The King's Birthday Honours 1931 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 ...

. The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of The King. They were published on 2 June 1931. 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

Privy Councillor

* Major-General Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George, Earl of Athlone, , lately

Governor-General of the Union of South Africa The governor-general of the Union of South Africa (; ) was the highest state official in the Union of South Africa between 1910 and 1961. The Union of South Africa was founded as a self-governing Dominion of the British Empire in 1910 and the o ...

and High Commissioner for South Africa. * Sir William Allen Jowitt, ,

Attorney-General In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general (: attorneys general) or attorney-general (AG or Atty.-Gen) is the main legal advisor to the government. In some jurisdictions, attorneys general also have executive responsibility for law enf ...

since 1929. Member of Parliament for Preston since 1929, and for

the Hartlepools The Hartlepools was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliament. The constituency became Hartlepool (UK Parliament constituency), Har ...

, 1922–1924.

Baronet

* Philip Henry Devitt, Chairman of Devitt & Moore's Ocean Training Ships Limited, and Founder of the Nautical College, Pangbourne. * Sir

Edward Elgar Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, (; 2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestr ...

, . Master of the Music in Ordinary to His Majesty. * Sir Herbert Gibson, . For services in connection with the British Empire Trade Exhibition at

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...

. * Sir Thomas Jaffrey, ,

Lord Rector A rector (Latin for 'ruler') is a senior official in an educational institution, and can refer to an official in either a university or a secondary school. Outside the English-speaking world, the rector is often the most senior official in a u ...

's Assessor of Aberdeen University Court since 1924. Chairman of the

Aberdeen Art Gallery Aberdeen Art Gallery is the main visual arts exhibition space in the city of Aberdeen, Scotland. It was founded in 1884 in a building designed by Alexander Marshall Mackenzie, with a sculpture court added in 1905. In 1900, it received the art ...

Committee.

Knight Bachelor

James Black Baillie Sir James Black Baillie, (24 October 1872 – 9 June 1940) was a British moral philosopher and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leeds. He wrote the first significant translation of Hegel's "The Phenomenology of Spirit, ''Phenomenology o ...

, , Vice Chancellor,

Leeds University The University of Leeds is a public research university in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It was established in 1874 as the Yorkshire College of Science. In 1884, it merged with the Leeds School of Medicine (established 1831) and was renamed ...

. * Alfred Baker, . Solicitor to the National Labour Party, the London Labour Party, the

Miners' Federation of Great Britain The Miners' Federation of Great Britain (MFGB) was established after a meeting of local mining trade unions in Newport, Wales, Newport, Wales in 1888. The federation was formed to represent and co-ordinate the affairs of local and regional miners' ...

, etc. For public and political services. * John Ferguson Bell, . Lately

Mayor of Derby Names of the Mayors for the Borough of Derby from the first that was chosen on 3 July 1638 by the king's charter then granted to the town. The two last bailiffs were the two first mayors, Mr Mellor being proclaimed 3 July 1638 to be the mayor u ...

. For public services in Derby. *

Montague Burton Sir Montague Maurice Burton (15 August 1885 – 21 September 1952) was the founder of Burton Menswear, one of Britain's largest chains of clothes shops. Early life Born Meshe David Osinsky and a Lithuanian Jew in Kurkliai, Kaunas provi ...

, . A generous benefactor to Leeds and other Universities. For public services in the cause of industrial relationships. * Archibald Henry Campbell, Chairman of the Committee for General Purposes,

London Stock Exchange The London Stock Exchange (LSE) is a stock exchange based in London, England. the total market value of all companies trading on the LSE stood at US$3.42 trillion. Its current premises are situated in Paternoster Square close to St Paul's Cath ...

. * His Honour Judge

Ralph Bertie Peter Cator Ralph (pronounced or ) is a male name of English origin, derived from the Old English ''Rædwulf'' and Old High German ''Radulf'', cognate with the Old Norse ''Raðulfr'' (''rað'' "counsel" and ''ulfr'' "wolf"). The most common forms are: * Ra ...

, Vice-President of the International Mixed Court of Appeal in Egypt. * James Lewis Caw, , lately Director of the

National Galleries of Scotland The National Galleries of Scotland (, sometimes also known as National Galleries Scotland) is the executive non-departmental public body that controls the three national galleries of Scotland and two partner galleries, forming one of the Nation ...

. * Arthur Ernest Cowley, , Librarian,

Bodleian Library The Bodleian Library () is the main research library of the University of Oxford. Founded in 1602 by Sir Thomas Bodley, it is one of the oldest libraries in Europe. With over 13 million printed items, it is the second-largest library in ...

, Oxford. * William Cecil Dampier Dampier-Whetham, . Fellow of

Trinity College, Cambridge Trinity College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any ...

. For services to agriculture. * Alderman William Davy, ,

Lord Mayor of Manchester This is a list of the lord mayors of the City of Manchester in the North West of England. Not to be confused with the Directly elected Greater Manchester mayor. The current and 126th lord mayor is Paul Andrews, Labour, who has served Since ...

, 1927–1928. For public and political services. * Henry Wade Deacon, , Chairman of the

Lancashire County Council Lancashire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Lancashire, England. The non-metropolitan county of Lancashire is smaller than the ceremonial county, which additionally includes Blackburn with Dar ...

. President of the Council and Pro-Chancellor,

University of Liverpool The University of Liverpool (abbreviated UOL) is a Public university, public research university in Liverpool, England. Founded in 1881 as University College Liverpool, Victoria University (United Kingdom), Victoria University, it received Ro ...

. For public services in Lancashire. *

Frank Walter Goldstone Sir Frank Walter Goldstone (7 December 1870 – 25 December 1955) was a British teacher, trade unionist and politician. Biography Goldstone was born in Bishopwearmouth, County Durham (now Sunderland) on 7 December 1870. The third son of a sta ...

, General Secretary of the

National Union of Teachers The National Union of Teachers (NUT; ) was a trade union for school teachers in Education in England, England, Education in Wales, Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. It was a member of the Trades Union Congress. In March 2017, NU ...

. Member of Parliament for

Sunderland Sunderland () is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. It is a port at the mouth of the River Wear on the North Sea, approximately south-east of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is the most p ...

, 1910–1918. For public and political services. * Harry Hague. A generous benefactor to hospitals. * Pendrill Charles Varrier-Jones, . Founder & Medical Director of

Papworth Village Settlement Royal Papworth Hospital is a specialist heart and lung hospital, located on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus in Cambridgeshire, England. The Hospital is run by Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. The hospital is a world-leading cardio ...

for the treatment of Tuberculosis. * Thomas Kelly,

Lord Provost of Glasgow The Right Honourable Lord Provost of Glasgow is the convener of the Glasgow City Council. The Lord Provost serves both as the chair of the city council and as a figurehead for the entire city, and is elected by the city councillors from among i ...

. *

Horace Lamb Sir Horace Lamb (27 November 1849 – 4 December 1934R. B. Potts,, '' Australian Dictionary of Biography'', Volume 5, MUP, 1974, pp 54–55. Retrieved 5 Sep 2009) was a British applied mathematician and author of several influential texts on ...

, , Mathematical Physicist. Honorary Fellow of

Emeritus ''Emeritus/Emerita'' () is an honorary title granted to someone who retires from a position of distinction, most commonly an academic faculty position, but is allowed to continue using the previous title, as in "professor emeritus". In some c ...

Professor of Mathematics in the

University of Manchester 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 ...

. *

Charles Reed Peers Sir Charles Reed Peers (22 September 1868 – 16 November 1952) was an English architect, archaeologist and preservationist. After a 10-year gap following the death of Lieutenant-General Augustus Pitt Rivers in 1900, Peers became England's se ...

, , President of the

Royal Society of Antiquaries The Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland is an Irish learned society whose aims are "to preserve, examine and illustrate all ancient monuments and memorials of the arts, manners and customs of the past, as connected with the antiquities, langua ...

. * Roy Lister Robinson, , Vice-Chairman & Technical Commissioner,

Forestry Commission The Forestry Commission is a non-ministerial government department responsible for the management of publicly owned forests and the regulation of both public and private forestry in England. The Forestry Commission was previously also respons ...

. * George Richard Francis Shee, Secretary of the

Royal National Lifeboat Institution The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is the largest of the lifeboat (rescue), lifeboat services operating around the coasts of the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Ireland, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man, as well as on s ...

. * His Honour Judge Thomas Mordaunt Snagge, Judge of County Courts. * William Ernest Reynolds-Stephens, , President of the

Royal Society of British Sculptors The Royal Society of Sculptors (RSS) is a British charity established in 1905, which promotes excellence in the art and practice of sculpture. Its headquarters are a centre for contemporary sculpture on Old Brompton Road in South Kensington, Lo ...

. * Ben Turner, . Member of Parliament for Batley & Morley, 1922–24 and since 1929.

Secretary for Mines The position of Secretary for Mines was an office in the United Kingdom Government, associated with the Board of Trade The Board of Trade is a British government body concerned with commerce and industry, currently within the Department for ...

, 1929–30. President,

National Union of Textile Workers The National Union of Textile Workers was a trade union representing workers in the textile industry in England, principally in Yorkshire. History The union was founded in 1922 when the General Union of Textile Workers merged with the Nationa ...

. For public and political services. * John Stewart Stewart-Wallace, , Chief Land Registrar,

HM Land Registry His Majesty's Land Registry is a non-ministerial department of His Majesty's Government, created in 1862 to register the ownership of land and property in England and Wales. It reports to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Governme ...

. *

Thomas Barnby Whitson Sir Thomas Barnby Whitson FRSE DL EZS LLD (10 March 1869 – 1 October 1948) was a Scottish chartered accountant who served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1929 to 1932. Life He was born on 10 March 1869 to Isobel Lowe and Thomas Whitson (b. 183 ...

, ,

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 ...

. * Samuel Wilson. Lately Senior Commissioner Land Purchase Commission, Northern Ireland. ;Dominions *

Charles McNess Sir Charles McNess (born 26 March 1852 in Huntingdon, England – died 21 June 1938 in Mount Lawley, Western Australia) was an ironmonger and philanthropist. Early years In 1875 McNess married Maude Metherall in London. He migrated to Western ...

, of the City of Perth, Western Australia. For philanthropic services in that State, ;India * Govind Balvant Pradhan, , Member of the Governor of Bombay's Executive Council,

Bombay Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial centre, financial capital and the list of cities i ...

. * Mr. Justice William Carr,

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 ...

, Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature at

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. * Mr. Justice Govind Dinanath Madgaonkar, Indian Civil Service, lately Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay. * Mr. Justice Edward Hamilton Wallace, Indian Civil Service, Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Madras. * Ernest Burdon, , Indian Civil Service, Auditor-General in India. * Hubert Arthur Sams, , Indian Civil Service, Director-General, Posts & Telegraphs. *

Nripendra Nath Sircar Sir Nripendra Nath Sircar, KCSI (1876 - August 1945) was an Indian lawyer and political figure. He was Advocate-General of Bengal from 1928 to 1934 and Law Member of the Council of the Governor-General of India from 1934 to 1939. He was the gr ...

, Barrister-at-Law, Advocate-General, Bengal. * Robert John Sherwood Dodd, ,

Indian Police Service The Indian Police Service (IPS) is a civil service under the All India Services. It replaced the Indian Imperial Police in 1948, a year after India became Partition of India, independent from the British Empire. Along with the Indian Admini ...

, Inspector-General of Police, United Provinces. * Thomas Everard Tichborne Upton, Solicitor, to the Government of India. * Colonel Samuel Richard Christophers, ,

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 ...

(retired), 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 ...

. * Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Albert John Gidney, , Indian Medical Service (retired). * Brevet-Major Sardar Wazirzada Hissamuddin Bahadur, ,

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 ...

, of

Peshawar Peshawar is the capital and List of cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by population, largest city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It is the sixth most populous city of Pakistan, with a district p ...

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 ...

. * William Robinson, , Secretary, Financial 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 ...

, London. * Walter Lancelot Travers, , Manager, Baradighi Tea Estate,

Jalpaiguri Jalpaiguri (), is a city in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Jalpaiguri district as well as of the Jalpaiguri division of West Bengal, covering the jurisdiction of the five districts of North Bengal. The city is ...

Bengal Bengal ( ) is a Historical geography, historical geographical, ethnolinguistic and cultural term referring to a region in the Eastern South Asia, eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal. The region of Benga ...

. * Maulavi Muhammad Yakub, , Pleader,

Moradabad Moradabad () is an industrial city, commissionerate, and municipal corporation in Moradabad district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is situated on the banks of the Ramganga river, at a distance of from the national capital, New Del ...

, United Provinces. * Chaudhri Chhajju Ram, , Landowner and Jute Merchant,

Hissar District Hisar district is one of the 22 districts of Haryana, India. Hisar city serves as the district headquarters. Hisar district has four sub-divisions that is, Hisar, Barwala, Hansi and Narnaud, each headed by an SDM. The district is also part of Hi ...

Punjab Punjab (; ; also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb) is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia. It is located in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of modern-day eastern Pakistan and no ...

. * Abdulla Suhrawardy, . * Sarvapalli Radha Krishnan, King George V Professor of Philosophy,

Calcutta University The University of Calcutta, informally known as Calcutta University (), is a Public university, public State university (India), state university located in Kolkata, Calcutta (Kolkata), West Bengal, India. It has 151 affiliated undergraduate c ...

, Bengal. ;Colonies, Protectorates, &c. * Charles Frederic Belcher, ,

Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago The chief justice of Trinidad and Tobago is the highest judge of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and presides over the Supreme Court of Judicature of Trinidad and Tobago. He is appointed by a common decision of the President, the prime ministe ...

. * Henry Lawson De Mel, . For public and philanthropic services in

Ceylon Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...

. * Arthur Wileman Farquharson, Chairman, Jamaica Banana Producers' Association. For services to Jamaica. * Donald Kingdon,

Chief Justice of Nigeria The chief justice of Nigeria or CJN is the head of the judicial arm of the government of Nigeria, and presides over the country's Supreme Court and the National Judicial Council. The current chief justice is Kudirat Kekere-Ekun who was appoi ...

Order of the Bath

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

;Military Division ;;Army * General Sir Reginald Clare Hart, , 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 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 ...

. ;;Royal Air Force * Air Chief-Marshal Sir

John Maitland Salmond Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir John Maitland Salmond, (17 July 1881 – 16 April 1968) was a British military officer who rose to high rank in the Royal Flying Corps and then the Royal Air Force. During the First World War he served as a sq ...

, .

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

;Military Division ;;Royal Navy * Vice-Admiral Vernon Harry Stuart Haggard, . * Vice-Admiral William Henry Dudley Boyle, . ;;Army * Lieutenant-General Felix Fordati Ready, , Colonel, The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's),

Quartermaster-General to the Forces The Quartermaster-General to the Forces (QMG) is a senior general in the British Army. The post has become symbolic: the Ministry of Defence organisation charts since 2011 have not used the term "Quartermaster-General to the Forces"; they simply ...

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 ...

. * Major-General Philip Gordon Grant, , (late Royal Engineers), Director of Works, War Office. * Major-General Charles William Gwynn, , (late Royal Engineers), formerly Commandant, Staff College, now retired pay. * Lieutenant-General Sir Walter Stewart Leslie, ,

, Commander,

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 ...

, India. ;;Royal Air Force * Air Vice-Marshal

Charles Laverock Lambe Air Vice Marshal Sir Charles Laverock Lambe, (10 May 1875 – 25 April 1953) was a distinguished officer in the Royal Navy and a foundational commander in the Royal Air Force (RAF) on its creation in 1918. Lambe was one of the most senior officer ...

, . ;Civil Division * Colonel Sir Clive Wigram, , Private Secretary and

Extra Equerry An equerry (; from French 'stable', and related to 'squire') is an officer of honour. Historically, it was a senior attendant with responsibilities for the horses of a person of rank. In contemporary use, it is a personal attendant, usually upon ...

to His Majesty.

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

;Military Division ;;Royal Navy * Rear-Admiral Thomas Norman James, . * Rear-Admiral Frank Forrester Rose, . * Engineer Rear-Admiral Herbert Lyell Parry, . * Surgeon Rear-Admiral Alfred James Hewitt, . * Paymaster Captain Frank Lankester Horsey, . ;;Army * Major-General William Richard Blackwell, , (late

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 ...

), Deputy Director-General,

Army Medical Services The Army Medical Services (AMS) is the organisation responsible for administering the corps that deliver medical, veterinary, dental and nursing services in the British Army. It is headquartered at the former Staff College, Camberley, near the ...

, War Office. * Major-General

Robert Gordon-Finlayson General Sir Robert Gordon-Finlayson, (15 April 1881 – 23 May 1956) was a senior British military officer who was appointed Adjutant-General to the Forces in 1939. Military career Finlayson entered the British Army from the Suffolk Militia a ...

, , (late Royal Artillery), formerly Commander, Royal Artillery, 3rd Division, Southern Command, now half pay list. * Major-General Henry Needham, , (late The

Worcestershire Regiment The Worcestershire Regiment was a line infantry regiment in the British Army, formed in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot and the 36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot. The regiment ...

), formerly

Military Attaché A military attaché or defence attaché (DA),Defence Attachés
''Geneva C ...

, Paris, now half pay list. * Major-General Gervase Thorpe, , (late The

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) is a light infantry company (designated as Balaklava Company, 5th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland) and was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that existed from 1881 until ...

), formerly Commander, 3rd Infantry Brigade,

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 ...

, now half pay list. * Colonel (Honorary Brigadier-General) Richard Elles Solly-Flood, , (late The

Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army formed in January 1800 as the "Experimental Corps of Riflemen" to provide sharpshooters, scouts, and skirmishers. They were soon renamed the "Rifle ...

), formerly Commander, 8th (Bareilly) Infantry Brigade,

, now retired pay. * Colonel Richard Oakes, , (late Royal Engineers), President Royal Engineer Board. * Major-General James Drummond Graham, ,

, Public Health Commissioner, Government of India. * Colonel (temporary Brigadier) Clement Arthur Milward, , Indian Army, late Commander,

Nowshera Brigade The Nowshera Brigade was an infantry brigade formation of the Indian Army during World War II. It was formed in September 1939, for service on the North West Frontier. It was normal practice for newly formed battalions to be posted to the North ...

, India. * Colonel John Gerald McConaghy, , Indian Army, General Staff Officer, 1st Grade, Headquarters of the Army in India. * Colonel Alan George Caldwell Hutchinson, , Indian Army, late Assistant Quarter-Master-General, Southern Command, India. ;Civil Division * Alexander Percy McMullen, , Adviser on Education,

Admiralty Admiralty most often refers to: *Admiralty, Hong Kong * Admiralty (United Kingdom), military department in command of the Royal Navy from 1707 to 1964 *The rank of admiral *Admiralty law Admiralty can also refer to: Buildings * Admiralty, Tra ...

. * Colonel Stephen Rhodes, , Territorial Army. * Cecil Fane De Salis, , Chairman, Territorial Army and Air Force Association of the County of

Middlesex Middlesex (; abbreviation: Middx) is a Historic counties of England, former county in South East England, now mainly within Greater London. Its boundaries largely followed three rivers: the River Thames, Thames in the south, the River Lea, Le ...

. * Charles Aitken. Lately Director of the National Gallery, Millbank. * George Selby Washington Epps, , Deputy Government Actuary. * The Honourable Hugh John Godley, , Counsel to the Chairmen of Committees, House of Lords. * Lieutenant-Colonel Alan Henry Lawrence Mount, , Royal Engineers (Retd.) Chief Inspecting Officer of Railways, Ministry of Transport. * William George Brookfield Ritchie, Legal Adviser, Board of Education. *

Leon Simon Leon Melvyn Simon , born in 1945, is a Leroy P. Steele PrizeSee announcemen retrieved 15 September 2017. and Bôcher Memorial Prize, Bôcher Prize-winningSee . mathematician, known for deep contributions to the fields of geometric analysis, ...

, Director of Telegraphs & Telephones,

General Post Office The General Post Office (GPO) was the state postal system and telecommunications carrier of the United Kingdom until 1969. Established in England in the 17th century, the GPO was a state monopoly covering the dispatch of items from a specific ...

Order of Merit (OM)

* Sir

William Henry Bragg Sir William Henry Bragg (2 July 1862 – 12 March 1942) was an English physicist and X-ray crystallographer who uniquelyThis is still a unique accomplishment, because no other parent-child combination has yet shared a Nobel Prize (in any fiel ...

, , in recognition of his eminent services in the advancement of Science.

Order of the Star of India

Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India (KCSI)

* Sir

George Ernest Schuster Sir George Ernest Schuster (25 April 1881 – 5 June 1982) was a British barrister, financier, colonial administrator and Liberal politician. Biography He was the son of Ernest Schuster, a King's Counsel, and was educated at Charterhouse Schoo ...

, , Member of the Governor-General's Executive Council.

Companion of the Order of the Star of India (CSI)

* William David Russell Prentice, ,

, Member of the Executive Council of the

Governor of Bengal In 1644, Gabriel Boughton procured privileges for the East India Company which permitted them to build a factory at Hooghly district, Hughli, without fortifications. Various chief agents, Governors and presidents were appointed to look after co ...

. * Charles William Egerton Cotton, , Indian Civil Service, Chief Secretary to the Government of Madras. * Raja Padam Singh, Raja of

Bashahr Bushahr, also spelt as 'Bashahr' and 'Bussahir' or 'Bushair' was a Rajput princely state in India during the British Raj. It was located in the hilly western Himalaya promontory bordering Tibet. Bushahar was eighty four miles long, sixty two m ...

Simla Hills States The Hill States of India were princely states lying in the northern border regions of the British Raj, British Indian Empire. The historic terms ''Punjab Hills'' and ''Pahari Hills'' were used to describe the foothills of the Western Himalayan- ...

. * Lawrence Morley Stubbs, , Indian Civil Service, Commissioner, Rohilkhand Division, United Provinces. * George Cunningham, , of the Political Department, lately Private Secretary to His Excellency the Viceroy. * Colonel (temporary Brigadier)

William Harry Evans Brigadier William Harry Evans (born 22 July 1876 in Shillong – died 13 November 1956, Church Whitfield ) was a lepidopterist and British Army officer who served in India. He documented the butterfly fauna of India, Burma and Ceylon in a se ...

, , (late Royal Engineers), Chief Engineer, Western Command, India, and Secretary, Public Works Department, to the Agent to the Governor-General,

Baluchistan Balochistan ( ; , ), also spelled as Baluchistan or Baluchestan, is a historical region in West and South Asia, located in the Iranian plateau's far southeast and bordering the Indian Plate and the Arabian Sea coastline. This arid region of de ...

. :;Additional Companions * Herbert William Emerson, , Indian Civil Service, Secretary to the Government of India in the Home Department. * Gerald Sidney Wilson,

, Commissioner of Police,

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

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

* Sir

Cecil Clementi Sir Cecil Clementi (; 1 September 1875 – 5 April 1947) was a British colonial administrator who served as Governor of Hong Kong from 1925 to 1930, and Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Straits Settlements from 1930 to 1934. Early lif ...

, , Governor & Commander-in-Chief of the Straits Settlements and High Commissioner for the Malay States.

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

* Wilfrid Edward Francis Jackson, , Governor & Commander-in-Chief of the Island of Mauritius. * Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Reginald St. Johnston, , Governor & Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands. * The Most Reverend William Marlborough Carter, , formerly Archbishop of Cape Town. * Sir John Middleton, , Governor & Commander-in-Chief of Newfoundland. * Sir John Loader Maffey, ,

Governor-General of the Sudan The governors of pre-independence Sudan were the colonial administrators responsible for the territory of Turco-Egyptian Sudan and Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, an area equivalent to modern-day Sudan and South Sudan. List (Dates in italics indicat ...

. * Harold Eustace Satow, , His Majesty's Consul-General at

Beirut Beirut ( ; ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, just under half of Lebanon's population, which makes it the List of largest cities in the Levant region by populatio ...

. * Walford Harmood Montague Selby, , Private Secretary to His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.

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

* Arthur Charles Carrara, , formerly Unofficial Member of the Executive Council, Gibraltar. For public services. * Edward Walter Evans, Colonial Secretary, Bermuda. * Major Arthur Salisbury Lawrance, , Secretary to Government,

Somaliland Protectorate British Somaliland, officially the Somaliland Protectorate (), was a protectorate of the United Kingdom in modern Somaliland. It was bordered by Italian Somalia, French Somali Coast and Abyssinia (Italian Ethiopia from 1936-1941). From 1940 ...

. * Gerald Verner Maxwell, Chief Native Commissioner,

Kenya Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the 27th-most-populous country in the world and the 7th most populous in Africa. ...

. * Geoffry Alexander Stafford Northcote, Colonial Secretary, Gold Coast. * George Ernest Shaw, , General Adviser,

Johore Johor, also spelled Johore,'' is a state of Malaysia in the south of the Malay Peninsula. It borders with Pahang, Malacca and Negeri Sembilan to the north. Johor has maritime borders with Singapore to the south and Indonesia to the east and ...

Malay States The monarchies of Malaysia exist in each of the nine Malay states under the constitutional monarchy system as practised in Malaysia. The political system of Malaysia is based on the Westminster parliamentary system in combination with features ...

. *

Mark Aitchison Young Sir Mark Aitchison Young ( zh, t=楊慕琦; 30 June 1886 – 12 May 1974) was a British colonial administrator, who is best remembered for his service as the Governor of Hong Kong at the time of the Battle of Hong Kong, Japanese invasion of t ...

, Chief Secretary,

Palestine Palestine, officially the State of Palestine, is a country in West Asia. Recognized by International recognition of Palestine, 147 of the UN's 193 member states, it encompasses the Israeli-occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and th ...

. * Rupert Beswicke Howorth, , Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet. * Commander Horace Leslie Morgan, , Commanding Officer of . For services in the earthquake relief operations, Dominion of New Zealand. * William Nathaniel Robertson, , Vice-Chancellor of the

University of Queensland The University of Queensland is a Public university, public research university located primarily in Brisbane, the capital city of the Australian state of Queensland. Founded in 1909 by the Queensland parliament, UQ is one of the six sandstone ...

. * The Honourable

Tasman Shields Tasman Shields (20 November 1872 – 28 August 1950) was an Australian politician. He was born in Launceston. In 1915 he was elected to the Tasmanian Legislative Council as an independent member for Launceston. He held the seat until 193 ...

, , Member of the Legislative Council, State of Tasmania. * Geoffrey Granville Whiskard, , Assistant Under Secretary of State,

Dominions Office The position of secretary of state for dominion affairs was a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, responsible for British relations with the Empire’s dominions – Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Newfoundl ...

, and Vice Chairman, Overseas Settlement Committee. * William Eric Beckett, Second Legal Adviser to the

Foreign Office Foreign may refer to: Government * Foreign policy, how a country interacts with other countries * Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in many countries ** Foreign Office, a department of the UK government ** Foreign office and foreign minister * United ...

. * Harry Owen Chalkley, , Commercial Counsellor at His Majesty's Embassy at Washington. * John Francis Johns, His Majesty's Consul-General at

Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estim ...

. * John Lowdon, His Majesty's Consul-General at

Cologne Cologne ( ; ; ) is the largest city of the States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city pr ...

. * Horace Ardran Mayne, Inspector-General of Telegraphs & Telephones, Egyptian Ministry of Communications. :;Honorary Member * His Highness Tuan Syed Alwi, ibni almerhum Syed San, ,

Raja of Perlis Raja (; from , IAST ') is a noble or royal Sanskrit title historically used by some Indian rulers and monarchs and highest-ranking nobles. The title was historically used in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. The title has a long ...

Order of the Indian Empire

Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (GCIE)

* Captain His Highness Ruku-ud-Daula Nusrat-i-Jang Hafiz-ul-Mulk Mukhlis-ud-Daula Nawab Sir

Sadiq Muhammad Khan General Nawab Sir Sadiq Mohammad Khan V Abbasi (; 29 September 1904 – 24 May 1966) was the 12th and final Nawab (''ruler'') of the state of Bahawalpur from February 1907 to October 1955, and then as a titular figure until his death in 1 ...

, Abbasi Bahadur, ,

Nawab Nawab is a royal title indicating a ruler, often of a South Asian state, in many ways comparable to the Western title of Prince. The relationship of a Nawab to the Emperor of India has been compared to that of the Kingdom of Saxony, Kings of ...

Bahawalpur Bahawalpur (Urdu: ; ) is a city in Punjab, Pakistan. It is the 13th largest city of Pakistan and List of cities in Punjab, Pakistan by population, 8th most populous city of Punjab. Bahawalpur is the capital of Bahawalpur Division. Founded in ...

, Punjab States. * Colonel His Highness Maharaja Sir Sajjan Singh, , Maharaja of

Ratlam Ratlam is a city in the northwestern part of the Malwa region in Madhya Pradesh state of India. The city of Ratlam lies above sea level. It is the administrative headquarters of Ratlam district, which was created in 1947 after the independe ...

Central India Central India refers to a geographical region of India that generally includes the states of Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh. The Central Zonal Council, established by the Government of India, includes these states as well as Uttar Prades ...

Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE)

Leonard William Reynolds Sir Leonard William Reynolds, KCIE, CSI, MC (February 1874 – 15 May 1946) was an administrator in British India. A member of the Indian Civil Service The Indian Civil Service (ICS), officially known as the Imperial Civil Service, was the h ...

, , of the Political Department, Agent to the Governor-General in

Rajputana Rājputana (), meaning Land of the Rajputs, was a region in the Indian subcontinent that included mainly the entire present-day States of India, Indian state of Rajasthan, parts of the neighboring states of Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat, and adjo ...

and Chief Commissioner,

Ajmer-Merwara Ajmer-Merwara (also known as Ajmir Province, and Ajmer-Merwara-Kekri) was a former province of British India in the historical Ajmer region. The territory was ceded to the British by Daulat Rao Sindhia by a treaty on 25 June 1818. It was unde ...

. * James David Sifton, ,

, Member of the Executive Council of the Governor of Bihar & Orissa.

Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE)

* Alfred William White Mackie, Indian Civil Service, Acting Commissioner, Central Division, Bombay Presidency. * Alexander Cameron Badenoch, Indian Civil Service, lately Director of Railway Audit. * Khan Bahadur Nawab Muzaffar Khan, Punjab Civil Service, Director, Information Bureau, and Joint Secretary to the Government of the Punjab in the Transferred Departments. * Henry Reginald Pate, Indian Civil Service, Secretary to Government, Revenue Department,

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 ...

. * Andrew McKerral, Indian Agricultural Service, Director of Agriculture, Burma. * Charles Adolf Malcolm, Indian Forest Service, Chief Conservator of Forests,

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 ...

. * Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Claude Shelmerdine, , lately Director of Civil Aviation. * John Anderson Thorne, Indian Civil Service, Collector and District Magistrate, Madras. * Percival Clifford Bamford,

, Deputy Director, Intelligence Bureau, Government of India. * Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Charles Temple, Chief Town Engineer and Administrator of Tata Iron and Steel Company,

Jamshedpur Jamshedpur (; ), also known as Tatanagar, is a major industrial city in eastern India. It is the List of cities in Jharkhand by population, largest city in the state of Jharkhand. With a population of 629,658 in the city limits and 1.3 million ...

, Bihar & Orissa. * Lieutenant-Colonel Hubert Champion Garbett, Tea Planter,

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 ...

. * Hattiangadi Shankar Rau, Indian Audit Department, Budget Officer, Finance Department, Government of India. * James Alister Pope, Indian Civil Service, Excise Commissioner in Central India and Adviser on Opium Affairs for Central India and Rajputana, Indore. * Captain Henry Aloysius Bruno Digby-Beste, ,

Royal Indian Marine Royal may refer to: People * Royal (name), a list of people with either the surname or given name * A member of a royal family or royalty Places United States * Royal, Arkansas, an unincorporated community * Royal, Illinois, a village * Royal, ...

, Captain-Superintendent of the Indian Mercantile Marine Training Ship ''Dufferin'', Bombay. * Henry Buswell Wetherill, Indian Educational Service, Inspector of Schools, United Provinces. * William Stewart Fraser, , Locomotive Superintendent, Metre Gauge,

Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway The Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway (reporting mark BB&CI) was a company incorporated in 1855 to undertake the task of constructing railway lines between Bombay to the erstwhile Baroda State, that became the present-day Baroda (Vadod ...

. * Charles Godfrey Chenevix-Trench, Indian Civil Service (retired), Settlement Commissioner,

Mewar State The Kingdom of Mewar was an independent Hindu kingdom that existed in the Rajputana region of the Indian subcontinent and later became a dominant state in medieval India. The kingdom was initially founded and ruled by the Guhila dynasty, foll ...

, Rajputana. * Leslie Charles Coleman, , Director of Agriculture, Mysore State. * Rai Bahadur Prabhat Chandra Bose, Pleader, Jubbulpore,

. * Amir Sheikh Mahamadbhai Abdullabhai, Dewan, Junagadh State,

Western India States Agency The Western India States Agency (WISA) was one of the agencies of British India. This agency was formed on 10 October 1924 as a part of the implementation of the Montague Chelmsford report on constitutional reforms. It was formed by merging the ...

. * U Zaw Pe, Indian Educational Service, Inspector of Schools, Burma. * Alan Ross Leishman, , Manager, James Finlay and Company,

Chittagong Chittagong ( ), officially Chattogram, (, ) (, or ) is the second-largest city in Bangladesh. Home to the Port of Chittagong, it is the busiest port in Bangladesh and the Bay of Bengal. The city is also the business capital of Bangladesh. It ...

. * Muhammad Yamin Khan, Barrister-at-Law, Landowner, United Provinces. *

Charu Chandra Biswas Charu Chandra Biswas CIE (21 April 1888 – 9 December 1960) was an Indian National Congress politician. Life and career Biswas began his career as a lawyer in the Calcutta High Court. The imperial British government appointed him a Companio ...

, , Vakil, High Court, Calcutta, Bengal. * Alexander Monro, Indian Civil Service, Deputy Commissioner,

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. :;Additional Companions * John Thomas Donovan, Indian Civil Service, Magistrate and Collector, Bakarganj, Bengal. * Herbert Ross Gould, Indian Civil Service, Collector and District Magistrate,

Poona Pune ( ; , ISO 15919, ISO: ), previously spelled in English as Poona (List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1978), is a city in the state of Maharashtra in the Deccan Plateau, Deccan plateau in Western ...

. * John Frederick Hall, , Indian Civil Service, Collector and District Magistrate,

. * Samuel Thomas Hollins,

, Deputy Inspector-General of Police, United Provinces. * Cyril Templeton Brett, Indian Police Service, Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Bihar & Orissa. * Barry Charles Alfred Lawther, Indian Police Service, Deputy Inspector-General of Police,

. * Arthur Charles John Bailey, Indian Police Service, Officiating Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Southern Range,

Belgaum Belgaum (Kannada ISO 15919, ISO: ''Bēḷagāma'', ), officially known as Belagavi (also Belgaon), is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka located near its northern western border in the Western Ghats. It is the administrative headquarters ...

. * William Norman Prentice Jenkin, Indian Police Service, Superintendent of Police,

Royal Victorian Order

Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)

* Field Marshal Sir William Robertson, . * Sir William Llewellyn, .

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)

* Major-General Sir Samuel Guise Guise-Moores, . *

Ralph Endersby Harwood Sir Ralph Endersby Harwood (28 March 1883 – 28 February 1951) was Financial Secretary to George V, Edward VIII and George VI. Early life Harwood was born on 28 March 1883, the son of Charles Harwood of Shefford, Bedfordshire. He was educate ...

, . * Colonel Arthur Edward Erskine, .

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

* Colonel Reginald Edmund Maghlin Russell, . * Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Valentine Bache de Satgé, . * Engineer Captain Ronald Charles Boddie, , Royal Navy. *

Arthur William Steuart Cochrane Sir Arthur William Steuart Cochrane (27 April 1872 – 11 January 1954) was a long-serving Officer of Arms at the College of Arms in London. Biography Arthur Cochrane was the third son of Rev. David Crawford Cochrane, Master of Etwall Hospital ...

, . * Major The Honourable Alexander Henry Louis Hardinge, . * Wing Commander Ernest Henry Johnston, . * David Taylor Monteath, . * Captain Edward de Faye Renouf, Royal Navy. *

Francis James Grant Sir Francis James Grant (1863–1953) was a Scottish officer of arms who eventually rose to the office of Lord Lyon King of Arms. Grant served in the Court of the Lord Lyon as Carrick Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary beginning on 17 May 1886. Thi ...

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

* Lieutenant-Colonel Piers William North, . * Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey Bulmer Howell, . * The Reverend Trevitt Reginald Hine-Haycock.

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

* Arthur Thomas Coombs. * Commissioned Gunner Walter George Collingwood Crouch, , Royal Navy. * Commissioned Warrant Officer Samuel Mackenzie Hammond, Royal Navy. * Ernest Harry Lucking.

Order of the British Empire

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

;Military Division ;;Royal Navy * Vice-Admiral

Albert Percy Addison Admiral (United Kingdom), Admiral Sir Albert Percy Addison, (8 November 1875 – 13 November 1952) was a senior officer in the Royal Navy. He was the Commander Australian Fleet, Rear Admiral Commanding His Majesty's Australian Fleet from 30 Apri ...

, . ;;Army * Major-General Guy Archibald Hastings Beatty, ,

, Military Adviser-in-Chief,

Indian State Forces The Imperial Service Troops, officially called the Indian States Forces after 1920, were auxiliary forces raised by the princely states of the Indian Empire which were deployed alongside the Indian Army when their service was required. The Imp ...

. ;Civil Division * Roderick Sinclair Meiklejohn, , First Commissioner, Civil Service Commission. * Richard Roy Maconachie, , His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary & Minister Plenipotentiary at Kabul. *

Bernard Henry Bourdillon Sir Bernard Henry Bourdillon (1883–1948) was a British Empire, British colonial administrator who was Governor of Uganda (1932–1935) and of Nigeria (1935–1943). Early years Bourdillon was born on 3 December 1883 at Burnie, Tasmania to En ...

, , Colonial Secretary,

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

;Military Division * Joanna Margaret Cruickshank, , late Matron-in-Chief,

Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service (PMRAFNS) is the nursing branch of the British Royal Air Force. It was established as the Royal Air Force Temporary Nursing Service (RAFNS) in 1918, and became part of the permanent establishment ...

. ;Civil Division * Sarah Elizabeth Siddons Mair, . For services to women's education in Edinburgh. * Agnes Sybil Casson, , (

Sybil Thorndike Dame Agnes Sybil Thorndike, Lady Casson (24 October 18829 June 1976) was an English actress whose stage career lasted from 1904 to 1969. Trained in her youth as a concert pianist, Thorndike turned to the stage when a medical problem with her h ...

), Actress and manager. For her services to dramatic art. * Her Highness Maharani Lakshmibai Sahiba Puar, of Dhar, President, Council of Minority Administration,

Dhar State Dhar State was a princely state. It was a salute state in the colonial sway of the Central India Agency. Dhar began as one of the states during Maratha Empire, Maratha dominance in India about 1730. In 1941 it had an area of and a populatio ...

, Central India.

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

;Military Division ;;Army * Colonel John Alfred Lawrence Billingham, , Staff for Royal Engineer Services, Chief Inspector of Works,

. * Marguerite Elizabeth Medforth, , Matron-in-Chief,

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (QARANC; known as ''the QAs'') was the nursing branch of the British Army Medical Services. In November 2024, the corps was amalgamated with the Royal Army Medical Corps and Royal Army Dental Corps ...

. * Colonel William Aleck Quennell, , Ordnance Mechanical Engineer, 1st Class,

Royal Army Ordnance Corps The Royal Army Ordnance Corps (RAOC) was a corps of the British Army. At its renaming as a Royal Corps in 1918 it was both a supply and repair corps. In the supply area it had responsibility for weapons, armoured vehicles and other military equi ...

, Assistant Director of Ordnance Services, War Office. * Lieutenant-Colonel & Brevet Colonel John Willatt Lloyd, , late Commander, Royal Engineers,

43rd (Wessex) Division The 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division was an infantry Division (military), division of Britain's Territorial Army (United Kingdom), Territorial Army (TA). The division was first formed in 1908, as the Wessex Division. During the World War I, First ...

, Territorial Army, now Territorial Army Reserve of Officers. ;;Royal Air Force * Wing Commander William Wood Shorten, . ;Civil Division * Kate Barratt, , Principal of

Swanley Horticultural College Swanley Horticultural College, founded in , was a college of horticulture in Hextable, Kent, England. It originally took only male students but by 1894 the majority of students were female and it became a women-only institution in 1903. Early his ...

, Kent. * Mabel Maria Clarkson, ,

Lord Mayor of Norwich This is a list of mayors and the later lord mayors of the city of Norwich. Norwich had elected a mayor since 1403 when a Charter of Henry IV allowed the Freemen of the city to elect Councillors, Aldermen, Sheriffs and a Mayor serving for one ye ...

. * Walter Palmer Cobbett. For services in connection with the

Trustee Savings Bank The Trustee Savings Bank (TSB) was a British financial institution that operated between 1810 and 1995 when it was merged with Lloyds Bank (historic), Lloyds Bank. Trustee savings banks originated to accept savings deposits from those with mode ...

Association movement. A Trustee of the Manchester Savings Bank. * Lieutenant-Colonel George Rowlandson Crosfield, , lately Chairman of the

British Legion The Royal British Legion (RBL), formerly the British Legion, is a British Charitable organization, charity providing financial, social and emotional support to members and veterans of the British Armed Forces, their families and dependants. ...

. * Walton John Hadfield, , City Engineer and Surveyor, Sheffield. A pioneer in modern developments of highway engineering and road surfacing. * Professor Harry Mainwaring Hallsworth, , Chairman of the Newcastle upon Tyne Employment Committee, David Dale Professor of Economics, Armstrong College,

University of Durham Durham University (legally the University of Durham) is a collegiate public research university in Durham, England, founded by an Act of Parliament in 1832 and incorporated by royal charter in 1837. It was the first recognised university to ...

. * Thomas Henderson, , Member of Parliament for the Tradeston Division of Glasgow since 1922. Comptroller of HM Household since 1929. * Arthur Sinclair Lupton, Assistant Secretary,

Board of Customs and Excise HM Customs and Excise (properly known as Her Majesty's Customs and Excise at the time of its dissolution) was a department of the British Government formed in 1909 by the merger of HM Customs and HM Excise; its primary responsibility was the ...

. * Arthur Herbert Norris, , Chief Inspector of Reformatory and Industrial Schools,

Home Office The Home Office (HO), also known (especially in official papers and when referred to in Parliament) as the Home Department, is the United Kingdom's interior ministry. It is responsible for public safety and policing, border security, immigr ...

. * Richard Francis Malachy Pearson, , Deputy Director of Works & Buildings,

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 ...

. * George Digby Pepys, , Senior Official Receiver, Companies (Winding Up) Department, Board of Trade. * William Benjamin Taylor, , Member of Parliament for

South West Norfolk South West Norfolk is a Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 by Terr ...

since 1929. A member of the Norfolk County Council since 1910. For public and political services. *

Wilfred Trubshaw Wilfred Trubshaw (15 June 1870 – 21 December 1944) was a British solicitor and police officer who served as Chief Constable of Lancashire Constabulary from 1927 to 1935. Trubshaw was born in Mold, Flintshire, Wales, the eldest son of surgeon ...

, ,

Chief Constable of Lancashire Lancashire Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing the ceremonial county of Lancashire in North West England. The force's headquarters are at Hutton, near the city of Preston. , the force has 3,088 police officer ...

. * Major John William Thomson-Glover, , of the Political Department, Political Agent, Dir,

Swat A SWAT (''Special Weapons and Tactics'') team is a generic term for a police tactical unit within the United States, though the term has also been used by other nations. SWAT units are generally trained, equipped, and deployed to res ...

Chitral Chitral () is a city situated on the Kunar River, Chitral River in northern area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It serves as the capital of the Lower Chitral District, and was previously the capital of Chitral District, and before ...

. * Usha Nath Sen, of the Associated Press of India. * Angus Somerville Fletcher, British Library of Information, New York. * Hewan Leslie Archdall, Chief Police Magistrate, Brisbane, State of Queensland. * Ralph Herbert Dawson, , General Manager of Railways and

Takoradi Harbour The Takoradi Harbour is a harbour located in the Western region of Ghana. It is located in the industrial district of Sekondi-Takoradi and is the oldest harbour in Ghana. The Takoradi harbour, along with the Tema Harbour, are the only harbours in ...

Authority, Gold Coast. * Albert Launcelot Hoops, , Principal Civil Medical Officer,

Straits Settlements The Straits Settlements () were a group of British territories located in Southeast Asia. Originally established in 1826 as part of the territories controlled by the British East India Company, the Straits Settlements came under control of the ...

. * Horace Hamilton Hunter, , Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council of the

Uganda Protectorate The Protectorate of Uganda was a protectorate of the British Empire from 1894 to 1962. In 1893 the Imperial British East Africa Company transferred its administration rights of territory consisting mainly of the Kingdom of Buganda to the Br ...

. For public services. *

Alice Werner Alice Werner CBE (26 June 1859 - 9 June 1935) was a writer, poet and teacher of the Bantu languages, Bantu languages.School of Oriental Studies The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS University of London; ) is a public research university in London, England, and a member institution of the federal University of London. Founded in 1916, SOAS is located in the Bloomsbury area ...

, London. * Major Henry Harold Wheatley, , Adviser, Ministry of Economics & Communications,

Iraq Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and ...

. :;Honorary Commander * Hassan Khalid Pasha Aboul Huda, lately Chief Minister of the Government of Trans-Jordan.

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

;Military Division ;;Royal Navy * Lieutenant-Commander George Frederick Stevens-Guille. * Engineer Commander Robin Rampling, . * Paymaster Commander Theodore Young Dobson, , Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. * Major John Melville Tuke, Royal Marines. * Brevet-Major

Arthur Reginald Chater Major General Arthur Reginald Chater (7 February 1896 – 3 January 1979) was an officer in the Royal Marines during the First World War, the interwar years, and Second World War. Military career Chater was commissioned into the Royal Marine ...

, , Royal Marines. ;;Army * Captain William Lowry Alston, 1st Bombay Pioneers,

. * Captain John Meredith Benoy, 2nd Battalion, The

South Staffordshire Regiment The South Staffordshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence for only 68 years. The regiment was created in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot a ...

. * Captain (Quarter-Master) Frederick William Brind, 3rd Battalion,

Coldstream Guards The Coldstream Guards is the oldest continuously serving regular regiment in the British Army. As part of the Household Division, one of its principal roles is the protection of the Monarchy of the United Kingdom, monarchy; due to this, it often ...

. * Major (Quarter-Master) Francis George Bucktin, , The Yorkshire Dragoons (Queen's Own), Territorial Army. * Captain (local Major) Raymond Swinburne Buller, Regular Army Reserve of Officers, Company Commander, Trans-Jordan Frontier Force. * The Reverend George Aloysius Carlisle, Chaplain to the Forces, 3rd Class,

Royal Army Chaplains' Department The Royal Army Chaplains' Department (RAChD) is an all-officer department that provides ordained clergy to minister to the British Army. History The Army Chaplains' Department (AChD) was formed by Royal Warrant of 23 September 1796; until the ...

. * Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Joseph Coppinger, ,

. * Major William Herschal Dawson, ,

Army Educational Corps The Royal Army Educational Corps (RAEC) was a corps of the British Army tasked with educating and instructing personnel in a diverse range of skills. On 6 April 1992 it became the Educational and Training Services Branch (ETS) of the Adjutant Gen ...

. * Major Hugh Blackwell Layard Dowbiggin,

Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps The Royal Hong Kong Regiment (The Volunteers) (RHKR(V)) (), formed in May 1854, was a local auxiliary militia force funded and administered by the colonial Government of Hong Kong. Its powers and duties were mandated by the Royal Hong Kong R ...

. * Major Harold Fletcher, ,

44th (Home Counties) Division The Home Counties Division was an infantry division of the Territorial Force, part of the British Army, that was raised in 1908. As the name suggests, the division recruited in the Home Counties, particularly Kent, Middlesex, Surrey and Sussex ...

al Train,

Royal Army Service Corps The Royal Army Service Corps (RASC) was a corps of the British Army responsible for land, coastal and lake transport, air despatch, barracks administration, the Army Fire Service, staffing headquarters' units, supply of food, water, fuel and do ...

, Territorial Army. * Major (local Lieutenant-Colonel) Edward Brian Barkley Hawkins, , The

West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own) The West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) (14th Foot) was an infantry regiment of the British Army. In 1958 it amalgamated with the East Yorkshire Regiment (15th Foot) to form the Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire which was, ...

, Officer Commanding, 1st (Nyasaland) Battalion, The

King's African Rifles The King's African Rifles (KAR) was a British Colonial Auxiliary Forces regiment raised from Britain's East African colonies in 1902. It primarily carried out internal security duties within these colonies along with military service elsewher ...

. * Major (Quarter-Master) George Arthur Kent,

Royal Corps of Signals The Royal Corps of Signals (often simply known as the Royal Signals – abbreviated to R SIGNALS) is one of the combat support arms of the British Army. Signals units are among the first into action, providing the battlefield communications an ...

. * Major John MacDougall, , retired, late 6th Battalion, The

Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's) 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 ...

, Territorial Army. * Captain Richard Johnstone Mackay, , 4th Battalion,

8th Punjab Regiment The 8th Punjab Regiment was a regiment of the British Indian Army from 1922 to 1947. It was transferred to Pakistan Army on Partition of India in 1947 and merged with the 10th Baluch Regiment, Baluch Regiment in 1956. History Madras Infantry Th ...

. * Honorary Captain Malik Mohammad Khizar Hayat Khan, Indian Land Forces, Indian Army. * Major Charles Alfred Holmes Montanaro, Ordnance Officer, 3rd Class,

. * Major (local Lieutenant-Colonel) Reginald Anthony Deane Moseley, The

Royal Scots Fusiliers The Royal Scots Fusiliers was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that existed from 1678 until 1959 when it was amalgamated with the Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) to form the Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Ma ...

, attached

Sudan Defence Force The Sudan Defence Force (SDF) was a British Colonial Auxiliary Forces unit raised in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan in 1925 to assist local police in internal security duties and maintain the condominium's territorial integrity. During World War II, ...

. * Major Arthur Newton, Special List of Quarter-Masters, Royal Corps of Signals (Indian Army). * Major Francis Martin Potter, , 12th London Regiment (Rangers), Territorial Army. * Lieutenant-Colonel William Edward Pownall, Staff for Royal Engineer Services. * Major Robert Roger Robertson, Officer Commanding,

Singapore Volunteer Corps The Singapore Volunteer Corps or the Singapore Special Constabulary, was a militia unit established in 1854 as the Singapore Volunteer Rifle Corps. The Corps underwent several reorganisations and was known by various names throughout its histor ...

Straits Settlements Volunteer Force The Straits Settlements Volunteer Force (SSVF) was a military reserve force in the Straits Settlements, while they were under United Kingdom, British rule. While the majority of the personnel were from Singapore, some lived in other parts of the ...

. * Major (Quarter-Master) George William Henry Howe, retired pay, late The

East Surrey Regiment The East Surrey Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 until 1959. The regiment was formed in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot, the 70th ( ...

. * Major James William Western, , Royal Corps of Signals, Territorial Army. ;;Royal Air Force * Squadron Leader George Frederick Law. * Flight Lieutenant Herbert William Heslop. * Flight Lieutenant Frank Woolley, . ;Civil Division * Frederick William Alexander, , formerly Medical Officer of Health for the Bromley & Poplar districts. * Wilfred Yorke Baldry, Librarian,

. * Major Jack Becke, Chief Constable of Shropshire. * Geoffrey Frank Braddock, an Assistant Director, Department of Overseas Trade. * James Charles Brampton, , Principal Clerk, Ministry of Pensions, Representative of the Ministry of Pensions in Canada. * Edith Gladys Clarke, Principal, National Training School of Cookery & Domestic Science. * Piers Alexander Currie, Chief Clerk, Legal Division, Ministry of Health * The Reverend Edmund Dale, , Headmaster,

Latymer Upper School Latymer Upper School is a public school in Hammersmith, London, England, on King Street. It derives from a charity school, and is part of the same 1624 Latymer Foundation, from a bequest by the English legal official Edward Latymer. There ...

, Hammersmith. * Alderman William John Esmond, , President of the Carmarthen Divisional Labour Party. For public and political services. * Walter Pearson Fuller, , Chairman of the London Headmasters' Employment Committee. * Atherton Gray, , Chairman of the Clackmannan County Education Committee. * Harold Hadden, , Chief Property Adviser, Office of the Public Trustee. *

John Hathorn Hall Sir John Hathorn Hall (19 June 189417 June 1979) was a British colonial administrator. During World War I, he served with the 8th Royal Munster Fusiliers and the 27th Infantry Brigade, rising to the rank of captain, and was awarded the Mili ...

, , Principal,

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 ...

. * Peter Kydd Hanton, , Senior Architect, HM Office of Works. * The Very Reverend Joseph Brewer Jobberns, , Dean of Brechin, Chairman of the Angus War Pensions Committee. * John Clague Joughin, , Manager, Constructive Department,

HM Dockyard, Portsmouth His Majesty's Naval Base, Portsmouth (HMNB Portsmouth) is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy (the others being HMNB Clyde and HMNB Devonport). Portsmouth Naval Base is part of the city of Portsmouth; it is loc ...

. * Thomas Kelly Liddell, Chief Conciliation Officer, North Western Division, Ministry of Labour. * William Thomas Matthews, , Principal,

HM Treasury His Majesty's Treasury (HM Treasury or HMT), and informally referred to as the Treasury, is the Government of the United Kingdom’s economic and finance ministry. The Treasury is responsible for public spending, financial services policy, Tax ...

. * Charles Middleton, Chief Constable of

Stirlingshire Stirlingshire or the County of Stirling ( ) is a Shires of Scotland, historic county and registration county of Scotland. Its county town is Stirling.Registers of Scotland. Publications, leaflets, Land Register Counties. It borders Perthshir ...

. * Captain Ernest William O'Connor, , Senior Captain, Sea Transport Service of the Board of Trade. * Grace Owen, , Joint Honorary Secretary of the Nursery School Association of Great Britain. * Evelyn Maud Pennefather. For public services in Kensington. Chairman of the House Committee of the Princess Louise Kensington Hospital for Children. * Thomas Rogers, , first President of the Wednesbury, Tipton & Darlaston Labour Party in 1918. For public, political and social services. * John Ashwell Stirling, Secretary,

Export Credits Guarantee Department The Export Credits Guarantee Department (ECGD), branded as UK Export Finance (UKEF), is the export credit agency and a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. In 1920, UKEF had a maximum total exposure of just £26 mi ...

. *

Julia Varley Julia Varley, OBE (16 March 1871, Bradford, Yorkshire – 24 November 1952, Yorkshire) was an English trade unionist and suffragette. Early life Born at 4, Monk Street in Horton in Bradford, she was one of seven surviving children out of nine b ...

, a member of the Work-people's Panel of the Birmingham Court of Referees and a member of the Birmingham Employment Committee. For public services. * Harold Decimus Vigor, , Principal, Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries. * William James Ward, Deputy Commissioner of Valuation, Ministry of Finance, Northern Ireland. * George Herbert Whybrow, Principal Clerk, Board of Inland Revenue. * Thomas Marley Wood, Assistant Controller, Post Office Savings Bank Department. * William Henry James Cole, British Vice-Consul at

Buffalo Buffalo most commonly refers to: * True buffalo or Bubalina, a subtribe of wild cattle, including most "Old World" buffalo, such as water buffalo * Bison, a genus of wild cattle, including the American buffalo * Buffalo, New York, a city in the n ...

. * Wentworth Martyn Gurney, His Majesty's Consul at

Lima Lima ( ; ), founded in 1535 as the Ciudad de los Reyes (, Spanish for "City of Biblical Magi, Kings"), is the capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rive ...

. * George Bernard Humphreys, Compensation Officer, Egyptian Labour Corps, Egyptian Ministry of Finance. * Captain Erskine Knollys, , District Commissioner, Sudan Political Service. * Eric Denholm Pridie, , Medical Inspector, Sudan Medical Service. * Norman Vorley, Acting British Vice-Consul at

Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...

. * Alice Caroline Franklin, formerly Secretary, Society for the Oversea Settlement of British Women. * Robert McFarlane, Member of the European Advisory Council,

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 ...

. * Allister Mitchell Miller, Member of the European Advisory Council,

Swaziland Eswatini, formally the Kingdom of Eswatini, also known by its former official names Swaziland and the Kingdom of Swaziland, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It is bordered by South Africa on all sides except the northeast, where ...

. * Frederick William James Moore, Member of the Fruits Committee of the

Empire Marketing Board The Empire Marketing Board was formed in May 1926 by the Colonial Secretary Leo Amery to promote intra-Empire trade and to persuade consumers to 'Buy Empire'. It was established as a substitute for tariff reform and protectionist legislation and ...

. * The Honourable John Nicholson, Member of the Legislative Council, State of Western Australia. For public services in that State. * Khan Bahadur, Haji Amirali Lahori, Zamindar and President of

Larkana Larkana (; ) is a city located in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is the 15th largest city of Pakistan by population. It is home to the Indus Valley civilization site Mohenjo-daro. The historic Indus River flows in east and south of the ci ...

Municipality,

. * Edmund Mowbray Atkinson, Tutor and Guardian to His Highness the Raja of Faridkot, Punjab States. * Captain Robert Richardson Burnett, of the Political Department, Secretary to the Agent to the Governor-General in

. * Khan Bahadur Shams-ud-din Haidar, Bihar & Orissa Civil Service, District Magistrate and Collector, Bihar & Orissa. * Robert Hume,

, District Superintendent of Police,

. * Khan Bahadur Khan Hamidullah Khan, Indian Police Service, Superintendent of Police, Punjab. * Major Ronald Stuart Moberly, , 1st Battalion, The Great Indian Peninsula Railway Regiment,

Auxiliary Force Auxiliaries are support personnel that assist the military or police but are organised differently from regular forces. Auxiliary may be military volunteers undertaking support functions or performing certain duties such as garrison troops, us ...

, Bombay. * Lucien Arthur Allen, British Adviser,

Perlis Perlis (Kedah Malay language, Kedah Malay (Perlis dialect): ''Peghelih'') is a Negeri, state of Malaysia in the northwestern coast of Peninsular Malaysia. It is the smallest state in Malaysia by area and population. The state borders the Thai ...

. * George Bonner, Member of the

Executive Council of the Falkland Islands The Executive Council of the Falkland Islands is the policy making body of the Government of the Falkland Islands, exercising executive power by advising the Governor. It has an equivalent role to that of the Privy Council in the United Kingdom. ...

. For public services. * Captain Alexander Thomas Gammon, , General Secretary of the Ceylon Branch of the Comrades of the Great War. * The Venerable Archdeacon Arthur George Bernard Glossop, ,

Universities' Mission to Central Africa The Universities' Mission to Central Africa (c.1857 - 1965) was a missionary society established by members of the Anglican Church within the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Durham, and Dublin. It was firmly in the Anglo-Catholic tradition of ...

. For services in the

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 ...

. *

Albert Montefiore Hyamson Albert Montefiore Hyamson, (27 August 1875 – 5 October 1954) was a British civil servant and historian who served as chief immigration officer in the British Mandate of Palestine from 1921 to 1934. The political Zionist of the 1910s and 19 ...

, Chief Immigration Officer,

. * Tyabali Mulla Jeevanje. For services to

. * Alfred Clarence Norman, , Director of the X-Ray & Electrical Institute, Baghdad,

. * Hugh Morgan O'Byrne, Chief of Customs,

. * Basil Demetrius Sertsios, Puisne Judge, Supreme Court,

Cyprus Cyprus (), officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Situated in West Asia, its cultural identity and geopolitical orientation are overwhelmingly Southeast European. Cyprus is the List of isl ...

. * Mabel Shaw, of the Mbereshi Mission of the

London Missionary Society The London Missionary Society was an interdenominational evangelical missionary society formed in England in 1795 at the instigation of Welsh Congregationalist minister Edward Williams. It was largely Reformed tradition, Reformed in outlook, with ...

. For services in

Northern Rhodesia Northern Rhodesia was a British protectorate in Southern Africa, now the independent country of Zambia. It was formed in 1911 by Amalgamation (politics), amalgamating the two earlier protectorates of Barotziland-North-Western Rhodesia and North ...

. * Herbert Sandford Thorne, lately Police Magistrate,

Barbados Barbados, officially the Republic of Barbados, is an island country in the Atlantic Ocean. It is part of the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies and the easternmost island of the Caribbean region. It lies on the boundary of the South American ...

. * Reginald Acheson Webb, Engineer, Lagos Town Council,

Nigeria Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, ...

. * Wilfred Murray Wigley, Crown Attorney and Magistrate, Presidency of Saint Christopher and Nevis,

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 ...

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

;Military Division ;;Royal Navy * Telegraphist Lieutenant-Commander Harry Simpson. * Lieutenant (E) Henry Richard George Brooking. * Wardmaster Lieutenant Reginald Francis, . * Lieutenant Richard Frank Cornwall, Royal Marines. * Commissioned Royal Marine Gunner Harry Pearcy, Royal Marines. ;;Army * Warrant Officer Class I, Sergeant-Major Hugh Baker,

. * Captain (Deputy Commissary) William John Ball, Indian Corps of Clerks,

. * Warrant Officer Class I, Regimental Sergeant-Major Thomas Edward Brewer, 1st Battalion, The

Wiltshire Regiment The Wiltshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot and the 99th Duke of Edinburgh's (Lanarkshire) Regiment of Foot. T ...

. * Sergeant (acting Battery Sergeant-Major), Harold Gilbert Brooke,

Royal Artillery The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery (RA) and colloquially known as "The Gunners", is one of two regiments that make up the artillery arm of the British Army. The Royal Regiment of Artillery comprises t ...

, attached 54th (West Riding & Staffordshire) Medium Brigade, Royal Artillery, Territorial Army. * Warrant Officer Class II, Staff Quartermaster-Sergeant (acting Conductor), Edwin William Buffee,

, Territorial Army. * Warrant Officer Class II, Regimental Quartermaster-Sergeant Fred Butterworth, 6th Battalion, The

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 ...

, Territorial Army. * Warrant Officer Class I, Sergeant-Major, William John Carter, Royal Army Medical Corps. * Warrant Officer Class I, Regimental Sergeant-Major, William Cook, late Royal Army Ordnance Corps. * Warrant Officer Class I, Superintending Clerk, Harry Cooke,

Grenadier Guards The Grenadier Guards (GREN GDS) is the most senior infantry regiment of the British Army, being at the top of the Infantry Order of Precedence. It can trace its lineage back to 1656 when Lord Wentworth's Regiment was raised in Bruges to protect ...

. * Warrant Officer Class I, Staff Sergeant-Major, George Cressell,

. * Lieutenant (Senior Assistant Surgeon) Alexander Nicol deGruyther, Indian Medical Department. * Lieutenant (Senior Assistant Surgeon) James Berchmans D'Souza, Indian Medical Department. * Company Sergeant-Major Robert John Everest,

. * Warrant Officer Class I, Superintending Clerk, William Henry Finch,

. * Warrant Officer Class II, Quartermaster-Sergeant, George Henry Rogers Flynn,

. * Warrant Officer Class I, Regimental Sergeant-Major, William George Gingell, , 1st Battalion, The

. * Lieutenant (Quarter-Master) Fred Josiah Godfrey, , 4th/5th Battalion, The

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (DCLI) was a Light infantry, light infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 to 1959. The regiment was created on 1 July 1881 as part of the Childers Reforms, by the merger of the 32nd ( ...

, Territorial Army. * Conductor Percy William Godfrey, Military Engineer Services (Barrack Department),

. * Conductor Albert Henry Heath, Indian Miscellaneous List, Indian Army. * Warrant Officer Class I, Sergeant-Major Artillery Clerk, Arthur James Sheaf Hinton, Royal Artillery. * Warrant Officer Class I, 1st Class Staff Sergeant-Major, Charles Ernest Ivory, Royal Army Service Corps. * Warrant Officer Class II, Battery Sergeant-Major, Donald Wilson James, , 229th Battery, 58th (Essex & Suffolk) Medium Brigade, Royal Artillery, Territorial Army. * Warrant Officer Class I, Sergeant-Major, Charles Victor Jefford, Royal Army Medical Corps. * Captain (Quarter-Master) James Henry Keech, , The

East Yorkshire Regiment The East Yorkshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, first raised in 1685 as Sir William Clifton's Regiment of Foot and later renamed the 15th Regiment of Foot. It saw service for three centuries, before eventually being ...

. * Warrant Officer Class I, Mechanist Sergeant-Major, Sidney Edward Kennett,

Royal Tank Corps The Royal Tank Regiment (RTR) is the oldest tank unit in the world, being formed by the British Army in 1916 during the First World War. Today, it is an armoured regiment equipped with Challenger 2 main battle tanks and structured under 12th A ...

. * Warrant Officer Class II, Company Sergeant-Major, Ernest Frederick King, The

Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 until 1966. The regiment was formed, as the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment), in 1881 as part of the Childers Ref ...

, attached

. * Warrant Officer Class II, Regimental Quartermaster-Sergeant, William Wormall King, 11th London Regiment (Finsbury Rifles), Territorial Army. * Lieutenant (acting Captain) Koh Keng Bock, Officer Commanding, Chinese Company, Malacca Volunteer Corps,

. * Warrant Officer Class II, Squadron Sergeant-Major (acting Regimental Sergeant-Major), John Forbes Lorimer, The

Northumberland Hussars The Northumberland Hussars was a Yeomanry regiment of the British Army, transferred to the Royal Artillery for the duration of the Second World War. It was disbanded as an independent Territorial Army unit in 1967, a time when the strength of t ...

, Territorial Army. * Conductor Robert Love, Indian Corps of Clerks (British Wing), Indian Army. * Lieutenant (Quarter-Master) Harold Percy Martin,

. * Warrant Officer Class II, Quartermaster-Sergeant, Martin Thomas McDonald, 2nd Battalion,

. * Captain (Quarter-Master) Norman McIver, 4th Battalion, The

Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders or 79th (The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders) Regiment of Foot was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1793. It amalgamated with the Seaforth Highlanders (the Duke of Albany's) to form ...

, Territorial Army. * Warrant Officer Class I, Regimental Sergeant-Major, David Miller, , 2nd Battalion, The

Royal Ulster Rifles The Royal Irish Rifles (became the Royal Ulster Rifles from 1 January 1921) was an light infantry rifle regiment of the British Army, first created in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot and the 86th (Royal ...

. * Warrant Officer Class I, Regimental Sergeant-Major, Henry Patrick Munson, 2nd Battalion, The

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment was the final title of a line infantry regiment of the British Army that was originally formed in 1688. After centuries of service in many conflicts and wars, including both the First and Second World W ...

. * Sergeant (local Company Sergeant-Major) Henry George Norton, The

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers was an Ireland, Irish line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 until 1968. The regiment was formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot and the 108th (Ma ...

, attached

Iraq Levies The Iraq Levies (Commonly known as the Assyrian Levies) was a majority Assyrian force, and the first Iraqi military force established by the British in British controlled Iraq. The Iraq Levies originated in a local armed scout force raised durin ...

. * Warrant Officer Class II, Quartermaster-Sergeant, George Henry Peach, late 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 Foo ...

. * Captain John Arthur Pring,

Indian Army Service Corps The Indian Army Service Corps (IASC) is a Corps, administrative corps and an arm of the Indian Army which handles its Military logistics, logistic support function. It is the oldest and the largest administrative service in the Indian Army. Whil ...

. * Warrant Officer Class II, Company-Sergeant-Major (acting Regimental Sergeant-Major), Harry Pugh, , The

King's Regiment (Liverpool) The King's Regiment (Liverpool) was one of the oldest line infantry regiments of the British Army, having been formed in 1685 when a single battalion was raised as The Anne, Queen of Great Britain, Princess Anne of Denmark's Regiment of Foot. ...

, attached 17th Battalion, The King's Regiment (Liverpool), Territorial Army. * Lieutenant (Quarter-Master) Hugh Rennie, 4th Battalion, The

Gordon Highlanders The Gordon Highlanders was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that existed for 113 years, from 1881 until 1994, when it was amalgamated with The Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) to form The Highlanders (Seaforth, Go ...

, Territorial Army. * Warrant Officer Class I, Regimental Sergeant-Major Arthur Frederick Ruth, Depot, The

. * Captain Richard Shrive, , Royal Artillery. * Warrant Officer Class I, Bandmaster, Henry William Simpson, Royal Artillery. * Lieutenant (Assistant Commissary) David Stobie, Military Engineer Services (Barrack Department), Indian Army. * Conductor David Summerfield, Indian Corps of Clerks (British Wing), Indian Army. * Warrant Officer Class II, Quartermaster-Sergeant (temporary Warrant Officer Class I, Sergeant-Major), Albert Edward Taylor,

. * Captain (Quarter-Master) Fred Taylor, 4th Battalion, The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment), Territorial Army. * Warrant Officer Class I, Staff Sergeant-Major, William Jamieson Turner,

. * Warrant Officer Class II, Company Sergeant-Major, Douglas Grout Whisstock, 4th Battalion, The

Suffolk Regiment The Suffolk Regiment was an infantry regiment Line infantry, of the line in the British Army with a history dating back to 1685. It saw service for three centuries, participating in many wars and conflicts, including the World War I, First and ...

, Territorial Army. ;;Royal Air Force * Flight Lieutenant Frederick Ernest Bishop. * 1st Class Assistant Surgeon Richard Campbell Gale,

(attached

). * No. 1382 Sergeant-Major, 1st Class, Glendor Godfrey Nicholas Marshall. * No. 202144 Sergeant-Major, 1st Class, James William Dunk. ;Civil Division * Gladys Martin Allen, Chief Superintendent of Typists, HM Office of Works. * Lucy Sarah Begg, lately Matron of the Home for Incurables, Putney. Previously Matron of the Cancer Wing,

Middlesex Hospital Middlesex Hospital was a teaching hospital located in the Fitzrovia area of London, England. First opened as the Middlesex Infirmary in 1745 on Windmill Street, it was moved in 1757 to Mortimer Street where it remained until it was finally clos ...

. * John Berry, Superintendent of Messengers, Prime Minister's Office. * James Walter Blyth, Superintendent, London Postal Service. * James Brames, Waterguard Superintendent First Class, Board of Customs & Excise. * William Fred Brown, Superintendent, Metropolitan Police (

Criminal Investigation Department The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is the branch of a police force to which most plainclothes criminal investigation, detectives belong in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth nations. A force's CID is disti ...

). * Captain Cornelius Carmody, Honorary Secretary of the National Association for the Employment of Ex-Soldiers, Sailors & Airmen, Manchester. * Norman John Wilding Cole, Chairman of the Folkestone, Ashford & District War Pensions Committee. * Frederick John Coleman, Staff Officer, Mines Department, Board of Trade. * Annie Mary Davies, Honorary Secretary to the North Wales Nursing Association. * Alys Mary Ealand, , Chairman of the Bath Juvenile Advisory Committee. * James Forrester, Commander,

Metropolitan Special Constabulary The Metropolitan Special Constabulary (MSC) is the volunteer police force of the Metropolitan Police Service. It is one of three Special Constabularies operating within London, the others being part of the City of London Police and British Tr ...

. * Alexander Fraser, Superintendent and Deputy Chief Constable, Dumbartonshire Constabulary. * John George, Superintendent and Deputy Chief Constable, Berwickshire Constabulary. * Cecil William Goldsmith, Staff Clerk,

. * Henry William Hobbs, Examiner, Estate Duty Office, Board of Inland Revenue. * Alderman Luke Hogan, , Vice-Chairman of the Liverpool Employment Committee. * Joseph Paxton Humphery, , Chief Sanitary Inspector Borough of Reigate and Honorary Secretary of the Sanitary Inspectors' Association. * John Preston Hytch, Chief Clerk of the Birmingham County Court. * William Edward Jones, Auditor of Accounts, County Courts Branch,

Lord Chancellor's Department The Lord Chancellor's Department was a United Kingdom government department answerable to the Lord Chancellor with jurisdiction over England and Wales. Created in 1885 as the Lord Chancellor's Office with a small staff to assist the Lord Chance ...

. * Harry Edwin Joyce, Engineering Clerk of Works to the Prison Commission,

. * William Wilson Kelso, Chief Sanitary Inspector for Paisley, and the Senior Chief Inspector in Scotland. * Gertrude Leeson, Chairman of the Children's Sub-Committee of the Birkenhead, Wallasey, Wirrall & District War Pensions Committee. * David McNally, lately Director of the Information Bureau of the Edinburgh Education Committee. * John Dunbar McQuiston, Higher Executive Officer, Ministry of Labour, Northern Ireland. * Maude Leslie Martin, , Matron,

Queen Alexandra Hospital The Queen Alexandra Hospital (commonly known as QA Hospital, QAH or simply QA) is a large NHS hospital in Portsmouth, Hampshire. Located in Cosham, it is run by Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust and has a Ministry of Defence Hospital Un ...

(Ministry of Pensions),

Cosham Cosham ( or ) is a northern suburb of Portsmouth lying within the city boundary but off Portsea Island, in the ceremonial county of Hampshire, England. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 along with Drayton and Wymering (mainland) an ...

, Hampshire. * Emily Louise Mason, Supervisor, London Postal Service. * Sarah Ellen Morris, Superintendent of the Lincolnshire County Nursing Association, and Inspector of Midwives. * Walter Philip Kerr Neale, Private Secretary to the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Transport. * John Elliott Nichols, Accountant, Board of Trade. * Janet Campbell Papple, formerly Teacher of Domestic Subjects, Hampshire. * Hannah Mary Parkin, Headmistress, Drummond Road Girls' Modern School, Bradford. * George William Pierce, Headmaster,

Owslebury Owslebury is a village and civil parish in the county of Hampshire, in the south of England approximately southeast of Winchester. It lies within the administrative district of the City of Winchester. The village has a local pub that also serv ...

Council School, Hampshire. * Trevor Lyons Relton, Senior Intelligence Officer, Department of Overseas Trade. * Martha Maria Roberts, Matron of the Walton Institution, Liverpool. * Thomas James Scanlan, Ex-Soldier Clerk, Grade A,

. * Robert John Sim, Sub-Office Postmaster,

Lossiemouth Lossiemouth () is a town in Moray, Scotland. Originally the port belonging to Elgin, Moray, Elgin, it became an important fishing town. Although there has been over 1,000 years of settlement in the area, the present day town was formed over the ...

. * Magdalene Glass Stenhouse, Clerical Assistant, Prime Minister's Office. * John Alfred Stockwell, Chief Visiting Inspector, Contract & Purchase Department, Admiralty. * Edward Twist, Architect, Works Division, Ministry of Finance, Northern Ireland. * Arthur Jonas Watts, Principal Clerk, Ministry of Pensions. * Margaret Florence West, Higher Clerical Officer,

. * Constance Wroughton, Chief Superintendent of Typists, Dominions Office and Colonial Office. * George Barnett, Superintendent of the Civil Veterinary Hospital at

Khartoum Khartoum or Khartum is the capital city of Sudan as well as Khartoum State. With an estimated population of 7.1 million people, Greater Khartoum is the largest urban area in Sudan. Khartoum is located at the confluence of the White Nile – flo ...

. * Paymaster Lieutenant-Commander Howard Stanley Bradbrook, ,

Royal Naval Reserve The Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) is one of the two volunteer reserve forces of the Royal Navy in the United Kingdom. Together with the Royal Marines Reserve, they form the Maritime Reserve. The present RNR was formed by merging the original ...

, British Vice-Consul at

Boulogne Boulogne-sur-Mer (; ; ; or ''Bononia''), often called just Boulogne (, ), is a coastal city in Hauts-de-France, Northern France. It is a Subprefectures in France, sub-prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Pas-de-Calais. Boul ...

. * Joseph Augustine Catoni, British Vice-Consul at Alexandretta. * George Darling. For services on the occasion of the loss of the

R101 R101 was one of a pair of British rigid airships completed in 1929 as part of the Imperial Airship Scheme, a British government programme to develop civil airships capable of service on long-distance routes within the British Empire. It was d ...

. * Margherita Ashton Johnson, Assistant to the Commercial Secretary at His Majesty's Legation at

Bern Bern (), or Berne (), ; ; ; . is the ''de facto'' Capital city, capital of Switzerland, referred to as the "federal city".; ; ; . According to the Swiss constitution, the Swiss Confederation intentionally has no "capital", but Bern has gov ...

. * Thomas Joseph Francis Kenny, Archivist at His Majesty's Embassy at

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the List of cities in Brazil by population, second-most-populous city in Brazil (after São Paulo) and the Largest cities in the America ...

. * Donald Neil MacDiarmid, Missionary, United Mission, Egypt. *

James Wilson Robertson Sir James Wilson Robertson, (27 October 189923 September 1983) was a British civil servant who served as the last colonial governor-general of Nigeria from 1955 to 1960. Early life and education He was educated at Merchiston Castle Schoo ...

, Assistant District Commissioner, Sudan Political Service. * Benjamin John Grove Wishlade, Administrative Official, European Department, Egyptian Ministry of the Interior. * Elinor Maud Must, Punjab Educational Service, Principal, Lady Maclagan High and Normal School for Girls,

Lahore Lahore ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, second-largest city in Pakistan, after Karachi, and ...

, Punjab. * John Ernest Baker, Engineer-in-charge, Water Works,

Jaipur State The Kingdom of Amber, later the Kingdom of Jaipur or the Jaipur State, was located in the north-eastern historic Dhundhar region of Rajputana and was ruled by the Kachwaha Rajput dynasty. The kingdom was established by Dulha Rai, possibly t ...

, Rajputana. * Rodney Thomas Baldwin, Registrar, Political and Appointment Departments, Bihar & Orissa Secretariat. * Sardar Bahadur Subadar-Major Ganesh Bahadur Chettri,

Eastern Frontier Rifles The Eastern Frontier Rifles (EFR) was a former Para Military Force before Independence and now is a State Armed Police Force for the Indian state of West Bengal. They are a part of the West Bengal Police, as opposed to the Kolkata jurisdiction ...

(Bengal Battalion),

Dacca Dhaka ( or ; , ), List of renamed places in Bangladesh, formerly known as Dacca, is the capital city, capital and list of cities and towns in Bangladesh, largest city of Bangladesh. It is one of the list of largest cities, largest and list o ...

. * Arthur Ferdinand Clarke, Bombay Police Service, Deputy Superintendent of Police,

Sholapur Solapur () is a city located in the south-western region of the Indian state of Maharashtra, close to its border with Karnataka. Solapur is located on major highway, rail routes between Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore and Hyderabad, with a branch line ...

. * William Francis Alfred Hamilton,

, Assistant District Superintendent of Police,

. * Captain George Douglas Hoskins, , Bengal Excise Service, Superintendent of Excise & Salt,

Midnapore Medinipur or Midnapore is a city known for its history in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the West Medinipur district. It is situated on the banks of the Kangsabati River (variously known as ''Kasai'' and ''Cossye''). ...

, Bengal. * Anthony Isar, City Magistrate,

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, but spread chiefly to the west, or beyond its Bank (geography ...

. * Denis Charles Reiley Jones, Burma Police Service, Deputy-Superintendent of Police, Headquarters Assistant, Pegu, Burma. * Khan Mohammad Khan, Bahadur, , Major in the Khairpur State Forces, Commanding the State Forces. * Shivram Wamanji Patil, , Medical Practitioner, Bombay. * Wilton Garnet Albury, Inspector and General Superintendent of Schools,

Bahamas The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an archipelagic and island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean. It contains 97 per cent of the archipelago's land area and 88 per cent of its population. ...

. * Barbara Geddes Allardes, Senior Health Visitor,

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 ...

. * Emily Jane Baskett, Headmistress of the Bishop's High School, Georgetown,

British Guiana British Guiana was a British colony, part of the mainland British West Indies. It was located on the northern coast of South America. Since 1966 it has been known as the independent nation of Guyana. The first known Europeans to encounter Guia ...

. * Captain Conrad William Kerr Bovell, Superintendent of Police,

. * Jocelyn Maingard, Medical Officer,

Mauritius Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, about off the southeastern coast of East Africa, east of Madagascar. It includes the main island (also called Mauritius), as well as Rodrigues, Ag ...

. For services in the relief of sufferers from the recent hurricane. * Captain Charles Campbell Metcalfe, , Chief Transport Officer,

. * Roger Pilot, Medical Officer, Mauritius. For services in the relief of sufferers from the recent hurricane. * Frances Mary Plant, Matron, Dar es Salaam Hospital, Tanganyika Territory. * Tiruvilingam Sathasivam, Director of the Manipay Hindu College,

. For educational and other social services. * Caesar Shellish, Local Commandant of Police,

. * Herbert Thompson, Postmaster,

. * Claude Emile Wright, Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council of

Sierra Leone Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered to the southeast by Liberia and by Guinea to the north. Sierra Leone's land area is . It has a tropical climate and envi ...

. :;Honorary Members * Zahi Haddad, Medical Officer of Health, Haifa,

. * Siegfried Hoofien, President of the Chamber of Commerce of Jaffa & District, Palestine.

Medal of the Order of the British Empire

;Military Division ;;Royal Navy * Leonard Arthur Leslie Reid, Chief Petty Officer Writer O.N. C/M 36823 (). * Raymond Arthur Johnson, Telegraphist, O.N. P/J 49346 (). ;;Army * No. S/3148 Staff-Sergeant Frank Victor Francis,

. * No. 67 Havildar Gagan Sing Thapa, 1st Battalion, 2nd King Edward's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles),

. * No. 1037977 Gunner (local Lance-Sergeant) Francis Maguire, 10th Field Brigade,

. * No. 4236 Private Saidi bin Bakari, 2nd Battalion, The

. * No. 2209274 Sergeant Walter Sayers, ,

al Royal Engineers, Territorial Army. * No. 2368 Gunner Sher Hussain, Hong Kong-Singapore Brigade, Royal Artillery. ;;Royal Air Force * No. 364636 Corporal George William Emehy. * No. 365191 Corporal Robert Fairfax Lucy. * No. 510375 Aircraftman, 2nd Class, Charles Marsh. ;Civil Division For Gallantry * Reginald Rimmer, Sergeant, Police, Bombay, India. Sergeant Rimmer has shown on numerous occasions great courage and coolness. This officer's pluck and presence of mind have evoked the highest praise from his superiors, and he has consistently set a fine example to the Constabulary under him. * Joseph Baptista, Excise Constable, Sholapur District, Bombay, India. This Constable was Orderly to the Excise Sub-Inspector, Sholapur, when during the riots in May, 1930, both the Sub-Inspector and the Constable were completely surrounded by the mob, severely beaten and stoned. The Constable, although ordered by the Sub-Inspector to seek safety refused to leave his post and protected the Sub-Inspector who had been rendered unconscious. He stood by the Sub-Inspector continually blowing his whistle till police help arrived. His devotion to duty in the face of great danger undoubtedly saved the life of the Sub-Inspector. * Ghulam Mohirud-Din, Sub-Inspector of Police, Punjab, India. This officer, who has enjoyed a reputation for energy, courage, and strength of character throughout his seventeen years' service as a Sub-Inspector, has been called upon, since the inception of the civil disobedience campaign, to deal with many very dangerous situations arising from the presence of large and hostile crowds. On several occasions, while behaving with commendable restraint, he has taken grave risks and he has never been deterred from such steps as were necessary to maintain law and order and the prestige of Government. For Meritorious Service * Robert Burley Brook, Gardener and Caretaker, Imperial War Graves Commission, France. * Joseph Alfred Gee, Inspector, West Riding Constabulary. * William Heffernan, Sergeant, No. 1399, Royal Ulster Constabulary. * James Joseph Hemmings, Office Keeper,

. * James Bracken Leighton, Chief Officer in the Her Majesty's Prison Service, Prison Service. * Joseph Ludgate, Inspector,

. * Harry Oakes, Foreman of Works in the Prison Service. * Henry Palmer, Office Keeper,

. * Albert John Saunders, , Supervising Messenger,

. * Herbert Newton Kelrock Stewart, Inspector of Police, Jubbulpore,

, India. * Marie Frederica Walwyn, Nurse in the Alexandra Hospital, Nevis,

. * Lala Diwan Chand, Inspector of Police, Punjab, India. * Ravishankar Chhaganlal, Inspector of Police,

. * Rai Sahib Subedar Mahabir Singh, Honorary Secretary, District Soldiers' Board, Unnao district, Unao, United Provinces, India.

Appointments & Promotions

;Honorary Captain * 2nd Lieutenant Ladislao Zavertal, , retired pay, late Royal Artillery Band, Bandmaster, Royal Artillery.

Companion of the Imperial Service Order (ISO)

;Home Civil Service * Alfred John Daniel, Chief Ship Surveyor, Board of Trade. * Robert Charles Dickie, , Technical Assistant, Consular Department,

. * John Pearce Hancock, Inspector of Taxes, Higher Grade, Board of Inland Revenue. * Clarence Oldham Hanson, , Divisional Officer,

. * Charles Henry Hunt, , Clerk in Charge of Accounts, Department of HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor. * William Henry Moorby, MSc, MICE, Assistant Civil Engineer-in-Chief,

. * John Robert Phillips, , Director of Accounts, National Savings Committee. * Alexander Rae, Senior Depute Clerk, High Court of Justiciary, Edinburgh. * Patrick Riordan, , Superintendent of the Registry, Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries. * William Francis Shinn, Divisional Inspector, Outdoor Insurance Inspectorate, Ministry of Health. * Arthur Sirett, Postmaster-Surveyor of Sheffield. ;Dominions * Edward Alexander Ernest Cullen, , Chief Engineer, Department of Harbours & Marine, State of Queensland. * Charles Berkeley Rushton, Secretary, Office of the Agent-General in London for the State of Western Australia. * George William Simpson, Public Service Commissioner, State of Western Australia. ;Indian Civil Services * M. R. Ry. Diwan Bahadur Aaron Appadurai Pillai Avargal, Madras Civil Service, Director of Industries,

. * Kenneth Cyril Woodward Brown, Senior Judgment Writer and Secretary to the Chief Justice of the Patna High Court, High Court of Judicature at Patna, Bihar & Orissa. * Allan Grant, Chief Inspector of Offices, United Provinces. * Major Edward Francis Hottinger, , Indian Medical Department, Civil Surgeon, Punjab. * Ralph Noel McMorran, Registrar, Office of the Chief Commissioner,

. * Stephen Pereira, Senior Stenographer, Special Duty Branch, Finance Department, Government of India. * Ghulam Rasool, Indian Corps of Clerks (Indian Wing), Superintendent, Medical Branch, Headquarters, Northern Command (India), Northern Command. * Jyotish Chandra Ray, Personal Assistant to the Director of Agriculture,

. * Albert Edward Smith, Stenographer and Confidential Clerk to His Excellency the Governor of Burma. * Rao Bahadur Raghunathrao Narayan Tawde, Bombay Police Service, Divisional Superintendent, Mumbai Police, City Police, Bombay. ;Colonies, Protectorates, &c. * Bahadur Ressaider Haji Haroun Ali, lately Native Officer and Head Interpreter, attached to the Somaliland Camel Corps,

. * Captain Herbert Alfred Anderson, Commissioner of Police, Kelantan,

. * Duncan Hamilton Hall, Second Assistant Colonial Secretary and Clerk to the Privy Council, Jamaica. * Herbert Allan Otway, Commissioner of the Carriacou District, Grenada, British Windward Islands, Windward Islands. * Lorens Arthur Prins, Inspecting Medical Officer,

. * John Brooke Scrivenor, Director, Geological Survey, Federated Malay States. * George William Sturgess, , Government Veterinary Surgeon, Ceylon. * Frank Vardon, lately Registrar, Divisional Court, Sekondi, Gold Coast. * James Rogers Wright, Master and Registrar of the Supreme Court,

Imperial Service Medal

* Shaik Roshan Ali, Jemadar, Chief Secretary's Office, Government of Bengal. * Nihu Angami, lately Head Interpreter, Naga Hills District, British India, Naga Hills,

. * Thakar Das, Head Orderly to the Deputy Commissioner, Amritsar, Punjab. * Luqman Khan, late Head Orderly to the Deputy Commissioner, Multan, Punjab.

Order of the Companions of Honour (CH)

* Albert Mansbridge, . For services in connection with modern Adult Education. * Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree, , For social services.

Kaisar-i-Hind Medal

* Gertrude Beckett, Chief Lady Superintendent of the Lady Minto Indian Nursing Association. * Audrey Chitty, Honorary General Secretary, All-India Girl Guides Association. * Rachel Edith Howard, Principal, Sarah Tucker College for Girls, Palamcottah,

. * Sister Lois Eliza Mary Hudson, Superintendent, St. Michael's English High School, Maymyo, Burma. * Hilda Keane, MD, Medical Superintendent, Victoria Zenana Hospital, Delhi. * Her Highness The Dowager Maharani Kamal Kunwar, of Ajaigarh State, Ajaigarh, Central India. * Adelaide Woodard, Doctor-in-Charge American Presbyterian Memorial Hospital, Fatehgarh, United Provinces. * Ian Ross Anderson, Medical Officer-in-Charge of the Kalna, India, Kalna Mission Hospital of the United Scottish Churches Mission,

. * Rai Bahadur Captain Ram Rakha Mai Bhandari, Barrister-at-Law, Public Prosecutor and Honorary Secretary, St. John Ambulance Association, Punjab Centre, Punjab. * Henry Herbert Strutton, Missionary, lately Acting Criminal Tribes Settlement Officer,

Bar to the Kaisar-i-Hind Medal

* Henry Holland (missionary), Henry Tristram Holland, , Church Mission Society, Quetta,

Edward Medal

* George Herbert Frank, in recognition of gallant conduct on the occasion of an explosion which occurred at Castleford on 4 July 1930.

King's Police Medal (KPM)

* George Douglas Horsman, Chief Officer of the Castleford Fire Brigade, in recognition of gallant conduct on the occasion of an explosion which occurred at Castleford on 4 July 1930. * John Reginald Hornby Nott-Bower, Special Superintendent of Police,

. * Thakur Bisheshwar Singh, Deputy Superintendent of Police, United Provinces Police.

Air Force Cross (AFC)

* Squadron Leader Hubert Jones, Hubert Wilson Godfrey Jones Penderel, . * Flight Lieutenant James Ramage Addams.

Air Force Medal (AFM)

* 912 Flight Sergeant (Pilot) Henry Thomas Inglis. * 349707 Sergeant (Pilot) Charles Tompkins.

Royal Red Cross (RRC)

;First Class * Maggie Moddrel, Matron,

. In recognition of exceptional devotion and competency displayed in Royal Air Force hospitals. ;Second Class * Dorothy Vincent Mansell, Sister, Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service. In recognition of special devotion and competency displayed in the nursing and care of the sick in Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Hospital, Halton, during the recent outbreak of cerebro-spinal meningitis.

References

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