The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour. They are arranged by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, etc.) and then divisions (Military, Civil, etc.) as appropriate.
The Rt. Hon. Frederick Marquis, Baron WooltonCHDL Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster since 1952; Minister of Food, 1940–1943; Minister of Reconstruction and member of War Cabinet, 1943–1945; Lord President of the Council, 1945 and 1951–1952; by the name, title and style of Viscount Woolton, of Liverpool in the County Palatine of Lancaster.
Sir Peter BennettOBEJPMP Unionist Member of Parliament for Edgbaston since 1940. Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Labour and National Service, 1951–1952. For political and public services; by the name, style and title of Baron Bennett of Edgbaston, of Sutton Coldfield in the County of Warwick.
Sir Ralph GlynBtMCDLMP Unionist Member of Parliament for Abingdon since 1924 and for Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire, 1918–1922. Chairman, Select Committee of House of Commons on Estimates since 1951. For political and public services; by the name, style and title of Baron Glyn, of Farnborough in the County of Berks.
Sir Alfred Suenson-TaylorOBE President, London Liberal Party. For political and public services; by the name, style and title of Baron Grantchester, of Knightsbridge in the City of Westminster.
Colonel Granville Walton OBEJPDLRE (Retired), Oversea Commissioner, Boy Scouts Association
Kenneth Clinton Wheare, Gladstone Professor of Government and Public Administration, University of Oxford
Roger Boulton Willmot, Senior Trade Commissioner, New Zealand
George James Armstrong CBE Government Secretary, Basutoland
The Honourable George Arthur Davenport, Minister of Mines and Transport, and Minister of Education, Southern Rhodesia
Brigadier Thomas Charles EastickDSOED President of the South Australian Branch of the Returned Sailors', Soldiers' and Airmen's League
Horace Algernon Fraser Rumbold CIE an Assistant Secretary in the Commonwealth Relations Office and recently Deputy High Commissioner for the United Kingdom in the Union of South Africa
Eric John Carl Stopp MBE Official Secretary to the Governor, State of Tasmania, for many years
James Thomson OBEMM Deputy High Commissioner for the United Kingdom in Canada
Arthur Grenfell Clarke, Colonial Administrative Service, Financial Secretary, Hong Kong
Robert Herbert Keppel-Compton, Colonial Administrative Service, Provincial Commissioner, Nyasaland
Walter Fleming Coutts MBE Colonial Administrative Service, Administrator, St. Vincent, Windward Islands
Arthur Norman Galsworthy. Chief Secretary, West African Inter-Territorial Secretariat
Ronald Ernest German, Colonial Postal Service, Postmaster General, East African Posts and Telegraphs Department, East Africa High Commission
Noel Hedley Vicars-Harris, Colonial Administrative Service, Member for Lands and Mines, Tanganyika
Carruthers Melvill Johnston, Colonial Administrative Service, Provincial Commissioner, Kenya
Charles Ernest Lalbert, Assistant Secretary, Colonial Office
Patrick Donald Macdonald, Colonial Administrative Service, Colonial Secretary, Leeward Islands
Thomas Percy Fergus McNeice OBE Colonial Administrative Service, President, City Council, Singapore
Lionel Armine Mathias, Colonial Administrative Service, Labour Commissioner, Uganda
John Archibald Mulhall OBE Colonial Administrative Service, Chairman, Public Service Commission, Gold Coast
Robert Newton, Colonial Administrative Service, Financial Secretary, Jamaica
Cecil Rex Niven MC Colonial Administrative Service, Senior Resident, Nigeria
Geoffrey Walter Nye OBE Deputy Agricultural Adviser to the Secretary of State for the Colonies
David Charles Watherston, Colonial Administrative Service, Chief Secretary, Federation of Malaya
Edward Henry Windley, Colonial Administrative Service, Provincial Commissioner, Kenya
William Harpham OBE lately Head of the General Department, Foreign Office
Charles Hepburn Johnston, Political Director, Office of the United Kingdom High Commissioner, Wahnerheide
Richard Geoffrey Austin Meade, Her Majesty's Consul-General at Marseilles
John Bennet Lorimer Munro, lately Chief Administrative Officer, Control Commission for Germany (British Element)
Cecil Cuthbert Parrott OBE Counsellor at Her Majesty's Embassy in Brussels
Ivor Thomas Montague Pink, lately Deputy to the Permanent United Kingdom Representative on the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation in Paris
Archibald David Manisty Ross, Head of the Eastern Department, Foreign Office
Lady Helen Violet Bonham Carter, Past President of the Liberal Party Organisation and of the Women's Liberal Federation. For political and public services.
Robert John Graham BoothbyMP Unionist Member of Parliament for East Aberdeenshire since 1924. Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Food, 1940–41. A delegate to Consultative Assembly of Council of Europe since 1949. For political and public services.
William Oliver Copeman OBE Chairman, Area Provisions and Grocery Committee for the Counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Huntingdon, Isle of Ely and Bedford. For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties
Robert Armstrong Corscadden, Chief Crown Solicitor, Northern Ireland
John Cranna. For political services.
Moss Dancyger OBE Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Pensions
Ernest Edward Gingell, Principal Collector of Taxes, Board of Inland Revenue
John Charles Glover, Deputy Director, Oils and Fats Division, Ministry of Food
Cyril James Goad. Chief Officer, Gloucestershire Fire Brigade
John Fletcher Go Am An, Senior Marketing Officer, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
Strathearn Gordon, Librarian, House of Commons
James Thompson Graham, Employer Vice-Chairman, North Midland Regional Board for Industry
Kenneth John Grant , Medical Officer of Health, Great Yarmouth. For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Thomas Forgie Gray, Secretary, Bradford Chamber of Commerce
William Ewart Greenhalgh, Chief Officer, Coventry Fire Brigade.
Lieutenant-Colonel Ronald Berry Greenwood, Assistant Chief Constable, Lincolnshire County Constabulary. For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Sydney Gordon Griffin, Principal, Ministry of Transport
Captain Hugh Peary Griffiths, Assistant Commissioner, City of London Police Force
Francis Walter Grimes, Grade 2 Officer, Midlands Region, Ministry of Labour and National Service
Harold Charlesworth Grimshaw, Principal Scientific Officer, Safety in Mines Research Establishment, Ministry of Fuel and Power
William Herbert Grinsted MBE, Chief Engineer, Siemens Brothers and Company, Ltd., Woolwich
Cecil Brodrick Guthrie. For services to the Home Office.
Major Eben Stuart Burt Hamilton MCFRCSE, Commissioner, Duke of Lancaster's District, St. John Ambulance Brigade
Isa Hamilton, lately Superintendent, Queen's Institute of District Nursing
John Ireland Hamilton, Principal Officer, Ministry of Labour and National Insurance, Northern Ireland
Henry Frank Hancock, Assistant Shipping Attache, H.M. Embassy in Washington
Kathleen Irene Hancock, Personal Private Secretary to the Minister of Fuel and Power
Louis Arthur Hanuy, Assistant Regional Controller, South Western Region, Ministry of National Insurance
Honoria Eugenie Harford, lately General Secretary, National Association of Girls' Clubs and Mixed Clubs
Frederick Louis Harris JP, Extramural Tutor, University College of the South-West
Natalie Muriel Harris, Foreign Office
James More Wood Harvey, Deputy City Commandant, Ulster Special Constabulary, Londonderry
Robert William Harvey, Clerk to the Felixstowe Urban District Council. For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
George Horace Hatherill MBE, Deputy Commander, Metropolitan Police Force
Edwin Haward, lately Secretary, the India, Pakistan and Burma Association
John Ganly Heaslip, Senior Engineer, South Eastern Divisional Road Engineer's Office, Ministry of Transport
Harry Ward MBE, Head of Treaty and Nationality Department, Foreign Office
Harold Joseph Hughes Wassell, Chief Radar Development Engineer, Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company, Ltd.
Oscar Samuel Watkinson, Clerk to the Hunstanton Urban District Council. For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Nita Grace Mary Watts, Economic Adviser, Cabinet Office
Eileen Alexandra Waugh, lately Commissioner, Irish Division, Girls' Life Brigade
Lieutenant-Commander Arthur Geoffrey Gascoyne Webb, Royal Navy (Retired), Deputy Secretary and Appeals Secretary, King George's Fund for Sailors
Arthur Leslie Alabaster West, Treasurer, North-West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board
William West, Staff Engineer, Research Station, General Post Office
Elizabeth Mary Western MBE, County Organiser, Essex, Women's Voluntary Services. For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
John Duncan White , Director, Radiodiagnostic Department, Hammersmith Hospital
Alan Paul Francis Whitworth, Director, Incorporated Society of British Advertisers, Ltd.
John Henry Wigglesworth, General Secretary, Iron, Steel and Metal Dressers' Trade Society
Charles Timothy Wilkins, Assistant Chief Designer, De Havilland Aircraft Company, Ltd.
Major Thomas Macfarlane Wilks MBETDMRCSLRCP, Area Commissioner, St. John Ambulance Brigade, London. For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Alderman Daniel Thomas Williams JP, For political and public services in Cardiff.
William Sidney Gwynn Williams. For services to the International Eisteddfod at Llangollen
Lieutenant-Colonel Clifford Llewellyn Wilson MCDL, County Director, Essex, British Red Cross Society. For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
John Thorp Whittaker, Temporary Chief Executive Officer, Control Commission for Germany (British Element)
Colonies, Protectorates, etc
Ann Frances Ellen Adams, Matron, Lachlan Park Mental Hospital, State of Tasmania
Thomas Malcolm Arthur, Chairman of the Pakistan Tea Association, 1952–53
John Henry Belderson, Principal Auditor, Basutoland, the Bechuanaland Protectorate and Swaziland
John Bishop, Elder Professor of Music 'at the University of Adelaide, State of South Australia
Ferdinand Hugo Bosman, Director of Agriculture, Bechuanaland Protectorate
Edgar Esteban Cockram, Vice-Chairman of the Bombay Branch of the United Kingdom Citizens' Association in India
Mary Cumming. For services rendered under the auspices of the Victoria League in connection with hospitality to visitors from overseas
Mary Stuart Douglas, President of the Ex-Servicewomen's Association, and State Commissioner for Girl Guides, State of South Australia
William Llewellyn Garratt, Secretary for Mines and Transport, Southern Rhodesia
Gladys Ruth Gibson, Inspector, Education Department, and President of the National Council of Women, State of South Australia
Alfred Arthur Haylbs, Editor of The Mail, Madras. For services to the United Kingdom community in South India.
John George Maydon King MBE Director of Livestock and Agricultural Services, Basutoland
Sydney Vernon Lawrenson, Administrative Officer, Staff Grade, Bechuanaland Protectorate
Henry Gerald Livingston, Secretary of the Beit Trust in Southern Rhodesia
Alan Campbell Mckay, Chairman of the Exchange Banks Association in Karachi. For services to the United Kingdom community in West Pakistan.
William Charles Morris, formerly Headmaster of the Launceston High School, State of Tasmania
Major Cecil John Somerset Paddon, Honorary Secretary and President, Society of the 1893 Column, Southern Rhodesia. For social welfare services, particularly to the pioneers and their families.
Eric Drew Palmer, Chairman of the Food Production Committee, Southern Rhodesia
Rex Whaddon Parsons, Principal, School of Mines and Industries, State of South Australia
Sarah Anderson Jamieson Rankine Medical Officer in charge of St. Margaret's Hospital, Poona, Bombay
Victor Lloyd Robinson, Attorney General, Southern Rhodesia
The Reverend Canon James Russel Robson, Priest-in-Charge of St. Paul's School Mission, Scott's Lane, Sealdah, Calcutta, India
George Robertson Ross Member of the Public Services Board, Southern Rhodesia
William Wilson JP Council Clerk of the Lilydale Municipality, and formerly Secretary of the Municipal Association, State of Tasmania
Colonial Service
Robert Patrick Baffour. For public and social services in the Gold Coast.
William Muir Bissell, Commissioner of Labour, British Guiana
Frank Stanley Blomfield, Deputy Chief Clerk and Deputy Establishment Officer, Office of the Crown Agents for the Colonies
Edward Justin Borron, Assistant General Manager, Nyasaland Railways
Herbert Colling Wood Algernon Bryant, Colonial Administrative Service, Administrative Officer, Western Pacific
Daisy Fenwick, Grade IV Clerk, United Kingdom Trade Commissioner's Office, Winnipeg
William Nicol Forrest, Assistant Director of Supplies, H.M. Stationery Office
Arnold Percy Forster, Placing Officer, Treforest Trading Estate, Ministry of Labour and National Service
Marjorie Beatrice Forster, Personal Secretary, Colonial Development Corporation
Sidney Charles Hudson Fossett, Works Manager, Carriage and Wagon Works, North Eastern Region, Railway Executive
Donald Max Fountain, Agent, John Mowlem and Company, Ltd.
Victor Reginald-Fox, Assistant Waterguard Superintendent, Newhaven, Board of Customs and Excise
Dorothy Violet Franklin, Ward Sister, St. Bernard's (Mental) Hospital, Southall
Albert Marskell Freeman, Headmaster, 1 Welling Secondary School for Boys, Kent
Margaret Wilson Frew, Organising Secretary, the Erskine (Paraplegic) Coach and Comforts Fund, Renfrewshire
William Garner MM Superintendent, Norfolk Constabulary. For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Samuel James Garton, Chief Investigator, Historic Buildings, Ministry of Housing and Local Government
Minnie Gatenby, Sister Midwife, West Middlesex Hospital, Isleworth
James Gayler, Chairman, London Regional Schools Advisory Savings Committee
George Faimilo Gibson JP For public services in Nottinghamshire.
Grace Gidley, lately Head Assistant, Southern Grove Lodge, London County Council Welfare Department
Arthur Edgar Gilbert, Local Fuel Overseer for the City of Birmingham
William Joseph Montague Gladden, Higher Executive Office, Air Ministry
Joseph James Cecil Goulder, Clerk to the South Kesteven Rural District Council
Edith Amy Gray. Headmistress, Bisbrooke Church of England School, Rutland
Victor Gray, Naval Architect, Cochrane and Sons, Ltd., Selby
William Llewelyn Alexander Gray, Chairman. North-East Wales War Pensions Committee
Alec Alfred Green, Senior Experimental Officer, Pest Infestation Laboratory, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research
Leslie William Green, Senior Executive Officer, Ministry of Civil Aviation
Stephen Herbert Green, G.M|Engineer and Manager, Drainage Department, Thurrock Urban District Council. For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
William Henry Green, Senior Executive Officer, Ministry of National Insurance
Rosalys Joan Griffith, Examiner of Acts, House of Lords
Jack Griffiths, Clerk to the Sheerness Urban District Council. For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Horace Frederick Griggs, Senior Executive Officer, Ministry of Civil Aviation
Arthur Thomas Grimer, Senior Executive Officer, Ministry of National Insurance
George Groves, Manager, Clipsham Stone Quarries, Oakham
Leonard Arthur Grudgings, Chairman, Regional Schools Advisory Savings Committee, East Midlands Region
William Joseph Gwilliam JP Alderman, Pembroke Borough Council
Hubert Charles Langley Hackney, Senior Executive Officer, Ministry of Pensions
Ernest Nelson Hall, Chief Executive Officer, Ministry of Supply
Robert Joseph Reed Hancock, Senior Structural Engineer, Ministry of Works
William Hanke. For political and public services in the West Midlands.
Captain Thomas Jewitt Hansen, Master, S.S. Cormount, Wm. Cory and Son, Ltd.
William Hudson Birrell Harley, Finance Secretary, British Broadcasting Corporation
Ralph Hart, Assistant Regional Food Officer, Northern Region, Ministry of Food
Hattie Dorinda Hartley. Senior Executive Officer. Ministry of Food
Thomas George Haughton, Lately Secretary and Director, Churches Youth Welfare Council, Northern Ireland
George William Haw, lately Secretary-Manager, Pocklington Co-operative Society
John Allen Hawkins, Grade 3 Officer, Ministry of Labour and National Service
Winefride Hayes, Chief Superintendent of Typists, Ministry of Works
Richard Heath, Resident Warden, Claremont Rehabilitation Centre for Dock Workers. National Dock Labour Board
Peter Henderson JP Area Labour Officer, East Fife Area, Scottish Division, National Coal Board
Walter Henderson, Executive Officer, London Museum
Francis Austin Henley, Sales Manager, Reinforced Shuttlecocks, Ltd.
Constance Habbegell Henry, Higher Executive Officer, Ministry of Transport
Harold Ernest Henson, Executive Officer, Regional Office, Leeds, Board of Trade
Joseph Gordon Higgins, lately Superintendent, Carmarthenshire Constabulary
Joseph Edward Hilder, Manager, Watford Employment Exchange, Ministry of Labour and National Service
Charles Biglin Hill, Farmer, Easington, Yorkshire. For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Frederick William Hill, Joint Managing Director, F. W. Hill (Bognor Regis), Ltd., Builders and Contractors
Harry Charles Hill, Superintendent, War Department Constabulary
Henry Joseph Arthur Hill, Sales Manager, London, British European Airways
John Frederick Hilton, Secretary, Trade Union Side, Departmental Joint Industrial Council
Victor Arthur Hinde, Higher Executive Officer, Ministry of Civil Aviation
Edward Charles Histed, Chief Draughtsman, Admiralty
Charles Stansfield Kitchen, Resident Geologist, Tanganyika Coalfields and Iron Investigation, Colonial Development Corporation
Wilfred John Hobbs, Works Manager, Drayton Regulator and Instrument Company, Ltd., West Drayton, Middlesex
Enid Sidney Hobson, Executive Officer, London Hostels Association, Ltd.
Albert Edward Hocking, Member, National Executive Council, British Legion
Brian Holmes, Assistant Constructor, Admiralty. For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Cecil William Hopkins, Inspector of Taxes (Higher Grade), Board of Inland Revenue
William Watson Hopkinson, Station Engineer, Dartford and Belvedere, South Eastern Gas Board. For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Frederick Alfred Horton, Steward, H.M. Prison, Wandsworth
William Houghton, lately General Manager, Ipswich Beet Sugar Factory
Sydney Charles Edward Howard, Higher Executive Officer, Ministry of Transport
William Roy Howells, Chief Officer, Herefordshire Fire Brigade
Cyril Frank Howes, Higher Executive Officer, Board of Trade
Harold Hoyle, Assistant to Operating Superintendent (Freight Trains), Eastern and North Eastern Regions, Railway Executive
Charles Henry Hudson JP Chairman, King's Lynn and District Local Employment Committee
Alfred David Hull, Costing Secretary, British Federation of Master Printers
Noel Kathleen Hunnybun, Senior Psychiatric Social Worker, Child Guidance Department, Tavistock Clinic, London
Mary Roy Hunter, Production Manager, Ethicon Suture Laboratories, Edinburgh
Thomas Chalmers Hunter, Distribution Engineer, Fife Sub-Area, South East Scotland Electricity Board
William Imlach, Skipper of steam trawler Loch Awe. For services during the hurricane in North-West Scotland
Robert Rhudd Innes. For political services in Edinburgh.
Morris Isaacs, Supervisor of Factories, Jackson Associated Manufacturers, Ltd., Newcastle upon Tyne
Ernest Samuel James, Higher Clerical Officer, Admiralty
Celia Jarratt, Senior Major, Salvation Army. For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Doris Gertrude Jarvis, Clerical Officer, Home Office
Arthur Ernest Jaynes, lately Chief Clerk, Gloucester District Probate Registry
Francis Robert Jefford, Chief Sanitary Inspector, Municipal Borough of Cheltenham
Aileen Machenry Johnston (Lady Fraser-Tytler), lately Chief Officer of the National Institute of Houseworkers
Alan Edgar Johnston, Senior Executive Officer, Ministry of Transport
Bessie Patience Johnston, County Director, City of Glasgow Branch, British Red Cross Society
Anna Jones, School Meals Organiser, Denbighshire
William Emlyn David Jones, Assistant County Agricultural Officer (Advisory), Pembrokeshire, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
Wilfred Harold Jupe, Higher Executive Officer, Ministry of Supply
William George Keable, Higher Executive Officer, Ministry of Supply
Arthur Stanley Keeling, Midland District Engineer, South Western Division, Docks and Inland Waterways Executive
Robert Kerr, Deputy Accountant, North Western Gas Board
Francis William Ernest King, Vice-Chairman, Amersham Rural District Council
George King, Senior Research Chemist, Albright and Wilson, Ltd.
Harold Alfred King, Depot Superintendent, Stockport, North Western Road Car Company, Ltd.
Frank Oliver Kitteringham, Higher Executive Officer, Board of Trade
Harold Frederick Knell, Sub-Area Manager (Kent), South Eastern Electricity Board. For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Captain William Anthony Kyne, Master, S.S. Ramsay, Bolton Steam Shipping Company, Ltd.
Mary Marguerite Lace, Regional Organiser, North-Eastern Region, Women's Voluntary Services
Albert Haynes Laidlaw, Chief Draughtsman, Vosper, Ltd., Portsmouth
Ralph Thornton Lakin, Chief Engineer, Whiteley Electrical Radio Company, Ltd., Mansfield
Alfred Dupear Lambert, Chief Engineer, S.S. Gardenia, Stag Line, Ltd.
David Noble Lang, Area General Manager, South Western Division, National Coal Board
John Henry Last, Chief Passport Officer, Office of the High Commissioner for the United Kingdom in the Union of South Africa
Herbert Vincent Laurie, Headmaster, Thorparch Grange Approved School, Boston Spa, Yorkshire
James Russell Lawrie, Headmaster, Kingsland School, Peebles
William Leitch JP General Manager, Clydebank Co-operative Society
Ceridwen Lewis, Matron, Ministry of Pensions Hospital, Rockwood, Llandaff, Cardiff
Grace Lewis, Senior Adviser in Dairying and Poultry-keeping, North Region, Edinburgh and East of Scotland College of Agriculture
Mary Dorothy Lewis JP Chairman, Cardiff Street Groups Savings Sub-Committee
Captain Alexander Naismtth, Master, M.V. Anshun, China Navigation Company, Ltd.
John Henry Naylor, District Commercial Engineer, Barnsley District, Yorkshire Electricity Board
John Rowan Nesbit, Chief Cashier and Head Office Manager, Scottish Omnibuses, Ltd.
Observer Commander Herbert George Newman, Commandant, No. 15 Group, Royal Observer Corps, Cambridge
Winifred Curtis Nichols, Senior Executive Officer, Office of the Public Trustee
William John Northmore, lately General Foreman of Works, Admiralty
Evelyn Jessie Blackett-Ord, National Vice-Chairman. Women's Section. British Legion
Edward William James Osborne BEM Chief Superintendent, Metropolitan Police Force
Joseph Aloysius Vincent O'Shea, Clerical Officer, Board of Trade
William Kingdon Owen JP Chairman, Neath Juvenile Advisory Committee
Edith Annie Parker JP For political and public services in Salford.
Carl Pater Parkinson, Skipper of the Fishing Vessel Apt
Louis Emanuel Parsons, Senior Experimental Officer, British Museum (Natural History)
Samuel John Partridge, County Welfare Officer, East Riding of Yorkshire. For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Hubert Newton Peake, Chairman, Banbury Committee, Air Training Corps
Bertram Wilson Pearce, Temporary Clerk, Grade I, Ministry of Works
William Donald Pearce, Superintendent of Works, Office of the Receiver for Metropolitan Police
Frank Pearson, Manager, Heavy Duty Cooking Apparatus Department, Wm. Green and Company (Ecclesfield), Ltd., Sheffield
William Henry Pearson JP Kent County Organiser, National Union of Agricultural Workers
Isabella Agnes Pettitt, Assistant Honorary Secretary, Essex, Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen's Families Association. For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Geoffrey Elisha Phillippo, Clerk to the Lincolnshire River Board. For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Melbourne Griffith Phillips, Superintendent, Bristol City Police Force
Sydney Pitt JP Headmaster, Russell Scott County Primary School, Denton, Lancashire
Cyril Marks Plowman, Adviser to the Industrial Relations Committee of the Gas Council
Lilian Alice Plowman, Grade 4 Officer, Ministry of Labour and National Service
Robert George Pointer, Manager, Mile Cross Silk Mills, Francis Hinde and Sons, Ltd., Norwich
Aubrey Franklyn Pool, Employer Member, Cornwall District Advisory Committee, South Western Regional Board for Industry
George Arthur Henry Edward Poole, Factory Manager, Joseph Lucas, Ltd., Birmingham
James Arthur Porter. For political and public services in Liverpool.
Isabel Muriel Potts. For political and public services in Middlesex.
Ernest Baden Powell, Honorary Secretary, Brecon and District Savings Committee, South Wales
Ronald Rees Powell MRCSLRCP Chairman, Reigate Unit Committee, and Southern Area Representative, Sea Cadet Council
Stanley Prissick, Director and Secretary, Henry Scarr, Ltd., Hessle, East Yorkshire
Phyllis Mary Helen Pritchard, County Organiser, Lindsey, Women's Voluntary Services. For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Edith May Hedley-Prole, Centre Organiser, Lambeth, Women's Voluntary Services
Margaret Joan Pryer, Higher Executive Officer, H.M. Treasury
John Herbert Quayle, Divisional Engineer, Lincolnshire River Board. For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
George Frederick Quilter, Brigade Secretary, St. John Ambulance Brigade
Joseph Rea, Divisional Officer, Wiltshire Fire Service
Iden Robert Reed, London Outdoor Representative, Passenger Department, Cunard Steamship Company, Ltd.
John Reginald Reed, Branch Accountant and Office Manager, English Electric Company, Ltd., Preston
Harry Hepburn Reid JP Headmaster, St. Helena Boys' Secondary Modern School, Colchester
James Reid. For political and public services in Dumfries-shire.
James Ernest Reid, District Inspector, Royal Ulster Constabulary
Herbert Pinder Reynolds, Head Postmaster, Weymouth, Dorset, General Post Office
Arthur Richards, Chief Draughtsman, Admiralty
George Tilghman Richards, Senior Research Assistant, Science Museum
John William Rigby, Staff Officer, Board of Inland Revenue
Ernest Armstrong Ritchie, Traffic Superintendent, Belfast Corporation Transport Department
Chambers Edward Ritson, Member, North West Area Seedcrushers' Committee
Alfred John Abbott, Foreman, Rotax Ltd. (South Harrow, Middlesex)
Arthur Adkins, General Yard Foreman, Litchurch Gasworks, East Midlands Gas Board (Derby)
Elizabeth Allard, Commandant, Jay-wick Detachment, British Red Cross Society (Clacton-on-Sea, Essex). For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Thomas Edward Allen, Working Burner and Machine Caulker, Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd., Walker-on-Tyne (Wallsend-on-Tyne)
Herbert James Emmanuel Andrews, Electrician, Littlebrook Power Station, British Electricity Authority, South Eastern Division (Dartford, Kent). For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Lilian Mary Armstrong, Senior Chief Supervisor, Birmingham Trunk and Toll Exchange (Tipton, Staffordshire)
William Ashford, Site Foreman, Steel Scaffolding Company Ltd. (Worcester Park, Surrey)
Stanley Victor Attewell, Temporary Technical Assistant, Ministry of Works (Bradmore, Nottingham). For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Victoria May Babbs, Canteen Supervisor, Tyrell Heath Primary School (Grays, Essex). For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Howard Bacon, Deputy, Teversal Colliery, East Midlands Division, National Coal, Board (Sutton-in-Ashfield)
Arthur Baker, Underground Repairer, Birch Coppice Colliery, West Midlands Division1; National Coal Board (Atherstone, Warwickshire)
Henry James Baker, Resident Plumber Turn-cock, H.M. Dockyard, Sheerness, For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
William Baker, Craftsman, Wallace Collection (Clapham Common, S.W.ll)
Frederick Thomas Balderstone, Civil Defence Instructor, Purfleet, Essex, For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Alfred Ball, Electrical Section Leader, Saunders-Roe Ltd., Cowes
Eileen Christine Bannerman; Commandant, Roxburgh No. 12 Detachment, British Red Cross Society
Helen Edna Barbour, Manageress, N.A.A.F.I., Felixstowe (Leicester). For services during the recent floods' in the Eastern Counties.
Andrew Barker, Senior Assistant (Scientific), Chemical Defence Experimental Establishment, Ministry of Supply (Salisbury)
Frederick Stephen Barnes, Craftsman Sheet Metal Worker, Department of Chief Mechanical Engineer (Road Services), London Transport Executive (Harrow, Middlesex)
Maria Beauchamp (Sister Maria Edith), Superintendent, Les Cotils Nursing Hostel for Old People, Guernsey
Albert William Beazley, Clerk of Works, Great Ouse River Board (Downham Market, Norfolk). For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Jean Margaret Belding, Firewoman, Norfolk Fire Service, King's Lynn (Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk). For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
John Bell JP Checkweighman, Randolph and Gordon House Colliery, Durham Division, National Coal Board (Bishop Auckland)
Frederick Arthur Gale Bentley, Foreman, Ministry of Works (Rawreth, Essex)
Frederick Dennis Berry, Overseer, Padding-ton District Post Office (Upper Edmonton, N.18)
Robert William Spears Bigg, Leading Architectural Assistant, War Office, Salisbury Plain (Amesbury, Wiltshire)
Kenneth John Bird, Honorary Collector, Street Savings Group, South Baling, W.5
Evelyn Bisley, Centre Organiser, Women's Voluntary Services, Queensborough (Minster, Kent). For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Stanley John Bissell, Inspector, Metropolitan Police Force (Westminster, S.W.I)
John Blakey, Stores Class Grade II, Ministry of Supply (Thorp Arch, Yorkshire)
Louis Gerald Blanc, Mechanic Examiner, Directorate of Inspection of Electrical and Mechanical Equipment, Ministry of Supply (Erith, Kent)
Thomas George Bland, Timekeeper, John Mowlem & Company Ltd. (Palmers Green, N.13)
Frederick William Bliss, Deputy Head Foreman, Hull and East Yorkshire River Board (Hull). For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Charles Redfern Bond, Head Chancery Messenger, H.M. Embassy, Cairo
Bertie Leon Bowden, Divisional Superintendent, St. John Ambulance Brigade, Harwich, For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Harold Bowling, Constable, North Riding of Yorkshire Constabulary (Whitby). For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
William Thomas Boxall, Farm Worker, North Mundham, Chichester
Frank Bradbury, Foreman, North Eastern Electricity Board (Newcastle upon Tyne)
John Brazington, Inspector of Park-keepers, Ministry of Works (Hyde Park, W.I.)
George Albert Brett, Leading Engine Room Hand, S.S. Andes, Royal Mail Lines, Ltd., (Southampton)
William Henry Brickwood, Foreman of Laboratory, R.N. Armament Depot, Priddy's Hard (Gosport)
Ronald Frank Brooks, Chief Petty Officer Instructor, Holyhead Unit, Sea Cadet Corps
Walter Brooks, Shop Foreman, Belvedere, Kent, For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
George Brown, lately Assistant Foreman Gas Fitter, North Thames Gas Board (Tilbury)
Herbert Sidney Stephen Brown, Technical Officer, Ministry of Labour and National Service (Southgate, N.14)
James Charles Frederick Brown, Chief Inspector, Kent County Constabulary (Maid-stone, Kent). For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
John R. Brown, Construction Foreman, South West Scotland Division, British Electricity Authority (Glasgow)
Matthew Brown, Leading Capstanman, Queen's Dock, Clyde Navigation Trust (Glasgow)
Thomas Richard Brown, Underground Repairer, Barnsley Main Colliery, North Eastern Division, National Coal Board (Barnsley)
William Henry Brown, Foreman Toolmaker, Ernest Stevens Ltd. (Cradley Heath)
Charles Bruce, Member, Coast Life Saving Corps, Balta Sound, Shetland
Walter Bruce, Goods Guard, Eastern Region, Railway Executive (King's Lynn, Norfolk). For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Albert Burdon, Chargehand, Sigmund Pumps Ltd., Gateshead-on-Tyne (Dunston, Co. Durham)
Andrew Cameron Burnett, Manager, Lord Roberts Workshops, Belfast
Norman Richmond Cail, Station Master, Bedlington, Railway Executive, North Eastern Region
William Campbell, Laboratory Mechanic, R.N. Torpedo Experimental Establishment (Greenock, Renfrewshire)
William Nyren Card, Senior Supplies Superintendent, General Post Office (Crofton Park, S.E.4)
Emily Cass, Centre Organiser, Driffield, Women's Voluntary Services
Harry Catlow, Chief Loom Inspector, British Northrop Loom Company Ltd., Blackburn
Lena Madeline Chaplin, Manageress, N.A.A.F.I., Grays (Braintree, Essex). For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Po Cheng, Chargehand, War Office, Hong Kong
John Frederick Cocker, Temporary Storekeeper, Grade III, Ordnance Survey Department (Southampton)
Frank Basil Coker, Honorary Collector, Street Savings Group, Hove
Percy Samuel Colleypriest, Assistant Engineer (Electrical Planning), South Eastern Division, British Electricity Authority (Hove)
John Collijns, Supervisor, London County Council Rest Centre (Chingford, E.4)
Frederick Harold Cook, Inshore Fisherman, Grimaby (Cleethorpes)
Albert George Cooke, Honorary Collector, Street Savings Group, Kidderminster
Raven Robert Eyland Cooper, Electrician, Weyboume Camp, War Office (Holt, Norfolk). For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
John Edward Cowley, Inspector, Liverpool City Police Force
Herbert Alvin Cox, Inspector, War Department Constabulary (Woolwich, S.E.I8)
William Thomas James Cox, Radar Chain Installation Engineer, Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company Ltd., Chelmsford (Pembroke)
Albert Edmund John Craske, Mess Steward I, Air Ministry, Felixstowe, For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Edward James Crouch, Staff Instructor, Mill Hill School (Hendon, N.W.4)
Charles Edward Cunliffe, Postman, Head Post Office, Chester
Ena Cunningham, Honorary Collector, Works Savings Group, William Strain & Sons, Ltd., Belfast (Holywood, Co. Down)
Harold Welby Curtis, Depot Superintendent, Sheerness Depot, Medway Group, British Road Services (Minster, Kent). For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Graham Frederick Flaxman Daniels, Detective Inspector, Norfolk County Constabulary (King's Lynn). For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Audrey Gertrude Daubrah, Commandant, North Lincolnshire Detachment, British Red Cross Society (Alford, Lincoln-shire). For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Charles Archibald Downes, Chief Inspector, Bristol Tramways and Carriage Company Ltd. (Bristol)
Geoffrey Stephen Drewery, Motor Vehicle Fitter, Snettisham Depot, British Road Services (Snettisham, Norfolk). For services during, the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
David Clark Dunlop, Section Leader, Southwestern Area Fire Brigade, Scotland (Irvine, Ayrshire)
Mary Jeanne Edwards, Restaurant Superintendent, N.A.A.F.I., Malaya
Robert William Edwards, Mess Steward. War Office, Larkhill
William Edwards JP Safety and Training Officer, East Walbottle Colliery, Northern (Northumberland and Cumberland) Division, National Coal Board (Newcastle upon Tyne)
Joseph Elkington, Store-keeper, Leeds Government Training Centre, Ministry of Labour and National Service
Edith Ellen Elloway, Manageress, Refreshment Club, Head Post Office, Newport
Walter Elton, Underground Datal Worker, Clipstone Colliery, East Midlands Division, National Coal Board (Mansfield)
Sidney Horace Empson, General Foreman, East Suffolk and Norfolk River Board (Great Yarmouth). For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Albert Joseph English, Senior Messenger, Cabinet Office (South Lambeth, S.W.8)
The Reverend Leslie Abbott Erving, Warden and Civil Defence Instructor, Easington, For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Edwin Stanley Evans, Chargehand Process Worker, Grade I, Royal Ordnance Factory, Pembrey (Llanelly, Carmarthenshire)
William Hugh Evans, Chief Steward, R.M.S. Cambria, British Transport Commission (Holyhead)
James Fairley, Underground Repairer, Northfield Colliery, Scottish Division, National Coal Board (Shotts, Lanarkshire)
Harold Edward Farwell, School Caretaker, Essex Local Education Authority (Thundersley, Essex). For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Hilda Folwell, Convoy Organiser, Women's Voluntary Services, Barrow-on-Soar, Leicestershire (Cropston, Leicestershire). For service during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Evelyn W. Foote, Verger and Sub-Sacrist, Westminster Abbey (Holborn, E.C.I)
John Fulton, Head Foreman Plumber, Harland & Wolff, Ltd., London (Eltham, S.E.9)
Walter Vincent Furness, Chief Observer, Post E.I. No. 7 Group, Royal Observer Corps, Manchester (Altrincham)
Edith May Garlick, Honorary Collector, Street Savings Group, Stockport
Frank Gee, Chief Inspector, Lancashire Constabulary (Preston)
Thomas Watkin George, Sub-Postmaster, Greengates Town -Sub-Office, Bradford (Leeds)
Frank Thomas Gerrish, Foreman, Brentford, Railway Executive, Western Region (West Ealing, W.13)
George William Henry Gibson, Senior Foreman, Remploy Factory, Radcliffe (Hollin-jwood, Lancashire)
Richard Gilbert, Foreman, Holman Brothers Ltd., Camborne, Cornwall
George Thomas Gill, Pumping Attendant, Sewage Works, Thurrock Urban District Council (Grays, Essex). For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
George Glaysher, Mechanic, National Physical Laboratory (Teddington, Middlesex)
Derek Daniel Glover, Member, British Red Cross Society (Belvedere, Kent). For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Joseph Glover, lately Chief Steward, Trinity House Vessel Patricia (Dovercourt, Essex)
Harry Hare Goodhand, Lineman, Class II, Railway Executive (Immingham, Lincolnshire). For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Harold Goodson, Head Foreman Boilersmith, United Steel Structural Company Ltd. (Scunthorpe)
Walter Gothard, Smallholder, Tilbury, For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Ada Gough, Chief Closing Room Supervisor, J. A. Sabin, Ltd., Leicester
Evelyn Gwendoline Grange, Centre Organiser, Herne Bay, Women's Voluntary Services, For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Mona Grant, Assistant County Organiser, County of London, Women's Voluntary Services (South Kensington, S.W.7)
Norah Patricia Gray, Woman Chief Inspector, Birmingham City Police Force
Ronald Gray, Foreman, Great Ouse River Board (Thetford, Norfolk). For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Percy Edward Green, Technician, Class II(A), Engineering Department, General Post Office (Brentwood, Essex)
Howard William Greenaway, Sub-Inspector, Metropolitan Special Constabulary (Wimbledon, S.W.19)
Bertrand Griffiths, Engraver and Chaser, Pearson Page Jewsbury Company Ltd. (Dudley, Worcestershire)
Frank Albert Griffiths, Sub-Officer, Essex Fire Brigade (Canvey Island, Essex). For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Horace Edward Griggs, Works Superintendent, Kent River Board (Aylesford, Kent). For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
William Henry Grindrod, Station Officer, Warwickshire Fire Brigade (Kenilworth)
Cecil Grout, Crane Driver, R.N. Air Station, Lee-on-Solent, For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Frederick Midgley Guest, Honorary Collector, Carriage and Wagon Department, H.2. Shop Savings Group, British Railways, Derby
Ronald Francis Gurney, Mobile Canteen Driver, N.A.A.F.I. Colchester (Honington, Suffolk). For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Ernest Charles Guy, Chief Petty Officer Instructor, Carlisle Unit, Sea Cadet Corps
Thomas Charles Hackett, Foreman Bricklayer, Phillips Cycles Ltd., Smethwick
James Alexander Hadden, Foreman, Barry Ostlere & Shepherd Ltd., Kirkcaldy
Thomas Hagart, Mess Steward, Grade I, (Royal Air Force Station, Andover (Am-port, Hampshire)
Harold Hall, Custodian of Ancient Monuments, Ministry of Works (Muchelney Abbey, Somerset)
Hilda Hall, Honorary Collector, New Tredegar (Village) Savings Group (Aberbargoed)
Charles Hampton, Omnibus Driver, Thames Valley Traction Company Ltd. (Reading)
Alice Hanks, Centre Organiser, Sheerness, Women's Voluntary Services, For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Doris Hardy, Member, Women's Voluntary Services, East Suffolk (Aldeburgh, Suffolk). For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Ernest Victor Harker, Senior Assistant (Scientific), Ministry of Pensions Hospital, Mossley Hill, Liverpool
Cecil James Harris, Clerk of Works (Electrical), War Office, Malta
Thomas Harris, Chief Instructor, Government Training Centre, Ministry of Labour and National Service (Barking, Essex)
James Arthur Harrison, Foreman, H. Sullen & Sons Ltd., Cromer, For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
James Harte, Honorary Collector, Drumaness Mill Savings Group, Ballynahinch, Co. Down
Ada Ellen Harvey, Divisional Nursing Superintendent, St. John Ambulance Brigade, Grays, For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Percy Harvey, Warden, Civil Defence Corps, Tilbury, For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Hassin Bin Ahmad, Mobile Cinema Operator and Driver, Army Kinema Corporation, Malaya
Raymond Hasthorpe, Lorry Driver, Waithe, Lincolnshire, For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Roland Henry Hastings, Installation Inspector, Sheffield District, Yorkshire Electricity Board (Sheffield)
Walter Charles Hatcher, Greaser, M.V. Stirling Castle, Union Castle Mail Steamship Company Ltd. (Southampton)
Leonora Hayne, Deputy County Organiser, Kent, Women's Voluntary Services (Langton, Kent). For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Charles Higgs JP Warden, Civil Defehce Corps, Isle of Grain, Kent, For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Alfred Holding, Boilermaker, R. & H. Green & Silley Weir, Ltd., Royal Albert Docks (Custom House, E.16)
Rene Stanger Holland, Canteen Supervisor, Gee, Walker and Slater Ltd. (Derby). For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Clarence Montague Hollis, Inspector, City of London Special Constabulary (Bush Hill Park, Middlesex)
John Cormack Hood, Principal Officer, H.M. Prison, Aberdeen
David William Hopkin, Linesman, South Wales Electricity Board (Pontyclun)
Alfred Hopkinson, School Catiretaker, Lincolnshire (Lindsey) Local Education Authority (Cleethorpes). For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Susan Horan, Centre Organiser, Chepstow Urban District, Women's Voluntary Services
Herbert Horton, Smallholder, Saltfleet, Lincolnshire, For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Thomas David Horton, Chargehand Coal Plant Operator, South Wales Division, British Electricity Authority (Pontypridd)
William Edward' Howes, Sergeant, Essex County Constabulary (Canvey Island). For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Elizabeth Howorth, Honorary Collector, Street Savings Groups, West Denton, Newcastle upon Tyne
Frederick Payne Hudson, Maintenance Fitter, British Industrial Solvents, Ltd. (Hull)
Marjorie Hughes, Centre Organiser, Barnstaple, Women's Voluntary Services
Robert Edwin Hughes, Checkweighman, North Eastern Division, National Coal Board (Doncaster)
William Hughes, Manager, Group Training Centre (Whitwood Colliery), North Eastern Division, National Coal Board (Normanton)
William John Hughes, Chargeman of Caulkers, H.M. Dockyard, Sheerness, For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Henry Charles Hunt, Leather Sorter, Dent, Allcroft and Company, Ltd. (Worcester)
John Husbands, Electrical Fitter, Electric Construction Company, Wolverhampton (Wednesfield)
Robert Stephen Irwin, Detective Sergeant, Royal Ulster Constabulary (Hillsborough, Co. Down)
Phyllis Katherine James, Honorary Collector, Street Savings Group, Bristol
George Nicol Jarvis, Carpenter, M.V. Wairangi, Shaw Sawill and Albion Company, Ltd. (East Ham, E.6)
Jasper Sidney Jeal, Centre Lathe Turner, Dewrance & Co. Ltd, London (Bexley Heath, Kent)
August Thomas Jensen, Licensee, Lowestoft, For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Helen Ada Jerome, Rest Centre Leader, Erith, Kent, For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Robert John, Underground Repairer, South Western Division, National Coal Board (Rhondda)
Harold Raine Johnson, Engineering and Main
Tenance Foreman, Whessoe Ltd., Darlington
Harry Johnson, Surface Labourer, Silverdale Colliery, West Midlands Division, National Coal Board (Silverdale)
Daniel Jones, Leading Hand, Zinc Distillation Plant, National Smelting Company, Ltd., Swansea (Neath)
Ernest Jones, Shift Supervisor, Bradford Road Station, Manchester Group, North Western Gas Board (Manchester)
Maud H. Jones, Personal Assistant, Headquarters, Women's Voluntary Service (Bethnal Green, E.2)
Sidney Richard Jones, Mechanical Fitter, Midlands Electricity Board (Birmingham)
Thomas Roger Jones, Skilled Labourer, R.N. Hospital Chatham (Gillingham, Kent)
William Henry Jones, Foreman, Hemp Small Splicing Department, Wrights' Ropes, Ltd. (Birmingham)
William Thomas Jones, Head Driver, Vange Ambulance Station, Essex, For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Richard Judd, Gas Fitter, Distribution Department, Salisbury Gas Undertaking, Southern Gas Board (Salisbury)
Harold Juniper, Works Supervisor, Whitstable Urban District Council, For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Alexander Frederick King, Telephone Operator, War Office, Sheerness, For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
John Allen Kirby, Artificer, R.N. Engineering Laboratory (Hounslow, Middlesex)
George Christopher Kirton, Skilled Setter, Royal Ordnance Factory, Birtley (Sunderland)
John William Kyle, Radio Mechanic, Grade I, Telecommunications Section, Ministry of Civil Aviation (Glasgow)
William Bertie Land, Reclamation Foreman, H.M. Borstal Institution, North Sea Camp (Frieston, Lincolnshire)
Arthur Langfield, Engineer, Walter Pollard (1923) Ltd. (Nelson)
Albert Edward Langford, Technician, Class I, Post Office Telephone Exchange, Tiverton, Devon (Wellington, Somerset)
Jane Laverty, Auxiliary Postwoman, Priestland Sub Office, Co. Antrim
William Edward Lawrence, Senior Assistant, Zoological Society of London (Northold, Middlesex)
Leonard Leach, Process Foreman, Magnesium Elektron, Ltd. (Manchester)
Hannah Dorothea Leeman, Centre Organiser, Spilsby, Women's Voluntary Services (Addlethorpe, Lincolnshire). For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Alfred Henry Leonard, Overseer, General Post Office (Honor Oak Park, S.E.23)
William Lewis, Senior Storeman, Proof and Experimental Establishment, Ministry of Supply (Pendine, Carmarthenshire)
Leslie George Ling, Special Constable, East Suffolk County Constabulary (Iken, Suffolk). For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Ernest Colin McArthur, Transport Foreman and Deputy Fitting Foreman, Stockton Unit, Northern Gas Board (Stockton-on-Tees)
Percy James Thompson Macaulay, Leading Draughtsman, Cammell Laifd and Company, Birkenhead (Wallasey, Cheshire)
Alexander McCulloch, Chargehand, Drysdale and Company, Ltd., Glasgow
Charles Alfred Mace, Underground Repairer, Llanharan Colliery, South Western Division, National Coal Board (Pencoed)
John MacFarlane, Blind Telephone Operator, Export Credits Guarantee Department (Ilford, Essex)
James McGowan, Repairer and Pumper, Gate-side Colliery, Scottish Division, National Coal Board (Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire)
Annie McIntosh, Senior Leading Fire-woman, North-Eastern Fire Brigade, Scotland (Aberdeen)
Philip McKeever, Able Seaman, S.S. Esso Bedford, Esso Transportation Company, Ltd. (Belfast)
John Turnley McKinley, Sergeant, Londonderry Harbour Police
Gilbert McKirdy, Boatswain, Fishery Board for Scotland (Rothesay, Bute)
David Mcruvie, Deckhand, Fishing Vessel William Wilson (Cellardykes, Fife)
Walter Makepeace, Boiler House Maintenance Engineer, Southport Power Station, Mersey-side and North Wales Division, British Electricity Authority (Southport)
Edwin Martin, Surface Workman, Oxcroft Colliery, East Midlands Division, National Coal Board (Chesterfield)
Royston Henry Massey, Station Warden, Royal Air Force Station, Pembroke Dock
Robert Mayne, Boatswain, S.S. Baron Elgin, H. Hogarth and Sons (Edinburgh)
William Ivor Merrett, Chief Steward, Falfield Civil Defence Technical Training School, Gloucestershire
James Mew, Leading Hand of Pensioners, H.M.S. Victory (Ship) (Southsea)
Edward W. Mumford, Fisherman, Great Wakering, Essex, For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Isaac Murphy, Technician, Class II (B), Belfast Telephone Area
Joseph Murray, Foreman Armature Winder, Tuscan Engineering Company, Ltd., Bridgend
Eileen Mary Musgrove, Postal and Telegraph Officer, Head Post Office, Richmond, Yorkshire
Dorothy Mary Newell, Commandant, Claydon Detachment, British Red Cross Society (Claydon, Suffolk). For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
William Edward Nutting, Hot Saw Grinder, Round Oak Steel Works, Ltd., Brierley Hill
Frank Alfred Oliver, General Foreman, Turriff Construction Corporation, Ltd. (Croydon, Surrey)
George Oxenbredge, Head Gardener, North-West European District, Imperial War Graves Commission
Reginald George Pain, Setter-Operator, AC-Delco Division of General Motors, Ltd., Dunstable (Luton)
Richard Harold Parker, Chief Inspector, South Western District Post Office (Worcester Park, Surrey)
Elizabeth Parry, Screenhand, Nook Colliery, North Western Division, National Coal Board (Tyldesley, Lancashire)
Alice Pateman, Press Operator, E. S. Perry, Ltd. (Edmonton, N.I8)
Joseph William Percival Payton, General Foreman, Surveyor's Department, Sheerness Urban District Council, For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Ernest Edward Peach, Foreman Electrician, Patent Shaft and Axletree Company, Ltd., Wednesbury
Joan Peacock, Spinner, Finlayson, Bousfield and Company, Ltd., Johnstone, Renfrewshire
James Pearce, Chargehand Installation Inspector, Canvey Island, For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Robert Lennie Pearson, Assistant Divisional Officer, Norfolk Fire Brigade (King's Lynn). For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Thomas William Pestell, Foreman and Bacon Drier, I. Beer and Sons, Ltd. (Walthamstow, E.17)
Sidney George Phillips, Chief Engineer of a steam trawler (Milford Haven)
Henry William Philpott DSM lately Vocational Training Instructor, H.M. Dockyard, Chatham (Gillingham, Kent)
John Peter William Pilkington, Foreman Labourer, Rolls-Royce, Ltd., Barnoldswick
Margaret Pitcher, Centre Organiser, Maidenhead, Women's Voluntary Services
Emily Pitkin, Catering Supervisor, Erith, For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Frederick Platt, Fitter, Ede and Ravenscroft, Ltd., Robemakers (Ashford, Middlesex)
Alice Mary Pleasants, Honorary Collector, Ranspme Sims and Jefferies Savings Group, Ipswich
Arthur Plowman, Foreman Dyer, Edward and James Richardson, Ltd., Newcastle upon Tyne
Norah Porritt, Centre Organiser, Basford Rural District (South) Nottinghamshire, Women's Voluntary Services
Frederick Albert Potter, Telephone Mechanic, Factories Department, General Post Office (Kenton, Middlesex), ?Lincolnshire Fire Brigade (Louth, Lincolnshire). For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Joseph Edwin Prothero, Electrical Fitter, English Electric Company, Ltd., Stafford
Ernest Prout, Machine Shop Foreman, Priestman Brothers, Ltd., Hull
Sydney Lawrence Purse, Mechanic, Ministry of Supply (Stockwell, S.W.9)
Roger Richard Quinn, Head Storekeeper, Sea Transport Stores, Ministry of Transport, Bristol (Yate, Gloucestershire)
Leonard Raven, Farm Foreman, Tillingham, Essex, For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Charles Edward Reddin, Sub-Officer, North Riding of Yorkshire Fire Brigade (Northallerton)
Charles William Redford, Head Forester, Forestry Commission (Santon Downham, Suffolk). For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Robert William George Rees, Chief Officer, Class I, H.M. Prison, Liverpool
James Henry Reid, Inspector, Birmingham City Police Force
Frederick James Richards, Engineering Craftsman. Chatwood Safe and Engineering Company, Shrewsbury
Trevor Richards, Dock Worker, National Dock Labour Board (Swansea)
Charles Thomas Richardson, Transport Foreman, Hadfields, Ltd., Sheffield
Maureen Riley, Voluntary Worker, Canvey Island (Sheffield). For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
James Gordon Lennox Robertson, Postman, Higher Grade, Head Post Office, Perth
Corneille Robinson, Centre Organiser, Whitstable, Women's Voluntary Services, For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
John Henry Robson, Foreman Glass Blower, Hartley Wood and Company, Sunderland
James Alfred Rudling, lately Works Superintendent, St. Mary Cray Gasworks (Ramsgale)
Frances Marion Rundle, Centre Organiser, Dovercourt, Women's Voluntary Services. For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties
John Rushton, Overman, Sandhole Colliery, North Western Division, National Coal Board (Walkden, Lancashire)
George Sanday, Staff Instructor, Rossall School, Fleetwood
Frederick Sandcraft, Mess Superintendent, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst (Camberley, Surrey)
Frank William Sargisson, Senior Driver, Lincolnshire Road Car Company, Ltd. (Lincoln)
Walter Frank Savage, Baker and Confectioner, M.V. Carnarvon Castle, Union Castle Mail Steamship Company, Ltd. (Southampton)
William Sayner, Works Engineer, Grimsiby Gas Undertaking, East Midlands Gas Board (Grimsby)
Spiro Scerri, Supervisor (Mechanical and Electrical), Air Ministry Works Repair Depot, Suez Canal Zone
Harold Scobey, Station Master, Parkeston, Essex, For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Michael Scott, Driller and Roof Sealer, Anhydrite Mine, Imperial Chemical Industries, Billingham
Arthur Edward Searle, Chargeman of Skilled Labourers, H.M.S. Fisgard (Torpoint, Cornwall)
Anthony Segui, Principal Foreman, War Office, Gibraltar
Charlie William Thomas Setterfield, Inspector, Kent County Constabulary, Maidstone (Herne Bay). For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
William James Sewell, Electrician, North Thames Gas Board (Westcliff on Sea). For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Emmanuel Shimon, Clerk, Grade I, Royal Air Force Levies, Iraq
Eva Lena Shipley, Welfare Supervisor, Ferodo, Ltd., Stockport (Buxton)
Edward Simmons, Chargeman Coppersmith, J. Russell and Company, Ltd., Liverpool
Arthur Nicol Simpson, Head Forester, Tulliallan Nursery, Kincardine-on-Forth, Forestry Commission
George Sinclair, Deckhand, Steam Trawler Gilmar (Aberdeen)
Alfred Arthur Singer, Bandmaster, Duke of York's Royal Military School, Dover
William Singleton JP Station Foreman (Tickets), Preston, Railway Executive, London Midland Region (Preston)
Charles Leonard Smith, Machinist, Littleton Colliery, West Midlands Division, National Coal Board (Cannock)
Lucy Mary Smith, Chief Supervisor, Telephone Training School, Clerkenwell Telephone Exchange (Honor Oak Park, S.E.23)
Robert William Smith, Divisional Superintendent, St. John Ambulance Brigade, Hunstanton, For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Wilfred Smith, Divisional Superintendent, St. John Ambulance Brigade, Selby, Yorkshire, For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
John Spelman MM Principal Doorkeeper, House of Lords (Kennington, S.E.ll)
James Spowart, Inspector, Perthshire and Kinrossshire Constabulary (Perth)
Firth Squire, Warehouseman, British Belting and Asbestos, Ltd. (Cleckheaton)
Reginald Stuart Steadman, Resident Inspector, North Thames Gas Board, Grays, Essex, For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Cyril Herbert Stedman, Depot Manager, Dart-ford, Kent, House Coal Distribution (Emergency)
Scheme (Dartford, Kent)
Arthur Leonard Stent, Staff Instructor, Royal Grammar School, Guildford
Harold Richard Stephens, General Handyman, Tilbury, For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Lina Stephenson, Honorary Collector, Street and Village Savings Group, Patrington, Hull
Septimus Stobbart, Coal Filler, Pegswood Colliery, Northern (Northumberland and Cumberland) Division, National Coal Board (Morpeth)
Edward George Joseph Stokes, Boatswain, Admiralty (Dovercourt). For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
David Edward Stringer, Station Officer, H.M. Coastguard Station, Lizard, Cornwall
Thomas Bernard Strong, Foreman of Trades, Royal Air Force Station, Hawarden (Chester)
Edward Bradstock Tanner, Overseer of Birds, Zoological Society of London (Finchley, N.3)
Wilfred Arthur Tanner, General Foreman, Richard Costain, Ltd. (Carshalton, Surrey)
Samuel Taylor, Foreman, Lincolnshire River Board (Grimsby). For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
John Arthur Thelwell, Permanent Way Inspector, Reading, Railway Executive, Western Region (Reading)
Edward James Thomas, Staff Foreman, Morris Motors, Ltd., Llanelly
Frank Thomas, Head Foreman Loftsman, Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness
Lydia Olwen Thomas, Group Officer, Glamorganshire Fire Brigade (Llanelly)
William Thomas, Underground worker, Hafod Colliery, North Western Division, National Coal Board (Wrexham)
Thomas Charles Thompson, Boiler Shop Plater, Harland and Wolff, Ltd., Belfast
Charles Trego, Coal Conveyor Attendant, South Western Division, British Electricity Authority (Weston-super-Mare)
William Oliver Trotman, Distribution Superintendent, Stratford-upon-Avon District Undertaking, West Midlands Gas Board (Stratford-upon-Avon)
Frederick Tunstall, Salvage Worker, Clifton Colliery, Northern (Northumberland and Cumberland) Division, National Gas Board (Workington)
Frank Turner JP Underground Repairer, Snowdon Colliery, South Eastern Division, National Coal Board (Canterbury)
Harry Ernest Edward Wade, Works Foreman, West Minster Works, Sheerness, South Eastern Gas Board, For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Henry Wady, Production Foreman, Humber Works, G. and T. Earle, Ltd., Cement Manufacturers (Melton)
Charles Geoffrey Walker, Carpenter, War Office, Humfoer Sea Forts (Barnetby, Lincolnshire)
Percival Walton, Publications Storekeeper, Victoria and Albert Museum (Walham Green, S.W.6)
William Walton, Checbweighman and Lodge Secretary, Medomsley Colliery, Durham Division, National Coal Board (Consett)
Charles Warde, Tool Shop Assistant Foreman, Automatic Telephone and Electric Company, Ltd., Liverpool (Prescot)
Harry Wardle, Chief Foreman Fitter, Walmsleys (Bury) Ltd., Bury
William Watkiss, Hotel Manager, Sutton-on-Sea, Lincolnshire, For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Lilian Dorothy Watts, Draughtswoman, Highways Engineering Department, Ministry of Transport (Norbury, S.W.I6)
Annie Webber, Leader of First Aid Post, St. John Ambulance Nursing Division, South-end, For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
William John Webber, Foreman, Aluminium Wire and Cable Company, Ltd., Port Tennant, Swansea
Arthur Charles Stanley Wescott, Foreman, Royal Observatory (New Eltham, S.E.9)
Eileen May West, Manageress N.A.A.F.I., Weybourne (Epsom Downs, Surrey). For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
Mark Randall Wheatley, Foreman Turbine Driver, Spondon Power Station, East Midlands Division, British Electricity Authority (Hkeston, Derbyshire)
Jack Whyman, Shop Foreman, Royal Air Force Station, Quedgeley (Gloucester)
Lawrence Gerald Wickham, Station Officer, Kent Fire Brigade (Sheerness). For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
John Walter Wilding, Head Cheesemaker, Minsterley Creameries, Ltd., Minsterley, Shropshire
Owen Williams, Honorary Collector, Marchwiel Village Savings Group (Wrexham)
William Williams, Surface Worker, Woodend Colliery, Scottish Division, National Coal Board (Maddiston, Stirlingshire)
Harry Willsmer, Farm Foreman, Great Wakering, Essex, For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
John Willsmer, Farm Worker, Great Wakering, Essex, For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
William Andrew Wilson, Sub-Postmaster, Tynron, Thornhill, Dumfriesshire
Cecil Frederick Witt, Head Gardener, French District, Imperial War Graves Commission
Norman John Wood, Inspector, Essex County Constabulary (Harwich). For services during the recent floods in the Eastern Counties.
George Woodcock, Chief Inspector, West Riding of Yorkshire Constabulary (Wakefield)
Arthur Clifford Wragg, Coal Plant Supervisor, Rotherham Power Station, Yorkshire Division, British Electricity Authority (Rotherham)
Edward Thomas Wright, Warden, Territorial Army Drill Hall, Norwich
Ernest Wright, Carpenter, Veterinary Laboratory, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (New Haw, Weybridge)
Frank Arthur Wright, Yard Foreman, Leeds District Distribution and Transport Department, North Eastern Gas Board (Leeds)
Alfred Wyatt, Kiln Burner, Tondu Brickworks Company, Ltd., Aberkenfig, Bridgend
Thomas Henry Young, Mate in Charge, R.A.S.C. Vessel Fusee (Weymouth)
State of South Australia
Walter Muggleton, Messenger, Department of the Premier, State of South Australia
Colonial Empire
Charles Samuel Thorne, Head Keeper, South Point Lighthouse, Barbados
Donald Abrams, Engineer, Georgetown Fire Brigade, British Guiana
Alexander Bertfield Clarke, lately Sergeant Major, British Honduras Police Force
