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SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 1 JANUARY, 1954

CHANCERY OF THE ORDER OF SAINTMICHAEL AND SAINT GEORGE.

\lst January, 1954.The QUEEN has been graciously pleased to

give directions for the following appointmentsto the Most Distinguished Order of SaintMichael and Saint George: —

To be Members 'of the Third Class, orCompanions, of the said Most DistinguishedOrder :—

Francis Jackson CARTER, Esq., C.B.E., J.P.,Under Secretary and Clerk of the ExecutiveCouncil, State of Tasmania.

The Honourable Francis Joseph CONDON, aMember of the Legislative Council, State ofSouth Australia, for many years.

Maurice Rupert METCALF, Esq., O.B.E., anAssistant Secretary in the CommonwealthRelations Office.

The Honourable Mr. Justice Ralph JohnMORTON, O.B.E., M.C., Puisne Judge of theHigh Court, Southern Rhodesia.


1st January, 1954.The QUEEN has been graciously /pleased to

give directions for the following promotions in,and appointments to, the Most DistinguishedOrder of Saint Michael and Saint George: —

To be Members of the Second Class, orKnights Commanders, of the said MostDistinguished Order:—

Jesse John PASKIN, Esq., C.M.G., M.C.,Assistant Under-Secretary of State, ColonialOffice.

John Dalzell RANKINE, Esq., C.M.G., BritishResident, Zanzibar.

To be Members of the Third Class, orCompanions, of the said Most DistinguishedOrder :—

Eric Cecil BARNES, Esq., Colonial Administra-tive Service, Provincial Commissioner,Nyasaland.

William Hugh BEETON, Esq., ColonialAdministrative Service, Chief RegionalOfficer, Ashanti, Gold Coast.

Kenneth VINCENT-BROWN, Esq. Lately PuisneJudge, Trinidad.

Ronald Paul BUSH, Esq., O.B.E., ColonialAdministrative Service, Secretary for NativeAffairs, Northejn Rhodesia.

Edward Reginald EDMONDS, Esq., AssistantSecretary, Colonial Office.

Alexander Denis GARSON, Esq., AssistantSecretary, Colonial Office.

Gervas HUXLEY, Esq., M.C., HonoraryAdviser on public relations matters to theSecretary of State for the Colonies.

Cuth'bert Joseph MAYNE, Esq., ColonialAdministrative Service, Senior Resident,Nigeria.

Colonel Hugh Waddell MULLIGAN, M.D.,Colonial Research Service, Director, West•African Institute for TrypanosomiasisResearch.

Albert Walter SAVAGE, Esq., Colonial CivilAviation Service, Director General of CivilAviation, Malaya-Borneo Region.

Arthur Edwin TROTMAN, Esq., Colonial Agri-cultural Service, Member for Agriculture andNatural Resources, Tanganyika.

William VENNER, Esq., General Manager,Sierra Leone Railway.

George Evan Cameron WISDOM, Esq., ColonialAdministrative Service, Resident Commis-sioner, Malacca, Federation of Malaya.


1st January, 1954.The QUEEN has been graciously pleased to

give directions for the folio-wing promotions in,and appointments to, the Most DistinguishedOrder of Saint Michael and Saint George: —

To be a Member 'of the First Class, or KnightGrand Cross, of the said Most DistinguishedOrder:—

Sir John BALFOUR, K.C.M.G., Her Majesty'sAmbassador Extraordinary and Pleni-potentiary in Madrid.


Eric Alfred BERTHOUD, Esq., C.M.G., HerMajesty's Ambassador Extraordinary andPlenipotentiary in Copenhagen.

Gerald Gray FITZMAURKE, Esq., C.M.G., LegalAdviser to the Foreign Office.

Daniel William LASCELLES, Esq., C.M.G., HerMajesty's Ambassador Extraordinary andPlenipotentiary in Kabul.

William RIDSDALE, Esq., C.M.G., Head of theNews Department, Foreign Office.


Arthur Charles BEATON, Esq., Deputy CivilSecretary, Sudan Government.

Philip BROAD, Esq., Political Adviser to theCommander, British/United States Zone,Free Territory of Trieste.

Isham Peter GARRAN, Esq., Inspector of HerMajesty's Foreign Service Establishments.

Austin Anthony Francis HAIGH, Esq., Head ofCultural Relations Department, ForeignOffice.

Henry Arthur Frederick HOHLER, Esq., Headof Northern Department, Foreign Office.

Leonard Gibson HOLLIDAY, Esq., Counsellor(Commercial) at Her Majesty's Embassy inBerne.

Robin William John HOOPER, Esq., D.S.O.,D.F.C., lately Head of Personnel Depart-ment, Foreign Office. (Now at Bagdad.)

Arthur Herbert MARLOW, Esq., C.B.E., latelyHer Majesty's Consul-General in Paris.

Aubrey Niel MORGAN, Esq., lately Counsellorat Her Majesty's Embassy in Washington.

Brigadier Claud Catton OXBORROW, C.B.E.,M.C., (Retired), lately Temporary AssistantSecretary, Office of the Economic Adviser,Control Commission for Germany (BritishElement).

Allen PRICE, Esq., Counsellor at Her Majesty'sEmbassy in Peking.

Brigadier John Hessell TILTMAN, C.B.E., M.C.,Her Majesty's Embassy, Washington.

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SUPPLEMENT TO

The London GazetteOF TUESDAY, 29th DECEMBER, 1953

bj»Registered as a Newspaper

FRIDAY, 1 JANUARY, 1954

CENTRAL CHANCERY OF THE ORDERSOF KNIGHTHOOD

St. James's Palace, S.W.\.1st January, 1954.

The QUEEN has 'been graciously pleasedto signify her intention of conferring Peeragesof the United Kingdom on the following: —

To be a Viscount:—The Right Honourable Frederick James, Baron

LEATHERS, CH., Secretary of State for theCo-ordination of Transport, Fuel and Power,1951-1953. Minister of War Transport,1941-1945.

To be Barons:—The Right 'Honourable Leslie HORE-BELISHA,

Member of Parliament for Devonport, 1923-1945; Minister of Transport, 1934-1937;Secretary of State for War, 1937-1940 ; Mem-ber of War Cabinet, 1939-1940 ; Minister ofNational Insurance, 1945. For political andpublic services.

The Right Honourable Henry CharlesPonsonby, Earl of DROGHEDA, K.C.M.G.,Chairman of Committees and a Deputy

' Speaker in the House of Lords.Sir (Joseph) Stanley HOLMES, M.P., Member

of Parliament for North-East Derbyshire,1918-1922, and for Harwich since 1935. Forpolitical and public services.

The Right Honourable Richard Kidston LAW,M.P., Member of Parliament for South-WestHull, 1931-1945, South Kensington, 1945-1950, and Haltemprice since 1950; Ministerof State, Foreign Office, 1943-1945 ; Ministerof Education, 1945. For political and publicservices.

Sir William STRANG, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., M.B.E.,lately Permanent Under-Secretary of State,Foreign Office.

The QUEEN has 'been graciously pleasedto declare that the undermentioned shall besworn of Her 'Majesty's Most Honourable PrivyCouncil: —

John Archibald BOYD-CARPENTBR, Esq. M.P.,Financial Secretary to H.M. Treasury since1951. Member of Parliament for Kingston-upon-Thames since 1945.

Sir Lionel Frederick HEALD, QC., M.P.,Attorney-General since 1951. Member ofParliament for Chertsey since 1950.

The Honourable Keith Jacka HOLYOAKE,Deputy Prime (Minister (and (Minister ofAgriculture and Marketing, New Zealand,since 1949.

The QUEEN has been graciously pleased tosignify her intention of conferring Baronetciesof the United Kingdom on the following:—Dallas Gerald Mercer BERNARD, Esq., Deputy

Governor of the Bank of England.Lieutenant-Commander Joseph Gurney

BRAITHWATTE, R.N.V.R. (Retired), M.P.,Member of Parliament for Hillsborough,1931-1935, Hplderness, 1939-1950, and

, North-West Bristol since 1950; Parliamen-tary Secretary, Ministry of Transport,1951-1953.

Captain Malcolm BULLOCK, M.B.E., -Memberof Parliament for the Waterloo Division,1923-1950, and for Crosby, 1950-1953. Forpolitical and public services.

Brigadier Harry Ripley MACKESON, M.P., Mem-ber of Parliament for Hythe, 1945-1950, andfor Folkestone and Hythe since 1950; Con-servative Deputy Chief Whip, 1950-1952;Secretary for Overseas Trade, 1952-1953.

Colonel Sir Joseph NALL, D.S.O., T.D., J.P.,D.L., Member of Parliament for the HulmeDivision of Manchester, 1918-1929 and1931-1945. For political and public services.


CENTRAL CHANCERY OF THE ORDERSOF KNIGHTHOOD.

St. James's Palace, S.W.I.1st January, 1954.

The QUEEN has been graciously pleased tosignify her intention of conferring the Honourof Knighthood upon the following: —'Frank Ezra ADCOCK, Esq., O.B.E., Emeritus

Professor of Ancient History, University ofCambridge.

Lieutenant-Colonel Weston CRACROFT-AMCOTTS, M.C., D.L. For political andpublic services in Lincolnshire.

Donald Forsyth ANDERSON, Esq., Chairman,Shipping Federation, and President, Chamberof Shipping of the United Kingdom.

Arthur Lennon BINNS, Esq., C.B.E., M.C.,Chief Education Officer for Lancashire.

James Clark CAMPBELL, Esq., T.D., J.P., D.L.,Chairman, Savings Bank of Glasgow.

Edward Charles DODDS, Esq., M.V.O., M.D.,F.R.C.P., Courtauld Professor of Bio-chemistry, University of London.

George Foster EARLE, Esq., C.B.E., Chairman,Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers,Ltd.

John Blumenfeld ELLIOT, Esq., lately Chair-man, Railway Executive. Now Chairman,London Transport Executive. ,

Geoffrey Cust FABER, Esq., Chairman, Faberand Faber, Ltd.

Colonel William Charles FENTON, M.C., J.P.For political and public services in SpenValley, Yorkshire.

Eric Wilfred FISH, Esq., C.B.E., M.D., F.D.S.,Chairman of the Dental Board.

Raymond Hatherell FOOKS, Esq., C.B.E.,Chief Constable of Lincolnshire.

George GARNETT, Esq., J.P. For political andpublic services 'in Bradford.

Professor James GRAY, C.B.E., M.C., Memberof the Development Commission. Professorof Zoology, University of Cambridge.

Edward Anthony HAWKE, Esq., Chairman,County of London Quarter Sessions.

Cecil George Graham HAYMAN, Esq., Directorand Chairman of Management Committee,Distillers Company, Ltd.

Amos Brook HIRST, Esq., O.B.E., Chairmanof the Football Association.

His Honour Judge James Henry DonaldHURST, Judge of County Courts.

Lieutenant-Commander George Ian ClarkHUTCHISON, Royal Navy (Retired), M.P.,Member of Parliament for West Edinburghsince 1941. For political and public services.

Roland JENNINGS, Esq., J.P., M.P., Member of•Pad-lament for Sedgefield, 1931-1935 and forHallam since 1939. For political and publicservices.

Ernest Harry LEVER, Esq., Chairman and ChiefExecutive, Steel Company of Wales, Ltd.

Alderman Frank LORD, O.B.E., J.P. Forpolitical and public services in Oldham.

Oliver LYLE, Esq., O.B.E. . For services inpromoting fuel efficiency.

The Right Honourable William VictorMcCLEERY, J.P., D.L., Member of NorthernIreland Parliament since 1945; Minister ofLabour and National Insurance, 1949, andMinister of Commerce, 1949-53. Forpolitical and public services in NorthernIreland.

George Tait McGLASHAN, Esq., C.B.E.,.President, Association of County Councilsin Scotland.

Colonel Stuart Sydney MALLINSON, C.B.E.,D.S.O., M.C., J.P., D.L. For public servicesin Essex.

Herbert John Baptista MANZONI, Esq., C.B.E.,City Engineer and Surveyor, Birmingham.

Edward Brantwood MAUFE, Esq., Architect.For services to the Imperial War GravesCommission.

William Robertson MILNE, Esq., Chairman ofthe General Trustees, Church of Scotland.

Rhys HOPKIN MORRIS, Esq., M.B.E., Q.C.,M.P., Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means,House of Commons, since 1951. Member ofParliament for Cardiganshire, 1923-1932 andfor Carmarthen since 1945.

Edward Talbot PARIS, Esq., C.B., ChiefScientific Adviser, Home Office.

Walter Robert Dempster PERKINS, Esq., M.P.,Member of Parliament for Stroud, 1931-1945, and for Stroud and Thornbury since1950 ; Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry ofCivil Aviation, 1945. For political andpublic services.

Walter Charles PUCKEY, Esq., lately DeputyController of Supplies (Air), Ministry ofSupply.

Reuben James PUGSLEY, Esq., O.B.E., J.P.For political and public services in Cardiff.

William Gordon RADLEY, Esq., C.B.E.,Engineer-in-Chief, General Post Office.

Brigadier Arthur Maxwell RAMSDEN, C.B.,O.B.E., T.D., D.L. For political and publicservices in Yorkshire.

Frederick Tavinor REES, Esq., C.B.E., M.C.,T.D., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., lately Director-General of Medical Services, Ministry ofPensions

George ROBEY, Esq., C.B.E. Actor.Kenneth Duncan Lecky SINCLAIR, Esq., D.L.,

Chairman, Belfast Harbour Commissioners.Arnold Colin SOMERVELL, Esq., O.B.E., J.P.,

D.L. For political and public services inWestmorland.

Charles Stuart TAYLOR, Esq., D.L., M.P.,Member of Parliament for Eastbourne since1935. For political and public services.

Douglas VEALE, Esq., C.B.E., Registrar,University of Oxford.

Henry George Gordon WELCH, Esq., C.B.E.,Controller, H.M. Stationery Office.

STATE OF TASMANIA.

Richard Olver HARRIS, Esq., C.M.G., J.P., LordMayor of the City of Hobart, State ofTasmania.

STATE OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

Brian Herbert SWIFT, Esq., M.C., M.D.,F.R.C.S., in recognition of his valuable ser-vices, to public hospitals and to the Universityof Adelaide, State of South Australia.

COMMONWEALTH SERVICES.

Eric WESTON, Esq., Indian Civil Service(Retired), formerly Chief Justice of th&Punjab High Court of Judicature at Simla.


COLONIES, PROTECTORATES, ETC.Edward Peter Stubbs BELL, Esq., Q.C.,

Colonial Legal Service, Chief Justice, BritishGuiana.

Alfred Victor CRANE, Esq., Colonial Legal Ser-vice, Chief Justice, British Honduras.

Edward Charles PHILLIPS, Esq., C.B.E. Forpublic services in Tanganyika.

John Owen SANDERS, Esq., C.M.G., GeneralManager, Malayan. Railway and Member forRailways and Ports, Federation of Malaya.



The QUEEN has been graciously pleasedto give orders for the following promotions in,and appointments to, the Most HonourableOrder of the Bath: —To be Ordinary Members of the Military

Division of the Second Class, or KnightsCommanders, of the said Most HonourableOrder :—

Vice-Admiral Ralph Alan Bevan EDWARDS,C.B., C.B.E/.

Vice-Admiral Edward Malcolm EVANS-LOMBE,C.B.

To be Ordinary Members of the MilitaryDivision of the Third Class, or Companions,of the said Most Honourable Order:—

Rear-Admiral Geoffrey Frederick BURGHARD,D.S.O.

Rear-Admiral Stephen Hope CARLTLL, D.S.O.Rear-Admkal (S) Maurice Herbert ELLIOTT,

C.B.E.Rear-Admiral Gerald Vaughan GLADSTONE.Rear-Admiral (E) Iain Gilleasbuig MACLEAN,

O.B.E.Surgeon Rear-Admiral Robert Walsh MUSSEN,

C.B.E., M.D., B.Ch.Rear-Admiral (E) Leopold Edward REBBECK.Rear-Admiral Maxwell RICHMOND, D.S.O.,

O.B.E.Rear-Admiral Jocelyn Stuart Cambridge

SALTER, D.S.O., O.B.E.



The QUEEN has been graciously pleased togive orders for the following promotions in,and appointments to, the Most HonourableOrder of the Bath: —

To be an Ordinary Member of the MilitaryDivision of the First Class, or Knight GrandCross, of the said Most HonourableOrder :—

General Sir Richard Nelson GALE, K.C.B.,K.B.E., D.S.O., M.C. (20116) late Infantry.Colonel, the Worcestershire Regiment.

To be Ordinary Members of the Military Divi-sion of the Second Class, or Knights Com-manders, of the said Most HonourableOrder :—

Lieutenant-General Sir Charles FalklandLOEWEN, K.B.E., C.B., D.S.O. (17987), lateRoyal Regiment of Artillery. Colonel Com-mandant, Royal Regiment of Artillery.

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Lieutenant-General Sir Kenneth GraemeMCLEAN, K.B.E., C.B. (15991), late Corpsof Royal Engineers.


Major-General Thomas BRODIE, C.B.E.,D.S.O. (34236), late Infantry.

Major-General Richard George COLLINGWOOD,C.B.E., D.S.O. (27169), late Infantry.

Major-General (temporary) John GuiseCOWLEY, C.B.E., A.M. (33330), late Corps ofRoyal Engineers.

Major-General Edward Phillip Nagle CREAGH,M.B., M.R.C.P., Q.H.P. (15621), late RoyalArmy Medical Corps.

Major-General James SCOTT-ELLIOT, C.B.E.,D.S.O. (23799), late Infantry.

Major-General Peter St. CLAIR-FORD, C.B.E.,D.S.O. (33686), late Infantry.

Brigadier Richard GARDINER, C.B.E. (6835),late Corps of Royal Engineers (nowR.A.R.O.).

Major-General Walter Rutherford GOODMAN,D.S.O., M.C. (21258), late Royal Regimentof Artillery.

Major-General William Ralston DuncanHAMILTON, O.B.E., M.D., Q.H.P. (24782),late Royal Army Medical Corps.

Major-General Frederick Maurice HEXT,O.B.E. (18523), Corps of Royal Electricaland Mechanical Engineers.

Major-General Stephen LAMPLUGH, C.B.E.(6951), late Corps of Royal Engineers.

Major-General (temporary) Francis NevilleMITCHELL, C.B.E., D.S.O. (30902), late RoyalArmoured Corps.



The QUEEN has been graciously pleased togive orders for the following appointment tothe Most Honourable Order of the Bath: —

To be an Ordinary Member of the MilitaryDivision of the Third Class, or Companion,of the said Most Honourable Order:—

Major - General (acting) Joseph HaroldWILKINSON, C.I.E. (I.A.28), Special List(ex-Indian Army). (At present on loan tothe Government of India.)




To be Ordinary Members of the MilitaryDivision of the Second Class, or KnightsCommanders, of the said Most HonourableOrder :—

Acting Air Marshal George Holroyd MILLS,C.B., D.F.C., Royal Air Force.

Acting Air Marshal Qaude Bernard RaymondPELLY, C.B., C.B.E., M.C., Royal Air Force.



Acting Air Marshal Bryan Vernori REYNOLDS,C.B.E., Royal Air Force..

Air Vice-Marshal Vyvyan Stewart EWING,C.B.E., M.B., Ch.B., Royal Air Force.

Air Vice-Marshal John Humphrey EDWARDES-JONES, C.B.E., D.F.C., A.F.C., Royal AirForce.

Air Commodore Leslie William ClementBOWER, D.S.O., D.F.C., Royal Air Force.

Air Commodore Herbert Lindsell MESSITER,Royal Air Force.

Air Commodore Francis Ronald Downs SWAIN,C.B.E., A.F.C., Royal Air Force.

Air Commodore Geoffrey Nicolas ErnestTINDAL-CARILL-WORSLEY, C.B.E., Royal AirForce.

Acting Air Commodore Harold FrederickGeorge SOUTHEY, Royal Air Force.




To be an Ordinary Member of the CivilDivision of the First Class, or KnightGrand Cross, of the said Most HonourableOrder :—

Sir Thomas Robert GARDINER, G.B.E., K.C.B.For public services.

To be Ordinary Members of the CivilDivision of the Second Class, or KnightsCommanders, of the said Most HonourableOrder :—

Sir James Reginald Carroll HELMORE,K.C.M.G., Permanent Secretary, Ministry ofSupply.

Harold Simcox KENT, Esq., C.B., H.M.Procurator-General and Treasury Solicitor.

Victor George SHEPHEARD, Esq., C.B., Direc-tor of Naval Construction, Admiralty.

To be Ordinary Members of the CivilDivision of the Third Class, or Companions,of the said Most Honourable Order:—

Arthur Thomas BARNARD, Esq., O.B.E., ChiefSuperintendent, Royal Ordnance Factories,Woolwich.

Colonel Reginald John CASH, C.B.E., M.C.,T.D., Chairman, County of Warwick Terri-torial and Auxiliary Forces Association.

George Albert CLARK, Esq., V.R.D., M.D.,Principal Medical Officer, Ministry ofHealth.

Commander Kenneth COHEN, C.M.G., RoyalNavy (Retired), Foreign Office.

Brigadier Piers Duncan Williams DUNN,C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C., Commandant, PoliceCollege, Ryton-on-Dunsmore, near Coventry.

Albert Jack FILER, Esq., Under-Secretary,Ministry of Works.

John Henry FORSHAW, Esq., M.C., ChiefArchitect and Housing Consultant, Ministryof Housing and Local Government andMinistry of Health.

Malcolm Patrick MURRAY, Esq., Under-secretary, Ministry of Fuel and Power.

Henry Michael Denne PARKER, Esq., C.B.E.,Under-Secretary, Ministry of Labour andNational Service.

Anthony Edward PERCIVAL, Esq., Under-secretary, Board of Trade.

Arthur Ewart POPHAM, Esq., Keeper of Printsand Drawings, British Museum.

Francis Noel ROBERTS, Esq., C.B.E., Commis-sioner, Board of Customs and Excise.

Charles Arthur Evelyn SHUCKBURGH, Esq.,C.M.G., Private Secretary to the Secretaryof State for Foreign Affairs.

James Martin STAGG, Esq., O.B.E., PrincipalDeputy Director, Meteorological Office, AirMinistry.

Francis Fearon TURNBULL, Esq., C.I.E..Under-Secretary, H.M. Treasury.

Herbert James WATSON, Esq., Deputy Directorof Dockyards, Admiralty.


1st January, 1954.

The QUEEN has been graciously pleased togive directions for the following appointmentsto the Most Distinguished Order of SaintMichael and Saint George: —


Francis Maurice Grosvenor GLYN, Esq.,Chairman, Glyn, Mills and Company.

Robert Lowe HALL, Esq., C.B., EconomicAdviser to H.M. Government.


Ralph Ellis BROOK, Esq., O.B.E., DeputyChairman, Colonial Development Corpora-tion.

George Sinclair DUNNETT, Esq., O.B.E., Secre-•tary, Commonwealth Economic Committee.

Harry FREEMAN, Esq., Principal Actuary,Government Actuary's Department. (Forservices in relation to India, Pakistan andthe Colonies.)

Godfrey Michael GRAHAM, Esq., O.B.E.,Director of Fishery Research, Ministry ofAgriculture and Fisheries.

Ellis Charles Raymond HADFIELD, Esq.,Controller (Overseas), Central Office ofInformation.

Francis John MARRIOTT, Esq., Deputy Secre-tary, Exchequer and Audit Department.((For services to Specialised Agencies of theUnited Nations.)

Colonel Gerald RICHARDSON, O.B.E., Inspector-General of Police, Venezia Giulia PoliceForce and Director of Public Safety, Trieste.

Norman Charles ROBERTSON, Esq., M.B.E.,Director General of Electronics Production,Ministry of Supply.



\lst January, 1954.The QUEEN has been graciously pleased to

give directions for the following appointmentsto the Most Distinguished Order of SaintMichael and Saint George: —

To be Members 'of the Third Class, orCompanions, of the said Most DistinguishedOrder :—

Francis Jackson CARTER, Esq., C.B.E., J.P.,Under Secretary and Clerk of the ExecutiveCouncil, State of Tasmania.

The Honourable Francis Joseph CONDON, aMember of the Legislative Council, State ofSouth Australia, for many years.

Maurice Rupert METCALF, Esq., O.B.E., anAssistant Secretary in the CommonwealthRelations Office.

The Honourable Mr. Justice Ralph JohnMORTON, O.B.E., M.C., Puisne Judge of theHigh Court, Southern Rhodesia.


1st January, 1954.The QUEEN has been graciously /pleased to

give directions for the following promotions in,and appointments to, the Most DistinguishedOrder of Saint Michael and Saint George: —


Jesse John PASKIN, Esq., C.M.G., M.C.,Assistant Under-Secretary of State, ColonialOffice.

John Dalzell RANKINE, Esq., C.M.G., BritishResident, Zanzibar.


Eric Cecil BARNES, Esq., Colonial Administra-tive Service, Provincial Commissioner,Nyasaland.

William Hugh BEETON, Esq., ColonialAdministrative Service, Chief RegionalOfficer, Ashanti, Gold Coast.

Kenneth VINCENT-BROWN, Esq. Lately PuisneJudge, Trinidad.

Ronald Paul BUSH, Esq., O.B.E., ColonialAdministrative Service, Secretary for NativeAffairs, Northejn Rhodesia.

Edward Reginald EDMONDS, Esq., AssistantSecretary, Colonial Office.

Alexander Denis GARSON, Esq., AssistantSecretary, Colonial Office.

Gervas HUXLEY, Esq., M.C., HonoraryAdviser on public relations matters to theSecretary of State for the Colonies.

Cuth'bert Joseph MAYNE, Esq., ColonialAdministrative Service, Senior Resident,Nigeria.

Colonel Hugh Waddell MULLIGAN, M.D.,Colonial Research Service, Director, West•African Institute for TrypanosomiasisResearch.

Albert Walter SAVAGE, Esq., Colonial CivilAviation Service, Director General of CivilAviation, Malaya-Borneo Region.

Arthur Edwin TROTMAN, Esq., Colonial Agri-cultural Service, Member for Agriculture andNatural Resources, Tanganyika.

William VENNER, Esq., General Manager,Sierra Leone Railway.

George Evan Cameron WISDOM, Esq., ColonialAdministrative Service, Resident Commis-sioner, Malacca, Federation of Malaya.


1st January, 1954.The QUEEN has been graciously pleased to

give directions for the folio-wing promotions in,and appointments to, the Most DistinguishedOrder of Saint Michael and Saint George: —

To be a Member 'of the First Class, or KnightGrand Cross, of the said Most DistinguishedOrder:—

Sir John BALFOUR, K.C.M.G., Her Majesty'sAmbassador Extraordinary and Pleni-potentiary in Madrid.


Eric Alfred BERTHOUD, Esq., C.M.G., HerMajesty's Ambassador Extraordinary andPlenipotentiary in Copenhagen.

Gerald Gray FITZMAURKE, Esq., C.M.G., LegalAdviser to the Foreign Office.

Daniel William LASCELLES, Esq., C.M.G., HerMajesty's Ambassador Extraordinary andPlenipotentiary in Kabul.

William RIDSDALE, Esq., C.M.G., Head of theNews Department, Foreign Office.


Arthur Charles BEATON, Esq., Deputy CivilSecretary, Sudan Government.

Philip BROAD, Esq., Political Adviser to theCommander, British/United States Zone,Free Territory of Trieste.

Isham Peter GARRAN, Esq., Inspector of HerMajesty's Foreign Service Establishments.

Austin Anthony Francis HAIGH, Esq., Head ofCultural Relations Department, ForeignOffice.

Henry Arthur Frederick HOHLER, Esq., Headof Northern Department, Foreign Office.

Leonard Gibson HOLLIDAY, Esq., Counsellor(Commercial) at Her Majesty's Embassy inBerne.

Robin William John HOOPER, Esq., D.S.O.,D.F.C., lately Head of Personnel Depart-ment, Foreign Office. (Now at Bagdad.)

Arthur Herbert MARLOW, Esq., C.B.E., latelyHer Majesty's Consul-General in Paris.

Aubrey Niel MORGAN, Esq., lately Counsellorat Her Majesty's Embassy in Washington.

Brigadier Claud Catton OXBORROW, C.B.E.,M.C., (Retired), lately Temporary AssistantSecretary, Office of the Economic Adviser,Control Commission for Germany (BritishElement).

Allen PRICE, Esq., Counsellor at Her Majesty'sEmbassy in Peking.

Brigadier John Hessell TILTMAN, C.B.E., M.C.,Her Majesty's Embassy, Washington.

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The QUEEN has been graciously pleased tomake the following promotions in, andappointments to, the Royal Victorian Order: —

To be a Knight Grand Cross :—The Right Honourable Alfred Edward, Baron

WEBB-JOHNSON, K.C.V.O., C.B.E., D.S.O.,T.D., M.B., F.R.C.S.

To be Knights Commanders:—Captain Gerald CURTEIS, M.V.O., Royal

Navy.Irving Blanchard GANE, Esq.The Right Reverend Percy Mark HERBERT,

Lord Bishop of Norwich.James McFadyen McNEiix, Esq., C.B.E., M.C.

To be Commanders:—Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Albert Glanville

BINGLEY, D.S.O., O.B.E.Commander Leonard James BURT, M.V.O.,

Metropolitan Police Force.Lady (Mary) Rachel DAVIDSON.Arthur Glendinning Loveless IVES, Esq.,

M.V.O.Captain William Duncan PHIPPS, M.V.O.,

Royal Navy. (Retired.)Wilfrid Percy Henry SHELDON, Esq., M.D.,

F.R.C.P.Commander Reginald John SMITH, Metro-

politan Police Force.William Eldon TUCKER, Esq., M.B.E., T.D.,

F.R.C.S.

To be Members of the Fourth Class:—William Macdonald BALLANTINE, Esq.Squadron Leader Ronald George CHURCHER,

D.S.O., D.F.C., Royal Air Force.(Ernest Thomas) Floyd EWIN, Esq.Commander John Percy Pitt MICHELL, Royal

Navy. (Retired.)Wing Commander Roy Charles Edwin SCOTT,

A.F.C., Royal Air Force.Reginald Norman TYRRELL, Esq., M.V.O.

To be Members of the Fifth Class:—Frank BLUNDEN, Esq.Miss Mabel Maud HILL.Francis Alfred LEE, Esq.Superintendent Frederick SALTER, Berkshire

Constabulary.Flight Lieutenant Eric William LAMB, Royal

Air Force.



The QUEEN has been graciously pleased togive orders for the following promotions in,and appointments to, the Most Excellent Orderof the British Empire: —

To be Ordinary Knights Commanders of the• Military Division of the said Most Excellent

Order :—Vice-Admiral Archibald DAY, C.B., C.B.E.,

D.S.O.Rear-Admiral (L) Charles Philip CLARKE, C.B.,

D.S.O. (Retired).

To be Ordinary Commanders of the MilitaryDivision of the said Most Excellent Order:—

Captain (S) Arthur Percival ATWILL, RoyalNavy (Retired).

Captain (S) Norman Thomas Porteous COOPER,O.B.E., Royal Navy.

Captain (L) John Danvers GROSSMAN, RoyalNavy.

Instructor! Captain' * (Hector ArchibaldMCDONALD, Royal Navy.

Surgeon Captain Eric Thomas SutherlandRUDD, M.B., B.Ch., Royal Navy.

Colonel Robert William Barrow SIMONDS,Royal Marines.

To be Ordinary Officers of the MilitaryDivision of the said Most Excellent Order:—

Commander (E) Hew Gerald Robert BINNING,Royal Navy (Retired).

Commander Malcolm Hilary BROWN, D.S.C.,Royal Navy.

Chief Officer Eileen Myrtle HAMPSON, Women'sRoyal Naval Service.

Surgeon Commander John Morley HOLFORD,M.B., Ch.B., Royal - Navy.

Commander (S) Horace Collier LYDDON, RoyalNavy.

Commander James Whaley MCCLELLAND,D.S.O., Royal Navy.

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Lawrence NORCOCK,Royal Marines.

The Reverend Charles PATON, Chaplain, RoyalNavy.

Commander Aylmer Maurice RUNDLE, D.S.C.,Royal Navy (Retked).

Commander Thomas Charles RUSSELL, RoyalNavy.

Commander (E) Douglas Percival SPARHAM,Royal Navy.

Commander Allistair Tennant WILSON, V.R.D.,R.N.V.R.

To be Ordinary Members of the MilitaryDivision of the said Most Excellent Order:—

Temporary Senior Commissioned Air ControlOfficer George Arthur Biles BARRETT, -RoyalNavy (Retired).

Lieutenant (Quartermaster) Sydney BOYD,B.E.M., Royal Marines.

Senior Commissioned Gunner Thomas BonnarBROWNLEE, Royal Navy.

Lieutenant-Commander George HenryCUNNINGHAM, Royal Navy.

Lieutenant-Commander (S) Harold CecilFREEMAN, R.N.V.R.

Senior Commissioned Gunner Donald GROVES,Royal Navy (Serving with the Indian Navy).

Acting Shipwright Lieutenant-CommanderSydney John HILL, Royal Navy.

Lieutenant-Commander (L) William ArthurKING, Royal Navy.

Lieutenant-Commander Victor Wallace POORE,Royal Navy (Retired).

Second Officer Leta Mary RIDLEY, Women'sRoyal Naval Service.

Lieutenant iS) Frederick John THACKER, RoyalNavy.

Lieutenant (E) Ernest Charles WEBB, RoyalNavy (Retired).

Lieutenant (E) Douglas Frank WESTBROOK,"Royal Navy (Retired).

Lieutenant Peter WILSON, Royal Navy(Serving with the Royal Malayan Navy).




The QUEEN has been graciously pleased togive orders for the following promotions in,and appointments to, the Most Excellent Orderof the British Empire: —

To be Ordinary Knights Commanders of theMilitary Division of the said Most ExcellentOrder :—

Lieutenant-General Maurice SomervilleCHILTON, C.B., C.B.E. (13379), late RoyalRegiment of Artillery.

Lieutenant-General Geoffrey Charles EVANS,C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O. (12895), late Infantry.

To be Ordinary Commanders of the MilitaryDivision of the said Most Excellent Order:—

Brigadier Edward Cunliffe COOKE-COLLIS,D.S.p. (24314), late Infantry.

Brigadier (temporary) Richard WalterCRADDOCK, D.S.O., M.B.E. (47540), lateInfantry.

Brigadier (temporary) Robert Withers EWBANK,D.S.O. (38372), late Corps of RoyalEngineers.

Brigadier (temporary) Stanley ReginaldGARRATT, O.B.E. (32326), late Infantry.

Colonel (now Honorary Brigadier) RichardNigel HANBURY, O.B.E., T.D. (63198), lateRoyal Regiment of Artillery (now T.A.R.O.).

Colonel (now Honorary Brigadier) HerbertJames Dacre Lacy MCGREGOR (17088), lateInfantry (now R.A.R.O.).

Brigadier (now Major-General (temporary))Frederick David MOORE (23670), late RoyalRegiment of Artillery.

Major-General (temporary) Herbert MacGregorPATERSON (24859), late Royal Regiment ofArtillery.

Brigadier Robert James ROSBB, M.B., Q.H.P.(27887), late Royal Army Medical Corps.

Brigadier (temporary) Nigel Prior HansonTAPP, D.S.O. (30558), late Royal Regimentof Artillery.

Brigadier (temporary) Ralph YOUNGER, D.S.O.,M.C. (33496), late Royal Armoured Corps.

To be Ordinary Officers of the Military Divi-sion of the said Most Excellent Order:—

Lieutenant-Colonel Eric Bernard BARRASS,T.D. (53882), The West Yorkshire Regiment,Territorial Army.

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Lawrence BIRKIN,T.D. (45446), Royal Regiment of Artillery,Territorial Army (now T.A.R.O.).

Lieutenant - Colonel (Staff Quartermaster)Gilbert John BOUSTEAD, M.B.E. (86766),Employed List (2).

Lieutenant-Colonel (acting) Samuel Eyre•BOWER (332245), Army Cadet Force.

Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred John BURGESS,T.D. (92730), Corps of Royal Electrical andMechanical Engineers, Territorial Army.

Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Peirce BUTLER,D.S.O. (53159), Grenadier Guards.

Lieutenant-Colonel John CAMERON, T.D.(45192), Royal Regiment of Artillery,Territorial Army (now T.A.R.O.).

Lieutenant-Colonel David Archibald- CAMPBELL, T.D. (87635), Royal Regiment

of Artillery, Territorial Army.

Lieutenant-Colonel John Keily CANTOPHER,G.M., T.D. (73931), The Royal Ulster Rifles,Territorial Army.

Brevet Colonel Alfred John CHASTON, M.C.,T.D. (71593), The Monmouthshire Regiment,Territorial Army (now T.A.R.O.).

Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Nelson CLOWES,D.S.O. (52593), Scots Guards.

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Stanislaus GerrardDOYLE (114135), Royal Army OrdnanceCorps.

Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth LawrenceELKINGTON, M.C., T.D. (164322), RoyalRegiment of Artillery, Territorial Army.

Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary) James DouglasFRAIL, M.B.E., T.D. (86423), Royal Regi-ment of Artillery, Territorial Army (now

, T.A.R.O.).Lieutenant-Colonel (acting) Harold Maldwyn

GRAY, T.D. (19671), Combined Cadet Force.Lieutenant-Colonel (acting) Geoffrey Gilbert

GREEN (39221), Combined Cadet Force.Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary) Peter Rupert

HEMANS (52636), Royal . Regiment ofArtillery.

Lieutenant-Colonel William Howard HOOPER,T.D. (75680), Corps of Royal Engineers,Army Emergency Reserve.

Lieutenant-Colonel David Henry LEWIS,M.B.E., T.D. (66637), Royal Regiment ofArtillery, Territorial Army.

Lieutenant-Colonel John dement LIESCHING(44134), The Duke of Cornwall's LightInfantry.

Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary) EdwardEdmund George LUCAS (105723), RoyalArmy Service Corps.

Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary) Mildred SydneyFrances MILLINGTON, T.D. (192813),Women's Royal Army Corps.

Lieutenant-Colonel (Quartermaster) JohnStevenson MITCHELL (86505), Royal Corpsof Signals (Employed List (2X)) (nowretired).

Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary) Alec ArthurPETTIFOR .(249986), Royal Army OrdnanceCorps.

Lieutenant-Colonel (O.E.O.) George CecilRICHARDSON, M.B.E. (79083), Royal ArmyOrdnance Corps.

Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary) AlastairGordon RUMBOLD, M.C. (63630), TheQueen's Own Cameron Highlanders.

Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Augustine SAMMUT(37984), Royal Malta Artillery.

Lieutenant-Colonel Frank William SIMPSON,D.S.O. (44185), Corps of Royal Engineers.

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Edward OSBORNESMITH, D.S.O. (41242), The Northampton-shire Regiment.

Lieutenant-Colonel Donald St. Clair THOM(36891), Royal Tank Regiment, RoyalArmoured Corps (Employed List (1)).

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Bertram VERDIN,OT.D. (49741), The Cheshire Yeomanry (Earlof Chester's), Royal Armoured Corps,Territorial Army.

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert William MayWETHERELL (30960), The Duke of Cornwall'sLight Infantry.

Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary) Henry GeorgeWICKS (217111), Royal Regiment ofArtillery.

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Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary) Vivian HenryWITPEN, M.B.E. (142146), Army CateringCorps.

Lieutenant-Colonel Albert Henry WYNN(168634), Corps of Royal Electrical andMechanical Engineers.

To be Ordinary Members of the MilitaryDivision of the said Most Excellent Order:—Captain Edward Robert Jones BARLOW

(324612). Royal Regiment of Artillery,Territorial Army.

Major John Edward BEAZLEY, T.D. (15(5604),The Essex Regiment, Territorial Army.

Major John Stanley William BENNETT, T.D.(79366), Corps of Royal Engineers.

Major Sidney George BEVERLEY (113803),Corps of Royal Engineers.

Major (Quartermaster) Giovanni BONELLO(107527), Royal Malta Artillery.

Major (Quartermaster) Edward GeorgeBROOMFIELD (165458), Royal Regiment ofArtillery.

Major Stewart Arthur WILSON-BROWN, M.C.(36003), Royal Regiment of Artillery(Employed List (3)).

Major William St. George ConwayHAWKSHAW-BURN (197164), The SouthWales Borderers (Employed List (3)).

Captain James David CAMERON (359096),Royal Army Medical Corps, TerritorialArmy.

Major John Edward Lovelace CARTER, M.C.(67055), Corps of Royal Engineers.

Major James Charles Morton MORTON-CLARKE(64617), The Royal Berkshire Regiment(Princess Charlotte of Wales's).

Major (Paymaster) Henry COOPER (159798),Royal Army Pay Corps.

Major (temporary) Leslie Harold CORKE(222613), Royal Regiment of Artillery(Employed List 4).

Major William Walter CREEVY (151437), RoyalCorps of Signals, Territorial Army.

Major Ord Adams CUNNINGHAM, T.D. (2338),Royal Regiment of Artillery, TerritorialArmy.

'No. 726655 Warrant Officer Class II ArthurEdwin DAVIES, Royal Regiment of Artillery,Territorial Army.

Major (temporary) Daniel DAVIES, M.C.(244334), Royal Regiment of Artillery.

-Major (Quartermaster) Louis Charles MarcelDUTOT (131476), The Dorset Regiment.

Major (Quartermaster) Walter EDWARDS(254584), The Duke of Cornwall's LightInfantry.

No. 6908943 Warrant Officer Class I WalterHall EDWARDS, The Rifle Brigade (PrinceConsort's Own), Territorial Army.

No. 838073 Warrant Officer Class I VincentHenry Lewis ESTOP, Royal Regiment ofArtillery.

Major John Montagu FLINT (71055), Corps ofRoyal Engineers.

No. 797518 Warrant Officer Class II HenryGibson GOWAN, Royal Regiment of Artillery.

Major John Nicholas Revans HALLETT (71103),The Royal Norfolk Regiment.

Major Eveline May HARROWAY (239588),Women's Royal Army Corps, TerritorialArmy.

No. 2318690 Warrant Officer Class I SidneyFrank HART, Royal Corps of Signals.

Major John Andrew HAWKINS (131068), ArmyCatering Corps (now R.A.R.O.).

Major (acting) Albert HILL (351810), ArmyCadet Force.

Major (temporary) the Honourable HenryMontagu DOUGLAS-HOME (150474), GeneralList.

Lieutenant (Quartermaster) Harold WilliamHUMPHRIES (420427), Welsh Guards.

Major (Quartermaster) John JENKINS (221771),The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess.Charlotte of Wales's).

Major Owen Rees JENKINS (53881), RoyalRegiment of Artillery.

No. 787430 Warrant Officer Class II ArthurGeorge JOLLEY, Royal Regiment of Artillery,Territorial Army.

The Reverend Daniel KELLEHER, M.C., Chap-lain to the Forces, Fourth Class (178160XRoyal Army Chaplains' Department.

No. 3651274 Warrant Officer Class I FrederickKELLY, D.C.M., The Royal Irish Fusiliers.

Honorary Captain (G.C.O.) KHARAKSINGGurung (I.O. 1361), The Brigade of Gurkhas.

No. 4534783 Warrant Officer Class H StanleyKIDDY, The West Yorkshire Regiment (ThePrince of Wales's Own), Territorial Army.

Major (Quartermaster) Adam KILBURN(135347), Corps of Royal Electrical andMechanical Engineers.

Captain (Quartermaster) William CharlesLACEY (358464), Royal Regiment ofArtillery.

No. 816426 Warrant Officer Class I JamesLESLIE, Royal Regiment of Artillery.

Major (Quartermaster) Donald Ross MARTIN,T.D. (79417), Royal Regiment of Artillery,Territorial Army.

Captain Anthony Reginald MATTHEWS(304203), Corps of Royal Engineers.

Major Ronald Augustine NIGHTINGALE(232773), Royal Army Service Corps.

Major (Quartermaster) William JamesOXENHAM (131063), The GloucestershireRegiment (now retired).

No. S/54471 Warrant Officer Class I WilfredPRITCHARD, Royal Army Service Corps.

No. 6081648 Warrant Officer Class II FrederickHarold PULLAN, The Queen's Royal Regi-ment (West Surrey), Territorial Army.

Major (Quartermaster) William FrederickCharles RAWLINSON (211689), Corps ofRoyal Engineers.

Captain (Quartermaster) George RIDGE(356252), Royal Armoured Corps.

Major William John Ross (112956), TheEssex Regiment.

Captain (Quartermaster) Ernest VictorSKINNER (355655), Royal Regiment ofArtillery.

No. 2874491 Warrant Officer Class I (acting)James SMITH, Corps of Royal MilitaryPolice.

Major (Quartermaster) Harvey Hutton SNAITH,T.D. (88401), The East Lancashire Regi-ment, Territorial Army.

Major (A.I.O.O.) Joseph Acland SwinburneSTEPHENSON (231939), Royal ArmyOrdnance Corps.

Major Cyril Philip TAMLYN (68248), Duke ofCornwall's Light Infantry.

Major Ronald Hugo TIERNEY (64514), RoyalRegiment of Artillery.

No. 812132 Warrant Officer Class I (acting)Arthur James VELVICK, Royal Regiment ofArtillery.


Major (acting) Donald WATTERSON (264409),Combined Cadet Force.

Major (Quartermaster) Leonard JamesWEBLEY (254005), 17th/21st Lancers, RoyalArmoured Corps (Employed List (2 X)).

Major (Quartermaster) Alfred Stanley CecilWESTLAKE (191686), Royal Regiment ofArtillery.

Major (A.I.A.) Thomas WHEELRIGHT (93291),Corps of Royal Electrical and MechanicalEngineers.

No. W/5840 Warrant Officer Class II AnnieWHITTAKER, Women's Royal Army Corps.

Captain (temporary) Fredrick Leslie WHITTLE(427715), Corps of Royal Electrical andiMechanical Engineers.

Major (temporary) George Walter BentleyWISE (335007), Royal Pioneer Corps.

Major (acting) the Reverend Philip ArthurWRIGHT (305653), Army Cadet Force.


St. James?s Palace, S.W.I.1st January, 1954.

The QUEEN has been graciously pleasedto give orders for the following promotion in,and appointments to, the Most Excellent Orderof the British Empire: —

To be an Ordinary Commander of the MilitaryDivision of the said Most ExcellentOrder :—

Brigadier Alexander Cosby FishburnJACKSON, O.B.E. (27513), late Infantry, Com-mander, Caribbean Area.

To be Ordinary Members of the MilitaryDivision of the said Most ExcellentOrder :—

Major George Henry CALVERT, E.D., RoyalHong Kong Defence Force.

Lieutenant Edward Charles FINCHER, RoyalHong Kong Defence Force.

Major Philip William HOLT, E.D., SingaporeVolunteer Corps.



The QUEEN has been graciously pleased togive orders for the following promotions .in,and appointments to, the Most Excellent Orderof the British Empire: —

To be an Ordinary Knight Grand Cross of theMilitary Division of the said Most ExcellentOrder ':—

Air Chief Marshal Sir John Wakeling BAKER,K.C.B., M.C., D.F.C., A.D.C., Royal AirForce.

To be Ordinary Knights Commanders of theMilitary Division of the said Most ExcellentOrder :—

Air Marshal -Charles Edward Neville GUEST,C.B., C.B.E., Royal Air Force.

Air Marshal Harold Thomas LYDFORD, C.B.,C.B.E., A.F.C., Royal Air Force.

To be Ordinary Commanders of the MilitaryDivision of the said Most ExcellentOrder:—

Air Commodore Howard FORD, A.F.C., RoyalAir Force.

Air Commodore David Neal ROBERTS, O.B.E.,A.F.C., Royal Ak Force.

Air 'Commodore Campion Aubrey RUMBALL,O.B.E., M.R.C.S., F.R.C.P., Q.H.P., RoyalAir Force.

Air Commodore John Noel Tracy STEPHENSON,Royal Air Force.

Group Captain William Flint BECKWITH,O.B.E., Royal Air Force.

Group Captain Christopher CROWLEY, M.B.,B.Ch., Royal Air Force.

Group Captain Kenneth Walter GODFREY,Royal Air Force Regiment.

Group Captain Ernest Charles KIDD, O.B.E.,A.F.C., A.F.M., Royal Air Force.

Group Captain Lawrence Patrick MOORE,Royal Air Force.

To be Ordinary Officers of the MilitaryDivision of the said Most Excellent Order:—Acting Group Captain Herbert Hadfield

FARTHING, Royal Air Force Regiment.Acting Group Captain Peter Geoffrey St.

George O'BRIAN, D.F.C., Royal Air Force.Wing Commander Graham Baptie BLACKLOCK,

D.F.C., D.F.M. (44874), Royal Air Force.Wing Commander James Henry George Donald

BUGDEN (21255), Royal Air Force.Wing Commander Richard Basil COUNCELL

(26049), Royal Air Force.Wing Commander Geoffrey Phillip HARGER,

D.F.C. (36089), Royal Air Force.Wing Commander Harry Joseph HICKEY

(44632), Royal Air Force.Wing Officer Felicity Barbara HILL (1461),

Women's Royal Air Force.Wing Commander Lewis MacDonald HODGES,

D.S.O., D.F.C. (33408), Royal Air Force.Wing Commander Wilfred MACEY (31019),

Royal Air Force.Wing Commander Henry Daniel NEWMAN

(37584), Royal Air Force.Wing Commander Russell John OXLEY, D.S.O.,

D.F.C. (37544), Royal Air Force.Wing Commander Paul PETERS, D.F.C.

(40641), Royal Air Force.Wing Commander William Watson Todd

RITCHIE, A.F.C. (41068), Royal Air Force.Wing Commander John Samuel ROWLANDS,,

G.C., M.B.E. (73378), Royal Air Force.Wing Commander Kenneth Gordon SHARVILL

(82937), Royal Air Force.Acting Wing Commander Thomas LIGHTBODY

(105081), Royal Air Force VolunteerReserve.

Squadron Leader Anthony BabingtonDUNFORD, D.F.C. (91254), Royal AuxiliaryAir Force Reserve of Officers.

Acting Squadron Leader David DATTNER,A.F.C. (182273), Royal Air Force.To be Ordinary Members of the Military

Division of the said Most Excellent Order:—Squadron Leader Stewart FINDLAY (44478),

Royal Air Force.Squadron Leader John Herbert SPENCER

(46237), Royal Air Force.Acting Squadron Leader Wilfred Goodier

HUGHES (43512), Royal Air Force.Acting Squadron Leader Reginald George

LITTLE (50742), Royal Air Force.


Acting Squadron Leader Frank RolandMANGHAM (66863), Royal Air Force Volun-teer Reserve.

Acting Squadron Leader Christopher BerkeleyWYNN-PARRY, B.M., B.Ch. (500295), RoyalAir Force.

Acting Squadron Leader Gerard FrancisTURNBULL, A.F.C. (195913), Royal AirForce.

Flight Lieutenant Frederick Ernest ASHFORD(51946), Royal Air Force.

Flight Lieutenant Edward Charles BARTLETT"(44385), Royal Air Force.

Flight Lieutenant Murray BARTON (57695),Royal Air Force.

Flight Lieutenant William Maxwell BushFARROW (47373), Royal Air Force.

Flight Lieutenant Gordon Edward Peer FOOT(188394), Royal Air Force.

Flight Lieutenant Leonard George HOPKINSON(49141), Royal Air Force.

Flight Lieutenant Alexander Geoffrey KENYON(117309), Royal Air Force.

Flight Lieutenant Ernest Frederick GeorgeLAUNDER (51935), Royal Air Force (Retired).

Flight Lieutenant John NINIAN, D.F.C. (53478),Royal Air Force.

Flight Officer Winifred Joan POTTS (1905),Women's Royal Air Force.

Flight Lieutenant Ernest SCOTT (55945), RoyalAir Force.

Flight Lieutenant Robert Guy SHILLINGFORD(204331), Royal Auxiliary Air Force.

Flight Lieutenant Jack Leslie WALLACE(57450), Royal Air Force.

Acting Flight Lieutenant Joseph Abner LEE(136229), Royal Air Force Reserve ofOfficers.

Warrant Officer Alexander FINDLAY (510744),Royal Air Force.

Warrant Officer William Alexander FRASER(550908), Royal Air Force.

Warrant Officer William GOMMO (358562),Royal Air Force.

Warrant Officer John Samuel Allan MADELEY(565333), Royal Air Force.

Warrant Officer William Rendall MOODIE(520261), Royal Air Force.

Warrant Officer Albert Emsley PARKER(560371) Royal Air Force.

Warrant Officer William George SLEEP(590371), Royal Air Force.

Warrant Officer William THOMPSON (590241),- ' Royal Air Force.Acting Warrant Officer John Francis George

HUNTER (565165), Royal Air Force.Rab Tremma Yacube KHOSHABA (X. 13),

Royal Air Force Levies, Iraq.



The QUEEN has been graciously pleased togive orders for the following promotions in,and appointments to, the Most Excellent Orderof the British Empire: —To be an Ordinary Dame Grand Cross of the

"Civil Division of the said Most Excellent. Order :~The Right Honourable Margaret Diana,- Countess ALEXANDER OF TUNIS. For public

services.

To be Ordinary Knights Commanders of theCivil Division of the said Most ExcellentOrder :—

Sir Thomas Penberthy BENNETT, C.B.E.,Chairman, Crawley Development Corpora-tion.

Sir Robert Bland BIRD, fit, Member of Parlia-ment for West Wolverhampton, 1922-1929and 1931-1945. For political and publicservices.

Colonel Douglas Stephenson BRANSON, C.B.,D.S.O., M.C., T.D., D.L., Chairman, Terri-torial and Auxiliary Forces Association,West Riding of Yorkshire.

Jacob EPSTEIN, Esq., Sculptor.Sir Ralph Wilfred LACEY, Chairman, Raw

Cotton Commission.Leonard, Percy LORD, Esq., Chairman and

'Managing Director, British Motor Corpora-tion, Ltd.

Commander Seton Steuart Crichton MITCHELL,C.B., O.B.E., Royal Navy (Retired), Con-troller of Guided Weapons and Electronics,Ministry of Supply.

Richard Royle POWELL, Esq., C.B., C.M.G.,Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Defence.

The Right Honourable John Campbell, BaronTRENT, J.P., D.L. For social and educationalservices.

Edgar William VERITY, Esq., C.B., DeputyChairman, Board of Inland .Revenue.

To be Ordinary Commanders of the CivilDivision of the said Most ExcellentOrder:—

Charles Kingsley ADAMS, Esq., Director,Keeper and Secretary, National PortraitGallery.

Douglas Alexander ALLAN, Esq., Director,Royal Scottish Museum.

Roy George Douglas ALLEN, Esq., O.B.E.,Professor of Statistics,' University of London.

William ALLEN, Esq., M.B.E., Assistant Secre-tary, Ministry of Labour and NationalInsurance, Northern Ireland.

Samuel Ranulph ALLSOPP, Esq., M.B.E., D.L.,Chairman of the Hops Marketing Board.

Oliver Charles BARNETT, Esq., O.B.E., AssistantJudge Advocate General.

Charles Edward BEEVERS, Esq., H.M. Inspec-tor of Schools (Staff Inspector, Ministry ofEducation).

Charles Hubert BOOTH, Esq., Controller, SouthWestern Region, Ministry of Labour andNational Service.

Miss Daisy Caroline BRIDGES, R.R.C., Execu-tive Secretary, International Council ofNurses.

John Thomas Asprey BROOKS, Esq., ChiefQuantity Surveyor, Ministry of Works.

Astrid Marie, Mrs. STIRLING-BROWN, B.E.iM.,J.P. For political and public services inRenfrewshire.

Charles Phipps BRUTTON, Esq., O.B.E., Clerkof the Peace for Dorsetshire, and Clerk ofthe County Council.

Stephen France BURMAN, Esq., M.B.E., latelyChairman, now Vice-Chairman, Board! ofGovernors of the United BirminghamHospitals.

James Anderson BURNETT, Esq., DivisionalRoad Engineer, Scotland, Ministry of Trans-port and Civil Aviation.

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George Thomas BUSSEY, Esq., Assistant Secre-tary, Ministry of Fuel and Power.

Ian MacGregor CAMPBELL, Esq., J.P. Forpolitical and public services in Caithness andSutherland.

Norman Charles CHAPLING, Esq., ManagingDirector, Cable and Wireless, Ltd.

Miss Lilian Edith CHARLESWORTH, Head-mistress, Sutton Girls' High School, Surrey.

William Stephen CHEVALIER, Esq., Clerk of theMetropolitan Water Board.

Victor Frederick CLARENDON, Esq., Chairman,Linen Trade Advisory Committee, NorthernIreland.

William George CLARK, Esq., M.B.,F.R.C.P.Ed., lately Medical Officer ofHealth, Edinburgh.

Harold George CLARKE, Esq., O.B.E., Chair-man and Managing Director of .the CourierPress.

Herbert Wallis COALES, Esq., O.B.E., M.C.,Deputy Chief Engineer, Ministry of Housingand Local Government.

Ernest Arthur COLE, Esq., O.B.E., Comman-der, Metropolitan Police Force.

George Trenchard Cox, Esq., Director, Bir-mingham Museum and Art Gallery.

James Thomas CURRAN, Esq., M.B., Ch.B.,Group Physician Superintendent, LennoxCastle and Associated Institutions, Lennox-town, Stirlingshire.

Arthur James Francis DANIELLI, Esq., O.B.E.,M.C., Deputy Accountant General, Ministryof Health.

Frank Ongley DARVALL, Esq., DirectorGeneral, English Speaking Union of theBritish Commonwealth.

Robert Vere DARWIN, Esq., Principal, RoyalCollege of Art.

William Kendall DAVEY, Esq., Chairman,London Metal Exchange.

Alderman Frederick William DEAN, J.P., D.L.For political and public services in St.Marylebone.

Alderman Herbert John Salisbury DEWES,J.P. For political and public services inCheshire.

Philip Burrington DINGLE, Esq., Town Clerk ofManchester.

Carl Frederick DOLMETSCH, Esq. For servicesto Music.

Thomas Hall James DOUGLAS, Esq., F.R.F.P.S.,F.D.S., R.C.S., Chief Dental Officer, Depart-ment of Health for Scotland.

James Patterson DUFF, Esq., Chairman,Northern Ireland General Health ServicesBoard.

St. John de Holt ELSTUB, Esq., Director ofMetal Division, Imperial Chemical Industries,Ltd.

Edgar EVANS, Esq., Controller, Wales, Minis-try of Pensions and National Insurance.

Walter SCOTT-EVANS, Esq., O.B.E., D.L.,Chairman, Buckinghamshire War PensionsCommittee.

Harry EYLES, Esq., O.B.E., lately Secretary,Birmingham Chamber of Commerce.

Thomas FERGUSON, Esq., M.D., Professor ofPublic Health, University of Glasgow.

William Gillies FERGUSSON, Esq., AssistantSecretary, Ministry of Materials.

James Brierley FIRTH, Esq., Director, NorthWestern Forensic Science Laboratory, HomeOffice.

Charles Montague FLETCHER, Esq., M.D.,F.R.C.P., Physician and Senior Lecturer,Postgraduate Medical School of London.

Peter Castle FLOUD, Esq., Keeper, Victoria andAlbert Museum.

John Hampden FORDHAM, Esq., Chief Officer,Kent Fire Brigade.

William Lovat FRASER, Esq., J.P., Chairmanof Directors, Macdonald, Fraser and Com-pany, Ltd., Perth.

Frederick GIBBERD, Esq., Architect and TownPlanning Consultant.

Paul GOLDBERG, Esq., Assistant Secretary,Ministry of Labour and National Service.

Geoffrey Ernest Adair GREY, Esq., M.C.,Assistant Secretary, H.M., Treasury.

Reginald Duncan GWYTHER, Esq., M.C.,Senior Partner, Coode and Partners, Consult-ing Civil Engineers, London.

Charles Stuart HALLINAN, Esq. For politicaland public services in Wales and Mon-mouthshire.

Eric Ronald HAMILTON, Esq., Principal,Borough Road Training College.

John COLE-HAMILTON, Esq., D.L. For politicaland public services in Ayrshire and Bute.

Ernest William HANDLEY, Esq, Assistant Secre-tary, Air Ministry.

Brigadier Kenneth Soar HOLMES, Director ofArmy Postal Services, War Office.

William Charles How, Esq., M.M., DeputyChairman, New Zealand Shipping Company,Ltd., Chairman, Merchant Navy WelfareBoard.

Frank Stewart HOWES, Esq., Music Critic,Lecturer, Royal College of Music.

Major Joseph Henry HUDSON, M.C., J.P. Forpublic services in the West Riding ofYorkshire.

Herbert Wilson HUGHES, Esq., J.P., Chair-man of the Warwickshire AgriculturalExecutive Committee.

William Kenneth HUTCHISON, Esq., Chairman,South Eastern Gas Board.

Douglas Percy IGGULDEN, Esq., D.S.O., T.D.,Deputy Chief Valuer, Board of InlandRevenue.

Bernard Philip INGAMELLS, Esq., Director ofMerchant Shipbuilding and Repairs,Admiralty.

Herbert Edgar JAMES, Esq., Assistant Solici-tor, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.

Stephen Guy Burnet JAMES, Esq., O.B.E.,Director, National Service Hostels Cor-poration.

Major Maurice Frederick Stewart JEWELL, J.P.,D.L. For public services in Worcestershire.

Robert William Fairfield JOHNSTON, Esq.,M.C., T.D., Assistant Secretary, Ministry ofDefence.

Edgar Mayne KEATINGE, Esq., Member ofParliament for Bury St. Edmunds, 1943-45.For political and public services hi Suffolkand Wessex.

Miss Kathleen Mary KENYON, Lecturer inPalestinian Archaeology, University ofLondon Institute of Archaeology.

Clifford Robertson KING, Esq., Chairman, EastMidlands Electricity Board.

Michael Arthur LEWIS, Esq., Professor ofHistory and English, Royal Naval College,Greenwich.

Gilbert Joseph Stephen LITTLE, Esq., G.M.,Assistant Engineer-in-Chief, General PostOffice,


James McCoNNACH, Esq., Chief Constable, CityPolice, Aberdeen.

Colonel Sir Basil Alexander TalbotMCFARLAND, Bt., Chairman, County ofLondonderry Territorial and AuxiliaryForces Association.

Cecil McGiVERN, Esq., Controller, Tele-vision Programmes, British BroadcastingCorporation.

Alexander William MOKENZIE, Esq., AssistantSecretary, Board of Trade.

James MAXWELL, Esq., General Manager,Thomas Cook and Son, Ltd.

Alfred Henry MAY, Esq., O.B.E., AssistantPaymaster-General.

William MILLWARD, Esq., Foreign Office.John Henry NICHOLSON, Esq., M.M., Principal,

University College, Hull.Bertie Clifford OADES, Esq., Assistant Secre-

tary, Ministry of Pensions and NationalInsurance.

Ernest Thomas OSBORNE, Esq., O.B.E., Direc-tor of Chemical Inspection, Ministry ofSupply.

Alfred George Beech OWEN, Esq., O.B.E.,Chairman and President, Darlaston SavingsCommittee, South Staffordshire.

Ernest PARTRIDGE, Esq., M.P., Member ofParliament for Battersea South since 1951.For political and public services in SouthLondon.

Clement Frederick PENRUDDOCK, Esq., Secre-tary to the Chequers Trust.

Joseph Hurrell PILLMAN, Esq., Deputy Directorof Imported Cereals, Ministry of Food.

Sydney Harvey PLUMBLY, Esq., DivisionalInspector, Ministry of Education.

William Harvey Tuthill PORTER, Esq., DeputyComptroller and Accountant General,General Post Office.

Alan Pitt ROBBINS, Esq., Lately News Editorof "The Times".

Kathleen, Alderman Mrs. RYDER RUNTON,O.B.E., J.P. For political and public servicesin the West Riding of Yorkshire.

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Giles Edward SEBRIGHT,Bt. For political and public services in'Devonshire and Hertfordshire.

Miss Anne Gillespie SHAW (Mrs. PIRIE). Forservices in the field of Personnel Manage-ment.

Glencairn Alexander Byam SHAW, Esq., Direc-tor, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre,Stratford-upon-Avon.

Gilbert DARNLEY SMITH, Esq., Lately Chair-man, Radio Industry Council. ManagingDirector, Bush Radio, Ltd.

Bernard Alfred SOUTHGATE, Esq., Director,Water Pollution Research Laboratory,Department of Scientific and IndustrialResearch.

Lieutenant-Commander (S) Albert WilliamSTONE, M.V.O., M.S.M., Royal Navy(Retired), Chief Accountant, Privy PurseOffice.

Ernest Jack HOLFORD-STREVENS, Esq.,Joint Controller for the Board of Trade andthe Ministry of Supply in the North WesternRegion.

Herbert Edward THATCHER, Esq., LatelyAssistant Secretary, 'Ministry of Supply.

Gilbert Learmonth TURNBULL, Esq., DeputyChief Inspector of Taxes, Board of InlandRevenue.

Captain George VILLAR, Royal Navy (Retired),General Manager, Southampton, andDirector, John I. Thornycroft and Company,Ltd.

William WALLACE, Esq., Chairman, Rowntreeand Company Ltd., York.

Aubrey John Cuming' WALTERS, Esq., Directorand Secretary, British Rayon and SyntheticFibres Federation.

Peter Oswald WILLIAMS, Esq., Member,Development Areas Advisory Committee.

Eric Charles Underwood WILSON, Esq.,Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Food.

Sidney William WOOLDRIDGE, Esq., Professorof Geography, University of London. Forservices to the Ministry of Housing andLocal Government.

Myles Dermot Norris WYATT, Esq., Chairman,Airwork, Ltd.

To be Ordinary Officers of the Civil Divisionof the said Most Excellent Order:—

Benjamin Elisha AINLEY, Esq., Chairman,Middlesbrough Executive Council, NationalHealth Service.

Captain William BAILLIE, Chief Flight Captain,British European Airways.

Thomas Humphreys BAINES, Esq., DeputyDirector of Radio Equipment (Production),Admiralty.

Geoffrey Osborn BARBER, Esq., M.B., B.Ch.,Vice-Chairman of Committee on GeneralPractice.

Robert BARLOW, Esq., M.B.E.; lately GeneralManager, Northern Western IndustrialEstates, Ltd.

Captain John Alfred Derby COCHRANE-BARNETT, Alderman, West Sussex CountyCouncil, Ohainman, Southern RegionalAssociation for the Blind.

Captain Samuel Parker BEGGS, M.C., Prin-cipal Officer, Ministry of Agriculture,Northern Ireland.

John Durant Kennedy BEIGHTON, Esq., Prin-cipal, H.M. Treasury.

Thomas BELL, Esq., J.P. For political andpublic services in Dumfries.

Henry Norman BINNS, Esq., General Manager,Great Grimsby Coal, Salt and Tanning Com-pany, Ltd.

Horace George BLACK, Esq., J.P. For servicesas Chairman, Ellesmere Port Urban DistrictCouncil, Cheshire.

Cuthbert Geoffrey BLACKFORD, Esq., PrincipalExecutive Officer, Railway Liaison Staff,British Army of the Rhine, War Office.

Miss Clara BRAKELL, Chief Executive Officer,Ministry of Pensions and NationalInsurance.

John Gourlay BRIDGES, Esq., M.B.E., Director-General, British Travel and HolidaysAssociation.

Arthur John BRIDGWATER, Esq., DistrictAuditor, Ministry of Housing and LocalGovernment.

Thomas Padgham BRINDLEY, Esq., J.P. Forpublic services in Pontefract, West Riding ofYorkshire.

Hugh BROWN, Esq., Superintending Mechanicaland Electrical Engineer, Grade II, AirMinistry.

David Douglas BURNS, Esq., Deputy Chairman,Scottish Gas Board.

Charles Ernest BUTLER, Esq., Chief Constable,Grimsby Borough Police Force, Lincolnshire.


Thomas Cyril Gwyer BUTLER, Esq. Forpolitical and public services in Bristol.

Christine Eugenie Fredericka, Mrs.CALLINGHAM. For political and publicservices in Wandsworth.

Florence Hilda, Mrs. CANTWELL, J.P., Chair-man, Domestic Coal Consumers' Council.

David CARSON, Esq., Principal, Air Ministry.Joseph CHAMBERLAIN, Esq., Chief Engineer,

Aiton and Company Ltd., Derby.Lyon CLARK, Esq., Chairman, West Bromwich

Local Employment Committee.Samuel CLARKE, Esq., M.B.E., Secretary-

Manager, Royal Ulster Agricultural Society.Major William NORTH COATES, M.C., D.L.,

Director of the Lindsey and Holland RuralCommunity Council, Lincolnshire.

William Ernest COGGINS, Esq., Principal,Forestry Commission.

Captain James COOK, Master, s.s. "CaptainCook," Donaldson Line, Ltd.

Cyril John 'Shapleigh COOKE, Esq., ChiefAdministrative Officer, Public Trustee Office.

William Alan COOTE, Esq., County Inspector,Royal Ulster Constabulary.

Alderman William Frederick COTTRELL,Chairman, Bristol Food Control Committee.

Edward Gordon COUZENS, Esq., Director,Bexford, Ltd.

Ernest John COWLES, Esq., Principal, Ministryof Materials.

John Frissell CRELLIN, Esq., M.C., Member of•the Legislative Council, Isle of Man.

Major Charles John CROCKER, Foreign Office.Roger Kendal GUSHING, Esq., Principal

Scientific Officer, Ministry of Supply.Alfred Victor DALZELL, Esq., Secretary-

Director, Federated Quarry Owners of GreatBritain.

Dorothy Elizabeth, Lady DAVIES. Forpolitical and public services in Leeds.

William Evan DAVIES, Esq., M.B.E., Chair-man, Llanelly Savings Committee.

Kenneth Sutton DODD, Esq., M.C., DeputyChief Housing and Planning Inspector,Ministry of Housing and Local Government.

Edgar Thomas DRAKE, Esq., Principal,Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.

Tom ECCLES, Esq., Vice-Chairman, North-Western Regional Board for Industry.

Joseph EDWARDS, Esq., Principal Officer,Ministry of Commerce, Northern Ireland.

Ralph Crombie ERSKINE, Esq., DeputyDirector of Sugar Division, Ministry ofFood.

Eric Christopher Carlyon EVANS, Esq., M.B.E.,Actuary, Manchester and Salford TrusteeSavings Bank.

Thomas John EVANS, Esq., lately Chief Inspec-tor, Glamorgan Local Education Authority.

Richard 'Bertie FISHENDEN, Esq., Editor," Penrose Annual ". For services to printing.

Alderman William Brown FITT. For politicaland public services in Walthamstow.

Clarence Charles FLEETWOOD, Esq., DeputyRegional Controller, Ministry of Pensionsand National Insurance.

Claude Alexander GUMMING FORSYTH, Esq.,General Secretary, Royal Scottish Society forthe Prevention of Cruelty to Children.

John Holden FRASER, Esq., Chief Officer(Signal and Telecommunications), BritishTransport Commission.

John Norman FURNELL, Esq., Secretary to theAdmiral Superintendent, H.M. Dockyard,Portsmouth.

Arthur GARROW, Esq., Deputy Secretary,Scottish Savings Committee.

John GAVIN, Esq., Chairman, Royal BlindAsylum and School, Edinburgh.

Dennis Herbert GEFFEN, Esq., M.D., MedicalOfficer of Health, St. Pancras and Hamp-stead.

Mary Dorothy, Mrs. GEORGE. For services tothe Department of Prints and Drawings,British Museum.

Arnold William GIBSON, Esq., J.P., Principal,Dudley and Staffordshire Technical College.

Peter GILCHRIST, Esq., J.P., 'Principal, BangorTechnical School, County Down.

Alexander William GRAHAM, Esq., SeniorArchitect and Surveyor, Department of Agri-culture for Scotland.

Major Benjamin Dixon GREW, Governor, H.M.Prison, Wormwood Scrubs.

Miss Freda Howitt GWILLIAM, AssistantEducational Adviser, Colonial Office.

Clifford Victor HALL, Esq., Chief Officer,Durham County Fire Brigade.

Herbert Sidney HARDING, Esq., Principal In-formation Officer, Ministry of Health.

Herbert Victor HECKFORD, Esq., Senior In-spector of Taxes, Board of Inland Revenue.

Robert James HENDRY, Esq., Chief Engineer,s.s. "Malakand", Thos. and Jno.Brocklebank, Ltd.

William Alexander HENDRY, Esq., Accountant,Office of -the Receiver for the MetropolitanPolice District.

John HIEATT, Esq., Chairman, Gloucester LocalEmployment Committee.

Colin Belton HOLLINGSWORTH, Esq., M.B.E.,Head of Records Branch, Ministry ofPensions and National Insurance.

Richard HOLT, Esq., M.M., Assistant RegionalDirector, Ministry of Works.

Leonard Charles HOOK, Esq., Chief ExecutiveOfficer, War Office.

Robert Baldwin HOVEY, Esq., M.C., Chairman,Zan, Ltd., Sandbach, Cheshire.

Charles Samuel HUBBARD, Esq., GeneralManager, Usutu Forests.

William Edward HUTCHINS, Esq., J.P. Forpolitical and public services in Leicester.

Stanley INESON, Esq., M.B.E., HonorarySecretary, Morley Savings Committee, York-shire.

Andrew INGLIS, Esq., lately HeadmasterKnowetoip Primary School, Motherwell,Lanarkshire.

Martin JOHNSTON, Esq., First Class Valuer,Board of Inland Revenue.

Ethel Lizzie Victoria Miriam, Mrs. JOHNSTONE.For political and public services in Hertford-shire.

William JOHNSTONE, Esq., Principal, LondonCounty Council Central School of Arts andCrafts.

Benjamin George JONES, Esq., Director andGeneral Manager, William Lewis (Printers)Ltd., Cardiff. For services to printing in

.Wales.Evan JONES, Esq., Assistant Accountant

General, Ministry of Labour and NationalService.


Miss Isabel Hetherington KAY, J.P. Forservices as Chief Commissioner for Wales,Girl Guides Association.

Howard George Henry KEARNS, Esq., SeniorPrincipal Scientific Officer, Long AshtonResearch Station, University of Bristol.

John William KENNEDY, Esq., M.B.E. Forpublic services in Belfast.

George Wellstead KILLICK, Esq., Director ofFinance, Cotton Board.

Miss Gwen LALLY, Pageant Master and PlayProducer.

William Arthur LANGTON, Esq., AssistantAccountant General, General Post Office.

Alderman Robert Colin LARGE, J.P. For(political and public 'services in Luton.

Andrew Ramsay LAWSON, Esq., Area GeneralManager, Northern (Northumberland andCumberland) Division, National CoalBoard.

Frederick John William LEGG, Esq., Superin-tendent, Admiralty Storage Depot, Risley.

Cyril Watkin LEON, Esq., Deputy Chief FoodOfficer for Wales, Ministry of Food.

Ian Murray LESLIE, Esq., J.P., 'Editor of " TheBuilder".

Abraham LIGHTMAN, Esq., Chief ExecutiveOfficer, Ministry of Food.

Alfred William LOCKYER, Esq., Director, BritishRed Shield Services, Salvation Army.

Frederick James LUCAS, Esq., Principal, Boardof Customs and Excise.

Richard LUCK, Esq., lately Chairman, Darling-ton Education Committee, Durham.

John Wilson McCAGiE, Esq., L.R.C.P., latelySenior Medical Officer, Ministry of Pen-sions.

James Henry McCuAiG, Esq., J.P., ShipyardManager, Harland and Wolff, Ltd., Belfast.

Thomas Warburton McCuixouGH, Esq.,lately Superintending Inspector of iFactoriesin Scotland, now Deputy Chief Inspector ofFactories, Ministry of Labour and NationalService.

Lieutenant-Colond Donald John MACDONALD,T.D. For political and public services inthe Western Isles.

Duncan Lewis Mackenzie MACFARLANE, Esq.,M.B.E., Director, Maokinnon Mackenzie andCompany of Japan, Ltd.

John McVre, Esq., Keeper of the Registersof Scotland.

Arthur Charles MANUEL, Esq., Assistant ChiefArchitect, Ministry of Works.

Arnold MARSH, Esq., Director, National SmokeAbatement Society.

Alfred William 'MARSHALL, Esq., "Manager,Liverpool Port, National Dock LabourBoard.

Miss Gwendolen Alice EiMan MASON, Pro-fessor of the Harp, Royal Academy ofMusic.

Thomas MATHESON, Esq., Convener of thePensions Committee of the British Legion(Scotland).

Thomas Brisbane MEIKLE, Esq., ScottishRegional Secretary, Transport and GeneralWorkers' Union-. u-

Frank Victor MILLS, Esq., Chief ExecutiveOfficer, Ministry of Transport and CivilAviation.

Arthur Stephen MITSON, Esq., AssistantDirector, Electronics Production, Ministryof Supply.

Roy Adamson MOIR, Esq., M.C., Chief Tele-phone Engineer, Standard Telephones andCables, Ltd.

Philip Edward MONTAGNON, Esq., Senior Prin-cipal Scientific Officer, Ministry of Fuel andPower.

Charles Edward SEBAG-MONTEFIORE, Esq.,Chairman of Managers, Finnart HouseApproved School, Weybridge, Surrey.

Edward MOORE, Esq. . For political and publicservices in Kent.

Alderman Miss Amy Hargraves MORETON. Forpolitical and public services in Warwickshire.

William MORTON, Esq., Staff Controller, Head-quarters, North Eastern Region, GeneralPost Office.

John MOULD, Esq., Deputy Chairman, EastMidlands Electricity Board.

William Calliope MUERHEAD, Esq., SpecialDirector, English Steel Corporation, Ltd.,Sheffield.

Charles Frederick Grenfell MAX-MULLER, Esq.,Head of Outside Broadcasts (Sound), British

1 (Broadcasting Corporation.William David MUNRO,- Esq., Chairman, North

of Scotland Milk Marketing Board.Edward Philmonda MURPHY, Esq., Deputy

Regional Controller, North Western Region,Ministry of Labour and National Service.

Freeman NEWTON, Esq., Chief Constable, Here-fordshire Constabulary.

Alfred James NICHOLAS, Esq., Director andGeneral Manager, South Wales Switchgear,Ltd., Monmouthshire.

George Alfred OGLE, Esq., Regional Manager,Southern Region, Central Land Board andWar Damage Commission.

Robert OWEN, Esq. For services to the studyof Welsh History.

William Joseph PANNETT, Esq., Higher Col-lector, London Central Area. Board ofCustoms and Excise.

Harold Alfred PARFITT, Esq., Deputy Director,Accountants Division, 'Board of Trade.

Charles William PARKER, Esq., J.P., Vice-chairman, Lincolnshire (Lindsey) Agricul-tural Executive Committee.

Miss Mona Nevill PARKER, M.B.E., OrganisingSecretary of "The Not Forgotten Associa-tion".

Aldeenan Henry PATTEN, J.P. For publicservices in Stocfoport, Cheshire.

Alderman Sam (PEEL, J.P. For public servicesin Norfolk.

Arthur John PERKINS, Esq., Superintendent,Royal Ordnance Factory, Cardiff.

Thomas George POPPY, Esq., Controller,.Standards Department, Board of Trade.

Frederick William PRESTON, Esq., M.B.E.,lately Assistant Accountant General, Ministryof Pensions and (National Insurance.

Alfred Charles PRITCHARD, Esq., Controller.Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes, FarEast.

Percy Robert PRIVETT, Esq. For services tothe Sea Cadet Corps.

Martin John Langley PULLING, Esq., SeniorSuperintendent Engineer, Television, BritishBroadcasting Corporation.

William Hamilton PURDIE, Esq., EngineeringDirector, William Doxford and Sons, Ltd.,Sunderland.

Ernest Arthur PUTTICK, Esq., lately PrincipalInspector of Taxes, Board of InlandRevenue.


Samuel Edwin RATCLIFFE, Esq., Head Post-master, Crewe, Cheshire.

Vera Frances Ethel, Mrs. RAYMOND, Vice-Chairman, St. John and Red Cross HospitalLibrary Department.

Buller Alfred RENTON, Esq., Principal, Minis-try of Materials.

Roland Henry RHODES, Esq., Regional Con-troller, National Assistance Board.

Bertha Anne, Lady RICHARDSON. For politicaland public services in Surrey.

Frederick RICHARDSON, Esq., Assistant ChiefConstable, Birmingham City Police Force.

Brigadier-General Robert Lumsden RICKETTS.For political and public services inHampshire.

Alexander Creffield RIDDELSDELL, Esq.,Chief Executive Officer, Ministry of Trans-port and Civil Aviation.

Thomas Maurice RIDLEY, Esq., Chief Execu-tive Officer, Cabinet Office.

Albert Eric Vere ROBBINS, Esq., Chief Execu-tive Officer, Ministry of Transport and CivilAviation.

Herbert ROBINSON, Esq., J.P., Chairman,Belfast Rural District Council.

Alderman Percy ROUND, J.P., Chairman,Blackpool, Fylde and District War PensionsCommittee, Lancashire.

William Wilkinson SAPCOTE, Esq., ManagingDirector, William Sapcote and Sons, Ltd.Regional Leader, Works and BuildingsEmergency Organisation, Birmingham.

Miss Dorothy SARJEANT, H.M. Inspector ofSchools, Ministry of Education.

Robert Edward SAVAGE, Esq., lately SeniorPrincipal Scientific Officer, Ministry ofAgriculture and Fisheries.

Captain Eldon Bruce SERJEANT, Master,R.M.S. " Duke of Lancaster ", British Trans-port Commission.

Rowley George SHEPHERD, Esq., PrincipalOfficer, East of England Marine SurveyDistrict, Ministry of Transport and CivilAviation.

Herbert Frederick Henry SHIELDS, Esq.,Managing and Technical Director, BritishRopeway Engineer-ing Company, Ltd.

George Claude Havelock SIGGINS, Esq.,General Secretary, Ulster Savings Com-mittee.

Sir Basil Robert James SIMPSON, Bt., J.P. Forpolitical and public services in CountyDurham.

Bertie Soutar SIMPSON, Esq., M.B.,F.R.CS.Ed., J.P., Consultant Surgeon forthe County of Sutherland.

John Graham SIMPSON, Esq., Principal, Minis-try of Labour and National Service.

William Douglas SIMPSON, Esq., Chairman,Ancient Monuments Board for Scotland.

Frederick George SKINNER, Esq., DeputyKeeper, Science Museum.

James Anderson SMILEY, Esq., M.D., FactoryDoctor for East Belfast.

Alexander Mathieson SMITH, Esq., ForeignOffice.

Harry George SMITH, Esq., Director of Estab-lishment and Organisation Division, H.M.Stationery Office.

Miss Margaret Stafford SMITH, M.B.E.,Honorary Secretary, Bromley SavingsCommittee.

Sydney RAWLINGS SMITH, Esq., Principal,Pilotage Department, Trinity House.

Ernest Robert SPRAGG, Esq., Member, Licens-ing Authority for Public Service Vehicles,Eastern Traffic Area.

George Aubrey STAPLETON, Esq., J.P. Forpolitical and public services in Lambeth.

John Marsh STEWART, Esq., TechnicalManager, Ulster Steamship Company, Ltd.,Belfast.

George Robert STRATTON, Esq., Violinist andAssociate Conductor of the LondonSymphony Orchestra.

Arthur George TARRANT, Esq., Senior PrincipalOfficer, Road Research Laboratory, Depart-ment of Scientific and Industrial Research.

William George THOMSON, Esq., WaterguardSuperintendent, Dover, Board of Customsand Excise.

Joseph TINKER, Esq., Chairman, NorthEastern Wholesale Meat Supply Association,Ltd.

William Samuel TOMS, Esq., J.P., Chairman,High Wycoimlbe Local Employment Com-mittee, Buckinghamshire.

John Henry TROWER, Esq., M.B.E., Chairman,Local Savings Committee, Newcastle uponTyne.

Henry Bernard TURLE, Esq., Member, NationalSavings Committee.

Henry Charles VOGT, Esq., Assistant Directorof Contracts, Air Ministry.

Glyn Lewis WALES, Esq., J.P., Member,Rhondda Urban District Council andGlamorgan County Council.

Sydney Herbert WALLIS, Esq., Chief ExecutiveOfficer, Board of Trade.

John Herbert WARREN, Esq., General Secretary,National and Local Government OfficersAssociation.

Vernon WHITAKER, Esq., County AmbulanceOfficer, West Riding County Council.

Ronald WILLIAMS, Esq., Chief Sanitary Inspec-tor of Coventry.

John Foster WILSON, Esq., Director andSecretary, British Empire Society for theBlind.

Fred WORTHINGTON, Esq., J.P., D.L., Chair-man, Denton Local Employment Committee,Lancashire.

Bernard Harold Lean WRIGHT, Esq., Principal,British Army of the Rhine, War Office.

To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Divisionof the said Most Excellent Order:—

ABDULLAH bin Abdul Ghani, Clerk, SpecialGrade, Royal Air Force Maintenance Base,Seletar, Singaspore.

Frederick George ACKERMAN, Esq., ChiefExecutive Officer, Ministry of Pensions andNational Insurance.

William Henry ADCOCK, Esq. For politicaland public services in Bury.

William Richard ANSTIE, Esq., Depot Superin-tendent, Bridgend, Glamorganshire, BritishRoad Services.

William John ARCHARD, Esq., J.P. For politicaland public services in Glamorgan.

Joseph Edward ARTHUR, Esq., Higher Execu-tive Officer, Ministry of Health.

Edmund ASPINALL, Esq., Manager, CottonYarn Doubling Mill, Halliwell, Bolton,Lancashire.

Mary, Mrs. AUSTIN. For public services inthe City of Londonderry.

William Edmund Withers BACON, Esq.,Quantity Surveyor, War Office.


William James BAKER, Esq., DivisionalManager, Northern Division, South WesternGas Board.

John Stephen BALL, Esq., Head of 'Design andDevelopment Department, Henry Simon,Ltd., Stockport.

William Liddle BARKER, Esq., Vice-Chairman,Wearside District Advisory Committee,Northern Regional Board for Industry.

William Davison BARNES, Esq. For politicaland public services in Edinburgh.

James BARR, Esq., Secretary, National Associa-• tion of Scottish Woollen Manufacturers.Oliver Harold BARRON, Esq., Engineer, Plan-

ning and Installation Department, British. Broadcasting Corporation.

Miss Olive May BARTON, Clerical Officer,Board of Trade.

John Frederick BATSTONE, Esq., Higher Execu-tive Officer, United Kingdom Treasury andSupply Delegation, Washington.

Richard Charles BAVERSTOCK, Esq., latelyAssistant Secretary and EstablishmentOfficer, Royal National Lifeboat Institution.

Observer - Lieutenant Leonard StanleyBEAUFOY, lately Duty Controller, No. 1Group, Maidstone, Royal Observer Corps.

Alderman Albert John Edgar BECK, J.P., Chair-man, Swindon, Chippenfaaan and DistrictWar Pensions Committee, Wiltshire.

Bernard Stanley BILLINGHAM, Esq., ResidentEngineer, Tunis, Imperial War Graves Com-mission.

Robert Cruickshank BIRNIE, Esq., AreaEngineer, Telephone Manager's Office,Aberdeen.

Theodore William BLAKE, Esq., WelfareOfficer, Westwood Works, Baker Perkins,Ltd., Peterborough*

William George BLISHEN, Esq., Head ofBranch, Tithe Redemption Commission.

Frank BOARDMAN, Esq. For services asEngineer and Manager, Cardiff Undertaking,(Wales Gas Board.

John Anthony Wyndham BOLT, Esq., SeniorAssistant, Frank C. Strick and Company(Busra), Ltd.

Douglas Frederick BOWERING, Esq., (Senior Ex-perimental Officer, Meteorological Office, AirMinistry.

William Henry BOWKER, Esq., M.M., latelyInspector-in-Charge, Aeronautical InspectionJ>irectorate, Ministry of Supply.

David Joachim BOWMAN, Esq., Section Leader,Special Listening Section, MonitoringService, British Broadcasting Corporation.

Beatrice Scott Vawdrey, Mrs. BRANDER, J.P.For political and public services in Glasgow.

John Stamper BRIGGS, Esq., Higher ExecutiveOfficer, Whitehaven District Office, Cumber-land, Board of Trade.

Kelsall BROADLEY, Esq., Chairman, CombinedSowerby. Bridge and .Halifax District Com-mittee, West Riding of Yorkshire Agri-cultural Executive Committee.

John BROCKLEBANK, Esq., J.P., Vice-Chairman,North Yorkshire Local Employment Com-mittee.

Miss Margaret Elizabeth Reeve BROOKE,Member of the Council of Management,London Hostels Association, Ltd.

Charles William BROWN, Esq., Local FuelOverseer, (Hoddesdon Urban District Council,

• and other Urban and Rural Districts inHertfordsihire.

Miss Mary.BROWN, lately Headmistress, MarshHill Open Air School, Birmingham.

John Laing BUCHAN, Esq., Director andManager, Electrical Department, WilliamBroady and Son, Ltd., Hull.

Albert Victor BUDDIN, Esq., Senior ExecutiveOfficer, Ministry of Food.

Alfred Joseph BULL, Esq., Traffic Super-intendent, Continental Telephone Exchange,General Post Office.

Cyril Edward Aubrey BULL, Esq., J.P., Head-master, Conway Primary School, Plumstead.

Arthur James BURT, Esq., Higher ClericalOfficer, Metropolitan Police Office.

Hedworth BURT, Esq., Probation Officer,Durham.

Miss Ethel Mary BUTCHER, Controller ofTypists, Outport Establishments, AdmiraJty.

Fred CALVERT, Esq., Superintendent, NorfolkConstabulary.

Miss Jessie Robb CAMPBELL, Matron, CanaanLodge Children's Home, Edinburgh.

William Francis CANNON, Esq., J.P., CountyOrganiser, National Union of AgriculturalWorkers.

Paul Maxwell CARMENT, Esq., TechnicalEngineer, Headquarters, No. 90 Group,Royal Air Force.

Frederick George CAWSEY, Esq., CostAccountant, Royal Mint.

Miss 'Edith Amelia CHAMBERLAYNE, J.P., Vice-Chairman, Winchester Rural DistrictCouncil.

William James CHAPMAN, Esq., Chief Super-intendent, Metropolitan Police Force.

Arthur Joseph 'CHEW, Esq., Honorary Secre-tary, Irish Bowling Association.

Frank CLARK, Esq., Radio Officer, m.v."Isipingo", (iBank Line, Ltd.) MarconiInternational Marine Communication Com-pany, Ltd..

Harold John CLARK, Esq., Senior TechnicalOfficer, Ministry of Works.

William COLE, Esq., Divisional Transport/Officer, North Eastern "Division, NationalCoal Board.

Godfrey Joseph COOPER, Esq., Chairman,Hackney Unit, Sea Cadet Corps.

William Claude COOPER, Esq., Senior Tech-nical Officer, Ministry of Supply (died 22ndDecember, 1953).—Dated 20th December,,1953.

Henry John Milford COUCH, Esq., Senior ShipSurveyor, Ministry of Transport and CivilAviation.

Miss Lucy Elizabeth Cox, Deputy President,Perthshire Branch, British Red Cross'Society.

Henry John CULL, Esq., Assistant Head,Department of Physics and Mathematics,Birmingham College of Technology.

Percy Edwin CURNOCK, Esq., Ceramic Artist,Doulton and Company, Ltd., Burslem.

William Thomas CUTHBERT, Esq., LegalAssistant, Registry of Friendly Societies.

Arthur Gordon CUTLER, Esq., Fruit Growerand Market Gardener, Worcestershire.

Irene May, Mrs. DAGGER, County BoroughOrganiser, Birmingham, Women's VoluntaryServices.

Edna Irene, Mrs. DAGLISH, Member ofNorthamptonshire County Staff. (CivilDefence), Women's Voluntary Services.

Miss Vera Mary DALLAS, Principal Investi-gator, Royal Commission on HistoricalMonuments (England).


Claude George DANN, Esq., Chief SalesSuperintendent, Telephone Manager'sOffice, Centre Area, London.

James Dickinson DARBYSHIRE, Esq. Forservices to Lads' Clubs in Manchester andSalford.

John DAVID, Esq., Hospital Secretary, QueenMary's (Roehampton) Hospital.

Douglas Reginald DAVIDSON, Esq., ChiefExecutive Officer, National SavingsCommittee.

Louis Ernest DAVIDSON, Esq., Senior ExecutiveOfficer, Ministry of Pensions and NationalInsurance.

Bleddyn Lloyd DAVIES, Esq., J.P., Chairman,Taunton Local Savings Committee.

Miss Myfanwy DAVIES, Grade III AdvisoryOfficer, National Agricultural AdvisoryService.

Leslie Thornley DAWES, Esq., CommercialManager, Secretary and Director, Beyer,Peacock and Company, Ltd., Gorton,Manchester.

James DAWSON, Esq., Engineer, NorthernGeneral Transport Company, Ltd.

Joseph Arnold_DAWSON, Esq., Secretary, WestCumberland Industrial Development Com-pany, Ltd.

Louis Charles DENNIS, Esq., Deputy Principal,Ministry of Home Affairs, Northern Ireland.

Miss Nazlie Violet DINJIAN, Senior ExecutiveOfficer, Ministry of Education.

Captain Peter Anthony DITTON, Master,s.s. " Saint Edmund," Saint Line, Ltd.

William John DIXON, Esq., Deputy ContractsManager (Pricing), Automatic Telephoneand Electric Company, Ltd., Liverpool.

Miss Phyllis Mary DOTHIE, Senior ExecutiveOfficer, Post Office Savings Department(Savings Certificate Division), General PostOffice.

George Gordon DOWN, Esq., Clerk, WestSussex Executive Council, National HealthService.

Falconer Bayne DRYBURGH, Esq., CountySurveyor, Zetland.

Miss Annabelle Powrie DUNCAN, Secretary andLecturer, Scottish Council of the Allianceof Honour.

Alexander Wallace DUNLOP, Esq., Engineer-ing Superintendent, Short Brothers andHarland, Ltd., Belfast.

Agnes, Mrs. EARL. For political and publicservices in the North Riding of Yorkshire.

Ernest Herman EDWARDS, Esq., ManagingClerk, British Transport Commission.

John Ralph EDWARDS, Esq. For architecturalservices in South-West England.

William Ewart EGAR, Esq., Chairman, Willen-hall Savings Committee, Staffordshire.

Captain Arthur ELLIS, Master, m.v. "St.Thomas ", South American Saint Line, Ltd.

Eleanor, Mrs. EVANS, J.P. For political andpublic services in Flintshire.

John Morgan EVANS, Esq., Member, CentralMilk Distributive Committee.

Morgan Thomas EVANS, Esq., Chairman,Carmarthen Local Savings Committee.

Miss Edith Annie FARRALL, Leader, TheBeacon Club, Suez.

Miss Marie Josephine FEIL, Foreign Office.Edward William FERRIER, Esq., Detective Chief

Superintendent, City of Edinburgh Police.Ethel Mary Calyert, Mrs. FOOTITT. For politi-

cal and public services in Nottinghamshire.B

Miss Eleanor Hersilie Mary FOSTER. Forpolitical and public services in Dorset.

Henry 'Frederick FRAMPTON, Esq., Cashier andHead of Accounts Department, Head-quarters, Royal National Mission to DeepSea Fishermen.

Miss Anne Wright FRANK, Foreign Office.Ronald FRENCH, Esq., Assistant Chief Officer,

Leeds Fire Brigade.Reginald Wallace GARDNER, Esq., Senior

Assessor, Central Land Board and WarDamage Commission.

The Honourable Violet Ethel Mary GERARD,County Organiser, Hertfordshire, Women'sVoluntary Services.

Frederick Arthur GIBBS, Esq., Inspector ofTaxes, Board of Inland Revenue.

John David GILBERT, Esq., Senior InformationOfficer, Central Office of Information.

Sidney Thomas GILL, Esq., Senior Partner,Thomas Gill and Son (Norwich), Ltd.

Florence Margaretta, Mrs. GLANVILL. Forpolitical and public services in Battersea.

Herbert Francis William GOLDING, Esq., ChiefInspector, Northern Aluminium Company,Ltd., Banibury, Oxfordshire.

Captain Reginald Eric GOODMAN, DistrictSuperintendent, Penzance, Corporation ofTrinity House.

Albert GOODWIN, Esq., Member, NorthStaffordshire District Advisory Committee,Midland Regional Board for Industry.

William Herbert GORDON, Esq., AssistantDirector of Imported Meat, Ministry ofFood.

Miss Georgina Jessie GRAHAM, Civil DefenceOfficer, Scottish Headquarters, Women'sVoluntary Services.

Frank Henry GREEN, Esq., Senior ExecutiveOfficer, Ministry of Supply.

Thomas Henry GREENE, Esq. For publicservices in County Down.

Thomas Henry GRIFFITHS, Esq., DivisionalOfficer, Nottinghamshire Fire Brigade.

Thomas John GRIFFITHS, Esq., Higher Execu-tive Officer, Postal Services Department,General Post Office.

William Henry Frederick GRIFFITHS, Esq.,Chief Engineer, H. W. Sullivan, Ltd.,Peckham.

George William GROOBY, Esq. For publicservices in Derbyshire and the West Ridingof Yorkshire.

Wilfred Thomas GROOM, Esq. For politicaland public services in Northamptonshire.

Miss Elsie Mabel GUISANI, Superintendent ofTypists, Board of Customs and Excise.

Florence Caroline Mary, Mrs. HACKETT,Honorary Secretary, Sarisbury SavingsGroup, Hampshire.

Frederick Richard HALLETT, Esq., Clerk to theMaster of the Rolls, Supreme Court ofJudicature.

Henry John HARBOUR, Esq., Test Controller,E. K. Cole, Ltd., Ekco Works, Southend-on-Sea, Essex.

Percival Harry HARDIDGE, Esq., Director andManager, David Hollander and Sons, Ltd.,Birmingham.

Edwyn Worrall Mountain HARDY, Esq.,B.E.M., Chief Clerk, British Joint ServicesMission, Washington.

Gordon HARLEY, Esq., M.C., Training ServiceOfficer II, Ministry of Labour and NationalService.


Miss -Dorothy Alice Maud HARPER. Forpolitical and public services in Bath.

Miss Audrey HARRIS, County Secretary,Gloucestershire Federation of Women'sInstitutes.

Eileen Winefride, Mrs. HARRIS. For politicaland public services in Essex.

Mary Elizabeth, Mrs. HARRISON, County Mid-wife for Kent.

John HASTINGS, Esq., Civilian WorkshopOfficer (Technical Grade I), Royal Electricaland Mechanical Engineers Workshops,Aldershot.

Anne Mary Patricia, Mrs. HATFIELD. Forpolitical services.

Percy HAWKINS, Esq., Superintendent, Derby-shire Constabulary and Commandant, No. 1District, Police Training Centre.

Reuben John HAWLEY, Esq., M.C., Land andEstate Agent, Staveley Iron and ChemicalCompany, Ltd.

Reginald Victor HAYMAN, Esq., Architect. Forservices to the Glamorgan Police Authority.

William Eccles HENRY, Esq., Town Clerk,Coleraine, County Londonderry.

George Frederick HENSON, Esq., President,Grenadier Guards Comrades Association,Manchester.

Thomas Aubrey HESKETH, Esq., DivisionalOfficer, West Sussex Fire Brigade.

Joseph William HIGGS, Esq., Divisional Secre-tary, Amalgamated Union of Building TradeWorkers.

Alcuin HILL, Esq., Chairman, Warrington,Widnes and District War Pensions Com-mittee, Lancashire.

James William HILL, Esq. For services asLicensing Officer, London, Ministry ofWorks.

Miss Vera Millicent HILLS, Supervisor, Dupli-cating Section, British BroadcastingCorporation.

John HIRST, Esq. For services to the wardisabled.

Harry HOLLIDAY, Esq., Chief Superintendent,Post Office Sorting Office, Nottingham.

Richard HOLMES, Esq., Chairman, Chesterfieldand District War Pensions Committee,Derbyshire.

'Benjamin HOWE, Esq., Executive Officer, ArmyMedal -Office, Droitwich.

Arthur Alfred HOWICK, Esq., Secretary-Administrator of the British Legion Village,Maidstone, Kent.

George James HUGHES, Esq., Senior Foreman,Laminated Department, Bakelite, Ltd.,Birmingham.

George Cutler HUKE, Esq., Clerical Officer,Royal Naval Barracks, Chatham.

John Fiddes HYMERS, Esq., J.P. For political'and public services in Roxburghshire.

Harold I'ANSON, Esq., Higher Executive Offi-cer, Northern Traffic Area, Ministry ofTransport and Civil Aviation.

William Robert INGRAM, Esq., lately Superin-v tendent of Works, Ministry of Works.

Andrew Fraser INSCH, Esq., Chief Clerk ofWorks, Aberdeen.

Edward Beaumont IVEMEY, Esq., SeniorStaff Officer, Admiralty. ,

Elizabeth, Mrs. JAMES, District Nurse-Midwife,Cardiganshire County Council.

John David JAMES, Esq., lately Secretary,Aberdare Gardeners' Society.

Edward James JARVIS, Esq., Deputy Manager,Surrey Sub-Area, South Eastern Electricity

. Board.Ralph John JENKINS, Esq., Higher Executive

Officer, Office "of the High Commissionerfor the United Kingdom in India.

James Charles JOHNSON, Esq., Piermaster andForeshore Manager to the Corporation,Southend-on-Sea, Essex.

William Charles JOHNSON, Esq., Chief Chemist,Baird and Tatlock (London), Ltd., ChadwellHeath, Essex.

Miss Amy Catherine JOHNSTON, Foreign Office.Jessie Hay, Mrs. JOHNSTON. For political and

public services in Aberdeen.Edward JONES, Esq., J.P., Managing Secretary,

Tredegar Industrial and Provident Society,Ltd.

Edward Cecil JONES, Esq., M.C., J.P., Chair-man, Southend-on-Sea and District WarPensions Committee, Essex.

Thomas Edward JONES, Esq., Manager, Mans-field Remploy Factory, Nottinghamshire.

Miss Ella Priscilla JORDEN, Headquarters Over-seas Field Officer, British Red Cross Society.

Miss Eveline Maud KADDY. For politicalservices.

Philip Sims KEMSLEY, Esq., Works Super-intendent, Gas Turbine Combustion Produc-tion Factories, Joseph Lucas, Ltd., Burnley.

Miss Eva Dorothy KENNY, County BoroughOrganiser, York, Women's Voluntary Ser-vices.

James KILLIN, Esq., District Traffic Super-intendent, Perth, British Transport Com-mission, Scottish Region.

Miss Elizabeth Ferguson KBLPATRICK, ClubOrganiser, Women's Voluntary Services,Kurhaus, Bad Oeynhausen, British Army ofthe Rhine.

Doris Cecilia, Mrs. KING. For [political andpublic services in Kent and Sussex.

Cyril Leonard KINGSTON, Esq., InsuranceOfficer, British Overseas Airways Corpora-tion.

Frank Henry LAITE, Esq., Higher ExecutiveOfficer, Ministry of Pensions and NationalInsurance.

Arthur LAVERACK, Esq.; Senior ExecutiveOfficer, Ordnance Survey Department, Minis-try of Agriculture and Fisheries.

Ernest Joseph Frederick LAWRENCE, Esq.,Regional Collector of Taxes, Board of InlandRevenue.

Walter Reginald John LEACH, Esq., HigherExecutive Officer, Ministry of Supply.

John Henry LEE, Esq., Senior Executive Officer,Department of Agriculture for Scotland.

Miss Sarah Troughton LEE, Superintendent,Boot and Shoe Factory, Somervell Brothers,Ltd., Kendal, Westmorland.

Leonard John LEEK, Esq., Chief ExecutiveOfficer, Ministry of Pensions and NationalInsurance.

Horace LE FEVRE, Esq., Higher ExecutiveOfficer, Ministry of Transport and Civil

v Aviation.Miss May LEGG, Clerical Officer, Ministry of

Transport and Civil Aviation.Miss Bessie LEITH, Provost of the Royal Burgh

of Wick, Caithness.David Robert James Veitoh LENNOX, Esq.,

Senior Executive Officer, Department ofHealth for Scotland.

Peter Frederick LEWINDON, Esq., Manager,Germany, British European Airways Cor-poration.


James Grandison Drysdale LINDSAY, Esq.,Chief Engineer, s.s. " Taksang ", Indo-ChinaSteam Navigation Company, Ltd.

Miss Agnes Jane LITTLE, Medical Ward Sister,Manchester Royal Infirmary.

Clifford Ack LLEWELLIN, Esq., Senior Execu-tive Officer, Welsh Office, Ministry ofHousing and Local Government.

George Low, Esq., lately Farm Manager,Agricultural Research Institute, Hills-iborough, County Down.

Walter Samuel MABEY, Esq., Higher ExecutiveOfficer, Ministry of Pensions and NationalInsurance.

John James Keith MCARTHUR, Esq., Manager,Derby Employment Exchange, Ministry ofLabour and National Service.

Alexander MACAULAY, Esq., M.C., CountyAdviser, East Aberdeenshire, North ofScotland College of Agriculture.

Daniel Victor McCALL, Esq., Principal,Beechfield Primary School, Belfast.

James MCCANDLIS, Esq., J.P., Chairman, Hills-borough and District Local SavingsCommittee, County Down.

Robert McCARTER, Esq., Secretary, City andCounty Hospital, Londonderry.

Thomas McCLEAN, Esq., Manager, ArmleyEmployment Exchange, Ministry of Labourand National Service.

Miss Mary Jane Sloan MCCRINDLE, HonorarySecretary, Kirkcudbrightshire SavingsCommittee.

Margaret Kate, Mrs. MACDONA. For politicaland public services in the Wirral.

Angus Sinclair MACINTOSH, Esq., D.S.M.,Skipper of the motor fishing vessel" Primula ".

Colin McKAY, Esq., Head Foreman Ship-wright, John Brown and Company, Ltd.,Qydebank.

John Richard MACKENZIE, Esq., M.M., HigherExecutive Officer, Board of Customs andExcise.

Frederick James McNEiLL, Esq., ChiefInspector of Weights and Measures, Ministryof Commerce, Northern Ireland.

Miss Flora MARTIN, District Nurse, Eriskay,Outer Hebrides.

William Kenneth MARTIN, Esq., Inspector ofTaxes, Board of Inland Revenue.

Muriel Phyllis, Mrs. CARROLL-MARX, CountyOrganiser, County of London, Women'sVoluntary Services.

David MATHESON, Esq., Waterguard Surveyor,Inverness, Board of Customs and Excise.(Died 28th December, 1953)—dated 20thDecember, 1953.

William Rupert MAUNDER, Esq., TechnicalOfficer (Grade I), Ministry of Transport andCivil Aviation.

Cyril Ernest MELLISH, Esq., Chief MeatInspector, Smithfield Market, London.

Miss Cicely Mary MIDDLETON, Director, Films(Department, Britisih Council.

Charles Edward MILES, Esq., Manager,Hampton Launch Works., Ltd., Hampton,Middlesex.

John Bloor MILLS, Esq., Chief Designer,Fodens, Ltd., Sandbach, Cheshire.

Miss Isabella Adamson MITCHELL, Head ofGalloway House Residential School,Wigtownshire.

John Maurice MONTAGUE, Esq., SeniorExecutive Officer, Ministry of Materials.,

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Joseph MOODY, Esq., Higher Executive Officer,General Register Office.

Miss Iva Genevieve MOONEY, Senior ExecutiveOfficer, Reading Regional Office, Ministryof Housing and Local Government.

William Herron MORGAN, Esq., Headmaster,Guide Post Secondary Modern School,Choppington, Northumberland.

Francis Dennis MURPHY, Esq., Staff Officer,Board of Inland Revenue.

Ernest Arthur MUSTO, Esq., Senior ExecutiveOfficer, Ministry of Fuel and Power.

John George Tedford NELSON, Esq., DistrictInspector, Royal Ulster Constabulary.

Fred NEWELL, Esq., lately Senior ExecutiveOfficer, Air Ministry.

Alderman Charles Maurice NEWTON, Chairmanof Committee, No. 5 ((Northampton)Squadron, Air Training Corps.

Sidney George NICHOLLS, Esq., Senior Execu-tive Officer, Ministry of Pensions andNational Insurance.

Miss Florence Mabel NORMAN, TrainingOfficer, National Institute of Houseworkers,Ltd.

Robert Douglas PAGE, Esq., Assistant Secre-tary, Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners'Royal Benevolent Society.

Albert PARKER, Esq., J.P., Chairman, TiptonLocal Employment Committee, Stafford-shire.

Audre'y Elizabeth Peareth, Mrs. PARKER. Forpolitical and public services in Cambridge.

Ernest Albert PASCALL, Esq., District HouseCoal Officer, Medway Towns. House CoalDistribution (Emergency) Scheme.

Thomas Noel PATTINSON, Esq., Chief Clerkand Chief Accountant, County ofNorthumberland Territorial and AuxiliaryForces Association.

George PAUL, Esq., Member. National SavingsCommittee, representing the National Unionof Teachers.

Herbert William PAWSEY, Esq., Higher Execu-tive Officer, Air Ministry.

Robert Perciva.1 PEDLEY, Esq., ResearchEngineer, Percival Aircraft, Ltd.

Stanley PICKERING, Esq., General Manager,Recommissioned Mills Ltd., Ministry ofFood.

Harold Nathan PITSTOW, Esq., Conductor andSecretary of the Bell Ringers of WestminsterAbbey.

John Francis POWER, Esq., J.P., HonorarySecretary, Leeds Savings Committee.

Arthur Stephen Albert PRYOR, Esq., SeniorExecutive Officer, Air Ministry.

Frances Gweneth, Mrs. PYMAN. For charit-able and social work in West Hartlepool,County Durham.

Alfred Henry QUILLEY, Esq., J.P., Alderman.Hampshire County Council.

Miss1 (Catherine PrisciUa RABAGLIATI. Forpolitical and public services in Paddington.

Albert Sidney RAVEN, Esq., J.P., Chairman,Chelmsford Local Employment Committeeand Disablement Advisory Committee,Essex.

Edward John REDMOND, Esq., ExecutiveOfficer, .Ministry of Transport and Civil

Aviation.Richard RICHARDS, Esq., Manager, Lewis

Merthyr Collieries, South Western Division,National Coal Board.

Arthur Frederick RICHARDSON, Esq., Tem-porary Technical Officer, H.M. StationeryOffice.


Miss Kathleen RIDER, Matron, St. Saviour'sHospital, Jersey.

Alfred Joseph RILEY, Esq., M.C., HigherExecutive Officer, H.M. Treasury.

George Henry RIPPON, Esq., TechnicalDirector, Maun Industries, Ltd., Mansfield.

John Rix, Esq., Production Manager, Vesper,•Ltd., Portsmouth.

Edward Richard ROBERTS, Esq., HigherExecutive Officer, Ministry of Education.

Colonel Josiah James ROBERTSON, D.S.O.,T.D., J.P., D.L., Chairman, North of Scot-land War Pensions Committee.

Thomas ROBINS, Esq., J.P., Member, DevonAgricultural Executive Committee.

Miss Margaret Gladys ROBINSON, Head-mistress, Marlborough Secondary ModernGirls' School, Isleworth, Middlesex.

Hubert ROGERS, Esq., Grade 3 Officer, Mid-lands Regional Office, Ministry of Labour

• and National Service.Miss Henrietta Syme RUSSELL, Secretary,

Mental After-Care Association.Horace Cyril SARJEANT, Esq., Foreign Office.Lillian, Mrs. SAVAGE, Nurse, War Office.Cyril Frederick SCOTT, Esq., Assistant

Manager, Personnel Department, Navy,Army and Air Force Institutes.

Herbert Wilfred SEALLEY, Esq., Dock Super-intendent, Avonmouth Docks.

Stanley Ernest SELVES, Esq., Higher ExecutiveOfficer, National Assistance Board.

William James SERGENT, Esq., Chairman," F " Division, Liverpool Savings Committee.

John Thomas SHARP, Esq., lately SeniorAssistant Engineer (Generation ConstructionDepartment), South West Scotland Division,British Electricity Authority.

Robert SHARP, Esq., Senior Executive Officer,Civil Service pommission.

Miss Alice Emily SHAW, Assistant Secretary,Lord Mayor's Private Office, City ofLondon.

James Davidson Drewette SHAW, Esq., Manag-ing Director, James Kilpatrick and Son, Ltd.,Electrical Engineers.

Ernest Richard SHEPHERD, Esq., Senior Fore-man of Factory, Admiralty.

Arthur Hammond SHIPLEY, Esq., Manager,Engineering Department, Dendex Brushes,Ltd., Chepstow, Monmouthshire.

George Debney SHOOSMITH, Esq., SeniorExecutive Officer, Office of the Commis-sioners of Crown Lands.

Leopold Augustus Leon SIFFRE, Esq., DistrictSuperintendent, Ministry of Transport andCivil Aviation, Mercantile Marine OfficeService, Southampton.

Colonel Reginald Jack SIMS, M.C., RetiredOfficer, War Office.

Miss Dorothy SINGER (Mrs. TORRY), Secretaryto the Director-General, and Clerk to theBoard of Governors, British BroadcastingCorporation. .

Cicely Ella, Mrs. SMART. For political andpublic services in Norfolk.

John Edward SMART, Esq., J.P., Chairman,Settle Rural District Food Control Com-mittee.

Frank Prichard SMITH, Esq., CateringManager, H.M. Dockyard, Devonport.

Herbert Reginald Harry SMITH, Esq., Clerk ofEgham Urban District Council, Surrey.

Stanley Joseph Wesley SNOOK, Esq., HigherExecutive Officer, Board of Trade.

Percy Frederick Thomas SNOW, Esq., SeniorAssistant, Ministry of Materials.

Captain Geoffrey Wareing SPENCER, PoultryAdvisory Officer, Grade 1, National Agricul-tural Advisory Service.

James Henry SPENCER, Esq., lately Vice-Chairman, Chatham Local EmploymentCommittee, Kent.

Geoffrey Newton SPRING, Esq., MealsOrganisation Officer, Ministry of Food.

Captain, Thomas Hall Conradi SQUANCE,Member, North-Western Area Council,British Legion.

Cyril William STANBRIDGE, Esq., AssistantManager, Royal Ordnance Factory, Chorley.

Arthur Frank STANDEN, Esq. For political andpublic services in Kent.

Frank Rupert STAPLEY, Esq., Senior ExecutiveOfficer, Colonial Office.

Frank John STENNING, Esq., lately ChiefExecutive Officer, Ministry of Food.

Hubert Robert STEPHENS, Esq. For politicaland public services in Gloucestershire.

Miss Mary Grace STEWART, Senior Mistress,High School for Girls, Swansea.

William Bertie STEWART, Esq., HigherExecutive Officer, Board of Trade.

Miss Madeline Loftus STOCKER, Grade 5Officer, Ministry of Labour and NationalService.

David Steven STRANG, Esq., Farmer, East Berk-shire.

James Arthur STRINGER, Esq., lately Produc-tion Officer, Board of Trade.

John Irvine SWAN, Esq., Secretary, GreenockHarbour Trust.

William James SWANN, Esq., Valuation Clerk,Higher Grade, Board of Inland Revenue.

Ernest Stephen TACAGNI, Esq., Inspector, Sup-plies Department, London County Council.

Alfred Edwin Mess TAYLOR, Esq., J.P., Dis-trict Chairman of Auctioneers, Ministry ofFood, Maud, Aberdeenshire.

Basil Churton TAYLOR, Esq., Senior ExecutiveOfficer, Ministry of Food.

Milton Whalley TAYLOR, Esq., lately DeputyAgricultural Attache, Her Majesty's Embassyin Washington.

Miss Sibyl Adeline THESIGER, Head of theWelfare Department, Returned BritishPrisoners of War Association.

John Lloyd THOMAS, Esq., J.P., Mayor ofLlanfyllin Borough, Montgomeryshire.

Captain Leonard Henry John THOMPSON,Master, m.v. "Whitewing", General SteamNavigation Company, Ltd.

James Simpson THOMSON,. Esq., AssistantDirector, Commonwealth Bureau of AnimalNutrition.

•Blmira, Mrs. THORPE, J.P. For public servicesin the West Riding of Yorkshire.

Major Noel Oughtred TILL, Secretary andTreasurer, Forces Help Society and LordRoberts Workshops, East Riding of York-shire.

David Reid TODD, Esq., Naval Architect, JohnI. Thornycroft and Company, Ltd.,Southampton.

Frank Littler TOMKISS, Esq., Inspector ofTaxes, Higher Grade, Board of InlandRevenue.

Alfred Fairweather TOSH, Esq., Director andWorks Manager, Summerson's Foundries,Ltd., Darlington.


Roland Albert Frederick Hazell TOWNER,Esq., Senior Executive Officer, Home Office.

Miss Kathleen TRAYNOR, Ward Sister, RuberyMental Hospital, Birmingham.

Nicholas Henry TREGEDGA, Esq., lately SeniorExecutive Officer, Ministry of Pensions andNational Insurance.

Ghuznee George TRUE, Esq., M.M., HeadPostmaster, Walton-on-Thames and Wey-bridge, Surrey.

Major Philip Ewen Caulfeild TUCKEY, PrivateSecretary to the Commandant, Joint ServicesStaff College, Ministry of Defence.

Leslie William Stokes UPTON, Esq., SecondClerk, Judicial Committee, Privy CouncilOffice.

William Bell Scott VALENTINE, Esq., HonorarySecretary, Girvan Lifeboat Station, Ayrshire.

Charles Ernest VERNON, Esq., Superintendent,East Riding of Yorkshire Constabulary.

Henry Alfred VICKERY, Esq., Senior ExecutiveOfficer, Home Office.

Alfred Eber VINCENT, Esq., Divisional Officer,No. 6 Division (West South Wales), Iron andSteel Trades Confederation.

Christopher Hodgson WAINWRIGHT, Esq.,Higher Executive Officer, Ministry of Trans-port and Civil Aviation.

Miss Ruby Brown WALLACE, Clerical Officer,Scottish Home Department.

Arthur WALLS, Esq., Senior Executive Officer,Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance.

Miss Margaret WALTERS, Matron, Graig(Chronic Sick) Hospital, Pontypridd,Glamorgan.

Miss Miriam Beatrice WARD, Superintendent,Sandes Soldiers' Homes, Lisburn, CountyAntrim.

Sarah Jane Gertrude, Mrs. WARE. For politi-cal and public services in South Shields.

Stanley Mellor WARR, Esq., Works Manager,Peter Spence and Sons, Ltd., Widnes, Lanca-shire.

Miss Mildred Beatrice WATERS, Higher Execu-tive Officer, Department of Scientific andIndustrial Research.

Frederick William Andrew WATERSON, Esq.,Senior Contract Officer, Admiralty.

Miss Margaret Mary WATKINS, District Nurse,Walwyns Castle and Little Haven, Pembroke-shire.

Miss Audrey WEST, Area Superintendent forNursing Divisions, St. John Ambulance'Brigade, South Western Area, No. 1 LondonDistrict.

Edward Henry WEST, Esq., Fishery Officer,Eastern Sea Fisheries Committee.

John Selby WEST, Esq., Director of WelfareServices, South Shields County BoroughCouncil, County Durham.

Miss Pauline Norah WHEATLEY, Superintend-ent Radiographer, Radiotherapy Depart-ment, Westminster Hospital.

Arthur WHINNETT, Esq., Senior ExecutiveOfficer, Office of H.M. Procurator Generaland Treasury Solicitor.

Arthur James Cassels WHITE, Esq., HigherExecutive Officer, Board of Trade.

Bulstrode Harry WHITELOCKE, Esq., Librarian,Lewisham Borough Council.

John Arthur WILD, Esq., Chairman, Tod-morden Local Employment Committee.

Miss Catherine Elizabeth WILLIAMS, PrivateSecretary to the Vice-President, ShipbuildingEmployers' Federation.

Maurice Lovel Burton WILLIAMS, Esq. Forservices as Senior Executive Officer, BritishArmy of the Rhine, War Office.

George Henry Gordon WILLS, Esq., Secretary,Southampton District, Shipping Federation,Ltd.

Arthur Edward WILSON, Esq., Blind PersonsEmployment Officer, Ministry of Labour andNational Service.

James WILSON, Esq., Chief Driving Examiner,Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation.

John WILSON, Esq., General Works Manager,Blaw Rnox, Ltd., London.

Marion, Mrs. WINCE. For political and publicservices in Harrow.

Edmund Alliston WINGROVE, Esq., latelyManaging Clerk, Baily Gibson and Com-pany.

Vernon Montagu WOOD, Esq., Higher Execu-tive Officer, Office of the Director of PublicProsecutions.

Sidney Alfred WOODCOCK, Esq., M.M., Pump-ing .Station Engineer, Hampton Works,Metropolitan Water Board.

Edward John WRIGHT, Esq., lately RegionalCoal Officer, Scottish Region, Ministry ofFuel and Power.

Lieutenant-Colonel John George ColemanPERRETT-YOUNG, Chief Technical Adminis-trator, British Joint Services Mission,Washington.

CENTRAL CHANCERY OF THEORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD.


The QUEEN has been graciously pleased togive orders for the following promotions in,-and appointments to, the Most Excellent Orderof the British Empire: —To be Ordinary Knights Commanders of the

Civil Division of the said Most ExcellentOrder :—

Frank Stannard GIBBS, Esq., C.M.G., O.B.E.,Her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary andMinister Plenipotentiary at Manila.

Adrian HOLMAN, Esq., C.M.G., M.C., HerMajesty's Ambassador Extraordinary andPlenipotentiary in Havana.

'To be Ordinary Commanders of the CivilDivision of the said Most ExcellentOrder :—

Arthur William BEAMAND, Esq., Representativein New York of the Westminster BankLimited.

William HARRIS-BURLAND, Esq., O.B.E.,T.D., lately British Chairman, CombinedSteel Group, Control Commission for Ger-many (British Element).

Rees John FOWLER, Esq., Her Majesty'sConsul-General at Genoa.

Denys Heseltine HIBBERT, Esq., Director ofEducation, Sudan Government.

Ronald Charles LARKINS, Esq., Sub-Governorof the National Bank of Egypt.

William Jackson PERKINS, Esq., O.B.E., M.C.,British subject resident in Turkey.

Eric Guard PRICE, Esq., Managing Director ofMessrs. Butterfield and Swire (Japan)Limited.

John Francis TOYE, Esq., Director of theBritish Institute in Florence.



Stafford Edward Douglas BARFF, Esq., Direc-tor of British Information Services, Chicago.

Thomas BRIMELOW, Esq., First Secretary atHer Majesty's Embassy in Moscow.

Archibald Davidson Mason BROWN, Esq.,Chief Engineer, Iraq State Railways.

Lewis William BROWN, Esq., Headmaster ofHantoub Secondary School, Sudan.

Frederick Charles CHURCH, Esq., British sub-ject resident in Brazil.

Thomas Millar COWAN, Esq., First Secretary(Labour), Office of the Commissioner-General for Her Majesty's Government inthe United Kingdom in South-East Asia.

Raymond. Cosins ELLIOTT, Esq., Representa-tive in Sweden of Unilever Limited.

Alexander Gerard Lee GOSCHEN, Esq., CivilLiaison Officer, Carinthia, Austria.

Miss Margery HILL, M.B.E., lately Matron ofthe British American Hospital, Madrid.

Peter Warren JOHNSON, Esq., D.S.O., D.F.C.,A.F.C, Director, Civil Aviation Branch,Control Commission for Germany (BritishElement).

William LANGFORD, Esq., Manager for Franceof the Associated British Machine ToolMakers Limited.

William Frederick Charles MACKIE, Esq.,British Vice-Consul at El Cardon.

Alfred Thomas Lancelot REED, Esq., Tem-porary Chief Executive Officer, EconomicAdviser's Office, Berlin, Control Commis-sion for Germany (British Element).

Arthur Patrick RUDDY, Esq., General Managerof the High Speed Alloys Mining CompanyLimited, Burma.

Lieutenant-Colonel Guy Manning STANTON,M.B.E., Director, Stores and Ordnance

s Department, Sudan Government.William Edred Sanger TUKER, Esq., British

Vice-Consul at Tocopilla.William Gerald WOODHEAD, Esq., General

Manager of the English Coaling Company,Port Said.


George Holland ACTIVE, Esq., Control OfficerGrade HI, Control Commission for Germany(British Element).

Jean SHAW, Mrs. Aiton, British subject residentin the United States of America.

The Reverend Roger Grant ALLISON, Head ofthe Church of England Mission to the Jews,Jaffa.

Ethel Rosa, Mrs. EDWARDS-AMATI, Secretaryto the British Council Representative inRome.

Miss Joyce BLOXHAM, lately Headmistress ofthe English Girls' College, Alexandria.

Oswald John BRANDT, Esq., British subjectresident in Hayti.

Richard BURNETT, Esq., B.E.M., ControlOfficer Grade III, Frontier Inspection Ser-vice, Control Commission for Germany(British Element).

Philippe CAMILLERI, Esq.,. British subject, resident in Algeria.Captain Harry CROSS, M.C., Market Officer at

Her Majesty's Embassy in Montevideo.Miss Lucy Katherine Mary GIUDICI, Passport

"Examiner at Her Majesty's Consulate-General, Diisseldorf.

Gerald Baldwin HAYWARD, Esq., British sub-ject resident in Greece.

Miss Lucy Lydia KENWOOD, Grade 6 Officer,Branch B of the Foreign Service at HerMajesty's Embassy in Paris.

Denis John HORAN, Esq., lately ChiefDraughtsman, Sudan Railways.

Miss Elaine Dorothy JAMES, Acting ExecutiveOfficer, Control Commission for Germany(British Element).

Bernard KELLY, Esq., British Vice-Consul atBuenos Aires.

Henry Newbold LYSTER, Esq., Clerk at HerMajesty's Consulate-General at Istanbul.

Charles Gommaire OVERLAET, Esq., HerMajesty's Vice-Consul at Antwerp.

Lady Gertrude Gwendoline SCOTT, British sub-ject resident in Tangier.

Joseph SPOOR, Esq., lately Associate Professorat the Higher Training College, Bagdad.

Miss Charlotte Annie STUART, M.B., B.Ch.,Principal iMedical Officer, Church Mis-sionary Society Hospital, Cairo.

Albert Victor THORNTON, Esq., British subjectresident in Switzerland.

George Frederick TIZARD, Esq., Grade 5Officer, Branch B of the Foreign Service atHer Majesty's Embassy in Washington.

Howard Bevan WARD, Esq., British subjectresident in Denmark.

John WATSON, Esq., British subject residentin Cuba.

John Leonard WILKES, Esq., Manager of theBritish Bank of the Middle East at Kuwait.

Howard Whitefield WILLY, Esq., Assistant tothe Commercial Secretary at Her Majesty'sEmbassy in Lima.

Miss Florence Elizabeth McKinley WILSON,Passport Examiner at Her Majesty'sEmbassy in Copenhagen.



The QUEEN has been graciously pleasedto give orders for the following promotions in,and appointments to, the Most Excellent Orderof the British Empire: —To be an Ordinary Knight Commander of the

Civil Division of the said Most ExcellentOrder :—

Colonel Sir Thomas Ellis ROBINS, D.S.O., E.D.,Chairman of the Board of the Central AfricanRhodes Centenary Exhibition in Bulawayo,Southern Rhodesia, 1953.

To be Ordinary Commanders of the CivilDivision of the said Most Excellent Order :—

Brigadier James APPLEBY, Commissioner of theBritish South Africa Police, SouthernRhodesia.

Lionel George Archer CUST, Esq., O.B.E.,Secretary-General, The Royal EmpireSociety.

Lionel POWYS-JONES, Esq., Secretary for NativeAffairs and Chief Native Commissioner,Southern Rhodesia.

Colonel Cyril Mainwaring NEWMAN, O.B.E.,M.C., V.D., Mayor of Bulawayo, SouthernRhodesia. For public services, particularlyduring the Queen Mother's visit and theCentral African Rhodes CentenaryExhibition.


Arthur Willoughby WALTERS, Esq., O.B.E.,Assistant Chief Secretary, Basutoland, theBechuanaland Protectorate and Swaziland.

Alexandra Mary Freesia, Lady WORSLEY,O.B.E. For services rendered under theauspices of the Victoria League in connec-tion with hospitality to visitors fromoverseas.


James Henry BUTCHER, Esq., Vice-Chairmanof the Board of the Central African RhodesCentenary Exhibition in Bulawayo, SouthernRhodesia, 1953, and Mayor of Bulawayofrom 1949-1951.

Stanley COOKE, Esq., one of the founders ofthe United Central Africa Association. Forpublic services in Southern Rhodesia.

Ian GUMMING, Esq., President of the MadrasBranch, Ex-Services Association, and, untilrecently, Chairman of the United KingdomCitizens' Association in South India.

Percival Alfred DRISCOLL, Esq., I.S.O., latelySecretary, Public Health Department, Stateof Tasmania.

John Westridge Montague FITT, Esq., J.P.,Civil Commissioner, Bulawayo, SouthernRhodesia, and a member of the Board ofthe Central African Rhodes CentenaryExhibition.

Lieutenant-Colonel Malcolm Granger FLEMING,J.P., Officer Commanding, British SouthAfrica Police Reserve, Southern Rhodesia.

Herbert Mathew HALE, Esq., Director of theSouth Australian Museum, State of SouthAustralia.

The Reverend Andries Adriaan Louw (Senior).For social welfare services rendered underthe auspices of the Morgenster Mission inSouthern Rhodesia.

James Stewart McEwiN, Esq,. J.P., Chairman,District Council of Blyth, State of SouthAustralia.

David Charles Bethune PILKINGTON, Esq.,Chairman of the Calcutta Branch of theUnited Kingdom Citizens' Association inIndia.

Ernest SORELL, Esq. For services to sportingand philanthropic organisations in the Stateof Tasmania.

Stuart Henry STEVENSON, Esq., lately Architect-in-Chief, State of South Australia.

Ronald Stean TYSON, Esq., General Manager,Launceston Bank for Savings, State ofTasmania.


Nora, Mrs. AITKEN, a member of various socialwelfare organisations connected witih theUnited Kingdom community in Bombay,India.

Olive Grant, Mrs. BURN. For services to theHobart Repertory Society and the TheatreRoyal, Hobart, State of Tasmania.

Jane, Mrs. BURNS, J.P. For services tocharitable organisations at Glenelg, State ofSouth Australia.

Florence Evelyn, Mrs. CALDER. For socialwelfare services in Southern Rhodesia.

Benjamin Robert COHEN, Esq., GeneralManager, Manica Trading Company, Beira.For services to Southern Rhodesian interestsat the port.

Peter Tebbett ENSOR, Esq., Secretary of theCentral Administration of the United King-dom Association in Pakistan.

Miss Anna Florence GREENE, a Missionary inChota Nagpur, Bihar, India, for 40 years.

William Henry Ridge GUNNER, Esq., Trans-•port Officer, Central Mechanical EquipmentDepartment, Southern Rhodesia.

Daisy Ethel May, Mrs. HARVEY, of Hobart,State of Tasmania. For services to patrioticand philanthropic movements.

Geoffrey HOUGHTON, Esq., Chief TechnicalInstructor, Radar Section, Technical TrainingCollege, Indian Air Force, Jalahalli, India.

Louise Isobel, Mrs. JEAREY, a member of theLoyal Women's Guild, Southern Rhodesia,for many years.

Arnold Parish Benister JONES, Esq. For publicservices in the Sinoia District, SouthernRhodesia.

John Knowles McGfflE, Esq. For services tolocal government in the Fort Victoria Dis-trict, Southern Rhodesia.

Miss Evelyn Elizabeth MITCHELL, Vice-Presi-dent of the Bulawayo and District Horti-cultural Society, Southern Rhodesia.

Edward Greenwood PALMER, Esq. For socialwelfare services in Bulawayo, SouthernRhodesia.

Chief Nkoebe Mitchell PEETE, of Kolojane,Berea District, Basutoland.

Florence Annie, Mrs. PERRIN. For services to•the Women's Branch of the AgriculturalBureau, State of South Australia.

Eugene SCHULTZ, Esq., a Deputy Sheriff,Enkeldoom District, Southern Rhodesia.

John Douglas SMITH, Esq. For services tolocal government in the Selutowe District,Southern Rhodesia.

Miss Kathleen Leonora SYMONS. For servicesto the Society for the Oversea Settlement ofBritish Women.

Miss Dorothy VAUGHAN, a member of theChildren's Welfare and Public Relief Board,State of South Australia.

Edward Stanley WHITE, Esq., Town Clerk,Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia.

To be an Honorary Member of the CivilDivision of the said Most Excellent Order:—

Rasebolai KGAMANE, B.E.M., Native Authority,Bamangwato Reserve, Becbuanaland Protec-torate.

CENTRAL CHANCERY OF THE ORDERSOF KNIQHTHOOD.


The QUEEN has been graciously pleasedto give orders for the following promotions in,and appointments to, the Most ExcellentOrder of the British Empire :—

To be an Ordinary Knight Grand Cross of theCivil Division of the said Most ExcellentOrder :—

Sir Gilbert McCall RENNIE, K.C.M.G., M.C.,Governor and Commiander-in-Chief,Northern Rhodesia.


To be Ordinary Knights Commanders of theCivil Division of the said Most ExcellentOrder :—

Reginald Harry SALOWAY, Esq., C.M.G.,OLE.. O.B.E., Colonial Administrative Ser-vice, Chief Secretary and Minister of Defence

. and External Affairs, Gold Coast.Robert Christopher Stafford STANLEY, Esq.,

C.M.G., O.B.E., High Commissioner for theWestern Pacific.

To be Ordinary Commanders of the CivilDivision of the said Most ExcellentOrder:—

William ALLAN, Esq., O.B.E., Colonial Agri-cultural Service, Director of Agriculture,Mauritius.

Cyril John AUSTIN, Esq., O.B.E., M.B., Ch.B.Lately Medical Superintendent, LeprosyHospital, Makogai, Fiji.

John Logan BROWN, Esq., Director of PublicWorks, Cyprus.

Henry CRONLY, Esq., Colonial Veterinary Ser-vice, Director of Veterinary Services andAnimal.Industry, Uganda.

Anthony Montanaro GAUCI, Esq., SeniorJudge, Malta.

Geoffrey Campbell GUNTER, Esq., O.B.E. Forpublic services in Jamaica.

Major Albert George KEYSER, D.S.O. Forpublic services in Kenya.

Kenneth MELLANBY, Esq., O.B.E. LatelyPrincipal, University College, Ibadan,Nigeria.

MUSTAPHA bin Osman, M.D., State Medicaland Health Officer, Kedah, Federation ofMalaya.

Hugh Hargreaves ROBINSON, Esq. For publicservices in Kenya.

John Ernest Peniston VESEY, Esq. For publicservices in Bermuda.

The Right Reverend George WELD, RomanCatholic Vicar Apostolic of British Guianaand Barbados and Titular Bishop of Mallo.

To be Honorary Commanders of the CivilDivision of the said Most ExcellentOrder :—

Tengku MUHAMMAD ibni Al-marhum SultanAhmad, M.B.E., Mentri Besar, Pahang,Federation of Malaya.

Serwano Wofunira KULUBYA, M.B.E., Memberof Executive and Legislative Councils,Uganda.

To be Ordinary Officers, of the CivilDivision of the said Most ExcellentOrder :—

Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Vincent ABELA,M.B.E., Civil Defence Commissioner and

, Commandant of the Civil Defence School,Malta.

Lieutenant-Colonel George Robert GoodwillALSTON, M.C., E.D. For public servicesin Trinidad.

John Harold BALDWIN, Esq., Chief Accoun-tant, East African Railways and Harbours.

James BEGBIE, Esq., Superintendent Engineer,Marine Department, Nigeria.

Awang BESAR bin Ong Kiat, M.B.E. Forpublic services in North Borneo.

Alan Edmund Grove BLADES, Esq., ColonialPolice Service, Senior Assistant Commis-sioner of Police, Singapore.

Claude Bramall BURGESS, Esq., Colonial Ad-ministrative Service, Defence Secretary,Hong Kong.

The Reverend Robert George MathesonCALDERWOOD, M.C., Missionary of theChurch of Scotland Mission and Secretaryof the Mission Council, Kenya.

Philip CARREL, Esq., Colonial AdministrativeService, District Commissioner, Somaliland.

Macormack Charles Farrell EASMON, Esq.,M.D., Senior Medical Officer, Sierra Leone.

Major Lewis FENECH, Manager, Milk Market-ing Undertaking, Malta.

Neil George FERGUSON, Esq., ColonialEngineering Service, State Engineer, Kelan-tan, Federation of Malaya.

Reginald Honon FLETCHER, Esq., I.S.O. Forpublic services in Jamaica.

Max Frederick GARLING, Esq., Colonial Ad-ministrative Service, District Officer,Federation of Malaya.

Miss Edith Francis GORING, Colonial Educa-tion Service, Principal, European EducationDepartment, Northern Rhodesia.

Ernest Hira GREET, Esq., Senior Engineer,Civil Engineering Department, Office of theCrown Agents for the Colonies.

Gopal HARIDAS, Esq., M.D. For services tothe St. John Ambulance Brigade and Move-ment in Singapore.

Abdul Jawad HASSANALI, Esq. For publicservices in Aden.

Charles John Watney HODGSON, Esq. Forpublic services in Tanganyika.

John William JEHU, Esq. Lately DeputyDirector and Engineer-in-Chief, Posts andTelegraphs Department, Nigeria.

Samuel Horton Oluwole JONES, Esq., M.B.,Ch.B., Colonial Medical Service, Director -ofMedical Services, Gambia.

Ronald Earle KELSICK, Esq., AgriculturalSuperintendent, St. Kitts, Nevis, Anguilla,Leeward Islands.

The Reverend Canon -Robert Julian LAURIE,Rector in Charge, Holy Trinity Church,Castries, and Anglican Church, Dennery,Windward Islands.

Douglas Gray Bazett LEAKEY, Esq., ColonialForest Service, Assistant Conservator ofForests, Kenya.

Caspar Eric LEEMBRUGGEN, Esq., ColonialCustoms Service, Deputy ComptrollerCustoms and Excise, Nigeria.

Francis Alfred LOYD, Esq., M.B.E., ColonialAdministrative Service, District Com-missioner, Fort Hall, Kenya.

Vatapakat Ramanmenon Narayana MENON,Esq., M.B., Medical Officer, Dindings,Federation of Malaya.

The Reverend Sister Margaret Mary NOLAN,M.B., M.Ch. For medical and missionarywork in Nigeria.

ONG Hap Leong. For public services inSarawak.

George Kingsley ROTH, Esq., Colonial Ad-ministrative Service, Administrative Officer,Fiji.

Robert Thomas STEVENS, Esq., M.B.E.,Director, Electricity and Telephones,Mauritius.

Duncan STEVENSON, Esq., Colonial ForestService, Chief Conservator of Forests, GoldCoast.

TEOH Thye Moh, Editor "Straits Echo andTimes of Malaya ", Federation of Malaya.

Henry George TRIAY, Esq., M.D., Ch.B. Formedical services in Gibraltar.


Hubert Carey TROWELL, Esq., M.D., F.R.C.P.,Colonial Medical Service, Specialist(Physician), Uganda.

William Henderson WATSON, Esq., M.D.,Medical Officer-in-Charge, Mental Hospital,Nyasaland.

William Nelson WATSON, Esq., M.B.E. Forpublic services in Northern Rhodesia.

Eric Vaughan WILLIAMS, Esq., Director ofPublic Works, British Honduras.

To be Honorary Officers of the Civil Divisionof the said Most Excellent Order:—

Tuan Haji Mohamed RAZALLI bin HajiMohamed Isa, J.P., Orang Kaya MentriPaduka Tuan, Perak, Orang Besar Jajahan,Larut and Matang, Federation of Malaya.

JA'AFAR bin Mampak, Assistant AgriculturalOfficer-in-Charge, Trengganu, Federation ofMalaya.

The Right Reverend Bishop AlphonsoChukwuma ONYEABO. Lately AssistantBishop to the Bishop on the Niger, Nigeria.

ABDULLAHI, M.B.E., Emir of Yauri, Nigeria.Atoshi AGBUMANU IV, Chief of Wukari and

Minister without Portfolio in the NorthernRegion Executive Council, Nigeria.

Mallam- Bello KANO, District Head Dawaki taTof a, Kano Emirate, and Northern RegionalMinister of Works, Nigeria.

Nasoro Saidi FUNDIKIRA, Chief ofUnyanyembe, Tabora District, Tanganyika.


Mobarak AHMAD son of Sher Mohamad,Colonial Police Service, Deputy Super-intendent of Police, Federation of Malaya.

Sigismund Ayodele AJANAKU, Esq., Administra-tive Assistant, Department of Statistics,Nigeria.

Arnavaz Ardeshir, Mrs. ARJAH. For publicservices in Zanzibar.

Harold Edward ASHE, Esq., Superintendent,Advanced Approved School, Telok Mas,Malacca, Federation of Malaya.

Miss Robin BAIN. For nursing services inAden.

Louis BAISSAC, Esq. For services to the BritishRed Cross Society in Mauritius.

Frank William BEECHAM, Esq., Town Clerk,Kumasi Town Council, Gold Coast.

Edward Rupert BURROWES, Esq. For servicesto art in British Guiana.

James Hardie CANDLER, Esq., Colonial Ad-ministrative Service, District Officer, Kenya.

Miss Minnie CARLTON. For services to educa-tion in North Borneo.

Charles CARUANA, Esq., Clerk, General PostOffice, Gibraltar.

John CASLEY, Esq., Chief Inspector of Works,Gold Coast.

Miss Hilda Margaret CLEAVER. Lately Matron,Colonial War Memorial Hospital, Fiji.

Elizabeth, Mrs. CRAILL. For services to theblind in Nyasaland.

John Alfred CUMBER, Esq., Colonial Ad-ministrative Service, District Officer, Kenya.

Darashaw Hornusji DARUWALLA, Esq. Forservices to sport in Zanzibar.

Andre d'Emmerez DE CHARMOY, Esq., Agri-cultural Officer, Mauritius.

Ratu Jione Antonio Rabici Dovi, M.B., Ch.B.,Medical Officer, British Solomon IslandsProtectorate.

Mabel Hilda, Mrs. EDMETT. For publicservices hi tine Federation of Malaya.

GOH Tan Teng, Clerk of Councils, Malacca,Federation of Malaya.

Bruce GREATBATCH, Esq., Colonial Administra-tive Service, Administrative Officer, Nigeria.

Miss Elise Ena GRIFFIN. For nursing servicesin Northern Rhodesia.

Francis Maximilian GROSSE, Esq., Registrar ofMarriages, Singapore.

Miss Lottie HAZELEY. For services to women'seducation in Sierra Leone.

William John JAMES, Esq., Colonial PoliceService, Superintendent of Police, Somali-land.

Miss Dorothy JEWITT. For nursing servicesin Nigeria.

Parma Nand JOTI, Esq., Colonial PoliceService, Assistant Superintendent of Police,Tanganyika.

Phyllis, Mrs. KENNEDY. For services to theBritish Red Cross Society in Sarawak.

Robert Henry KENNEDY, Esq. For services tothe Boy Scout Movement in Bermuda.

Thomas Jay LENNARD, Esq., Assistant PublicRelations Officer, Tanganyika.

LIM Kim Seng, J.P. For public services inSingapore.

John Robert Archibald MCDONALD, Esq.,Acting Principal Auditor, Leeward Islands.

Roy MALTBY, Esq., Economic and Marketing/Officer, Department of Commerce, Uganda.

Joseph Joaquim MARINHO, Esq., Magistrate,Nigeria.

Theophilus Dougan BRODIE-MENDS, Esq.,Administrative Officer, Nigeria.

Munusamy Ramanujam NAIDU, Esq., AssistantCommissioner for Labour (Indians),Selangor, Federation of Malaya.

Josaia NAVOKA, Esq. Lately Assistant MedicalPractitioner, Fiji.

Joseph Francis NELSON, Esq., J.P. For publicservices in Trinidad.

Vislhnuiprasad tBalkrishna PANDIT, Esq.,L.C.P.S., Senior Sub-Assistant Surgeon,Uganda.

Saverimuthu Manuel PILL AY, Esq., ActingCustodian of Enemy Property, Federation ofMalaya.

PUN Ku Kwai. Lately Clerk, Secretariat, HongKong.

Clarence RENWICK, Esq., Superintendent ofWorks, Windward Islands.

Ernest Rudolf RIEGELS, Esq. For public'services to the East Africa High Commission.

Newton Clyde ROBERTS, Esq., AssistantRegistrar General, Bahamas.

Jack ROSE, Esq., D.F.C., Colonial Administra-tive Service, District Officer, NorthernRhodesia.

Miss Angela Mary RYAN. Lately Secretary-Typist, Nigeria.

Ethel Joyce, Mrs. Saward, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.For medical services in Jamaica.

Nicos SCHIZAS, Esq., Senior LaboratoryTechnician, Medical and Health Depart-ment, Cyprus.

Mustafa SHEMI, Esq. Lately AdministrativeAssistant, Secretariat, Cyprus.

The Reverend panon Arthur Harry SMITH,J.P. For services to education in NorthernRhodesia.

Gordon Miller SMITH, Esq., Colonial Police(Service, Senior Superintendent of Police,Kenya.


Miss Margaret Morrison SMITH, ProvincialWelfare Officer, iNyasaland.

Charles STRANGE, Esq., Superintendent ofSanitary Services, Urban Services Depart-ment, Hong Kong.

Miss Rose STRONG, Queen Elizabeth's ColonialNursing Service, Matron, King Edward VIIMemorial Hospital, Falkland Islands.

Daniel George TACKIE, Esq. For public'services dn fine Gold Coast.

Arthur Graeme TAYLOR, Esq., Colonial AuditService, Principal Auditor, Sarawak.

Henry Guy THICTHENER, Esq., Senior Execu-tive Officer, Office of the Crown Agents forthe Colonies.

Zaccheus John Cline THOMAS, Esq., DeputyShipping Master, Sierra Leone.

Willoughby Harry THOMPSON, Esq., ColonialAdministrative Service, District Officer,Kenya.

Miss Joan Gertrude WADDINGTON, CypherClerk, East Africa High Commission.

Charles Levi WESTBY, Esq. For public ser-vices in British Honduras.

Miss Ina WILKIE, Administrative Assistant,Secretariat, Northern Rhodesia.

Arthur Stanley WINT, Esq. For services tosport in Jamaica.

To be Honorary Members of the Civil Divisionof the said Most Excellent Order:—

Haji AHMAD bin Daud, District Officer, KualaBelait, Brunei.

TOM binte Dato Abdul Razak, Assistant LadySupervisor, Vernacular Schools, Kedah,Federation of Malaya. '

Dato Abdul HAMID bin Dato Kaya Baduk,J.P. For public services in the Federationof Malaya.

Abdul Aziz bin Haji Shukor, Executive Secre-tary, Johore State War Executive Committee,Federation of Malaya.

Robert Udo UMO-!NYANG. For public ser-vices in Nigeria.

Abdul Salami Ebun AGBABIAKA, Superintendentof Police, Nigeria.

Mallam Abdullahi MAIKANO, Emir of Wase,Nigeria.

Francis Bekewuru Ogu KALANAMA, Presidentof the Akugbene Native Court and Council,Nigeria.

Anthony Obi AGUSIOBO, Chief Clerk, PublicWorks Department, Nigeria.

Mallam Adi BYEWI, Headmaster of BenueMiddle School, Katsina Ala, Nigeria.

Ellis Tamunoipiriye FURO, SupervisingTeacher, Education Department, Nigeria.

Odofin BELO, Assistant Superintendent ofPolice, Nigeria.

Alimami Jaia KAIKAI, Paramount Chief ofPanga Chiefdom, Pujehun District, SierraLeone.

Eria Paulo ENGULU, Chief Judge, Teso DistrictNative Court, Uganda.



The QUEEN has been graciously pleased tomake the following appointment to the Orderof the Companions of Honour: —John CHRISTIE, Esq., M.C. For services to

Opera.



The QUEEN has been graciously pleased toapprove the award of the British EmpireMedal (Military Division) to the under-mentioned : —Stores Petty Officer BADARUDIN bin Abdul

Samad, S/M.2, Royal Malayan Navy.Chief Petty Officer Writer Eric Walter BARRON,

P/MX. 67712.Chief Petty Officer Stoker Mechanic William

BRIGHT, D/KX. 80751.Sergeant (Acting Colour Sergeant) Thomas

Charles BUTLER, R.M.(V) 8495, R.M.F.V.R.Chief Petty Officer Stoker Mechanic Leonard

Alfred CLARK, P/KX. 75149.Chief Shipwright Artificer Ernest COLLINS,

P/MX. 47871.Chief Aircraft Artificer Abram DELL, L/FX.

76787.Petty Officer George Bryan FAWCETT, P/JX.

149838.Chief Radio Electrician Cecil Thomas GOUGH,

D/MX. 766274.Chief Wren (Quarters Assistant) Alice Ellen

Marie HAWKINS, 10836, Women's RoyalNaval Service.

Chief Petty Officer George Richard HOLMES,C/J. 106740.

Sick Berth Chief Petty Officer Charles ErnestEngland HONEY, P/MX. 48671.

Quartermaster Sergeant Harry CharlesHUBBOLD, Po.X. 2353, Royal Marines.

Chief Petty Officer Ralph William JACKSON,D/JX. 135212.

Stores Chief Petty Officer (S) Frederick AlanJEWELL, D/MX. 50210.

Chief Petty Officer William Alfred JONES,BD/1496, R.N.V.R.

Sergeant (Acting Colour Sergeant) MichaelBernard MCDERMOTT, Ch.X. 4458, RoyalMarines.

Sergeant Ronald McKENZiE, Ply.X. 1551,Royal Marines.

Petty Officer Telegraphist Henry ArthurNARRAWAY, D.S.M., P/JX. 161496.

Stores Chief Petty Officer (S) George EdwardOAKES, P/MX. 46850.

Able Seaman William Henry PARKER, C/J.86388.

Chief Petty Officer Ronald James PATERSON,P/JX. 132012.

Chief Petty Officer Edwin Douglas REDGRAVE,C/JX. 135635.

Chief Radio Electrician George FrancisROWBOTHAM, C/MX. 745781.

Chief Petty Officer Cook (S) Albert EdwardSIMPKINS, P/MX. 48447.

Acting Chief Radio Electrician Redvers John.Anthony SMALL, D.S.M., P/MX. 93199.

Chief Petty Officer Earle SQUIRE, P/J. 108759.Chief Petty Officer Stoker Mechanic Harold

George SWIFT, P/KX. 80940.Chief Engine Room Artificer Sydney Norman

TURNER, D/MX. 48985..Chief Petty Officer Sidney Edgar WALSH,

D.S.M., D/JX. 140043.Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class Lawrence

Bernard WOODCOCK, C/MX. 66087.



St, James's Palace, S.W.I.1st January, 1954.

The QUEEN .has been graciously pleased toapprove 'the award of the British EmpireMedal (Military Division) to the under-mentioned : —No. 7667222 Staff-Sergeant Sidney BAILEY,

Royal Army Pay Corps.No. 21023076 Sergeant Clifford James Elliott

BEARNE, Royal Corps of Signals.No. 1876881 Battery Quartermaster-Sergeant

(acting) James Henry Victor BENTON, RoyalRegiment of Artillery.

No. 7263958 Staff-Sergeant (now WarrantOfficer Class II) Hugh McDonald BISHOP,Royal Army Medical Corps.

No. 22236306 Staff-Sergeant Percy JohnBOLAM, Corps of Royal Engineers,Territorial Army.

•No. 1411103 Gunner John Joseph CARR, RoyalRegiment of Artillery, Territorial Army.

No. 21192056 Sergeant (Artillery Clerk) FrankStephen COURT, Royal Regiment of Artillery,Territorial Army.

No. S/14500502 Warrant Officer Class II(acting) Kenneth McDonald COWDY, RoyalArmy Service Corps.

No. 2608037 Colour Sergeant (acting) PercyHenry CROUCHER, Grenadier Guards.

No. 410686 Staff-Sergeant Harold JamesDAVIES, Royal Tank Regiment, RoyalArmoured Corps.

No. NA/26382 Regimental Sergeant-MajorLadi DEMSA, The Nigeria Regiment, RoyalWest African Frontier Force.

No. 2346605 Sergeant Harry Charles FARMER,Royal Corps of Signals.

No. 2028200 Warrant Officer Class II (acting)Ivor Henry GALE, Army Physical TrainingCorps.

No. 22281120 Corporal Robert GARRATT,Corps of Royal Military Police, TerritorialArmy.

No. 2690656 Sergeant Richard Frank GEORGE,Scots Guards.

No. 2321377 Warrant Officer Class II (acting)Thomas GERMAN, Royal Corps of Signals.

No. 65683 Staff-Sergeant Keith GordonKilpatrick GRAY, Intelligence Corps.

No. 5380938 Warrant Officer Class II (acting)Kenneth GREGG, The Royal WarwickshireRegiment.

No. 2692119 Sergeant Parmenas George GRIGG,Scots Guards.

No. 22206538 Sergeant James HAWTHORNE,1st/2nd Lothians and Border Horse, RoyalArmoured Corps, Territorial Army.

No. 5663598 Squadron Quartermaster-SergeantCharles HILL, The Royal WiltshireYeomanry (Prince of Wales's Own), RoyalArmoured Corps, Territorial Army.

No. W/32417 Sergeant Gwendolyn IrisHOLMES, Women's Royal Army Corps.

No. 5047412 Sergeant Maurice FrederickHOWELL, The North Staffordshire Regiment(The Prince of Wales's).

No. 22524110 Staff-Sergeant (acting) ArthurMorley HUGHES, Royal Army Pay Corps.

No. 4385043 Sergeant Leonard CharlesJACKSON, The Green Howards (Alexandra,Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regi-ment), Territorial Army.

No. 806932 Sergeant Leonard Thomas GeorgeJELLEY, Royal Regiment of Artillery,Territorial Army.

No. GA/10166 Company Sergeant-MajorOusman JOBE, The Gambia Regiment, RoyalWest African Frontier Force.

No. 399354 Squadron Quartermaster-SergeantWilliam Alfred KNOTT, The ShropshireYeomanry, Royal Armoured Corps,Territorial Army.

No. 21143002 Warrant Officer Class II (acting)KRISHNADASS Rai, 2nd King Edward VII'sOwn Gurkha Rifles.

No. 2547540 Warrant Officer Class H (acting)Arthur Searle LANG, Corps of RoyalEngineers.

No. 809640 Sergeant Edward Thomas LAWLEY,Army Catering Corps.

No. S/22280918 Sergeant John Henry LEWIS,Royal Army Service Corps.

No. W/107565 Staff-Sergeant Joan MANSELL,Women's Royal Army Corps.

No. 6398414 Company Quartermaster-SergeantLeonard George MARCHANT, Small ArmsSchool Corps.

No. 7338949 Sergeant Joseph MAUDSLEY,Royal Regiment of Artillery, TerritorialArmy.

No. 21129459 Sergeant (Artillery Clerk)Bartholomew Gerard McPoLAN, Royal Regi-ment of Artillery, Territorial Army.

No. 22279788 Sergeant James Percival MOORE,Royal Regiment of Artillery, TerritorialArmy.

No. 779272 Sergeant Archibald BurrellMORRISON, Royal Regiment of Artillery.

No. 1878271 Sergeant Charles Joseph NOBLET,Corps of Royal Engineers.

No. 22533369 Warrant Officer Class I (acting)Robert Henry PAGE, Corps of Royal Elec-trical and Mechanical Engineers.

No. S/19097051 Warrant Officer Class II(acting) Anthony Alfred Charles PHILLIPS,Royal Army Service Corps.

No. 1868288 Warrant Officer Class II (acting)George Frederick Leonard PRICE, Corps ofRoyal Engineers.

No. 3957908 Warrant Officer Class II (acting)Leslie Peter PRIEST, Royal Army OrdnanceCorps.

No. 3310982 Sergeant John Morrison REID,The Highland Light Infantry (City ofGlasgow Regiment), Territorial Army.

No. L/NCA/8504 Warrant Officer Class II(acting) Luther Augustus SMITH, TheJamaica Battalion.

No. S/22219256 Staff-Sergeant CliffordWoodall PPARKES, Royal Army ServiceCorps, Territorial Army.

No. W/346719 Sergeant Sheila GwenllianVICKERAGE, Women's Royal Army Corps,Territorial Army.

No. 277627 Warrant Officer Class I (acting)(A.S.M.) Edward WEBSTER, Corps of RoyalElectrical and Mechanical Engineers.

No. 22278104 Sergeant John James WILLIAMS,Royal Regiment of Artillery, TerritorialArmy.

No. 10565924 Warrant Officer Class II (acting)Robert George WILLIS, Royal ArmyOrdnance Corps.

No. S/68978 Warrant Officer Class H (acting)Walter James Dennis WOOD, Royal ArmyService Corps.




The QUEEN has been graciously pleasedto approve the award of the British EmpireMedal (Military Division) to the under-mentioned : —

2689500 Flight Sergeant William Lewis AGATE,Royal Auxiliary Air Force.

621611 Flight Sergeant John BEALE, RoyalAir Force.

631121 Flight Sergeant Edward GeorgeDICKSON, Royal Air Force.

423010 Flight Sergeant Phyllis GILLATT,Women's Royal Air Force.

512267 Flight Sergeant John GLADDING, RoyalAir Force.

567907 Flight Sergeant Arthur James HODGE,Royal Air Force.

566644 Flight Sergeant Arthur ChapmanKILBURN, Royal Air Force.

506658 Flight Sergeant Richard Tom ArchibaldMEDWAY, Royal Air Force.

647199 Flight Sergeant Francis James DavidMURRAY, Royal Air Force.

569050 Flight Sergeant Frederick John SAVELL,Royal Air Force.

572693 Flight Sergeant Desmond Arthur SEAR,Royal Air Force.

573755 Flight Sergeant Ronald SEELEY, RoyalAir Force.

567317 Flight Sergeant Leslie Arthur TOVEY,Royal Air Force.

541786 Flight Sergeant John Robert TROTTER,Royal Air Force.

505983 Flight Sergeant (now Acting WarrantOfficer) Thomas Edwin WARD, Royal AirForce.

548137 Flight Sergeant Douglas JamesWATERMAN, Royal Air Force.

591064 Flight Sergeant John HubertWILLIAMS, Royal Air Force.

571061 Flight Sergeant John MadogWILLIAMS, Royal Air Force.

574048 Flight Sergeant John Francis WORT,Royal Air Force.

995092 Acting Flight Sergeant ArchibaldDUNLOP, Royal Air Force.

531659 Acting Flight Sergeant LawrenceWaterworth GREENWOOD, Royal Air Force.

641830 Sergeant William Ronald BRADFORD,Royal Air Force.

611558 Sergeant Charles Eric CONDUIT, RoyalAir Force.

577619 Sergeant Dennis William HILL, RoyalAir Force.

1829913 Sergeant James McARTHUR, RoyalAir Force.

908243 Sergeant Eric MIDDLETON, Royal AirForce.

2070865 'Sergeant Florence NORTHCOTT,Women's Royal Air Force. .

538317 Sergeant Candry Albert CharlesPITHERS, Royal Air Force.

26845 LI Sergeant George WILSON, RoyalAuxiliary Air Force.

4027972 Corporal John Stephen HUNTER,Royal Air Force.

CENTRAL CHANCERY OF THEORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD.


The QUEEN has been graciously pleased toapprove the award of the British EmpireMedal (Civil Division) to the undermen-tioned : —

UNITED KINGDOM.

Thomas Henry Ivor ADAMS, Mains Foreman,Plymouth District, Devon Sub-Area, SouthWestern Electricity Board. (Devonport.)

Robert ADDISON, Process Worker, RoyalOrdnance Factory, Chorley. (Preston.)

Joseph ADKINS, Market Gardener, Banbury.Frank ALLEN, Inspector, Engineering Depart-

ment, Head Post Office, Boston.Frank Riddle ANDERSON, Verger, Royal

Garrison Church, Aldershot.Joseph ASHCROFT, Process Worker, Royal

Ordnance Factory, Chorley. (Wigan.)Sidney ASKEW, Installations Inspector, Stret-

ford District, Manchester Group, North Wes-tern Gas Board. (Urmston, near Man-chester.)

Arthur John BAILEY, Head Police Warder,British Museum. (Streatham Hill, S.W.2.)

Edward Herman BAILEY, Warden, TerritorialArmy Centre, Suffolk. (Leiston.)

Miss Doris BALDWIN, J.P., Member, Women'sVoluntary Services, North Riding of York-shire. (Sinnington, York.)

Arthur BARKER, Checker, Hull, RailwayExecutive, North Eastern Region.

Miss Doris BEADLE, Senior Chief Supervisor(F), London Telecommunications Region.(Islington, N.I.)

George BEAUMONT, Pitbank Weighman,Grange Ash Colliery, North Eastern Divi-sion, National Coal Board. (Wakefield.)

Frederick BENBOW, Tractor Driver, Mont-gomery Agricultural Executive Committee.

. (Newtown.)Albert Arthur BISHOP, C.G.M., Storekeeper,

Bloomfields Ltd., Great Yarmouth. ,John Thomas BOLAS, Overman, Hilton Main

Colliery, West Midlands Division, NationalCoal Board. (Wolverhampton.)

John Francis BONNET, lately District FitterForeman, Lea Bridge District, NorthThames Gas Board. (North Weald,Essex.)

William Edwin BRIDGE, Assistant, Investiga-tion Branch, General Post Office. (Enfield.)

•Joseph William BROOKES, M.M., TechnicalOfficer, Telephone Manager's Office,Gloucester. (Cheltenham.)

Sidney BROOKS, Sugar Warehouse Charge-hand. British Sugar Corporation Ltd.,Kidderminster.

Charles Henry BROWN, Supervising Instructor,Class I, No. 2 Radio School, Royal AirForce, Yatesbury. (Swindon.)

Thomas BROWNLIE, Section Leader, Lanark-shire Area Fire Brigade. (Biggar.)

Charles Ernest BURRAGE, Principal Keeper,Withernsea Lighthouse, Corporation ofTrinity House.

George Arthur BURROWS, Senior Foreman,Bruntons (Musselburgh) Ltd., Musselburgh.

Thomas CARMICHAEL, Substation Attendant,Fife Sub Area, South.East Scotland Elec-tricity Board. (Kirkcaidy.)


William CARR, Cloth Looker, RichardHaworth and Company Ltd., Salford.(Manchester.)

John CARSON, ' Constable, Ulster Special Con-stabulary. (Belfast.)

Anne, Mrs. CATOR, Area Organiser, Norfolk,Women's Voluntary Services.

Horace Lennox CHALCRAFT, Chief Cook, RoyalNaval College. (Greenwich, S.E.10.)

Henry Thomas CHAPMAN, Chargehand Fitter,Barnsley Power Station, Yorkshire Division,British Electricity Authority. (Barnsley.)

Matthew CHARLTON, Engineman, SteamTrawler " Trumpeter," (A.379).

James Joseph CHARNLEY, Chargehand Elec-trical Fitter, Ribble Power Station, NorthWestern Division, British ElectricityAuthority. (Preston.)

James CLARK, Station Officer, H.M. Coast-guard, Kirkwall.

James Christopher Russell COCHRANE, HeadConstable, Royal Ulster Constabulary.(Whitehead, County Antrim.)

Stanley COGMAN, Production Manager, WireNetting Department, Boulton and Paul Ltd.,Norwich.

Cornelius Sallu COLE, Foreman of Works, WestAfrica Command, War Office.

Thomas H. COLEMAN, Deputy, North CelynenColliery, South Western Division, NationalCoal Board. (Newbridge, Monmouthshire.)

Joseph Edward COLLEY, Turner and Borer,Lancashire Dynamo and Crypto Ltd., Man-chester.

Thomas Albert COLLEY, Ladle Carriage Driver,iPark Gate Iron and Steel Company Ltd.,Rotherham.

Bertie Vincent COOK, lately Foreman Stoker,London Division, British Electricity Autho-rity. (Sidcup, Kent.)

Leonard COTTINGHAM, lately School Staff In-structor, Oundle School, Northampton.

Dorothy Alice Clara, Mrs. COURTNEY, DeputyCounty Organiser, South Middlesex,Women's Voluntary Services. (Baling, W.5.)

Catherine Clarkson, Mrs. CRAIG, Member ofCentre Staff, Glasgow, Women's VoluntaryServices.

Thomas CRISP, Warehouse Foreman, T.Pryce Hamer Ltd., Llanidloes, Montgomery-shire.

Ian Allister CROMBIE, Boatswain, m.v."Tahsinia," Anchor Line. (Callander,Perthshire.)

John Herbert CROPPER, Supervisor, BritishExtracting Company Ltd., Bromborough,Cheshire.

William George Thomas DARTON, OfficeKeeper, Maritime Headquarters, Pitreavie.(Rosyth.)

Reginald DENT, Rescue Brigademan, DurhamDivision, National Coal Board. (Durham.)

Alfred James DENTON, Foreman, ArmyMedical Equipment Depot, Ludgershall.

Charles DOBSON, Spinning Overlooker, J. & J.Crombie Ltd., Aberdeen.

James William DODDS, Leading TechnicalOfficer, Post Office Telephone Exchange,West Hartlepool.

Walter DOMINEY, Acting Foreman of Manu-facture, Admiralty. (Poole.)

Michael Smith DRUMMOND, Shaftsman, Blair-muckhill Colliery, Scottish Division, NationalCoal Board. (Blackridge, West Lothian.)

William ENGLAND, Inside Works Foreman,Hamilton Robb Ltd., Portadown, CountyArmagh.

Harry Stanley EVANS, Carpenter, s.s. " Ixion,"•Alfred Holt and Company. (Liverpool.)

George Samuel EVEREST, Resident OfficeKeeper, Church Commission. (Westminster,S.W.I.)

Edwin Alexander FARENDEN, Inspector, Signaland Telecommunications Department Rail-way Executive, Southern Region. (Woking,Surrey.)

Leslie FARMER, Chief Inspector, West Ridingof Yorkshire Constabulary. (Wakefield.)

Thomas FARNAN, Safety Supervisor, Bartramand Sons Ltd., Sunderland.

John FLANAGAN, Assistant Steward, "Lairds-craig," Burns and Laird Lines Ltd.(Glasgow.)

John Frederick FLEMING, Station Officer,Norfolk Fire Brigade. (Hunstanton.)

William Edward Burdett FLETCHER, MachineTool Maker, Raleigh Industries Ltd.,Nottingham.

Charles Francis FLINTOFT, Charge-hand,Ancient Monuments Branch, Ministry ofWorks. (Nottingham.)

Arthur FRAYNE, Research and ExperimentalMechanic, Royal Aircraft Establishment,Farnborough.

Charles William GALE, Electrical Engineer,N.A.A.F.I. (North Harrow, Middlesex.)

Frederick Edward GARLAND, Inspector,Southampton Borough Police Force.

Charles William GASCOIGNE, District Inspector,Sheffield Undertaking, East Midlands GasBoard. (Sheffield.)

Francis Leslie GEORGE, Chargehand, J. and H.McLaren Ltd., Staines. (Ashford, Middle-sex.)

William GLEAVE, Substation Attendant,Merseyside and North Wales ElectricityBoard. (Northwich, Cheshire.)

Harold Raymond GODBOLD, Shed Foreman,Richard Hodgson and Sons Ltd., Beverley.

Charles GRATTON, Chief Inspector, Head Post.Office, Manchester.

Alfred GREEN, lately Foreman, Hilger andWatts Ltd., London. (Kentish Town,N.W.5.)

George Henry GREEN, Toolroom Foreman,A. Kershaw and Sons, Leeds.

Herbert James GREWCOCK, Civilian Instructor,H.M. Borstal Institution, Portland.

Haydn GRIFFITHS, Sergeant, Mid-Wales Con-stabulary. (Welshpool, Montgomeryshire.)

Harry HALLAM, Brick Moulder, G. Tucker &Son Ltd., Loughborough.

Thomas HALSHAW, Process Worker, RoyalOrdnance Factory, Chorley. (Preston.)

Charles William HAMMOND, Inspector, Postal,Fareham, Hampshire. (Southampton.)

Walter George HAMMOND, Platers Marker-Off, Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., Crayford,Kent. (Plumstead, S.E.I8.)

Ernest Charles HARRIS, Furnaceman, CapperPass and Son Ltd., Bristol.

Frank HARVEY, Engineer, Technical Grade II,Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough.

Khan Sahib Muhammad HASHIM, Dragoman,Her Majesty's Embassy, Bagdad.

Miss Jane HELLINGS, Honorary Collector,Savings Group, Stithians, Truro.

George HEMSWORTH, Fireman, London FireBrigade. (Hoxton, N.I.)


William HENDERSON, Foreman, Law andBurns Ltd., South Shields.

Henry Joseph HIATT, Station Warden, RoyalAir Force, Digby. (Lincoln.)

Percy William HOLLAND, lately AssistantSuperintendent, Eastern Central DistrictOffice, General Post Office. For services tothe Post Office Orphan Homes Institution.(Sidcup, Kent.)

William John HOLLIS, Supervising InstructorSupervisor, No. 2 School of Technical Train-

, ing. Royal Air Force, Cosford. (Weston-super-Mare.)

Eunice, Mrs. HOLT, Ward Leader, Bradford,Women's Voluntary Services.

Harry Evelyn HOLT, Stores Foreman, WarOffice, Chilwell. (Derby.)

Stephen Seager HOPKINS, Assistant Supervisor,Edinburgh Division, Scottish Gas Board.(Edinburgh.)

Arthur HUISH, Charge-hand Carpenter, C. W.Addicott and Son, Weston-super-Mare.

Thomas JARRATT, Leading ArchitecturalAssistant, War Office. (Wembley.)

Ellen Elizabeth, Mrs. JOHNSON, HonoraryCollector, Street Savings Group, Eccles,Manchester.

Frank JOHNSON, District Inspector, Scar-borough Gas Undertaking, North EasternGas Board. (Scarborough.)

Margaret, Mrs. JOHNSTON, Honorary Collector,Street Savings Group, Alnwick, Northumber-land.

Charles William JONES, Overman, BedwasColliery, South Western Division, NationalCoal Board. (Trethomas, Monmouthshire.)

Violet Maud, Mrs. Jones, Honorary Collec-tor, Street Saving Groups, Bridgend,Glamorganshire.

John Thomas JORDAN, Member, Coast LifeSaving Corps, Nell's Point, Barry.

William KENNY, Postman, Head Post Office,Stockport.

John James Donald KERRY, Area First AidSuperintendent, Durham Division, NationalCoal Board. (Esh, County Durham.)

Walter LANGLEY, Mason, Rutland MasonryWorks Ltd., Peterborough.

Harold LEADER, Head of Sampling Depart-ment, Atkins Bros. (Hinckley) Ltd. (Bur-bage, Leicestershire.)

Geoffrey Wells LEAPER, Foreman Fitter, SouthEastern Electricity Board. (Brighton.)

Richard John William LEES, Crane Driver,North Wilford Power Station, East MidlandsDivision, British Electricity Authority.(Nottingham.)

Percy John LETHBRIDGE, Quantity Surveyor'sAssistant, War Office. (Rudgwick, Suffolk.)

Kenneth Alfred LEVACK, Permanent Labourer,Port of London Authority. (Greenford,Middlesex.)

William Oscar John LOCKETT, lately Sub-Inspector, Ministry of Civil Aviation Con-stabulary. (Seaton.) .

Wilfred LUNN, Superintendent, Docks andRunning Shed, Aldershot and DistrictTraction Company Ltd. (Aldershot.)

Thomas Robertson MoCALL, Checker, Com-mercial Department, Ardeer Factory, Ayr-shire. * '

Richard Roy MoCROW, Barrack StoreAccountant, War Office. (Derby.)

Ezekil McCuLLOUGH, Foreman, CommandOrdnance Depot, War Office, Kinnegar.(Holywood, County Down.)

Andrew McCuRRACH, Workshop Foreman,Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses.(Edinburgh.)

Ian Cuthbert MAcGREGOR, Aerodrome FireOfficer, Grade 1, Ministry of Transport and

' Civil Aviation. (Prestwick).William MCLAREN, Leading Technical Officer,

Post Office Radio Station, Cupar. (St.•Andrews.)

Albert McWnxiAM, Chief Observer, Post D.2,Aberdeen, No. 29 Group, Royal ObserverCorps.

Rhoda, Mrs. MASSEY, Member, Women'sVoluntary Services, Manchester. (Atherton.)

Ernest Henry MATTHEWS, Chief Officer, ClassI, H.M. Prison, Maidstone.

Herbert Charles Albert MERCER, Blind Tele-phone Operator, Cambridge EmploymentExchange, Ministry of Labour and NationalService.

George Donald MIERAS, Senior Sergeant,Mechanised Special Constabulary, City ofEdinburgh Police.

Henry Edward MOON, Refrigerator Attendant,s.s. "Samaria", Cunard 'Steam-Ship Com-pany Ltd. (Liverpool.)

Edwin Lillicrap MOORE, Senior InspectingOfficer, Admiralty. (Southsea.)

William John MOTHERSDALE, Supervisor, GradeII, Control Commission for Germany,Koln.

Robert MUIR, Chief Engineer, PrestonlinksColliery, Scottish Division, National CoalBoard. (Musselburgh.)

Gertrude, Mrs. MURPHY, Honorary Collector,Street Savings Group, Mold, Flintshire.

Ann Dorothy, Mrs. NEWBY, , Storewoman,Ministry of Food. (Brotherton, Nr. Leeds.)

Thomas Arthur NEWSOME, Dataller, MitchellMain Colliery, North Eastern Division,National Coal Board. (Barnsley.)

William Daniel NICHOLLS, Road Foreman,County Surveyor's Department, Gloucester-shire County Council. (Staunton.)

Thomas Hutchinson OGLE, Coal Filler, Shil-bottle Colliery, Northern (Northumberlandand Cumberland) Division, National CoalBoard. (Shilbottle, Northumberland.)

Richard Anthony O'NEILL, Deputy Chief•Warder, Allied Nationals Prison, Werl,British Zone of Germany.

Miss Edith O'SHAUGHNESSY, Forewoman,Splint Covering Department, Royal CripplesHospital, Birmingham.

Thomas PAGE, lately Underground RoadWorker, Denby Drury Lowe Colliery, EastMidlands Division, National Coal Board.(Denby, Derbyshire.)

Thomas Wilfred PAINTER, Mill Superintendent,Swansea, Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd.,Metals Division.

Stanley Edwards PECK, Chief Inspector, Metro-politan Police. (Hendon, N.W.9.)

William Henry PETHERICK, Artificer, H.M.S.Veraon. (Portsmouth.)

Edgar William PHILLIPS, Postman, WandsworthSub-District Post Office. (Wandsworth,S.W.18.)

Miss Dorothy PIPE, Overseer (F), Seven KingsBranch Post Office, Dford.

Charles POSFORD, Head Gardener, French Dis-trict, Imperial War Graves Commission.

Frank Leslie POWELL, Depot Manager,Brockley Lane Depot G.N., House CoalDistribution (Emergency) Scheme. (Croydon.)


Albert John PRATT, Senior Chief Supervisor(M), London Telecommunications Region.(Ashtead, Surrey.)

John Charles Francis PRENDERGRAST, Tele-phone Switchboard Operator and Door-keeper, Territorial Army Drill Hall, Liver-pool.

Robert Reginald PURSER, Commandant,Buckinghamshire Special Constabulary.(Slough.)

William Henry PYM, Mechanic Examiner,Inspectorate of Armaments, Ministry ofSupply. (Gharlton, S.E.7.)

David QUEAY, Leading-hand Fitter, RailwayExecutive, Scottish Region (Kilmarnock.)

Miss Jane Alexandra Dickson QUIGLEY, Super-visor (F), Post Office Telephone Exchange,Belfast.

Joseph REID, Onsetter, Wigan JunctionColliery, North Western Division, NationalCoal Board. (Plait Bridge, near Wigan.)

David Brinley RICHARDS, Under Foreman,Girling Ltd., Cwmbran, Monmouthshire.

William Oswald RICHARDSON, Sub-Officer,Huntingdonshire Fire Brigade. (Yaxley.)

Sidney RINGWALD, Electrical Engineer, BritishResin Products Ltd., Barry.

Winifred Edith, Mrs. RISSIK, Deputy CountyOrganiser, Rutland, Women's VoluntaryServices. (Uppingham.)

James William ROBINSON, Foreign Office,London.

Adam ROGERSON, Agricultural Blacksmith,Stocksfield, Northumberland.

Eli David ROLLINGS, School Staff Instructor,Reading School, Berkshire.

Archibald David RUTLAND, Stores Superin-tendent, No. 7 Maintenance Unit, Royal AirForce, Quedgeley. (Gloucester.)

Edward Ronald SELLARS, Foreman Electrician,Ransome and Maries Bearings CompanyLtd., Newark-on-Trent.

Frederick Albert Tom SEWELL, General WorksForeman, Flathouse Gas Works, Portsmouth,Southern Gas Board. (Portsmouth.)

John SHAW, Transport and Garage Foreman,Horsley, Smith and Company Ltd., Hull.

Robert Albert SHEPHERD, Template Maker,Cravens Railway Carriage and Wagon Com-pany Ltd., Sheffield.

Amelia Fanny, Mrs. SIMS, Honorary Collector,Parish Savings Group, Madeley.

William Henry SMALLEY, Propeller Moulder,Harper Phillips Company Ltd., Grimsby.

Fred SMITH, Colliery Head Electrician,Langton Colliery, East Midlands Division,National Coal Board. (Pinxton, Notts.)

William George SPARKES, Postman, HigherGrade, Birmingham.

Frederick William SPILLING, Comptroller ofSupplies, Savoy Hotel, London. (WestWorthing, Sussex.)

George Robert SQUIRES, Office Keeper,Grade III, Ministry of Pensions and NationalInsurance. (Ruislip.)

Walter Scott STAGEY, Planer, Royal OrdnanceFactories, Woolwich. (Blackfriars, S.E.I.)

Frank William STEVENS, Technical Officer,Head Post Office, Birmingham.

Adam Haldone STRATH, Cook, s.s. "Goth-land ", Currie Line Ltd. (Edinburgh.)

Frank STRINGER, Colliery Checkweighman,Rothwell Colliery, North Eastern Division,National Coal Board. (Rothwell, nearLeeds.)

Thomas William SUMNER, Senior and GeneralForeman, Redheugh Gas Works, Gateshead-on-Tyne, Northern Gas Board. (Gateshead-on-Tyne.)

Chiu-Wing TAM, Local Clerk, Grade I, H.M.Dockyard, Hong Kong.

Albert George TAYLOR, Farm Manager, Carn-wath, Department of Agriculture forScotland.

Miss Margaret Reid TAYLOR, Chief Super-visor (F), Post Office Telephone Exchange,Edinburgh.

David Edward Alexander THOMSON, Main-tenance Staff Foreman, T. and H. Smith Ltd.,Edinburgh.

James THOMSON, Principal Store Officer, H.M.Prison, Edinburgh. <•

Samuel Thomas Swinnerton TRAIN, ActingInspector of Engine Fitters, Admiralty.(Rosyth.)

William TROTTER, Datal Worker, Washington'F' Colliery, Durham Division, NationalCoal Board. (Washington, County Durham.)

Edith, Mrs. TURNER, Honorary Collector, StreetSavings Groups, High Wycombe, Bucking-hamshire.

Gilbert Lucius TURNER, Chief Observer, PostJ.3, Beckenham, No. 1 Group, RoyalObserver Corps.

John Francis TYRER, Charge-hand Fitter,Vulcan Foundry Ltd., Newton-le-Willows.

John George VALLANCE, Overman-in-Charge,Brodsworth Main Colliery, North EasternDivision, National Coal Board. (Woodlands,near Doncaster.)

Miss Elsie Mary WALES, Assistant Supervisor(Telegraphs), Post Office, Chatham.(Rochester.)

James F. WALLACE, Honorary Collector, StreetSavings Group, Belfast.

Louis William WATSON, Head Storekeeper,Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation,Liverpool.

Clement WELTON, Head Gardener, North-WestEuropean District, Imperial War GravesCommission.

James Aaron WHITE, Mechanical Engineer,East Greenwich Works, South Eastern GasBoard. (Peckham, S.E.15.)

Gordon WILKINS, Experimental Mechanician,MoMichael Radio Ltd., Slough.

John Henry WILLIAMS, Deputy, LlanhillethSteam Colliery, South Western Division,National Coal Board. (Newport, Monmouth-shire.)

Robert WILLIAMS, Planning Engineer, Newton,Chambers and Company Ltd., Thorncliffe.(Chapeltown, near Sheffield.)

Hector Donald WILMOT, Head ChanceryGuard, Her Majesty's Embassy, Vienna.

Edwin WILSON, (Maintenance Foreman, Syn-thetic Ammonia Plant, Prudhoe.

George William WOODCOCK, Senior Inspectorof Custodians, Lord Great Chamberlain'sDepartment, House of Lords. (Wimbledon,S.W.20.)

Robert WRIGHT, Chief Engineer of a SteamTrawler. (Swansea.)

William WYATT, Chargehand Toolmaker, ParkBros. Ltd., Blackburn.

Eric Joseph YATES, Works Technical, Grade II,Royal Air Force, Marham. (Grimsby.)


SOUTHERN RHODESIA.

George Evelyn PENNELL, Commissionaire inCharge, Office of the Governor of SouthernRhodesia.

COLONIAL EMPIRE.

George loannou KARANIKIS, Head Chauffeur,Government House, Cyprus.

Spyros Andrea PROTOPAPAS, Chief ForemanVillage Roads, Nicosia/Kyrenia District,Cyprus.

Koduvayur Ananthanarayana IyerCHATTANATHAN, Technical Assistant, Sur-vey Office, Muar, Johore, Federation ofMalaya.

CHIN Peng Leong, Senior Assistant, Depart-ment of Adviser on Aborigines, Federationof Malaya.

Haji IBRAHIM bin Sheikh Yahaya, ChiefRevenue Officer, Customs Department,Johore Bahru, Federation of Malaya.

ISMAIL bin Haji Ali, Permanent Staff Instruc-tor, Home Guard, Mukim of Bangau,Pahang, Federation of Malaya.

Kontik KAMARIAH binti Ahmad, AssistantSupervisor of Malay Girls' Schools, Selangor,Federation of Malaya.

KHOO Paik Wan, Manager, Pakloh Estate,Kluang, Johore, Federation of Malaya.

KHOO Soo Saik, Chinese Translator, PoliceHeadquarters, Penang, Federation ofMalay^.

Kulop MANAS bin Dawan1, Headman, Lasah,Perak, Federation of Malaya.

LUM Ah Hoi, Workshop Foreman, MalayanRailway, Federation of Malaya.

Arumugam NAMASIVAYAM, Station Master,- Bahau, Negri Sembilan, Federation of

Malaya.PHUA Thian Ern, Chairman of Village Com-

mittee, Parit Ya'ani, Batu Pahat, Johore,Federation of Malaya.

THANGAVELU s/o Amurtham, Chief Clerk,Sitiawan Police District Headquarters,Perak, Federation of Malaya.

James Matthew ABRAHAM, Supervisor, PrintingDepartment, Gambia.

Ephraim Githae MITHAMO, Assistant DistrictOfficer, South Tetu Division, Kenya.

Joseph George MULAMA, President, KakamegaAfrican Court of Appeal, Kenya.

Kariuki NDORONGO, African Chief Warder,H.M. Prison, Nairobi, Kenya.

Chief Musa NYANDUSI, Special Grade Chief,Nyaribari Location, Kenya.

Jiwan BHIMA, Acting Principal Officer,Prisons Department, Mauritius.

Thomas AMAFREY, Master, River Ferry Boat"Eket", Calabar, Nigeria.

Emanuel Ajayi FAPURO, Foreman (Fitter),Marine Department, Nigeria.

Nelson Duff GONGONYA, Postmaster, MonzeSub-Post Office, Northern Rhodesia.

Noanga MUBITA, Jeanes Supervisor, Barotse-land, Northern Rhodesia.

Lily, Mrs. WARREN, Midwife, Pitcairn Island.Emily, Mrs. CAREW, Temporary Staff Nurse,

Nursing Service, Sierra Leone.Jirdeh AHAMED, Inspector of Police, Somali-

land Protectorate.

Ramadhani Mzee HEMEDI, African Teacher,Junior Service, Department of Education,Tanganyika.

Benedictus Joseph Labre MATO, Secretary andTreasurer to the Council of Chiefs of SouthMara, Tanganyika.

Wakili BAKARI MWINYIKAMBI, Acting Chief ofBahi, Dodoma District, Tanganyika.

Sultan Mohamed SHARDFF, Assistant Press En-gineer, Government Press, Tanganyika.

Redvers Buller GILL, Forest Supervisor,Trinidad.

Rajabu IBRAHIM, Senior Hunter Overseer,Tsetse Control Department, Uganda.

Masoud JUMA, Machinist, Government Press,Zanzibar Protectorate.


St. James's Palace, S.W.I.

1st January, 1954.

The QUEEN has been graciously pleased toaward the Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) tothe undermentioned: —

578267 Corporal Herbert Mark BULLED, RoyalAir Force.

571101 Corporal Oswald Hastings CARINE,Royal Air Force.

Police Sergeant Charles William COOK,Berkshire Constabulary.

Police Sergeant Anthony Charles RodneyCHRISTOPHER, Berkshire Constabulary.

Police Constable William FULLER, Metropoli-tan Police Force.

Police Constable Charles GROOMBRIDGE,Metropolitan Police Force.

Edward HIGHGATE.Horace George MORGAN.Francis Edward RUDDLE.1538550 Sergeant Frederick William SILVESTER,

Royal Air Force.William Henry SMITH.Detective Constable Leslie James WATTS,

Norfolk Constabulary.


St. James's Palace, S.W.I.

1st January, 1954.

The QUEEN has been graciously pleased togive orders for the publication of the namesof the undermentioned in the London Gazette.

QUEEN'S COMMENDATIONS FORVALUABLE SERVICE IN THE AIR.

Captain Thomas Harry FARNSWORTH, SeniorCaptain, Operations; Development ]LJnit,British Overseas Airways Corporation.

William Victor GREATOREX, Esq., D.F.C.,Radio Officer " B ", British European Air-ways Corporation.


Admiralty, Whitehall, S.W.I.1st January, 1954.

The QUEEN has been graciously pleased toapprove the following appointments to theRoyal Red Cross: —

To be Associates of the Royal Red Cross,Second Class:—

Miss Edna Nellie Georgina GILL, Superin-tending Sister, Queen Alexandra's RoyalNaval Nursing Service.

Miss Cynthia Felicity Joan COOKE, SeniorNursing Sister, Queen Alexandra's RoyalNaval Nursing Service.

The War Office, 1st January, 1954.

The QUEEN has been graciously pleased toapprove the following appointments to theRoyal Red Cross:—

To be a Member of the Royal Red Cross, FirstClass :—

Major Lois Elaine THOMPSON (206484), QueenAlexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps.

To be Associates of the Royal Red Cross,Second Class:—

Q/1000009 Corporal Elizabeth KathleenGALLANT, Queen Alexandra's Royal ArmyNursing Corps.

Major Sarah Annie RAINE (209154), QueenAlexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps.

Captain Muriel Helen RUNDLE (241018),Queen Alexandra's Royal Army NursingCorps.

Air Ministry, 1st January, 1954.

The QUEEN has been graciously pleased toapprove the following appointments to theRoyal Red Cross: —

To be Members of the Royal Red CrossFirst Class:—

Wing Officer Alice LOWREY, A.R.R.C.(405062), Princess Mary's Royal Air ForceNursing Service.

Squadron Officer Elsie MALTMAN, A.R.R.C.(405108), (Princess Mary's Royal Air Force•Nursing Service.


The QUEEN has been graciously pleasedto approve the following awards: —

Bar to Air Force Cross.Wing Commanders.Edward William ANDERSON, O.B.E., D.F.C.,

A.F.C. (83847), Royal Air Force.Harry Hamilton Scott BROWN, A.F.C., M.B.,

B.S. (23355), Royal Air Force.

Squadron Leaders.Frederick Samuel HAZLEWOOD, A.F.C. (55087),

Royal Air Force.Cyril Stanley HUNTON, D.F.C., A.F.C. (141735),

Royal Air Force.Thomas STEVENSON. A.F.C, (82957). Royal Air

Force.C

Acting Squadron Leader.Howard Thomas MURLEY, D.F.C., A.F.C.

((176032), Royal Air Force.

Flight Lieutenant.Roland Louis Ernest BURTON, A.F.C. (50530),

Royal Air Force.

Air Force Cross.Group Captain.Denis Aymard WILSON, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.,

Royal Air Force.

Wing Commanders.Thomas BALMFORTH, D.S.O., D.F.C. (41363).

Royal Ak Force.Ronald Noel Hamilton COURTNEY, D.F.C.

(70852), Royal Air Force.James Baird COWARD (39412), Royal Air

Force.Geoffrey Howard DHENIN, G.M., M.B., Ch.B.

(138384), Royal Air Force.Frederick Desmond HUGHES, D.'S.O., D.F.C.

(74706), Royal Ak Force.John Thornhill SHAW, D.S.O., D.F.C (108962),

Royal Air Force.William Alexander SMITH, D.F.C. (40026),

Royal Air Force.Clive Stanley George STANBURY, D.S.O., D.F.C.

(41808), Royal Air Force.James WALLACE, D.'S.O., D.F.C. (40868), Royal

Air Force.

Acting Wing Commander.Michael Henry LE BAS, D.S.O. (104423), Royal

Air Force.

Squadron Leaders.Eric George ALCOCK (144628), Royal Air

Force*Robert Anthony CARSON, M.C. (144937), Royal

Air Force.Peter Hunt CLEAVER, D.F.C. (103590), Royal

Air Force.Colin Weall COULTHARD (104469), Royal Air

Force.Ivor Derik CROZIER (127841), Royal Air Force.John Francis Jerome DEWHURST, D.F.C.

(130872), Royal Air Force.Douglas Stewart DICKINS (41681), Royal Air

Force.Peter Erskine VAUGHAN-FOWLER, D.S.O.,

JD.F.C. (110008), Royal Air Force.Wilfred Ronald GELLATLY (59332), Royal Air

Force.Arthur HUDSON, D.F.C. (48758), Royal

Auxiliary Air Force.Walter Noel KENYON (88395), Royal Air Force.David Cecil Hugh SIMMONS (123016), Royal

Air Force.Frederick Beresford SOWREY (107942), Royal

Air Force.

Acting Squadron Leaders.Bertram BEARD (53100), Royal Air Force.Douglas William BUTLER (141355), Royal Air

Force.John McRae CORMACK (193473), Royal

Auxiliary Air Force.Desmond De VILLIERS (182001), Royal

Auxiliary Air Force.Ronald Frank HITCHCOCK (52019), Royal Air

Force.Keith Hadland PERRY, D.S.O. (162948), RoyaJ

Air Force.


John Henry ROGERS (153678), Royal AkForce.

Reggie John Spilman SPOONER (153525), RoyalAir Force.

Flight Lieutenants.Ronald Albert Edward ALLEN (187693), Royal

Air Force.Charles Gordon BAILEY (55161), Royal Air

Force.Douglas Stuartson BELL, D.F.C. (132618).

Royal Air Force.Benjamin BURTON (150645), Royal Air Force.Brnest Sydney CHANDLER ((3039492), Royal

Air Force.James CORBISHLEY (501774), Royal Ak

Force.Ernest Alwyn Jackson CROOKS (1499559).

Royal Air Force.Timothy William Fane DE SALIS (58130).

Royal Air Force.Donald Herbert GANNON, D.F.C. (154643).

Royal Air Force.Victor George GIBBARD (54904), Royal Air

Force (Retired).William Noel GILMER (182613), Royal Air

Force.Newton Francis HARRISON, D.S.O. (502184).

Royal Air Force.Leonard George HOLDEN (181447), Royal Ak

Force.Eric Edward HOPKINS (52809), Royal Air

Force.Raymond Gordon ILES (53839), Royal Air

Force.Walter Dowse JARVIS (53990), Royal Ak

Force.Duncan MC!NTOSH (144397), Royal Auxiliary

Air Force.Anthony Basil MERCER (188288). Royal

Auxiliary Air Force.John Stanhope Jervoise HAMILTON-MARTIN

(175402), Royal Air Force.Ronald Charles NORRIS (186937), Royal Air

Force.Peter.Eric PULLAN (1623422), Royal Ak Force.Robert Samuel RICHES (159502), Royal Air

Force,.-Norman Frederick ROBINSON (177846), Royal

Air Force.David Windle Hutchinson SMITH (154141)

Royal Ak Force.Frank Albert THOMAS, D.F.C. (134130), Royal

Air Force.Graham Arthur John WOOD, D.F.C. (150096),

Royal Ak Force.

Flying Officer.Alfred John CAMP (1395228), Royal Air Force.

Surgeon Lieutenant.Commander William Herbert Baxter ELLIS,

M.B., B.S., Royal Navy.

Air Force Medal.Flight Sergeants1382398 (now Master Signaller) James John

COUCHER, Royal Air Force.1520000 Robert James BRYDON, Royal Air

Force.1699781 Frank Whitfield BURNEY, Royal Air

Force.1604763 Richard Ernest Augustus BUTTLE,

Royal Air Force.5429.14 Trevor Emrys EVANS, Royal Air

Force.

1624170 William Rider FARRER, Royal AkForce.

656413 Robert LOCKHART, D.F.M., Royal AkForce.

1342113 John Alan Dyce MEECHAN, D.F.C.,Royal Air Force.

1587513 Douglas Francis James SMITH, RoyalAir Force.

1459777 Ernest WALKER, Royal Ak Force.1010518 Joseph Eric WILLIAMSON, Royal Ak

Force.1625553 Anthony WOOD, Royal Air Force.

Sergeants.4035673 William Arthur BARRELL, Royal Ak

Force.1808587 Geoffrey Gordon DAVEY, Royal Air

Force.1698476 Allen NISBET, Royal Air Force.788144 Jaroslav SCHELLONG, Royal Ak Force.649578 Ronald Thomas Denis SMITH, Royal

Air Force.


The QUEEN has been graciously pleasedto give orders for the publication of the namesof the following personnel who have beencommended: —

Queen's Commendation for Valuable Servicein the Air.

Squadron Leaders.Percy William George BURGESS (45887), Royal

Air Force.Kingsley Lawrence MONAGHAN, D.F.C., D.F.M.

(135401), Royal Air Force.Robert Sidney RADLEY, D.F.C., A.F.C. (83263),

Royal Ak Force.Fred ROTHWELL, D.F.C. (45337), Royal Ak

Force.Errol Henry TAYLOR, A.F.C. (59405), Royal

Air Force.Harold Edward WHITE, D.F.C., A.F.C.

(119508), Royal Ak Force.

Acting Squadron Leaders.Robert Henry Sherwood BUTT (59565), Royal

Air Force.William Edward COLAHAN, D.F.C. (59005),

Royal Air Force.Henry McLeod Delves DEFFEE (54300), Royal

Air Force (Retired).Leslie John HILL (41584), Royal Air Force.

Flight Lieutenants.Erik Peter BENNETT (1906354), Royal Ak

Force.David Henry BLOMELEY, D.F.C. (40665), Royal

Ak Force.John Eric BURTON (200893), Royal Air Force.Francis Harold CHANDLER (162231), Royal Air

Force.Michael Vynne CHRISTOPHERSON, D.F.C.

(60106), Royal Ak Force.Peter John CLARKE (575039), Royal Air Force.Leslie Jack COOK (164150), Royal Air Force.Charles Thomas DALZIEL (185792), Royal Air

Force.Francis Edward DEBENHAM (188083), Royal

Ak Force.James Clifford DOUGLAS, D.F.C. (51319), Royal

Ak Force.Harold Frederick EDWARDS, D.F.C. (186640),

Royal Ak Force.Cecil Owen ELLISON, D.F.C. (55066), Royal

Air Force.

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Jack HALDANE (55644), Royal Air Force.John William Gill JAMES, D.F.C. (120876),

Royal Air Force.Roy Marsden JENKINS, A.F.C. (1652817),

Royal Air Force.Arthur JOHNSON, A.F.C. (56595), Royal Air

Force.Richard Cecil JONES (1045115), Royal Air. Force.William Clarke KENDALL (57546), Royal Air

Force.Peter Anthony LATHAM (57736), Royal Air

Force.James MAXWELL (125544), Royal Air Force.Kenneth Harry MILES, A.F.C. (163156), Royal

Air Force.Walter George MYATT (191909), Royal Air

Force.John REES (54926), Royal Air Force.John RICHARDSON (196473), Royal Air Force.Ralph Bertram ROBINSON (56766), Royal Air

Force.Alfred Charles SHAPE (175080), Royal Air

Force.Ronald Alfred STENNING (1850868), Royal Air

Force.John Henry TAYLOR (174501), Royal Air Force.Douglas Henry THOMAS (177863), Royal Air

Force.Arthur Cedric THORNTON (173794), Royal Air

Force.John Raymond WEEDS, D.F.C. (119824), Royal

Air Force.Joseph Charles WRIGHT, A.F.C. (147899),

Royal Air Force.Qordon WRIGLEY (116449), Royal Air Force.

Flying Officers.Michael Wellinger CROSS (1582107), Royal Air

ForceMajer GELBHAUER, D.F.C. (1270361), Royal

Air Force.Robert Ian YOUNG (3012399), Royal Air

Force.

Master Pilots.Norman Edward BURLOW (1388761), Royal

Air Force.James Nelson CULVERWELL (905365), Royal

Air Force.Alexander David FELL (567416), Royal Air

Force.Herbert RUSE (564378), Royal Air Force.

Master Navigator.Edwin Robert BUTTLE (544003), Royal Air

Force.

Master Engineer.Henry John TANCOCK (577585), Royal Air

Force.

Master Signaller.Samuel James BASSAM (1127581), Royal Air

Force.

Flight Sergeants.1586502 Gordon John Christopher DYER,

Royal Air Force.2206627 George Edward HAGAN, Royal Air

Force.1122268 James JAMIESON, Royal Air Force.1605242 Kenneth James MAGGS, Royal Air

Force.2206715 Thomas Joseph Howden PENNY, Royal

Air Force.D

1585105 Walter George PRATER, Royal AirForce.

1571812 Arthur RAMSDEN, A.F.M., Royal AirForce.

1609884 Raymond VOLANTHEN, Royal AirForce.

624467 Phillip William WEDGWOOD, Royal AirForce.

1318020 John WILLIAMS, Royal Air Force.1311873 Ronald Albert William COBLEY,

Royal Air Force.Sergeants.2201812 Peter CROUDSON, Royal Air Force.579219 Roy Seymour DAVIS, Royal Air Force.579317 William Harold George FREEMAN,

Royal Air Force.1813814 Gerald SOALL, Royal Air Force.1591258 Charles Bruce SPURR, Royal Air

Force.1576241 Robert TYERS, Royal Air Force.

Whitehall, January 1, 1954.

The QUEEN has been pleased to award theKing's Police and Fire Services Medal, forDistinguished Service, to the undermentionedofficers:—

Police, England and Wales.Sir Henry STUDDY, C.B.E., Chief Constable.

West Riding of Yorkshire Constabulary.William John PRICE, Chief Constable, Cardiff

City Police Force.Paul FOSTER, Chief Constable, Wigan Borough

Police Force.Alfred Edward GODDEN, Chief Constable.

Wakefield City Police Force.Hugh YOUNG, C.B.E., Commander, Metro-

politan Police.Alfred REAY, Assistant Chief Constable.

Durham County Constabulary.,Cecil Norman Fawcett LINDSAY, Chief

Superintendent, Lancashire Constabulary.Arthur Frederick STAGEY, Superintendent,

Bristol City Police Force.William Edward DEACON, Chief Superintendent.

Kent County Constabulary.Frederick John DEEDMAN, MM., Superinten-

dent, Metropolitan Police.Leslie Albert WATSON, Superintendent. Metro-

politan Police.

Police, Scotland.George MCLEAN, Chief Superintendent, City

of Glasgow Police Force.Robert MIDDLEMISS, Superintendent, Berwick,

Roxburgh and Selkirk Constabulary.

Police, Northern Ireland.William John CLARKE, Head Constable, Royal

Ulster Constabulary.

British Transport Commission.Herbert Shenton COLE, Chief of Police,

Northern Area, Railway Executive.

Fire Service, England and Wales.Albert Walter Alexander PARAMOR, O.B.E.,

Chief Officer, Hampshire Fire Brigade.David KERNOHAN, Chief Officer, Preston Pure

Brigade.Donald Marshall TAYLOR, O.B.E., Chief

Officer, Berkshire and Reading Fire Brigade.Henry JONES, Chief Officer, Doncaster Fire

Brigade.Benjamin JONES, Chief Officer, Sheffield Fire

Brigade.


Australia:John Derhm McAuLEY, Superintendent 2nd

Class, New South Wales Police Force.Joseph Victor RAMUS, Detective Superinten-

dent 3rd Class, New South Wales PoliceForce.

Robert Bruce MACKIE, Inspector 1st Class.New South Wales Police Force.

Francis Dominick FORDE, Inspector 1st Class,New South Wales Police Force.

Cecil Ambrose ROBINSON, Inspector 1st Class,New South Wales Police Force.

Michael BROOKS, Inspector 1st Class, NewSouth Wales Police Force.

Southern Rhodesia.Major Graham Cecil ROGERS, British South

Africa Police.

Colonies, Protectorates and Protected States.Guy Charles MADOC, C.P.M., -Senior Assistant

Commissioner of Police, Federation ofMalaya.

Francis Knynett McNAMARA, C.P.M., SeniorAssistant Commissioner of Police, Federa-tion of Malaya.

William Victor AUBREY, C.P.M., Superinten-dent of Police, Kenya.

Lewis George MITCHELL, C.P.M., ActingSenior Superintendent of Police, Kenya.

Hugh Redmayne WALKER, C.P.M., SeniorSuperintendent of Police, Kenya.

Neil Patrick HADOW, C.P.M., Commissioner ofPolice, Mauritius.

Eric Harvey HALSE, M.B.E., C.P.M., Commis-sioner of Police, SomalUand Protectorate.

Colonial Office, The Church House,Westminster, S.W.I.

1st January, 1954.

The QUEEN has been graciously pleased toapprove the award of the Colonial PoliceMedal to the undermentioned officers: —

SOUTHERN RHODESIA.

For Meritorious Service.William George Trodd ASHWIN, Staff Chief

Inspector, British South Africa Police.DAVID, Station Sergeant, British South Africa

Police.Colonel Arthur Selwyn HICKMAN, M.B.E.,• British South Africa Police.MAPOLISA, Detective Station Sergeant, British

South Africa Police.Major Basil Joseph PRICE, British South Africa

Police.John Oswald Gascoigne ROY, Chief Inspector,

British South Africa Police.Lieutenant-Colonel William Hampton Dawson

WALKER, M.B.E., British South AfricaPolice. -

COLONIAL EMPIRE.

For Meritorious Service.ABDULLAH bin Mohamed, Corporal, Federa-

tion of Malaya Police Force.ABDULLAH bin Mohamed Hanafiah, Deputy

Superintendent, Federation of Malaya PoliceForce.

Stephen Villiers AITCHESON, Assistant DistrictCommandant, Kenya Police Reserve.

Michael Okai AKYEA, Chief Inspector, GoldCoast Police Force.

Mohamed An bin Dasib, Sergeant-Major,Federation of Malaya Police Force.

Alexander John ALLAN, Superintendent, KenyaPolice Force.

APPU son of Vellu, Corporal, Special Con-stabulary, Federation of Malaya.

Haruna BANGURA, Sergeant-Major, CourtMessenger Force, Sierra Leone.

Hector Segar BASTARD, District Commandant,Kenya Police Reserve.

Michael Wales BEARCROFT, Senior ReserveOfficer, Kenya Police Reserve.

Ronald Stewart BENTON, Assistant Superin-tendent, Kenya Police Force.

Frederick Vincent BOSWELL, Senior Superin-tendent, Tanganyika Police Force.

Patrick John Houston COOPER, Acting SeniorSuperintendent, Gold Coast Police Force.

Edmund Keith COWEN, Senior Superintendent,Kenya Police Force.

Terence Martin Pelham DALE, Honorary In-spector, Auxiliary Police, Federation ofMalaya.

DAUD bin Ahmad, Corporal, Federation ofMalaya Police Force.

Kenneth EGLEN, Acting Assistant Superinten-dent, Kenya Police Force.

Frank Allan FIELDING, Deputy Superintendent,Federation of Malaya Police Force.

Owen Oxenden GRIFFITHS, Assistant Superin-tendent, Singapore Police Force.

Dhanbahadur GURUNG son of Kalu Gurung,Sergeant, Federation of Malaya Police Force.

Esau Okwach HAGOI, Sergeant, Kenya PoliceForce.

Robert Thomas Mitchell HENRY, AssistantSuperintendent, Federation of Malaya PoliceForce.

Richard William HOYLE, Senior Superin-tendent, Kenya Police Force.

Ibulaim ISABIRYE, Constable, Uganda PoliceForce.

ISMAIL bin Salieh, Detective Sergeant-Major,Federation of Malaya Police Force.

Alexander JOHN, Sergeant, Trinidad PoliceForce.

KASHESHYA, Detective Sergeant, NorthernRhodesia Police Force.

KAY Kim Seng, Deputy Superintendent,Federation of Malaya Police Force.

Mohamed KERO, Assistant Inspector, KenyaPolice Force.

Jeremiah Mawuli KPORVIE, Inspector, GoldCoast Police Force.

LEE Cheong, Sergeant, Special Constabulary,Federation of Malaya.

George LEYS, Assistant Superintendent, HongKong Police Force.

Patrick McCANN, Assistant Superintendent,Kenya Police Force.

Roy MARSH, Senior Reserve Officer, KenyaPolice Reserve.

Wan MAZURKI bin Haji Wan Hussein, Con-stable, Federation of Malaya Police Force.

Maurice MILNER, Acting Superintendent,Kenya Police Force.

M'Ikiari M'MiRiTi, Sergeant, Kenya PoliceForce.

MOHAMED bin Salleh, Sergeant, Special Con-stabulary, Federation of Malaya.

Kevin MOLLOY, Honorary Inspector, AuxiliaryPolice, Federation of Malaya.


Amadu MOSHIE, Sergeant-Major, Gold CoastPolice Force.

Geresomu MUSOKE son of Zakayo, Head Con-stable, Uganda Police Force.

Lieutenant-Colonel Eric Adrian HAYES-NEWINGTON, D.S.O., Staff Officer, KenyaPolice Reserve.

Bernard Phillip ODDIE, Inspector, KenyaPolice Force.

Cleophas Okoko OKELO, Inspector, KenyaPolice Force.

John Mark OKISE son of B. Okoter, Constable,Uganda Police Force.

Didakus OOKO, Senior Inspector, KenyaPolice Force.

Ian Scott PATON, Superintendent, TrinidadPolice Force.

David Yates McLellan PICKEN, HonoraryAssistant Superintendent, Auxiliary Police,Federation of Malaya.

Carel Erasmus POTGIETER, Superintendent,Kenya Police Force.

Luke Raymond PRYNN, Superintendent, Singa-pore Police Force.

Abdul RASAK bin Abdul Rashid, Corporal,Special Constabulary, Federation of Malaya.

Boyce Kidson ROBERTS, District Commandant,Kenya Police Reserve.

Chanan Ram SAINI, Acting Chief Inspector,Kenya Police Force.

Anthony Francis SALOLE, Assistant Super-intendent, Aden Police Force.

Maurice John Richard SEDDON, AssistantDistrict Commandant, Kenya Police Reserve.

SHAHARI bin Mohamed, Sergeant, Special Con-stabulary, Federation of Malaya.

Isher SINGH, Deputy Superintendent, Federa-tion of Malaya Police Force.

Hugh Bagehpt SWANN, District Commandant,Kenya Police Reserve.

Louis TAM, Sub-Inspector, Hong Kong PoliceForce.

TAY Kuan Teck, Inspector, Federation ofMalaya Police Force.

Arthur Eldred THORPE, Chief Fire Officer,Freetown Fire Force, Sierra Leone.

John TOFT, Assistant Superintendent, KenyaPolice Force.

TOKACHIL bin Tahir, Corporal, SpecialConstabulary, Federation of Malaya.

UJUD bin Bakar, Sub-Inspector, Federation ofMalaya Police Force.

Arthur WALLACE, Senior Superintendent,Northern Rhodesia Police Force.

Sabakaki WAMBOYE, Sergeant, Kenya PoliceForce.

William Campbell Haughey WARNER, ActingAssistant Superintendent, Kenya PoliceForce.

John Joseph WEST, Assistant Superintendent,Federation of Malaya Police Force.

Thomas William WHITTINGHAM, Deputy Com-missioner, British Guiana Police Force.

YA'ACOB bin Salleh, Sergeant-Major, Federa-tion of Malaya Police Force.

YUSOFF bin Zainaruddin, Sergeant, SpecialConstabulary, Federation of Malaya.

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1954

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