthur, Viscount Valentia, .

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

* Lieutenant-Colonel John Chaytor Brinton, . * Philip Colville Smith.

Member of the Royal Victorian Order, 4th class (MVO)

* The Honourable Montague Charles Eliot, . * Major Richard Hasell Sheepshanks, , 5th King Edward's Own Probyn's Horse. * Herbert Arthur Previté Trendell, . * Major Henry Hudson Fraser Stockley, . * Harry Clifford Longden, . * John Lombard Hobson. * Henry Linnington Martyn, * Herbert Mitchell. * Francis Jeune Willans, (dated 3 February 1923.)

Member of the Royal Victorian Order, 5th class (MVO)

* Jean Marie Claud Barlerin. * Charles Coleman. * Edward Septimus Courroux. * Henry John Thomas Joist.

Order of the British Empire

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

;Civil Division * Sir William Guy Granet. For public services. * Sir Harry Harling Lamb, , until recently His Majesty's Consul-General at

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. * Major-General Sir Lee Oliver Fitzmaurice Stack, ,

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

;Civil Division * Barbara, Lady Strickland. For public service, 1919–1922. * Belle, Lady Cox, , for services in Iraq.

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

;Military Division ;;Royal Navy * Vice-Admiral Thomas Jackson, . ;;Army * Colonel Ivo Lucius Beresford Vesey, . * Colonel Reginald Seaburne May, . * Major-General John Theodosius Burnett-Stuart, , for valuable services rendered in connection with military operations in Malabar, 1921-1922. ;Civil Division *

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, . In recognition of his public services. President of Association of British Chambers of Commerce. Member of the Grand Council of the Federation of British Industries. * Walter Schroder, Coroner for Central London. * Percy Crosland Tempest, , General Manager, Southern Railway (UK), Southern Railway. * Major-General Wilkinson Dent Bird, , late Lieutenant-Governor and Secretary, Royal Hospital Chelsea. * Colonel (Honorary Major-General) Ernest Dunlop Swinton, (retired pay). * Horace Dickinson Nugent, , His Majesty's Consul-General at Chicago, on retirement from the Consular Service. * Harry Gloster Armstrong, His Majesty's Consul-General at New York. * William Ford Coaker, lately Minister of Marine and Fisheries, Newfoundland, in recognition of his public services. * The Honourable Arthur Alfred Clement Cocks, Colonial Treasurer of the State of New South Wales. * Hugh Denison, of the City of Sydney, in recognition of his public services to the Commonwealth of Australia. * Alfred Theodore Hennessy, of the City of Cape Town, in recognition of his public services to the Union of South Africa. * The Honourable William Murray McPherson, Treasurer of the State of Victoria. * Robert Howard Nolan, , of the City of Auckland, Dominion of New Zealand, in recognition of his public services. * Claud Severn, , Colonial Secretary, British Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

;Military Division ;;Royal Navy * Paymaster Captain Kenneth Sydney Hay. ;;Army * Lieutenant-Colonel John Brown (British Army officer, died 1958), John Brown, , 4th Battalion (Territorial), The Northamptonshire Regiment. * Colonel Ronald Bruce Campbell, . * Colonel Edward Henry Eley, , Territorial Army. * Colonel (temporary Colonel Commandant) Bonham Faunce. * Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary Colonel) Leonard Kirke Smith, , The Royal Scots, attached Egyptian Army. * Colonel John Beatson Bell,

. * Colonel (temporary Colonel on the Staff) George Montague Philip Hawthorn, , Inspector-General of the King's African Rifles. * Lieutenant-Colonel (local Colonel) Austin Hubert Wightwick Haywood, , Royal Artillery, Inspector-General of the West African Frontier Force. * Major Robert Douglas Johnston, The Hampshire Regiment. * Major Basil Gerard Peel, , 1st Madras Pioneers, Indian Army. * Major Ernest Steuart Weldon, , The Dorsetshire Regiment. * Lieutenant-Colonel Ernest Robert Caldwell Wyatt, , 4th Hazara Pioneers, Indian Army. ;;Royal Air Force * Air Commodore Frederick Halahan, Frederick Crosby Halahan, . ;Civil Division * Max Julius Bonn. For services in connection with juvenile employment. * Lieutenant-Colonel John Southey Bostock, , Director of Medical Service, Ministry of Pensions. * Frederick Gatus Bowers, , Accountant General, Ministry of Labour (United Kingdom), Ministry of Labour. * David Caird, Director of Information Section, War Office. * Colonel Robert Clark, , Chairman of City of Edinburgh Territorial Auxiliary and Volunteer Reserve Association, Territorial County Association. * Harold Claughton, , Secretary of Disposal and Liquidation Commission. * Charles Henry Colson, , deputy director of Works, Admiralty. * John Ainsworth Dale, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Labour, Northern Ireland. * The Reverend Canon Frederick Charles Davies, . In recognition of his public services as vice-chairman of the Consultative Council on National Health Insurance. * Rachael Annie Cox-Davies, Late Matron, Royal Free Hospital, and late Principal Matron of the Territorial Army Nursing Service. Member of General Nursing Council. * Walter Davies, , chairman, Healthcare in Greater Manchester, Manchester Hospitals Voluntary Committee. * Francis Lindsay Fisher, , Member of Disposal Board. * Walter Miller Gaul, Assistant Secretary, War Office. * John Fitzhugh Gelston, Deputy Inspector General and Commissioner of Police, Northern Ireland. * James Scott Gordon, , Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Northern Ireland. * Douglas Houstoun, Solicitor to HM Duchy of Lancaster. * William Henry Kendal, , Secretary of the Office of Commissioner of Metropolitan Police. * John Lee, Controller of Central Telegraph Office, General Post Office. * Gertrude Margaret McCowan, . For public services in Glasgow and the West of Scotland. * Lewis McQuibban, , Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Northern Ireland. * William Thomas Madden, . In recognition of his services as Honorary Manager, State Liquor Undertaking at Enfield from 1916 to 1922. * Alderman Charles Henry Margrett, . For public services. * George Torrance Milne, , Senior Trade Commissioner, Montreal. * Ernest Tom Neathercoat, , President of the Pharmaceutical Society. In recognition of his services in connection with Dangerous Drugs Regulations. * Agnes Nicholls, Agnes Helen Harty (Agnes Nicholls), A leading Soprano in both Oratorio and Opera. * Francis George Nutt, , Assistant Secretary, Air Ministry. * Walter Peel, , , Member of the Central Advisory Committee, Ministry of Pensions. For public services. * Herbert Ward, Chief Inspector of Training College, Board of Education. * Samuel Watt, , Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Northern Ireland. * Francis Bernard Bourdillon, a Member of the Upper Silesia plebiscite, Upper Silesian Plebiscite Commission. * Captain Ulick de Burgh Charles, Commercial Secretary (Grade I) at His Majesty's Embassy at Madrid. * Reginald Gerard Leigh, , Assistant Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (UK), Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. * Lieutenant-Colonel James Procter, for valuable services in connection with the relief of refugees from Russia and Anatolia. * Hubert Wilberforce Wilson, , His Majesty's Consul-General at Buenos Aires. * L. F. Rushbrook Williams, Laurence Frederic Rushbrook Williams, . * Jamsetji Framjee Madan, , Merchant, Bengal. * Alexander Richard Chancellor, Inspector-General of Police and Official Member of the Legislative Council, Straits Settlements. * James Collins (public servant), James Richard Collins, , Secretary to the Treasury, Commonwealth of Australia. * Edwin Mortimer Drower, Adviser to the Ministry of Justice, Iraq. * John Thomas Easterbrook, of Manly, New South Wales, in recognition of his services to the Commonwealth of Australia. * Honorary Colonel Edward James Hayward, , formerly Officer Commanding Ceylon Garrison Artillery. * Cornewall Lewis Warwickshire Mansergh, , lately Secretary of the Provincial Council of the Cape Province, Cape of Good Hope. * Major Robert McKeeman Oakley, , Deputy Comptroller-General, Department of Trade and Customs (Australia), Department of Trade and Customs, Commonwealth of Australia. * Arthur James Philbrick, Chief Commissioner, Northern Territories, Gold Coast (British colony), Gold Coast. * Reginald Arthur Roberts, Senior Resident, Southern Provinces, Nigeria. * Alfred Allen Simpson, of the City of Adelaide, in recognition of his public services to the Commonwealth of Australia. ;Honorary Commander * His Highness Syed Alwi ibni almerhum Syed Safi, Raja of Perlis, Malay States.

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

;Military Division ;;Royal Navy * Engineer Commander Ernest William Roberts. ;;Army * Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Ralph Bignell Ainsworth, ,

. * Lieutenant-Colonel Alleyne Percival Boxall, , 57th (Home Counties) Brigade,

, Territorial Army. * Commissary of Ordnance and Major Frederic Harold Buckland, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. * Lieutenant-Colonel St. John Augustus Cox, , Extra Regimentally Employed List. * Quartermaster and Major Edward Henry Dinham, The Gloucestershire Regiment. * Deputy Commissary of Ordnance and Captain (temporary Major) John William Dunne, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. * Lieutenant-Colonel Frecheville Hubert Ballantine-Dykes, , 5th Battalion (Territorial), The Border Regiment (Major, Regular Army Reserve of Officers). * Major Frederick William Fraser, , 4th Battalion (Territorial), Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, The Cameron Highlanders. * Major Algernon Clement Fuller, Royal Corps of Signals. * Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Francis Goode, , 48th (South Midland) Divisional Train, Royal Army Service Corps, Territorial Army. * Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Francis Hill Greenwood, , 22nd London Regiment, Territorial Army. * Quartermaster and Lieutenant-Colonel Ernest Thomas Hynes, , Extra Regimentally Employed List. * Captain and Brevet Major (temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) Lionel Manton, ,

. * Inspector of Ordnance Machinery, 1st Class, and Major Bertie Howard Penn, , Royal Army Ordnance Corps (employed Royal Tank Regiment, Tank Corps). * Quartermaster and Major Edward Pickard, , The Green Howards. * Lieutenant-Colonel Stanley Rimmer, , 89th (3rd West Lancashire) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, Territorial Army. * Lieutenant-Colonel John Ridley Ritson, , 8th Battalion (Territorial), The Durham Light Infantry. * Captain George Lewis Stanley Smith, ,

. * Major (local Lieutenant-Colonel) Drummond Cospatrick Spencer-Smith, Royal Artillery. * Captain Frederick Noble Syms, 5th Battalion (Territorial), The Northumberland Fusiliers. * Captain George Vere Taylor, , The Norfolk Regiment. * Winifred Mary Aldridge, , Senior Nursing Sister, Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps, Queen Alexandra's Military Nursing Service for India. * Captain John Clark, 3rd Battalion, 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles, Indian Army. * Lieutenant-Colonel Gerard Irvine Davys, , Indian Medical Service. * Captain (temporary Major) Arthur Friedrich Rawson Lumby, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Punjab Regiment, Indian Army. * Major Frank Alan Macartney, , 3rd Battalion, 12th Frontier Force Regiment, Indian Army. * Major David Guy Porteous, 2nd Battalion, 8th Punjab Regiment, Indian Army. * Captain Evelyn Seigfried MacLeod Prinsep, 5th King Edward's Own Probyn's Horse, 5th Probyns Horse, Indian Army. * Major Henry Jocelyn Kennedy Wallis, 9th Royal Deccan Horse, Indian Army. * Captain and Brevet Major Victor Charles Micallef, Royal Malta Artillery, Colonial Aide-de-Camp to the List of Governors of Malta, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Malta and its Dependencies. ;;Royal Air Force * Squadron Leader Lionel Douglas Dalzell McKean. * Flight Lieutenant Francis John Linnell. * Flight Lieutenant Christopher Thomas O'Neill, . ;Civil Division * Harold Frederic Andorsen, Parliamentary and General Branch, Disposals Board. * John William Bloe, , Senior Investigator, Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, Royal Commission on Historical Monuments. * Frederick Ambrose Britten, County Inspector, Royal Ulster Constabulary. * Oscar Browning, Scholar and author. * Alfred William Clapham, , Technical Editor, Royal Commission on Historical Monuments. * David Lionel Clarke, Accountant, Ministry of Home Affairs (Northern Ireland), Ministry of Home Affairs, Northern Ireland. * George Eades, deputy director of Stores and Transport, Disposals Board. * Richard Dale Winnett Harrison, County Inspector, Royal Ulster Constabulary. * John Blake Harrold, , Registrar-General of Shipping, Board of Trade. * Major David Alfred William Ker, County Commandant, Royal Ulster Constabulary. * Henry Benson Wyndham Ball Lenthall, County Inspector, Royal Ulster Constabulary. * John McNally, County Inspector, Royal Ulster Constabulary. * Captain Cyril Hamley Petherick, Principal Clerk, Ministry of Finance, Northern Ireland. * Bertram Roskruge Seagrave, Principal, HM Office of Works. * Charles James Gerrard Tate, Controller, Pension Issue Office, Ministry of Pensions. * Matthew Tearle, Secretary, Cardiff Branch of National Union of Seamen, Sailors' and Firemen's Union. For public services. * William Donald McDonald Cruickshank, a Member of the Upper Silesian Plebiscite Commission. * Reginald Eustace Richard Chandos Brinsley Richards, an assistant director at the Department of Overseas Trade. * Leonard Arthur de Lacey Meredith, a Senior Intelligence Officer at the Department of Overseas Trade. * Ernest Gabriel Lomas, His Majesty's Consul at Rabat. * Thomas Emanuel Kavanagh Cormac, honorary Legal Adviser to His Majesty's Consulate-General at San Francisco. * Robert William Urquhart, His Majesty's Vice-Consul at

. * Charles Buckmaster, Foreign Office. * Mary Birch Mitchell, , Foreign Office. * Philip Crawford Vickery, of the Punjab Police. * Khan Bahadur Sardar Liakat Hayat Khan, Superintendent of Police in the Punjab. * Rao Bahadur Keshav Vithal Kokje, Honorary Deputy Superintendent of Police, Criminal Investigation Department, Bombay. * Robin Lescher, Planter, Madras. * Charles Frederick Belcher, , Attorney-General,

. * Major Frederick William Bewsher, , Commandant of the Palestine Gendarmerie. * Captain Robert Ernest Cheesman, Private Secretary to the Mandatory Iraq, High Commissioner for Iraq. * Charles Francis Clarkson, Member of the Provincial Council of Natal,

. * Leonard Hawthorn Darlot, in recognition of his public services to the State of Western Australia. * Edwin Evans, assistant director of Education, Ceylon, in recognition of his services to Education. * Frederick William Flanagan, Permanent Head of the Valuation Department, Dominion of New Zealand. * Captain Thomas John Hallinan, Royal Army Medical Corps, Medical Officer of Health, Basra. * Eldon Harvey, Medical Superintendent of the Lunatic Asylum and Health Officer, Western District, Bermuda. * Joseph Huber, Treasurer, Malta. * The Reverend Brother James, Manager, St. Xavier's Institution, St. Xaviers Branch School, Pulau Tikus, and Visitor, St Xaviers Institution, Penang, Straits Settlements, in recognition of his services to Education. * Major John Walter McLean, Brigade Major of Railways and Harbours Brigade, Union of South Africa. * Captain Frederick Gerald Peake, Inspector General of Gendarmerie, Emirate of Transjordan, Trans-Jordan. * The Reverend Thomas William Pearce, , in recognition of his services to Education in the Colony of Hong Kong. * Ralph Henry Pinhorn, Headmaster of the Penang Free School, Straits Settlements, in recognition of his services to Education. * Benjamin William Quartey-Papafio, , Member of the Legislative Council of the Gold Coast Colony and formerly Assistant Colonial Surgeon. * Francis Ernest Reed, Secretary of the Jamaica Schools Commission, in recognition of his services to Education. * Rose Lilian Vintcent, , in recognition of her services in connection with the aftercare of blinded soldiers in the Union of South Africa. * The Reverend Canon Herbert Thomas Candy Weatherhead, Head of the Buddo High School, Uganda, in recognition of his services to Education.

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

;Military Division ;;Army * No.1020669 Battery Sergeant-Major William James Asquith,

. * Lieutenant Frederick Charles Avis, , Royal Army Service Corps. * Lieutenant (DO) William James Ball, Royal Artillery. * Assistant Commissary of Ordnance and Captain Frederick Barley, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. * Lieutenant Frederick Church, Extra Regimentally Employed List (Employed Indian Signal Service). * Lieutenant Percy Howard Cocks, Army Educational Corps. * Captain John Kynock Gumming, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, The Cameron Highlanders, Adjutant, 10th Battalion (Territorial), The King's Regiment. * Temporary Lieutenant James Cochrane Houston,

. * Temporary Captain Hubert Eyton Husey, General List. * Lieutenant Frederick Harry Jones, Army Educational Corps. * Captain Thomas Otto Jones, 5th Battalion (Territorial), The Welch Regiment. * Quartermaster & Lieutenant John William Jordan, , Extra Regimentally Employed List. * Lieutenant (temporary Captain) Percy Edwin Keller, Royal Army Service Corps. * 2nd Lieutenant Edward Mauleverer Lindesay,

. * Captain William Frederick Lindsell, 4/5th Battalion (Territorial), The Cheshire Regiment. * Quartermaster & Captain Andrew Lockie, 8th Battalion (Territorial), The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. * Captain Thomas Picton, ,

, Adjutant, 7th Battalion (Territorial), The Royal Welch Fusiliers. * Quartermaster & Captain Frank Pigden, 5/7th Battalion (Territorial), The Hampshire Regiment. * Captain Robert Alexander Reddie, , 3rd Battalion (Militia), The Norfolk Regiment (Lieutenant, retired pay). * No.5038839 Company-Sergeant-Major John Alfred Russell, The North Staffordshire Regiment. * No.7574282 Sub-Conductor Joseph Bland Sedgwick, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. * Quartermaster & Lieutenant James Sutherland, 2nd Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders. * Lieutenant Edward Noel Callis Symonds, , Royal Garrison Artillery. * Captain Philip Henry Tanner, , 17th London Regiment, Territorial Army. * Captain Ralph Ernest Vyvyan, , Royal Corps of Signals. * Captain Philip Geoffrey Whitefoord, , Royal Artillery. * Lieutenant Hugh Wilkin, , The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment. * Assistant Commissary & Lieutenant Evan Victor Creak, Indian Miscellaneous List. * Assistant Commissary & Lieutenant John William Danskin, Indian Miscellaneous List. * Commissary & Major David Drysdale, Indian Miscellaneous List. * Deputy Commissary & Captain James Fox, Indian Miscellaneous List. * Captain Alexander Thomas Gammon, The Rangoon Battalion, Auxiliary Force (India), Auxiliary Force, India. * Assistant Commissary & Lieutenant Henry Berton Grimley, Supply and Transport Corps, Indian Army. * Captain Antonelli Francisco Bartholomeu Saldanha,

. * Commissary & Major John Christopher Swinnerton, Indian Miscellaneous List. * Commissary & Major George William Twiddy, Indian Miscellaneous List. * Captain Alexander Vass Anderson, Royal Engineers, attached Madras Engineer Group, 2nd Queen Victoria's Own Sappers and Miners, Indian Army. ;;Royal Air Force * Flying Officer Rowland John Divers. * Flying Officer Leslie Hamilton, . * Observer Officer Louis James Chandler. * No.531 Sergeant-Major, 1st Class, Clarence Herbert Baker. ;Civil Division * William Allen, Higher Executive Officer, Ministry of Labour, Northern Ireland. * William Atteridge, District Inspector, Royal Ulster Constabulary. * Captain Harry John Aukett, Adjutant in County Tyrone, Royal Ulster Constabulary. * William John Cairns, Assistant Principal, Ministry of Education, Northern Ireland. * Henry Jackson Clark, District Commandant, Ulster Special Constabulary, Special Constabulary, Northern Ireland. * Captain Hope Crisp, Regional Awards Officer, Ministry of Pensions. * Samuel George Fenton, District Commandant, Special Constabulary, Northern Ireland. * Rowland Herbert Fisher, Acting Principal, Disposals Board. * Thomas Henry Fletcher, District Inspector, Royal Ulster Constabulary. * Captain Horace Ash Gaussen, Adjutant in Belfast, Royal Ulster Constabulary. * Ewing Gilfillan, District Inspector, Royal Ulster Constabulary. * Donal Charles Blake Jennings, District Inspector, Royal Ulster Constabulary. * Douglas Egerton Keatinge. In charge of Lahore Depot, Disposals Board. * Edward David Kerr, District Commandant, Royal Ulster Constabulary. * Charles Magill Kirkpatrick, Assistant Principal, Ministry of Commerce, Northern Ireland. * Sydney Richard Lamb, Secretary, Sheffield Joint Hospitals Council. * James McBrien (police officer), James McBrien, Superintendent, Metropolitan Police. * John McCarthy, Late Superintendent, Metropolitan Police. * Louis James Mason, Higher Executive Officer, Ministry of Finance, Northern Ireland. * John William Nixon, District Inspector, Royal Ulster Constabulary. * Guy Carleton Richardson, Adjutant in County Fermanagh, Royal Ulster Constabulary. * Richard Gray Ronaldson, Higher Executive Officer, Ministry of Home Affairs, Northern Ireland. * James Ross, Paymaster to County Down Special Constabulary. * Captain Raymond Sheppard, First Class Clerk,

. * Kathleen Maria Margaret Sissmore, Administrative Assistant, General Staff, War Office. Cover description: actually in MI5. * Reginald Rowland Spears, District Inspector, Royal Ulster Constabulary. * Henry Taylor, District Commandant, Special Constabulary, Northern Ireland. * George Charles Gillespie Young, District Commandant, Special Constabulary, Northern Ireland. * Mary Frances Casson, Foreign Office. * Charles John Gibbons, Foreign Office Press. * Eleanor Harriet Fulcher, Foreign Office. * Mabel Palling, Foreign Office. * Emily Townsend, Foreign Office. * Clarence Rose Macaulay Schmidt, Director of Office Systems, Madras. * Harold Mackenzie Browne, Inspector of the Bombay City and Harbour Veterinary Department, Bombay. *

Syed Allah Band, Indian Attaché, Meshed. * Sardar Rao Bahadur, Bahadur Diwan Singh Duggal, Civil Surgeon, Punjab. * Rao Sahib Raghunath Balkrishna Rajadhyaksha, Head Clerk to the Inspector General of Police, Bombay. * Rai Sahib Nelson Charles Bose, Confidential Assistant to His Excellency the Governor of Bengal. * Agnes Henderson, Lady Doctor,

. * Elsie Evelyn Crocker, of the City of Johannesburg, in recognition of her public services. * Charles Henry Dowsett, of the City of Durban, in recognition of his public services. * Dikran Ekmekjian, Secretary to the Ministry of Justice, Iraq. * Alexander James Gill, of Oudtshoorn, Union of South Africa, in recognition of his public services. * Claude Reuben Grice, Personal Assistant to the Director of Health Services, Iraq. * Lee Peck Hock, of Singapore, Straits Settlements, in recognition of his public services. * Rashid Khamis, in recognition of his services to the Uganda Protectorate. * Oliver Lea, of the City of Durban, in recognition of his public services. * Phyllis Bruce Lys, of the City of Johannesburg, in recognition of ex-public services. * Alice Mary McClure, Acting Matron of the Mosul Civil Hospital, Iraq. * Engela Elizabeth Mackenzie, of the City of Johannesburg, in recognition of her public services. * George Douglas Mackie, Treasurer and Collector of Customs of the Island of Saint Lucia. * Robert Albert James Mathieson, Press Superintendent, Ministry of Interior, Iraq. * Ada Pitts, in recognition of her services to Education in the Colony of Hong Kong. * Nevins Selvadurai, Principal of the Hindu College, Jaffna, Ceylon, in recognition of his services to Education. * William Henry James Turner, Sub-Engineer, Ministry of Communications and Works, Iraq. * Robert Ward, Superintendent of the Botanic Gardens, British Guiana. * Sinnatamby Welayden, Chief Inspector, Vernacular Schools, Ceylon, in recognition of his services to Education.

Distinguished Service Order (DSO)

* Captain Alan Wilson Duncan, 2nd Battalion, 8th Gurkha Rifles, Indian Army.

Bar to the Distinguished Service Order

* Captain Patrick McEnroy, , Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (formerly Leinster Regiment) (DSO gazetted 1 January 1919). For distinguished service rendered in connection with military operations in Malabar, 1921–1922.

Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM)

* 7177145 Private J. Cahill, , 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment (formerly 1st Battalion, Leinster Regiment). (Kilnaganny) * 7178031 Private G. Ryan, 1st Battalion, Leinster Regiment [E]. (Clonmel)

Companion of the Imperial Service Order (ISO)

;Home Civil Service * Frederick Charles Bagley, Chief Clerk and Finance Office, Ordnance Survey Department, Southampton. * Henry William Batten, Accountant (Second Class), Disposal and Liquidation Commission. * Tom Berry Burgess, Accountant (First Class), Army Audit Staff, War Office. * Thomas John Cheater, BSc, Superintending Chemist, Custom House Laboratory. * Harry Adolphus Clark, Assistant Secretary and Chief Clerk, Public Works Loan Board. * George Davis, Superintending Clerk, Department of the Accountant-General, Admiralty (United Kingdom), Admiralty. * John Gritton, , Staff Officer, Foreign Office. * John Robert James Johnston, Chief Bankruptcy Clerk, Board of Trade. * Frederic Henry Lewis, Accountant, Official Trustees Department, Charity Commission for England and Wales, Charity Commission. * John Mackintosh, Surveyor, Prison Commission for Scotland. * Frederick John Pearson, Senior Assistant Accountant-General, Post Office. * David Joseph Scourfield, Chief Clerk, Royal Mint. * William Francis Stone, Accountant, Finance Branch, Ministry of Labour. * Nathan Thompson, , Inspector General of Waterguard, Board of Customs and Excise. * Albert Samuel Twort, Principal Inspector of Taxes, Inland Revenue Department. ;Overseas Dominions * Walter David Bingle, Secretary to the Department of Works and Railways, Commonwealth of Australia. * Lancelot Frederick Campbell, Supervisor of Customs, Bonthe, Sierra Leone. * Robert James Clinckett, , Official Assignee, Barbados. * Maurice Gallagher, , District Superintendent, Uganda Railway, Kenya. * Walter Garden Hutchinson, Treasurer of the Island of Saint Vincent (island), Saint Vincent, Acting Administrator. * Gilbert Owen-Smith, Commissioner of Customs and Excise, Union of South Africa. * Oguntola Sapara, Medical Officer, Nigeria. * John Douglas Story, Public Service Commissioner of the State of Queensland. ;Indian Civil Services * William Hayward, , Assistant Secretary to the Political Resident, Persian Gulf, Bushire. * Lieutenant Charles Archibold Webb, Superintendent, Office of Commissioner, Rawalpindi Division, Punjab * Rao Bahadur Wasudeo Ramchandra Dhoble, Central Provinces Civil Service (Judicial). * Khan Bahadur Abdul Hamid Khan, Extra Assistant Commissioner (retired),

. * Albert Benjamin George Snesdell, Assistant to the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Railways and CID, Madras. * Shearman Edward Bird, Personal Assistant to the Chief Inspector of Explosives with the Government of India. * Shaikh Faqir-Ulla, Honorary Deputy Superintendent of Police, Punjab. * John de Mello, Superintendent, Office of the Surgeon-General with the Government of Bombay. * Jivanji Hormasji, Training Master and Official Referee, High Court, Rangoon, Burma.

Imperial Service Medal

;Indian Civil Services * Kattamanchi Krishnaswami, retired Duffadar, District and Sessions Court, Chittoor, Madras. * Ashgar Khan, Jamadar to the Inspector General of Forests, India. * Muhammad Ghouse Sahib, attender to the Chief Justice of the High Court of Judicature, Madras.

British Empire Medal (BEM)

;Military Division ;;For Gallantry :For services rendered in connection with military operations in Malabar, 1921-1922. * No.5718784 Private Frederick Chant, 2nd Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment. * No.5718234 Sergeant William George Hand, , 2nd Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment. * No.5718907 Private Thomas Miller, 2nd Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment. * No.5719290 Private Frederick Henry Troake, 2nd Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment. * Assistant Surgeon, 3rd Class, George David Rodriques, Indian Army Medical Corps, Indian Medical Department. ;;For Meritorious Service. * No.7177147 Company-Quartermaster-Sergeant John Christie, 1st Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers (formerly 1st Battalion, The Leinster Regiment). * Staff Sergeant H.A. Joy, Indian Ordnance Department. ;Civil Division * Alexander Brown, Chancery Servant at HM Legation and Consulate-General, Panama. * Henry William Fontaine, Head Office Keeper at the India Office. * Subadar Major Gurmukh Singh, Straits Settlements Police, 1885–1923. * Ato Retta Wassi, Head Syce of HM Legation, Addis Ababa. * Said Shahwan, Chief Kavas to the High Commissioner for Palestine. * Hsia Yung-chi, Coxwain of the Government Steam Launch ''Alexandra'' at Weihaiwei under British rule, Weihaiwei.

Military Cross (MC)

* Lieutenant William Benjamin Whitaker, 2nd Battalion, 70th Burma Rifles, Indian Army.

Military Medal (MM)

;2nd Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment :For bravery in connection with military operations in Malabar, 1921-1922. * 5719280 Private G. Alexander. (Jersey) * 5718697 Private L. Churchill. (Poole) * 5719133 Corporal R. Collins. (Brixton) * 5718387 Sergeant H. Fairman. (Semley) * 5719354 Private C. Trueman. (Shanklin)

Air Force Cross (AFC)

* Squadron Leader John Kilner Wells. * Squadron Leader Harold James Payn.

Air Force Medal (AFM)

* 248043 Corporal Herbert Valentine Hughes.

Kaisar-i Hind Medal

* Begum Saheba Fatima Sidhika, Regent of Bantva Manavadar, Manawadar, Bombay Presidency, Bombay. * The Reverend Canon Arthur Crosthwaite, USPG, S.P.G. Moradabad, United Provinces. * The Reverend Father Theophilus Van Der Schueren, Priest, Society of Jesus, Bengal Presidency, Bengal. * The Reverend Father Ernest Francois Auguste Loubière, of Paris Society of Foreign Missions, Cuddalore, South Arcot District (Madras Presidency), South Arcot District, Madras. * Ann Elizabeth Banks, late Lady Principal of the Bevenshaw Girls High School, Cuttack, Bihar and Orissa Province. * Eleanor McDougall, Principal of the Women's Christian College, Chennai, Women's Christian College, Madras. * Bai Bahadur Lala Tara Chand, Honorary Magistrate, Bhiwani, Hissar District, Punjab. * Williamena Johan Meiklejohn, Nursing Superintendent, General Hospital, Rangoon, Burma. * Bhola Nath Barooah, Merchant,

Bar to the Kaisar-i-Hind Medal

;First Class * Lilian Agnes Starr, Matron-in-charge of the Church Mission Society, CMS Mission Hospital, Peshawar, North West Frontier Province.

Mention in Despatches

:For distinguished services rendered in connection with military operations in Malabar, 1921-1922. * Captain A. W. Duncan, 2nd Battalion, 8th Gurkha Rifles, Indian Army. * Colonel E. T. Humphreys, . * Captain P. McEnroy, , Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (formerly Leinster Regiment).

Promotions

:To the rank of Air Marshal in the Royal Air Force * Air Vice Marshal Sir John Maitland Salmond, , in recognition of his distinguished service in RAF Iraq Command, Command of the Forces in Iraq.

Honorary rank

;Honorary Major * Honourable Captain His Highness Raj Rajeshwar Maharajadhiraja Sir Umaid Singh, Umed Singh Bahadur, , Maharaja of Jodhpur.

References

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