1916 New Year Honours

The New Year Honours 1916 were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by members of the British Empire. They were announced on 1 January 1916.

A number of the honours were gazetted as being in recognition of the services of officers during the War. These are noted with a # below.

Order of the Garter

 * The Right Honourable George Nathaniel, Earl Curzon of Kedleston, G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E.
 * Right Honourable Victor Christian William, Duke of Devonshire, G.C.V.O.

Victoria Cross

 * Squadron-Commander Richard Bell Davies, D.S.O., R.N. #

Knight Grand Cross (GCB)

 * Civil Division
 * The Right Hon. Sir George Houstoun Reid, G.C.M.G.
 * Sir Robert Chalmers, K.C.B.

Knight Commander (KCB)

 * Military Division
 * Vice-Admiral Edward Eden Bradford, C.V.O. #
 * Vice-Admiral Herbert Goodenough King-Hall, C.V.O., C.B., D.S.O. #
 * Acting Vice-Admiral Charles Edward Madden, C.V.O. #
 * Rear-Admiral Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss, C.M.G., M.V.O. #
 * Acting Vice-Admiral The Honourable Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe, C.B. #
 * Acting Vice-Admiral John Michael de Robeck. #
 * Rear-Admiral Dudley Rawson Stratford De Chair, C.B., M.V.O. #
 * Acting Vice-Admiral Henry Francis Oliver, C.B., M.V.O. #
 * Vice-Admiral Reginald Hugh Spencer Bacon, C.V.O., D.S.O., retired. #
 * Temporary Major-General Archibald Paris, C.B., R.M.A. #
 * Lieutenant-General Sir Percy Henry Noel Lake, K.C.M.G., C.B., Colonel, The East Lancashire Regiment, Chief of the General Staff, India.
 * Major-General Arthur Phayre, C.B., Indian Army, Commanding Secunderabad Division.
 * Major-General Fenton John Aylmer, V.C., C.B., Adjutant-General in India.


 * Civil Division
 * Colonel Henry Capel Lofft Holden, C.B., Assistant Director of Supplies and Transport, War Office.
 * Ernley Robertson Hay Blackwell, Esq., C.B., Assistant Under Secretary, Home Office.
 * Lionel Earle, Esq., C.B., C.M.G., Secretary, H.M. Office of Works.
 * Noel Thomas Kershaw, Esq., C.B., Assistant Secretary, Local Government Board.
 * Frederick Francis Liddell, Esq., C.B., Second Parliamentary Counsel, The Treasury.

Companion (CB)

 * Military Division
 * Rear-Admiral Stuart Nicholson, M.V.O. #
 * Captain Herbert Arthur Stevenson Fyler, R.N. #
 * Captain George Price Webley Hope, R.N. #
 * Commodore Algernon Walker Heneage, M.V.O., R.N. #
 * Captain the Honourable Algernon Douglas Edward Harry Boyle, M.V.O., R.N. #
 * Captain Hughes Campbell Lockyer, R.N. #
 * Captain Lionel George Preston, R.N. #
 * Engineer Captain William Whittingham, R.N. #
 * Engineer Captain Henry Humphreys, R.N. #
 * Engineer Commander George Edward Andrew, R.N. #
 * Fleet Surgeon Arthur Gaskell, R.N. #
 * Fleet Paymaster Hamnet Holditch Share, R.N. #
 * Captain Charles Alfred Bartlett, R.N.R., R.D. #
 * Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) John MacNeill Walter, D.S.O., Deputy Adjutant-General, Headquarters, India.
 * Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) Francis John Fowler, D.S.O., Indian Army, Commanding Derajat Brigade.
 * Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) Alexander Henry Eustace, D.S.O., Indian Army, Commanding Kohat Brigade.
 * Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) Wyndham Charles Knight, D.S.O., A.D.C., Indian Army, Commanding Bombay Brigade.
 * Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) Frederick Hopewell Peterson, D.S.O., Indian Army, Commanding Jhelum Brigade.
 * Colonel Francis Herbert Sullivan Thomas, Indian Army.
 * Colonel Arthur William Cripps, Indian Army, Assistant Director of Supplies and Transport, Lahore Division.
 * Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) Charles Edward Hendley, Indian Army.
 * Colonel Edward Hearle Cole, Indian Army.
 * Brevet Colonel William Westropp White, Indian Medical Service.


 * Civil Division
 * Rear-Admiral Arthur William Waymouth. #
 * Rear-Admiral Morgan Singer. #
 * Captain Laurence Eliot Power, M.V.O., R.N. #
 * Captain Clement Greatorex, M.V.O., R.N. #
 * Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert Edward Blumberg, R.M.L.I. #
 * Engineer Rear-Admiral William Henry Riley. #
 * Surgeon-General William Henry Norman, R.N. #
 * Temporary Surgeon-General Humphry Davy Rolleston, M.D., F.R.C.P., R.N. #
 * Honorary Captain Sir Richard Henry Williams-Bulkeley, Bart., R.N.R. #
 * Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Orby Shipley, Commanding 3rd Battalion, East Surrey Regiment.
 * Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Henry Launcelot Errington, Commanding Inns of Court Officers Training Corps.
 * Honorary Brigadier-General Horatio Reginald Mends (Retired Pay), Secretary, West Riding of York Territorial Force Association.
 * Major-General John Wallace Carson, Canadian Local Forces. #
 * Honorary Brigadier-General Frank Robert Crofton Carleton (Retired Pay), Director of Organisation, War Office. #
 * Colonel Willoughby Garnons Gwatkin, Canadian Local Forces. #
 * Colonel Charles Philip Martel, Superintendent, Royal Gun and Carriage Factories, Royal Arsenal. #
 * Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary Colonel) Lionel Charles Gostling Tufnell, Officer in Charge of Records and Commanding Army Ordnance Corps. #
 * Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Edward Phipps, Royal Garrison Artillery Inspection Staff, Royal Arsenal. #
 * Montagu Sherard Dawes Butler, Esq., lately Joint Secretary on the Indian Public Services Commission.
 * Albert Gray, Esq., K.C., Counsel to the Chairman of Committees, House of Lords.
 * Sidney West Harris, Esq., Assistant Secretary, Home Office.
 * George Macdonald, Esq., Assistant Secretary, Scotch Education Department.
 * Henry Gascoyne Maurice, Esq., Assistant Secretary, Board of Agriculture and Fisheries.
 * Walter Frederick Nicholson, Esq., Clerk, The Admiralty.
 * Garnham Roper, Esq., Assistant Board of Trade.
 * Robert Fitzwilliam Starkie, Esq., Magistrate, Ireland.
 * Percy Thompson, Esq., Secretary to the Board of Inland Revenue.
 * John Anthony Cecil Tilley, Esq., Chief Clerk, Foreign Office.
 * Justin Theodore La Brooy, Esq., Civil Assistant to the Chief Superintendent, Royal Ordnance Factories. #
 * Arthur William James MacFadden, Esq., M.B., Chief Inspector of Foods, Local Government Board. #

Order of Merit

 * Henry James, Esq.

Knight Grand Commander (GCSI)

 * His Excellency General Sir Beauchamp Duff, G.C.B., K.C.S.I., K.C.V.O., C.I.E., A.D.C. General, Commander-in-Chief of His Majesty's Forces in India.

Knight Commander (KCSI)

 * Sir Steyning William Edgerley, K.C.V.O., C.I.E., Member of the Council of India.
 * Harrington Verney Lovett, Esq., C.S.I., Indian Civil Service, Commissioner of the Lucknow Division, United Provinces, and a Member of the Council of the Lieutenant-Governor for making Laws and Regulations.
 * Robert Woodburn Gillan, Esq., C.S.I., Indian Civil Service, President of the Railway Board.
 * Maharaj Sri Bhairon Singh Bahadur, C.S.I., Vice-President and Political Member of the State Council, Bikaner, Rajputana.

Companion (CSI)

 * Henry Sharp, Esq., C.I.E., Indian Educational Service, Officiating Secretary to the Government of India in the Education Department, and an Additional Member of the Council of the Governor-General for making Laws and Regulations.
 * Ludovic Charles Porter, Esq., C.I.E., Indian Civil Service, lately Secretary to the Government of India in the Education Department.
 * Robert Russell Scott, Esq., Principal Clerk, The Admiralty, late Joint Secretary, Indian Public Services Commission.
 * Lieutenant-Colonel John Walter Edward, Baron Montagu of Beaulieu, V.D., Commandant, 2/7 Hampshire Regiment. #

Knight Grand Cross (GCMG)

 * Lieutenant-General Sir Herbert Scott Gould Miles, G.C.B., C.V.O., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the City and Garrison of Gibraltar.
 * His Highness, Ibrahim, Sultan of the State and Territory of Johore, K.C.M.G. (Honorary)

Knight Commander (KCMG)

 * Sir Edward Marsh Merewether, K.C.V.O., C.M.G., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Sierra Leone.
 * William Lamond Allardyce, Esq., C.M.G., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Bahama Islands.
 * The Honourable William Thomas White, Minister of Finance of the Dominion of Canada.
 * The Honourable Thomas Mackenzie, High Commissioner for New Zealand in the United Kingdom.
 * The Honourable Sir Charles Kinnaird Mackellar, Knt., Member of the Legislative Council of the State of New South Wales, and lately President of the State Children's Relief Board.
 * Collingwood Schreiber, Esq., C.M.G., General Consulting Engineer to the Government of the Dominion of Canada.
 * Esme William Howard, Esq., C.V.O., C.M.G., His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the King of Sweden.
 * The Honourable Lancelot Douglas Carnegie, M.V.O., His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Portuguese Republic.
 * William Edwin Brunyate, Esq., C.M.G., Legal Counsellor to the Egyptian Government.
 * Sheikh Said Ali el Morghani, C.M.G. (Honorary)
 * Vice-Admiral Frederic Edward Errington Brock, C.B. #
 * Vice-Admiral Sackville Hamilton Carden. #
 * Vice-Admiral Sir George Edwin Patey, K.C.V.O. #
 * Vice-Admiral Arthur Henry Limpus, C.B. #
 * Rear-Admiral Cecil Fiennes Thursby, C.M.G. #
 * Surgeon-General Sir James Porter, R.N., LL.D., M.D., K.C.B., Honorary Physician to the King. #
 * Temporary Surgeon-General Sir William Watson Cheyne, Bart., R.N., M.B., C.B., Honorary Surgeon-in-Ordinary to the King. #

Companion (CMG)

 * Thomas Alexander Vans Best, Esq., Colonial Secretary of the Leeward Islands.
 * Thomas Inglis Binnie, Esq., Director of Public Works, Nyasaland Protectorate.
 * James Rufus Boose, Esq., Travelling Commissioner, Royal Colonial Institute.
 * William Brymner, Esq., President of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.
 * John Cadman, Esq., D.Sc., Professor of Mining in the University of Birmingham; Petroleum Adviser to the Colonial Office, and Coal Mining Adviser to the Government of Nigeria.
 * Lieutenant-Colonel Henry James Grasett, Chief Constable, Toronto.
 * The Honourable Victor Albert Nelson Hood, Private Secretary to the Governor of Victoria.
 * Surgeon-General Guy Carleton Jones, Director of Medical Services; Canadian Expeditionary Force.
 * Brigadier-General James Charles MacDougall, Commanding Canadian Training Division; Canadian Expeditionary Force.
 * John Middleton, Esq., M.A., Colonial Secretary of the Colony of Mauritius.
 * Charles Frederick Wray Palliser, Esq., Secretary, Office of the High Commissioner for New Zealand.
 * Bernard Senior, Esq., I.S.O., Treasurer of the Island of Ceylon.
 * Adam Smith, Esq., Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council of the Colony of Trinidad and Tobago.
 * Brigadier-General Frederick Hugh Gordon Cunliffe. ("in connection with military operations in the Cameroons.")
 * Captain Guy Reginald Archer Gaunt, R.N., Naval Attache to His Majesty's Embassy at Washington.
 * Andrew Ryan, Esq., late First Dragoman at His Majesty's Embassy at Constantinople.
 * Thomas Harold Lyle, Esq., His Majesty's Consul-General at Bangkok.
 * Arthur Hyde Lay, Esq., His Majesty's Consul-General at Seoul.
 * Colonel William Hacche Drake, R.A., Adjutant-General for the Soudan.
 * Commodore Roger John Brownlow Keyes, C.B., M.V.O., Ad.C. #
 * Captain Douglas Lionel Dent, R.N. #
 * Commodore Maurice Swynfen Fitzmaurice. #
 * Captain Wilfrid Nunn, R.N., D.S.O. #
 * Acting Commander Leopold Arthur Bernays, R.N. #
 * Temporary Major William Wellington Godfrey, Royal Marine Light Infantry. #
 * Major Arthur Edward Bewes, Royal Marine Light Infantry. #

Knight Grand Commander (GCIE)

 * His Highness Maharaja Sir Ranbir Singh Bahadur, K.C.S.I., Chief of Jind, Punjab.

Knight Commander (KCIE)

 * Edward Vere Levinge, Esq., C.S.I., Indian Civil Service, an Ordinary Member of the Council of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bihar and Orissa.

Companion (CIE)

 * Major Cecil John Lyons Allanson, Indian Army, lately Military Secretary to His Excellency the Governor of Madras.
 * Rao Bahadur Chunilal Hari Lai Setalvad, Second Presidency Magistrate, Bombay.
 * John Andrew Turner, Esq., M.D., Executive Health Officer, Bombay Municipality.
 * Suresh Prosad Sarbadhikary, Esq., M.D., Calcutta.
 * John Norman Taylor, Esq., Public Works Department, Officiating Superintending Engineer, Irrigation Branch, Upper Jhelum Canal, Punjab.
 * Khan Bahadur Sardar Din Muhammad Khan, Laghari, late Acting Tumandar of the Laghari tribe in the Dera Ghazi Khan District, Punjab.
 * Lionel Linton Tomkins, Esq., Indian Police, Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Criminal Investigation Department, Punjab.
 * Douglas Marshall Straight, Esq., Indian Police, Inspector-General of Police, United Provinces, and a Member of the Council of the Lieutenant-Governor for making Laws and Regulations.
 * Babu Mot-i Chand, a Member of the Council of the Lieutenant-Governor for making Laws and Regulations.
 * Matthew Hunter, Esq., Indian Educational Service, Principal, Rangoon College.
 * John Tarlton Whitty, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Magistrate and Collector of Gaya, Bihar and Orissa.
 * Moses Mordecai Simeon Gubbay, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Deputy Secretary to the Government of India in the Finance Department, and lately Wheat Commissioner for India.
 * Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Augustus Muspratt-Williams, Royal Artillery, Chief Inspector of Explosives with the Government of India.
 * Raja Bhagwat Raj Bahadur Singh, of Sohawal, Central India.
 * Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Charles MacWatt, Indian Medical Service, Chief Medical Officer, Rajputana, and Civil Surgeon, Ajmer.
 * George Paris Dick, Esq., Government Advocate, Central Provinces.
 * Horatio Norman Bolton, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Deputy Commissioner, Peshawar District, North-West Frontier Province.
 * Major William John Keen, Indian Army, Political Agent, Dir, Swat and Chitral, North-West Frontier Province.
 * Major William Magill Kennedy, Indian Army, President of the Assam Labour Board.
 * Khan Bahadur Sheikh Makbul Hosain, United Provinces Provincial Service, Revenue Minister in the Kashmir State.
 * Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) Cyril Harcourt Roe, Director of Movements and Quarterings, Quartermaster-General's Branch, Army Headquarters, India. #
 * Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) Offley Bohun Stovin Fairless Shore, C.B., D.S.O., Director of Staff Duties and Military Training, Army Headquarters, India. #
 * Lieutenant-Colonel George Sim Ogg, Royal Artillery, Superintendent, Gun and Shell Factory, Cossipore. #
 * Major Charles Hugh Hodges Nugent, Royal Engineers, Inspector of Machinery, Military Works Services, India. #
 * Commander Michael Warren Farewell, Royal Indian Marine, Port Officer and Marine Transport Officer, Karachi. #
 * Major John Bertram Cunliffe, Madras Artillery Volunteers. #
 * Temporary Captain Evelyn Berkeley Howell, Special List, Censor of Indian Mails with the Indian Expeditionary Force in France. #

Knight Grand Cross (GCVO)

 * The Honourable Sir Derek William George Keppel, K.C.V.O., C.M.G., C.I.E., Master of the Household to His Majesty.

Knight Commander (KCVO)

 * Richard Maximilian, Baron Acton, M.V.O., late Lord in Waiting to His Majesty.
 * Lieutenant-Colonel Sir James Robert Dunlop-Smith, K.C.S.I., C.I.E., Political Aide-de-Camp to the Secretary of State for India.
 * Surgeon-General Sir Anthony Alfred Bowlby, K.C.M.G., F.R.C.S., Surgeon in Ordinary to His Majesty.

Commander (CVO)

 * William Rose Smith, Esq., C.B., Clerk of the Council of the Duchy of Lancaster.

Member, 4th Class

 * John George Griffiths, Esq., Honorary Secretary, King Edward's Hospital Fund for London.
 * Staff Surgeon Robert Joseph Willan, R.N.V.R. (Dated 10 November 1915.)

Imperial Service Order (ISO)

 * Home Civil Service
 * John Hobson Aitken, Esq., Chief Clerk to the Government Office, Isle of Man.

King's Police Medal (KPM)

 * England and Wales
 * Police Forces
 * Captain Fullarton James, Chief Constable of Northumberland.
 * Captain Jasper G. Mayne, Chief Constable of East Suffolk.
 * Henry Riches, Chief Constable of Middlesbrough.
 * Captain Lindsay Robert Burnett, Chief Constable of the Wolverhampton Borough Police.
 * George William Bailey, Superintendent, Kingston-upon-Hull City Police.
 * James Bardwell, Superintendent and Deputy Chief Constable, West Suffolk Constabulary.
 * John Clamp, Superintendent, Derby Borough Police.
 * John James, Superintendent and Deputy Chief Constable, Pembrokeshire Constabulary.
 * John Foulger Page, Superintendent and Deputy Chief Constable, East Suffolk Police.
 * Young Sainsbury, Superintendent, Gloucestershire Constabulary.
 * Donald Waters, Superintendent, Metropolitan Police.
 * Albert Handley, Cecil Smithers, Sergeants, Metropolitan Police.
 * Walter Carpenter, John Dew, Fred Drabble, Albert Hughes, Charles Kemp, Constables, Metropolitan Police.
 * Jack Monks, Constable, Blackpool Police.


 * Fire Brigades
 * William George Swanton, Deputy Superintendent, Newcastle-on-Tyne Fire Brigade.
 * G. A. Henley, Fireman, London Fire Brigade.


 * Scotland
 * Police Forces
 * Charles Harding, Chief Constable of the Renfrewshire Constabulary.
 * James Ross, Superintendent and Deputy Chief Constable, Argyllshire Constabulary.
 * William Moodie, Superintendent, Edinburgh Police.
 * Archibald Swan, Inspector, Glasgow City Police.


 * Fire Brigades
 * William Waddell, Chief Officer of the Glasgow Fire Brigade.
 * William Allan, Superintendent, Edinburgh Fire Brigade.


 * Ireland
 * Albert Augustine Roberts, County Inspector, Royal Irish Constabulary.
 * Timothy Murphy, Head Constable, Royal Irish Constabulary.


 * India
 * Richard Howard Hitchcock, Superintendent, fifth grade, Madras Police.
 * Leslie Withinshaw, Acting Superintendent, Madras Police.
 * Lakshmaua Rao, Probationary Sub-Inspector, Madras Police.
 * Ellati Valiagatti Amu, Sub-Inspector, third grade, Madras Police.
 * John Moore, Superintendent, fourth grade, Madras Police.
 * Jack Elliott, Assistant Superintendent, second grade, Madras Police.
 * Tharmapuram Venkatarama Ayyar Krishnaswami Ayyar, 2nd class Inspector, Madras Police.
 * Abhiramapuram K Rajah Ayyar. Deputy-Superintendent of Police, third grade, Madras Police.
 * Govindan Nayar, Head Constable, first grade, Madras Police.
 * Edmond Harvey Sullivan, Officiating District Superintendent, Madras Police.
 * Wilfred Henry Luck, Deputy Inspector-General of Police for Sind, Bombay Police.
 * F. C. Griffith, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Criminal Investigation Department, Bombay City Police.
 * Simon Favel, Inspector of Police, Criminal Investigation Department, Bombay City Police.
 * Abdul Wahab Walad Shaik Fajee, First Grade Head Constable, G.I.P . Railway Police, Bombay Police.
 * Khan Saheb Muhammad Faizullah Muhammad Taki, Inspector, Criminal Investigation Department, Bombay Police.
 * J. Acton, Third Grade Inspector of Police, Ahmedabad, Bombay Police.
 * Dhondu Narayan, Constable, Bombay City Police.
 * Oswald Allen Harker, Deputy Commissioner, Bombay City Police.
 * John Joseph Stenson, Inspector, Bombay City Police.
 * William Thomas Moore, Deputy Inspector-General, Bengal Police.
 * Trevor Claude Simpson, Superintendent, Bengal Police.
 * Lionel Hewitt Colson, Superintendent, Bengal Police.
 * Keramat Husain, Head Constable, Bengal Police.
 * Elliot Kaye, Superintendent, United Provinces Police.
 * Bashir Husain, Sub-Inspector, United Provinces Police.
 * H. V. B. Scott, Superintendent, Punjab Police.
 * A. W. Mercer, Superintendent, Punjab Police.
 * J. F . Coatman, Assistant Superintendent, Punjab Police.
 * Abdul Aziz, Inspector, Punjab Police
 * Sardar Liaqat Hayat Khan, Deputy Superintendent, Punjab Police.
 * Amir Ali, Inspector, Punjab Police.
 * Fazil Imam, Sub-Inspector, Criminal Investigation Department, Punjab Police.
 * Amar Singh, Sub-Inspector, Punjab Police. Sher Mohammad, Head Constable, No. 68 of the Dera Ghazi Khan District, Punjab Police.
 * Phuman Singh, Foot Constable, Punjab Police.
 * Edward Cheke Smalley Shuttleworth, Superintendent, Rangoon Town Police.
 * Nawab Ali, Head Constable, third grade, Burma Police.
 * Daim Khan, Head Constable, second grade, Burma Police.
 * Maung Mo Zwe, Head Constable, first grade, and officiating Sub-Inspector of Police, sixth grade, Burma Police.
 * Maung San Baw, Constable, Burma Police.
 * Sukraj Limbu, Subadar, Burma Military Police.
 * Maung Aung Ban, A.T.M., Deputy Superintendent, first grade, Burma Police.
 * Lieutenant-Colonel Albert Edward Woods, C.S.I., Inspector-General, Assam Police.
 * Hirarup Sahi, Jemadar, Lushai Hills Military Police Battalion, Assam Military Police.
 * Muhammad Akbar, Officiating Sub-Inspector, fifth grade, North-West Frontier Police.
 * Khan Sahib Boi Khan, Subadar Major, Frontier Constabulary, North-West Frontier Police.
 * William Alfred Gayer, Deputy Inspector-General, His Highness the Nizam's Government, Hyderabad Police.
 * Subhan Khan, Constable, Ajmer-Merwara Police.
 * Abbas Raza Khan, Sub-Inspector, Baluchistan Police.
 * Gulab Shah, Mounted Head Constable, first grade, Baluchistan Police.
 * Sant Singh, Sub-Inspector, Punjab Police.


 * Colonial Forces
 * Andrew John O'Byrne, Constable, South African Police.
 * William Smith, Inspector of Police, Tasmania.
 * Percy John Ernest Grant, Sergeant of Police, Tasmania.
 * John Watson, Constable of Police, Tasmania.
 * U. M. Kalu Banda, Constable, Ceylon Police Force.
 * Mohamed Ali bin Nabi, Constable, Singapore Police Force.
 * Bela Singh, Constable, Federated Malay States Police Force.
 * Johnson Osuji Njemanze, Inspector, Police Force of the Southern Provinces, Nigeria.
 * Samagi, Corporal No. 267, Police Force of the Southern Provinces, Nigeria.
 * Nyama, Lance-Corporal No. 346, Police Force of the Southern Provinces, Nigeria.

Distinguished Service Cross (DSC)

 * Flight Sub-Lieutenant Gilbert Formby Smylie, R.N. #
 * Lieutenant Humphrey John Lancaster, R.N. #
 * Lieutenant Robert Jardine Carruthers, R.N.V.R. #
 * Sub-Lieutenant Alexander Daniells, R.N.R. #
 * Sub-Lieutenant George Grimshaw Rose, R.N.R. #
 * Sub-Lieutenant William Quinn McKeown. #
 * Sub-Lieutenant Harry Beedle, R.N.R. #
 * Gunner (T) Arthur Samuel Edmund Roberts, R.N. #
 * Artificer-Engineer Arthur Lewis Shaw, R.N. #
 * Skipper Frederick Wink, R.N.R. #
 * Skipper Francis McPherson, R.N.R. #
 * Lieutenant Ralph Daniel Blyth Haddon, R.N. #
 * Lieutenant Arthur William Lancelot Brewill, R.N. #
 * Captain (now Major) George Leonard Raikes, R.M.A. #
 * Captain William Noel Stokes, R.M.A. #
 * Captain George Pinckard Lathbury, R.M.L.I. #
 * Temporary Captain Frank Summers, R.M. #
 * Acting Lieutenant Harold Roger Lambert, R.M. #
 * Temporary Lieutenant Thomas Cuming, R.M. #
 * Acting Lieutenant Francis Cecil Law, R.M. #
 * Midshipman Hugh Beckett Anderson, R.N. #

Distinguished Service Order (DSO)

 * Commander (Acting Captain) Richard Huth Walters, R.N. #
 * Commander Edgar Robert Morant, R.N. #
 * Lieutenant-Commander (Acting Commander) Walter Geoffrey Rigg, R.N. #
 * Lieutenant-Commander (Acting Commander) Gervase William Heaton Heaton, R.N. #
 * Engineer-Commander John Carmichael, R.N.R. #
 * Lieutenant-Commander Norman Malet Colquhoun Thurstan, R.N. #
 * Lieutenant William Victor Rice, R.N. #
 * Captain Charles Penrose Rushton Coode, R.N. #
 * Commander Raymond Fitzmaurice, R.N. #
 * Commander Ralph Stuart Sneyd, R.N.#
 * Commander Robert Herbert Wilfrid Rhodes R.D., R.N.R. #
 * Lieutenant-Commander Kenneth Mervyn Bruce, R.N. #
 * Lieutenant Wilfrid Bayley Pirie, R.N. #
 * Captain Edwin Harold Barr, R.M.A. #
 * Temporary Captain Henry Meredith Leaf,. R.M.#
 * Flight Sub-Lieutenant James Brian Patrick Ferrand, R.N. #
 * Flight Sub-Lieutenant Taunton Elliott Viney, R.N. #
 * Le Lieutenant en second Colley Saint-Paul Comte de Sincay (Honorary)

Distinguished Service Medal (DSM)

 * Chief Petty Officer William Westborough, O.N.145272 (R.F.R. Dev. A/3287). #
 * Able Seaman Bezelell Jones, Mercantile Rating. #
 * Chief Engine-room Artificer, 1st Class, Albert Edgar Abraham, O.N.268771. #
 * Chief Petty Officer William Grant, O.N. 195507. #
 * Able Seaman George Broomfield, O.N. 237502. #
 * Petty Officer Samuel Robert Saul Chamberlain, O.N.195022. #
 * Leading Seaman George William Tomsett, O.N.184462 (R.F.R. Ch.B/3055). #
 * Leading Seaman Walter Robert Francis, O.N.231988. #
 * Trimmer Christopher Pratt, R.N. Trawler Reserve, O.N.3680 T.S. #
 * Leading Stoker Andrew Martin, O.N.289335 (R.F.R. Po.B/3653). #
 * Engineman Frank Munro, R.N. Trawler Re- serve, O.N.3 E.S. #
 * Stoker Petty Officer Thomas H. Lawrence, O.N.K.1106. #
 * Yeoman of Signals Arthur Henry Hogbin, O.N.209010 (R.F.R. Ch.B/10824). #
 * Chief Petty Officer Arthur Frederick Hears, O.N.143768 (R.F.R. Ch.A/1862). #
 * Petty Officer, 1st Class, William Frederick Harris, O.N.119424 (R.F.R. Dev. A/2350). #
 * Deck Hand John Donaldson, R.N. Trawler Reserve, O.N.6544 D.A. #
 * Petty Officer, 1st Class, Charles Stuart Masters, O.N.178072 (R.F.R. Ch.B/5425). #
 * Engineman Alderman Cooper, R.N. Trawler Reserve, O.N.2760 E.S. #
 * Deck Hand Charles Henry Payee Drury, R.N. Trawler Reserve, O.N.649 D.A. #
 * Stoker Petty Officer Henry Williams, O.N.309953. #
 * Chief Petty Officer Charles Matthew Cleveland, O.N.124057 (R.F.R. Ch.A/1510). #
 * Able Seaman Harry Elliott, O.N.229460. #
 * Boy Telegraphist Alex Bernard Keune, O.N.J30036. #
 * Seaman Christopher Kelly, R.N.R., O.N. 7806 A. #
 * Able Seaman James Tyrrel Turner, R.N.V.R., London, Z.470. #
 * Able Seaman Patrick Joseph' Welsh, Mercantile Rating. #
 * Petty Officer, 1st Class, Frederick Felix Lynch, O.N.149593 (R.F.R. Ch.B/5969). #
 * Second Hand Frederick Gibson, R.N. Trawler Reserve, O.N.76 D.A. #
 * Second Hand James Bell, R.N. Trawler Reserve, O.N.372 S.A. #
 * Deck Hand Frederick Hewitt, R.N. Trawler Reserve, O.N.1459 D.A. #
 * Deck Hand Alexander Gumming Thomson, R.N. Trawler Reserve, O.N.1460 D.A. #
 * Deck Hand Roger Brown Martin, R.N. Trawler Reserve, O.N.1377 D.A. #
 * Deck Hand Arthur Burnard Mooney, R.N. Trawler Reserve, O.N.3184 D.A. #
 * Deck Hand James McAllister Burnett, R.N. Trawler Reserve, O.N.1215 D.A. #
 * Second Hand Joseph Foley, R.N. Trawler Reserve, O.N.80 D.A. #
 * Chief Armourer Telford Anthony, O.N. 342614. #
 * Chief Petty Officer Austin Jesse Emms, O.N.152170. #
 * Chief Electrical Artificer, 2nd Class, William Arthur Ellis, O.N.346013. #
 * Petty Officer Abercrombie Blunden, O.N. 182407. #
 * Petty Officer Charles Fredrick Munds, O.N. 198331. #
 * Petty Officer Robert Almond White, O.N. 189413. #
 * Leading Seaman James Peter Travil, O.N. 215206. #
 * Chief Petty Officer Charles Herbert Porter, O.N.172059. #
 * Petty Officer William Joseph Brown, O.N. 160889. #
 * Chief Petty Officer Henry Edward Saunders, O.N.161556. #
 * Acting Chief Engine Room Artificer, 2nd Class, Robert Mills, O.N. 271072. #
 * Petty Officer Robert Moth, O.N. 220366. #
 * Chief Petty Officer William Henry Stamp,. O.N. 173,412.#
 * Petty Officer Daniel Garrett, O.N. 181,495. #
 * Able Seaman Edmund Charles Aslett, O.N. 236,458. #
 * Able Seaman Ernest Alfred Hobbs, O.N. 224,576. (R.F.R. Ch. B/8236.) #
 * Able Seaman Ernest Hall, O.N. SS.3771. #
 * Acting Serjeant-Major William Thomas Clarke, No. R.M.A. 6475. #
 * Gunner Robert McCurrach, No. R.M.A. 12045. #
 * Gunner Harry James Messum, No. R.M.A. 9579. (R.F.R. 1295.) #
 * Air Mechanic, 1st Class, George Thomas Oldfield. #
 * Leading Seaman William Norman, O.N. 184442. #
 * Petty Officer Thomas James Butland, O.N. 193117. #
 * Stoker Petty Officer William Coyte, O.N. 276228. #
 * Able Seaman Albert Victor Cornish, O.N. J.4508. #
 * Petty Officer Hugh McKenzie, O.N. 195365. #
 * Leading Seaman Samuel Peck, O.N. 208367. (R.F.R. Dev. B/4695.) #
 * Serjeant (Road Inspector) Alfred Chouffot, No. R.M.A./99(S), R.N.D., Motor Transport Company. #
 * Officier-marinier Francois Billois, pilote d'avion, Dunkerque Naval Aeroplane Squadron. #

Royal Red Cross (RRC)

 * Miss Margaret Clothilde Macdonald, Matron-in-Chief, Canadian Nursing Service.