The New Year Honours 1916 were appointments by King

George V George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until Death and state funeral of George V, his death in 1936. Born duri ...

to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by members of the

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. They were announced on 1 January 1916. A number of the honours were gazetted as being in recognition of the services of officers during the War. These are noted with a # below.

Order of the Garter The Most Noble Order of the Garter is an order of chivalry founded by Edward III of England in 1348. It is the most senior order of knighthood in the British honours system, outranked in precedence only by the Victoria Cross and the George C ...

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

Victoria Cross

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

Order of the Bath The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I of Great Britain, George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate medieval ceremony for appointing a knight, which involved Bathing#Medieval ...

Knight Grand Cross (GCB)

;Civil Division *The Right Hon. Sir George Houstoun Reid, G.C.M.G. *Sir

Robert Chalmers Robert Chalmers, 1st Baron Chalmers, (18 August 1858 – 17 November 1938) was a British civil servant, and a Pali and Buddhist scholar. In later life, he served as the Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge. Background and education Chalmers was ...

, K.C.B.

Knight Commander (KCB)

;Military Division *Vice-Admiral

Edward Eden Bradford Admiral Sir Edward Eden Bradford, (10 December 1858 – 25 November 1935) was a British naval officer, who commanded the 3rd Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet until May 1916, and wrote Admiral of the Fleet Arthur Knyvet Wilson's biography. Ear ...

, C.V.O. # *Vice-Admiral Herbert Goodenough King-Hall, C.V.O., C.B., D.S.O. # *Acting Vice-Admiral Charles Edward Madden, C.V.O. # *Rear-Admiral Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss, C.M.G., M.V.O. # *Acting Vice-Admiral The Honourable

Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe Admiral of the Fleet Sir Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe (23 December 1865 – 27 July 1937), sometimes known as Sir Somerset Calthorpe, was a Royal Navy officer and a member of the Gough-Calthorpe family. After serving as a junior officer durin ...

, C.B. # *Acting Vice-Admiral

John Michael de Robeck Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Michael de Robeck, 1st Baronet, (10 June 1862 – 20 January 1928) was an officer in the Royal Navy. In the early years of the 20th century he served as Admiral of Patrols, commanding four flotillas of destroyers. ...

. # *Rear-Admiral

Dudley Rawson Stratford De Chair Admiral Sir Dudley Rawson Stratford de Chair (30 August 1864 – 17 August 1958) was a senior Royal Navy officer and later Governor of New South Wales. Early life and career De Chair was born on 30 August 1864 in Lennoxville, Province of ...

, C.B., M.V.O. # *Acting Vice-Admiral Henry Francis Oliver, C.B., M.V.O. # *Vice-Admiral Reginald Hugh Spencer Bacon, C.V.O., D.S.O., retired. # *Temporary Major-General

Archibald Paris Brigadier Archibald Charles Melvill Paris, (28 May 1890 – 3 March 1942) was a British Army officer. Although he is better known for having died during the events that followed the sinking of the Dutch ship '' Rooseboom'' off Sumatra in 1942 ...

, C.B., R.M.A. # *Lieutenant-General Sir Percy Henry Noel Lake, K.C.M.G., C.B., Colonel, The East Lancashire Regiment, Chief of the General Staff, India. *Major-General Arthur Phayre, C.B., Indian Army, Commanding Secunderabad Division. *Major-General Fenton John Aylmer, V.C., C.B., Adjutant-General in India. ;Civil Division *Colonel Henry

Capel Lofft Holden Brigadier-General Sir Henry Capel Lofft Holden (23 January 1856 – 30 March 1937) was an English engineer, the designer of Brooklands motor racing circuit, chairman of The Royal Automobile Club and other organisations. Biography He was born ...

, C.B., Assistant Director of Supplies and Transport, War Office. * Ernley Robertson Hay Blackwell, Esq., C.B., Assistant Under Secretary, Home Office. * Lionel Earle, Esq., C.B., C.M.G., Secretary, H.M. Office of Works. *Noel Thomas Kershaw, Esq., C.B., Assistant Secretary, Local Government Board. *

Frederick Francis Liddell Sir Frederick Francis Liddell (7 June 1865 – 19 March 1950) was a British lawyer and civil servant. He is noted for being First Parliamentary Counsel. Early life He was born in 1865, the son of Henry Liddell, the Dean of Christ Church, Oxfo ...

, Esq., C.B., Second Parliamentary Counsel, The Treasury.

Companion (CB)

;Military Division *Rear-Admiral Stuart Nicholson, M.V.O. # *Captain Herbert Arthur Stevenson Fyler, R.N. # *Captain

George Price Webley Hope Admiral Sir George Price Webley Hope, (11 October 1869 – 11 July 1959) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to become Deputy First Sea Lord during World War I. Naval career Hope joined the Royal Navy. He was promoted to commander on 30 Jun ...

, R.N. # *Commodore Algernon Walker Heneage, M.V.O., R.N. # *Captain the Honourable Algernon Douglas Edward Harry Boyle, M.V.O., R.N. # *Captain Hughes Campbell Lockyer, R.N. # *Captain Lionel George Preston, R.N. # *Engineer Captain William Whittingham, R.N. # *Engineer Captain Henry Humphreys, R.N. # *Engineer Commander George Edward Andrew, R.N. # *Fleet Surgeon Arthur Gaskell, R.N. # *Fleet Paymaster Hamnet Holditch Share, R.N. # *Captain

Charles Alfred Bartlett Commodore Charles Alfred Bartlett (21 August 1868 – 15 February 1945) was a merchant seaman and Royal Naval Reserve officer, who achieved command status with the White Star Line shipping company, including as captain of . Biography Born i ...

, R.N.R., R.D. # *Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) John MacNeill Walter, D.S.O., Deputy Adjutant-General, Headquarters, India. *Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) Francis John Fowler, D.S.O., Indian Army, Commanding

Derajat Brigade The Derajat Brigade was formed after the 1903 reforms of the British Indian Army by Herbert Kitchener when he was Commander-in-Chief, India. The brigade was part of the Northern Army and deployed along the North West Frontier. The Derajat Brigade ...

. *Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) Alexander Henry Eustace, D.S.O., Indian Army, Commanding

Kohat Brigade The Kohat Brigade (now 101 Infantry Brigade, Sialkot, Pakistan) was formed after the 1903 reforms of the British Indian Army by Herbert Kitchener when he was Commander-in-Chief, India. The brigade was part of the Northern Army and deployed along t ...

. *Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) Wyndham Charles Knight, D.S.O., A.D.C., Indian Army, Commanding

Bombay Brigade The 6th Poona Divisional Area was an infantry division of the British Indian Army that formed part of the Indian Army during the First World War. It was formed in October 1914 to replace the original 6th (Poona) Division that had been mobiliz ...

. *Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) Frederick Hopewell Peterson, D.S.O., Indian Army, Commanding Jhelum Brigade. *Colonel Francis Herbert Sullivan Thomas, Indian Army. *Colonel Arthur William Cripps, Indian Army, Assistant Director of Supplies and Transport,

Lahore Division Lahore Division is an administrative division of Punjab Province, Pakistan. It comprises four Districts - Kasur, Lahore, Nankana Sahib and Sheikhupura. The Lahore Division is commanded by a Commissioner to manage the division. Under the Commissi ...

. *Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) Charles Edward Hendley, Indian Army. *Colonel Edward Hearle Cole, Indian Army. *Brevet Colonel William Westropp White, Indian Medical Service. ;Civil Division *Rear-Admiral Arthur William Waymouth. # *Rear-Admiral Morgan Singer. # *Captain

Laurence Eliot Power Admiral Sir Laurence Eliot Power, KCB, CVO (7 May 1864 – 20 January 1927) was a Royal Navy officer who played an important role in shipbuilding during the First World War. Biography Born in Bramley, Surrey, Power was the son of the Rev. He ...

, M.V.O., R.N. # *Captain

Clement Greatorex Admiral Clement Greatorex (7 January 1869 – 21 March 1937) was a Royal Navy officer. Naval career Promoted to captain on 31 December 1905, Greatorex was given command of the protected cruiser HMS ''Eclipse'' in January 1906 and the armoure ...

, M.V.O., R.N. # *Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert Edward Blumberg, R.M.L.I. # *Engineer Rear-Admiral William Henry Riley. # *Surgeon-General William Henry Norman, R.N. # *Temporary Surgeon-General

Humphry Davy Rolleston Sir Humphry Davy Rolleston, 1st Baronet, (21 June 1862 – 23 September 1944) was a prominent English physician. Rolleston was the son of George Rolleston (Linacre Professor of Physiology at Oxford) and Grace Davy, daughter of John Davy an ...

, M.D., F.R.C.P., R.N. # *Honorary Captain Sir Richard Henry Williams-Bulkeley, Bart., R.N.R. # *Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Orby Shipley, Commanding 3rd Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. *Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Henry Launcelot Errington, Commanding Inns of Court Officers Training Corps. *Honorary Brigadier-General Horatio Reginald Mends (Retired Pay), Secretary, West Riding of York Territorial Force Association. *Major-General John Wallace Carson, Canadian Local Forces. # *Honorary Brigadier-General Frank Robert Crofton Carleton (Retired Pay), Director of Organisation, War Office. # *Colonel

Willoughby Garnons Gwatkin Lieutenant-General Sir Willoughby Garnons Gwatkin, (11 August 1859 – 2 February 1925) was a British Army officer who served as Chief of the General Staff of the Canadian Militia during the First World War. Military career The son of a barris ...

, Canadian Local Forces. # *Colonel Charles Philip Martel, Superintendent, Royal Gun and Carriage Factories, Royal Arsenal. # *Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary Colonel) Lionel Charles Gostling Tufnell, Officer in Charge of Records and Commanding Army Ordnance Corps. # *Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Edward Phipps, Royal Garrison Artillery Inspection Staff, Royal Arsenal. # *

Montagu Sherard Dawes Butler Sir Montagu Sherard Dawes Butler, (19 May 1873 – 7 November 1952) was Governor of the Central Provinces of British India (1925–33), Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man (1933–37), and Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge (1937–48). ...

, Esq., lately Joint Secretary on the Indian Public Services Commission. *Albert Gray, Esq., K.C., Counsel to the Chairman of Committees, House of Lords. *Sidney West Harris, Esq., Assistant Secretary, Home Office. *George Macdonald, Esq., Assistant Secretary, Scotch Education Department. *

Henry Gascoyne Maurice Henry Gascoyen Maurice (24 May 1874, Marlborough, Wiltshire, Marlborough – 12 May 1950) was President of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea 1920–1938 and President of the Zoological Society of London 1942–1948. He also ...

, Esq., Assistant Secretary, Board of Agriculture and Fisheries. *Walter Frederick Nicholson, Esq., Clerk, The Admiralty. *Garnham Roper, Esq., Assistant Board of Trade. *Robert Fitzwilliam Starkie, Esq., Magistrate, Ireland. *Percy Thompson, Esq., Secretary to the Board of Inland Revenue. * John Anthony Cecil Tilley, Esq., Chief Clerk, Foreign Office. *Justin Theodore La Brooy, Esq., Civil Assistant to the Chief Superintendent, Royal Ordnance Factories. # *Arthur William James MacFadden, Esq., M.B., Chief Inspector of Foods, Local Government Board. #

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Henry James Henry James ( – ) was an American-British author. He is regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language. He was the ...

, Esq.

Order of the Star of India The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India is an order of chivalry founded by Queen Victoria in 1861. The Order includes members of three classes: # Knight Grand Commander (GCSI) # Knight Commander ( KCSI) # Companion ( CSI) No appointments ...

Knight Grand Commander (GCSI)

*His Excellency General Sir

Beauchamp Duff General (United Kingdom), General Sir Beauchamp Duff, (17 February 1855 – 20 January 1918) was a Scottish officer with a distinguished career in the British Indian Army. He served as Commander-in-Chief of India during the First World War. His r ...

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

Knight Commander (KCSI)

*Sir Steyning William Edgerley, K.C.V.O., C.I.E., Member of the

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

Companion (CSI)

*Henry Sharp, Esq., C.I.E., Indian Educational Service, Officiating Secretary to the Government of India in the Education Department, and an Additional Member of the Council of the Governor-General for making Laws and Regulations. *

Ludovic Charles Porter Sir Ludovic Charles Porter (1869–1928) was a senior British administrator in India. Life He was the second son of Ludovic Porter (1836-1904), owner of sugar plantations in British Guiana, and his wife Maria (1835-1901), youngest daughter of ...

, Esq., C.I.E., Indian Civil Service, lately Secretary to the Government of India in the Education Department. *Robert Russell Scott, Esq., Principal Clerk, The Admiralty, late Joint Secretary, Indian Public Services Commission. *Lieutenant-Colonel John Walter Edward, Baron Montagu of Beaulieu, V.D., Commandant, 2/7 Hampshire Regiment. #

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Knight Grand Cross (GCMG)

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

Knight Commander (KCMG)

*Sir Edward Marsh Merewether, K.C.V.O., C.M.G., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Sierra Leone. *

William Lamond Allardyce Sir William Lamond Allardyce, (14 November 1861 – 10 June 1930) was a career British civil servant in the Colonial Office who served as governor of Fiji (1901–1902), the Falkland Islands (1904–1914), Bahamas (1914–1920), Tasmania (1920� ...

, Esq., C.M.G., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Bahama Islands. *The Honourable

William Thomas White Sir William Thomas White, GCMG, PC (UK), PC (Can) (November 13, 1866 – February 11, 1955), was a Canadian politician and Cabinet minister. Biography White worked as a reporter for the ''Toronto Evening Telegram'' in 1890, and subsequent ...

, Minister of Finance of the Dominion of Canada. *The Honourable

Thomas Mackenzie Sir Thomas Mackenzie (10 March 1853 – 14 February 1930) was a Scotland, Scottish-born New Zealand politician and explorer who briefly served as the List of Prime Ministers of New Zealand, 18th prime minister of New Zealand in 1912, and ...

, High Commissioner for New Zealand in the United Kingdom. *The Honourable Sir Charles Kinnaird Mackellar, Knt., Member of the Legislative Council of the State of New South Wales, and lately President of the State Children's Relief Board. *

Collingwood Schreiber Sir Collingwood Schreiber, (December 14, 1831 – March 23, 1918) was an English Canadian surveyor, engineer and civil servant. He is best known for his contribution to the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR). Biography Schreiber ...

, Esq., C.M.G., General Consulting Engineer to the Government of the Dominion of Canada. * Esme William Howard, Esq., C.V.O., C.M.G., His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the King of Sweden. *The Honourable Lancelot Douglas Carnegie, M.V.O., His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Portuguese Republic. *William Edwin Brunyate, Esq., C.M.G., Legal Counsellor to the Egyptian Government. *Sheikh Said Ali el Morghani, C.M.G. (Honorary) *Vice-Admiral

Frederic Edward Errington Brock Admiral Sir Frederic Edward Errington Brock, (15 October 1854 – 1 November 1929) was a Royal Navy officer. Naval career Brock was promoted to lieutenant in the Royal Navy on 8 December 1879. Promoted to captain on 30 June 1898, he was given ...

, C.B. # *Vice-Admiral Sackville Hamilton Carden. # *Vice-Admiral Sir

George Edwin Patey Admiral Sir George Edwin Patey, (24 February 1859 – 5 February 1935) was a senior officer in the Royal Navy. Early years Patey was born on 24 February 1859 at Montpellier, near Plymouth, United Kingdom. His father, also named George Edwin P ...

, K.C.V.O. # *Vice-Admiral Arthur Henry Limpus, C.B. # *Rear-Admiral Cecil Fiennes Thursby, C.M.G. # *Surgeon-General Sir James Porter, R.N., LL.D., M.D., K.C.B., Honorary Physician to the King. # *Temporary Surgeon-General Sir William Watson Cheyne, Bart., R.N., M.B., C.B., Honorary Surgeon-in-Ordinary to the King. #

Companion (CMG)

Thomas Alexander Vans Best Sir Thomas Alexander Vans Best, (8 October 1870 – 24 November 1941) was a British colonial administrator. He was born the son of Dr Alexander Vans Best of Aberdeen, previously a Staff Surgeon in the Bengal Army. Thomas Vans Best joined the C ...

, Esq., Colonial Secretary of the Leeward Islands. *Thomas Inglis Binnie, Esq., Director of Public Works, Nyasaland Protectorate. * James Rufus Boose, Esq., Travelling Commissioner,

Royal Colonial Institute The Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS) is a non-governmental organisation with a mission to promote the value of the Commonwealth and the values upon which it is based. The Society upholds the values of the Commonwealth Charter, promoting confli ...

. *

William Brymner William Brymner, (December 14, 1855 – June 18, 1925) was a Canadian figure and landscape painter and educator. In addition to playing a key role in the development of Impressionism in Canada, Brymner taught numerous artists who became leadin ...

, Esq., President of the

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. * John Cadman, Esq., D.Sc., Professor of Mining in the University of Birmingham; Petroleum Adviser to the Colonial Office, and Coal Mining Adviser to the Government of Nigeria. *Lieutenant-Colonel Henry James Grasett, Chief Constable, Toronto. *The Honourable Victor Albert Nelson Hood, Private Secretary to the Governor of Victoria. *Surgeon-General

Guy Carleton Jones Major-General G.C. Jones (25 December 1864 – 23 October 1950) was the 4th Canadian Surgeon General. Biography Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Guy C., son of politician Alfred Gilpin Jones, "was educated at the Halifax Medical College and later ...

, Director of Medical Services; Canadian Expeditionary Force. *Brigadier-General James Charles MacDougall, Commanding Canadian Training Division; Canadian Expeditionary Force. *John Middleton, Esq., M.A., Colonial Secretary of the Colony of Mauritius. *Charles Frederick Wray Palliser, Esq., Secretary, Office of the High Commissioner for New Zealand. *

Bernard Senior Bernard Senior (23 June 1865 – 3 July 1934) was the 23rd Colonial Auditor of British Ceylon. He was born the son of J. Senior, a solicitor of Merton, Surrey and educated at Dulwich College. In 1884 he was appointed clerk to the Boundary Com ...

, Esq., I.S.O., Treasurer of the Island of Ceylon. *Adam Smith, Esq., Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council of the Colony of Trinidad and Tobago. *Brigadier-General Frederick Hugh Gordon Cunliffe. ("in connection with military operations in the Cameroons.") *Captain

Guy Reginald Archer Gaunt Admiral Sir Guy Reginald Archer Gaunt, (25 May 1869 – 18 May 1953) was an Australian-born officer of the Royal Navy, counter-intelligence officer and a British Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party politician. Gaunt was born in Ballarat ...

, R.N., Naval Attache to His Majesty's Embassy at Washington. *

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, Esq., late First

Dragoman A dragoman or Interpretation was an interpreter, translator, and official guide between Turkish-, Arabic-, and Persian-speaking countries and polities of the Middle East and European embassies, consulates, vice-consulates and trading posts. A ...

at His Majesty's Embassy at Constantinople. *Thomas Harold Lyle, Esq., His Majesty's Consul-General at Bangkok. *Arthur Hyde Lay, Esq., His Majesty's Consul-General at Seoul. *Colonel William Hacche Drake, R.A., Adjutant-General for the Soudan. *Commodore

Roger John Brownlow Keyes Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy), Admiral of the Fleet Roger John Brownlow Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes, (4 October 1872 – 26 December 1945) was a British naval officer. As a junior officer he served in a corvette operating from Zanzibar on ...

, C.B., M.V.O., Ad.C. # *Captain Douglas Lionel Dent, R.N. # *Commodore

Maurice Swynfen Fitzmaurice Vice-Admiral Sir Maurice Swynfen Fitzmaurice, (12 August 1870 – 23 January 1927) was an officer of the Royal Navy. He served in a number of campaigns in Africa, being twice mentioned in despatches, and had risen to the rank of captain pr ...

. # *Captain Wilfrid Nunn, R.N., D.S.O. # *Acting Commander Leopold Arthur Bernays, R.N. # *Temporary Major

William Wellington Godfrey General (United Kingdom), General Sir William Wellington Godfrey, (2 April 1880 – 18 May 1952) was a Royal Marines officer who served as Commandant General Royal Marines, Adjutant-General Royal Marines. Military career Educated at Dulwich C ...

, Royal Marine Light Infantry. # *Major Arthur Edward Bewes, Royal Marine Light Infantry. #

Order of the Indian Empire The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire is an order of chivalry founded by Queen Victoria on 1 January 1878. The Order includes members of three classes: #Knight Grand Commander (GCIE) #Knight Commander ( KCIE) #Companion ( CIE) No appoi ...

Knight Grand Commander (GCIE)

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

Jind Jind is one of the largest and oldest city in Jind district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is administrative headquarter of Jind district. Rani Talab is the main destination for tourists while Pandu-Pindara and Ramrai are the main religiou ...

, Punjab.

Knight Commander (KCIE)

Edward Vere Levinge Sir Edward Vere Levinge (1867–1954) was an administrator in the Indian Civil Service who rose to serve as acting Lieutenant-Governor of the British Raj Province known as Bihar and Orissa. He held that office for the months of April–July 1918, ...

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

Companion (CIE)

*Major Cecil John Lyons Allanson, Indian Army, lately Military Secretary to His Excellency the Governor of Madras. *Rao Bahadur Chunilal Hari Lai Setalvad, Second Presidency Magistrate, Bombay. *John Andrew Turner, Esq., M.D., Executive Health Officer, Bombay Municipality. *Suresh Prosad Sarbadhikary, Esq., M.D., Calcutta. *John Norman Taylor, Esq., Public Works Department, Officiating Superintending Engineer, Irrigation Branch, Upper Jhelum Canal, Punjab. *Khan Bahadur Sardar Din Muhammad Khan, Laghari, late Acting Tumandar of the Laghari tribe in the Dera Ghazi Khan District, Punjab. *Lionel Linton Tomkins, Esq., Indian Police, Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Criminal Investigation Department, Punjab. *Douglas Marshall Straight, Esq., Indian Police, Inspector-General of Police, United Provinces, and a Member of the Council of the Lieutenant-Governor for making Laws and Regulations. *Babu Mot-i Chand, a Member of the Council of the Lieutenant-Governor for making Laws and Regulations. *Matthew Hunter, Esq., Indian Educational Service, Principal,

Rangoon College '') , mottoeng = There's no friend like wisdom. , established = , type = Public , rector = Dr. Tin Mg Tun , undergrad = 4194 , postgrad = 5748 , city = Kamayut 11041, Yangon , state = Yangon Regio ...

. *John Tarlton Whitty, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Magistrate and Collector of Gaya, Bihar and Orissa. *Moses Mordecai Simeon Gubbay, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Deputy Secretary to the Government of India in the Finance Department, and lately Wheat Commissioner for India. *Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Augustus Muspratt-Williams, Royal Artillery, Chief Inspector of Explosives with the Government of India. *Raja Bhagwat Raj Bahadur Singh, of Sohawal, Central India. *Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Charles MacWatt, Indian Medical Service, Chief Medical Officer, Rajputana, and Civil Surgeon, Ajmer. *George Paris Dick, Esq., Government Advocate, Central Provinces. * Horatio Norman Bolton, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Deputy Commissioner, Peshawar District, North-West Frontier Province. *Major William John Keen, Indian Army, Political Agent, Dir, Swat and Chitral, North-West Frontier Province. *Major William Magill Kennedy, Indian Army, President of the Assam Labour Board. *Khan Bahadur Sheikh Makbul Hosain, United Provinces Provincial Service, Revenue Minister in the Kashmir State. *Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) Cyril Harcourt Roe, Director of Movements and Quarterings, Quartermaster-General's Branch, Army Headquarters, India. # *Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) Offley Bohun Stovin Fairless Shore, C.B., D.S.O., Director of Staff Duties and Military Training, Army Headquarters, India. # *Lieutenant-Colonel George Sim Ogg, Royal Artillery, Superintendent, Gun and Shell Factory, Cossipore. # *Major Charles Hugh Hodges Nugent, Royal Engineers, Inspector of Machinery, Military Works Services, India. # *Commander Michael Warren Farewell, Royal Indian Marine, Port Officer and Marine Transport Officer, Karachi. # *Major John Bertram Cunliffe, Madras Artillery Volunteers. # *Temporary Captain Evelyn Berkeley Howell, Special List, Censor of Indian Mails with the Indian Expeditionary Force in France. #

Royal Victorian Order The Royal Victorian Order (french: Ordre royal de Victoria) is a dynastic order of knighthood established in 1896 by Queen Victoria. It recognises distinguished personal service to the British monarch, Canadian monarch, Australian monarch, o ...

Knight Grand Cross (GCVO)

*The Honourable Sir Derek William George Keppel, K.C.V.O., C.M.G., C.I.E.,

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to His Majesty.

Knight Commander (KCVO)

* Richard Maximilian, Baron Acton, M.V.O., late

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to His Majesty. *Lieutenant-Colonel Sir James Robert Dunlop-Smith, K.C.S.I., C.I.E., Political Aide-de-Camp to the

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. *Surgeon-General Sir Anthony Alfred Bowlby, K.C.M.G., F.R.C.S., Surgeon in Ordinary to His Majesty.

Commander (CVO)

*William Rose Smith, Esq., C.B.,

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Member, 4th Class

*John George Griffiths, Esq., Honorary Secretary, King Edward's Hospital Fund for London. *Staff Surgeon

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, R.N.V.R. (Dated 10 November 1915.)

Imperial Service Order The Imperial Service Order was established by King Edward VII in August 1902. It was awarded on retirement to the administration and clerical staff of the Civil Service throughout the British Empire for long and meritorious service. Normally a pe ...
(ISO)

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

King's Police Medal The King's Police Medal (KPM) is awarded to police in the United Kingdom for gallantry or distinguished service. It was also formerly awarded within the wider British Empire, including Commonwealth countries, most of which now have their own hono ...
(KPM)

;England and Wales ;;Police Forces *Captain Fullarton James, Chief Constable of Northumberland. *Captain Jasper G. Mayne, Chief Constable of East Suffolk. *Henry Riches, Chief Constable of Middlesbrough. *Captain Lindsay Robert Burnett, Chief Constable of the Wolverhampton Borough Police. *George William Bailey, Superintendent, Kingston-upon-Hull City Police. *James Bardwell, Superintendent and Deputy Chief Constable, West Suffolk Constabulary. *John Clamp, Superintendent, Derby Borough Police. *John James, Superintendent and Deputy Chief Constable, Pembrokeshire Constabulary. *John Foulger Page, Superintendent and Deputy Chief Constable, East Suffolk Police. *Young Sainsbury, Superintendent, Gloucestershire Constabulary. *Donald Waters, Superintendent, Metropolitan Police. *Albert Handley, Cecil Smithers, Sergeants, Metropolitan Police. *Walter Carpenter, John Dew, Fred Drabble, Albert Hughes, Charles Kemp, Constables, Metropolitan Police. *Jack Monks, Constable, Blackpool Police. ;;Fire Brigades *William George Swanton, Deputy Superintendent, Newcastle-on-Tyne Fire Brigade. *G. A. Henley, Fireman, London Fire Brigade. ;Scotland ;;Police Forces *Charles Harding, Chief Constable of the Renfrewshire Constabulary. *James Ross, Superintendent and Deputy Chief Constable, Argyllshire Constabulary. *William Moodie, Superintendent, Edinburgh Police. *Archibald Swan, Inspector, Glasgow City Police. ;;Fire Brigades *William Waddell, Chief Officer of the Glasgow Fire Brigade. *William Allan, Superintendent, Edinburgh Fire Brigade. ;Ireland *Albert Augustine Roberts, County Inspector, Royal Irish Constabulary. *Timothy Murphy, Head Constable, Royal Irish Constabulary. ;India *Richard Howard Hitchcock, Superintendent, fifth grade, Madras Police. *Leslie Withinshaw, Acting Superintendent, Madras Police. *Lakshmaua Rao, Probationary Sub-Inspector, Madras Police. *Ellati Valiagatti Amu, Sub-Inspector, third grade, Madras Police. *John Moore, Superintendent, fourth grade, Madras Police. *Jack Elliott, Assistant Superintendent, second grade, Madras Police. *Tharmapuram Venkatarama Ayyar Krishnaswami Ayyar, 2nd class Inspector, Madras Police. *Abhiramapuram K Rajah Ayyar. Deputy-Superintendent of Police, third grade, Madras Police. *Govindan Nayar, Head Constable, first grade, Madras Police. *Edmond Harvey Sullivan, Officiating District Superintendent, Madras Police. *Wilfred Henry Luck, Deputy Inspector-General of Police for Sind, Bombay Police. *F. C. Griffith, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Criminal Investigation Department, Bombay City Police. *Simon Favel, Inspector of Police, Criminal Investigation Department, Bombay City Police. *Abdul Wahab Walad Shaik Fajee, First Grade Head Constable, G.I.P . Railway Police, Bombay Police. *Khan Saheb Muhammad Faizullah Muhammad Taki, Inspector, Criminal Investigation Department, Bombay Police. *J. Acton, Third Grade Inspector of Police, Ahmedabad, Bombay Police. *Dhondu Narayan, Constable, Bombay City Police. *Oswald Allen Harker, Deputy Commissioner, Bombay City Police. *John Joseph Stenson, Inspector, Bombay City Police. *William Thomas Moore, Deputy Inspector-General, Bengal Police. *Trevor Claude Simpson, Superintendent, Bengal Police. *Lionel Hewitt Colson, Superintendent, Bengal Police. *Keramat Husain, Head Constable, Bengal Police. *Elliot Kaye, Superintendent, United Provinces Police. *Bashir Husain, Sub-Inspector, United Provinces Police. *H. V. B. Scott, Superintendent, Punjab Police. *A. W. Mercer, Superintendent, Punjab Police. *J. F . Coatman, Assistant Superintendent, Punjab Police. *Abdul Aziz, Inspector, Punjab Police *Sardar Liaqat Hayat Khan, Deputy Superintendent, Punjab Police. *Amir Ali, Inspector, Punjab Police. *Fazil Imam, Sub-Inspector, Criminal Investigation Department, Punjab Police. *Amar Singh, Sub-Inspector, Punjab Police. Sher Mohammad, Head Constable, No. 68 of the Dera Ghazi Khan District, Punjab Police. *Phuman Singh, Foot Constable, Punjab Police. *Edward Cheke Smalley Shuttleworth, Superintendent, Rangoon Town Police. *Nawab Ali, Head Constable, third grade, Burma Police. *Daim Khan, Head Constable, second grade, Burma Police. *Maung Mo Zwe, Head Constable, first grade, and officiating Sub-Inspector of Police, sixth grade, Burma Police. *Maung San Baw, Constable, Burma Police. *Sukraj Limbu, Subadar, Burma Military Police. *Maung Aung Ban, A.T.M., Deputy Superintendent, first grade, Burma Police. *Lieutenant-Colonel Albert Edward Woods, C.S.I., Inspector-General, Assam Police. *Hirarup Sahi, Jemadar, Lushai Hills Military Police Battalion, Assam Military Police. *Muhammad Akbar, Officiating Sub-Inspector, fifth grade, North-West Frontier Police. *Khan Sahib Boi Khan, Subadar Major, Frontier Constabulary, North-West Frontier Police. *William Alfred Gayer, Deputy Inspector-General, His Highness the Nizam's Government, Hyderabad Police. *Subhan Khan, Constable, Ajmer-Merwara Police. *Abbas Raza Khan, Sub-Inspector, Baluchistan Police. *Gulab Shah, Mounted Head Constable, first grade, Baluchistan Police. *Sant Singh, Sub-Inspector, Punjab Police. ;Colonial Forces *Andrew John O'Byrne, Constable, South African Police. *William Smith, Inspector of Police, Tasmania. *Percy John Ernest Grant, Sergeant of Police, Tasmania. *John Watson, Constable of Police, Tasmania. *U. M. Kalu Banda, Constable, Ceylon Police Force. *Mohamed Ali bin Nabi, Constable, Singapore Police Force. *Bela Singh, Constable, Federated Malay States Police Force. *Johnson Osuji Njemanze, Inspector, Police Force of the Southern Provinces, Nigeria. *Samagi, Corporal No. 267, Police Force of the Southern Provinces, Nigeria. *Nyama, Lance-Corporal No. 346, Police Force of the Southern Provinces, Nigeria.

Distinguished Service Cross The Distinguished Service Cross (D.S.C.) is a military decoration for courage. Different versions exist for different countries. *Distinguished Service Cross (Australia) The Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) is a military decoration awarded to ...
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*Flight Sub-Lieutenant Gilbert Formby Smylie, R.N. # *Lieutenant Humphrey John Lancaster, R.N. # *Lieutenant Robert Jardine Carruthers, R.N.V.R. # *Sub-Lieutenant Alexander Daniells, R.N.R. # *Sub-Lieutenant George Grimshaw Rose, R.N.R. # *Sub-Lieutenant William Quinn McKeown. # *Sub-Lieutenant Harry Beedle, R.N.R. # *Gunner (T) Arthur Samuel Edmund Roberts, R.N. # *Artificer-Engineer Arthur Lewis Shaw, R.N. # *Skipper Frederick Wink, R.N.R. # *Skipper Francis McPherson, R.N.R. # *Lieutenant Ralph Daniel Blyth Haddon, R.N. # *Lieutenant Arthur William Lancelot Brewill, R.N. # *Captain (now Major) George Leonard Raikes, R.M.A. # *Captain William Noel Stokes, R.M.A. # *Captain George Pinckard Lathbury, R.M.L.I. # *Temporary Captain Frank Summers, R.M. # *Acting Lieutenant Harold Roger Lambert, R.M. # *Temporary Lieutenant Thomas Cuming, R.M. # *Acting Lieutenant Francis Cecil Law, R.M. # *Midshipman Hugh Beckett Anderson, R.N. #

Distinguished Service Order The Distinguished Service Order (DSO) is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, as well as formerly of other parts of the Commonwealth, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typ ...
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*Commander (Acting Captain) Richard Huth Walters, R.N. # *Commander Edgar Robert Morant, R.N. # *Lieutenant-Commander (Acting Commander) Walter Geoffrey Rigg, R.N. # *Lieutenant-Commander (Acting Commander) Gervase William Heaton Heaton, R.N. # *Engineer-Commander John Carmichael, R.N.R. # *Lieutenant-Commander Norman Malet Colquhoun Thurstan, R.N. # *Lieutenant William Victor Rice, R.N. # *Captain Charles Penrose Rushton Coode, R.N. # *Commander Raymond Fitzmaurice, R.N. # *Commander Ralph Stuart Sneyd, R.N.# *Commander Robert Herbert Wilfrid Rhodes R.D., R.N.R. # *Lieutenant-Commander Kenneth Mervyn Bruce, R.N. # *Lieutenant Wilfrid Bayley Pirie, R.N. # *Captain Edwin Harold Barr, R.M.A. # *Temporary Captain Henry Meredith Leaf,. R.M.# *Flight Sub-Lieutenant James Brian Patrick Ferrand, R.N. # *Flight Sub-Lieutenant

Taunton Elliott Viney Taunton Elliott Viney (14 November 1891 – 21 May 1916) was a pioneer of aerial warfare who served in the Royal Naval Air Service during World War I. He was credited with sinking a German submarine by dropping two 65 lb. bombs from his open-coc ...

, R.N. # *Le Lieutenant en second Colley Saint-Paul Comte de Sincay (Honorary)

Distinguished Service Medal Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) is a high award of a nation. Examples include: Distinguished Service Medal (Australia) (established 1991), awarded to personnel of the Australian Defence Force for distinguished leadership in action Distinguishe ...
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*Chief Petty Officer William Westborough, O.N.145272 (R.F.R. Dev. A/3287). # *Able Seaman Bezelell Jones, Mercantile Rating. # *Chief Engine-room Artificer, 1st Class, Albert Edgar Abraham, O.N.268771. # *Chief Petty Officer William Grant, O.N. 195507. # *Able Seaman George Broomfield, O.N. 237502. # *Petty Officer Samuel Robert Saul Chamberlain, O.N.195022. # *Leading Seaman George William Tomsett, O.N.184462 (R.F.R. Ch.B/3055). # *Leading Seaman Walter Robert Francis, O.N.231988. # *Trimmer Christopher Pratt, R.N. Trawler Reserve, O.N.3680 T.S. # *Leading Stoker Andrew Martin, O.N.289335 (R.F.R. Po.B/3653). # *Engineman Frank Munro, R.N. Trawler Re- serve, O.N.3 E.S. # *Stoker Petty Officer Thomas H. Lawrence, O.N.K.1106. # *Yeoman of Signals Arthur Henry Hogbin, O.N.209010 (R.F.R. Ch.B/10824). # *Chief Petty Officer Arthur Frederick Hears, O.N.143768 (R.F.R. Ch.A/1862). # *Petty Officer, 1st Class, William Frederick Harris, O.N.119424 (R.F.R. Dev. A/2350). # *Deck Hand John Donaldson, R.N. Trawler Reserve, O.N.6544 D.A. # *Petty Officer, 1st Class, Charles Stuart Masters, O.N.178072 (R.F.R. Ch.B/5425). # *Engineman Alderman Cooper, R.N. Trawler Reserve, O.N.2760 E.S. # *Deck Hand Charles Henry Payee Drury, R.N. Trawler Reserve, O.N.649 D.A. # *Stoker Petty Officer Henry Williams, O.N.309953. # *Chief Petty Officer Charles Matthew Cleveland, O.N.124057 (R.F.R. Ch.A/1510). # *Able Seaman Harry Elliott, O.N.229460. # *Boy Telegraphist Alex Bernard Keune, O.N.J30036. # *Seaman Christopher Kelly, R.N.R., O.N. 7806 A. # *Able Seaman James Tyrrel Turner, R.N.V.R., London, Z.470. # *Able Seaman Patrick Joseph' Welsh, Mercantile Rating. # *Petty Officer, 1st Class, Frederick Felix Lynch, O.N.149593 (R.F.R. Ch.B/5969). # *Second Hand Frederick Gibson, R.N. Trawler Reserve, O.N.76 D.A. # *Second Hand James Bell, R.N. Trawler Reserve, O.N.372 S.A. # *Deck Hand Frederick Hewitt, R.N. Trawler Reserve, O.N.1459 D.A. # *Deck Hand Alexander Gumming Thomson, R.N. Trawler Reserve, O.N.1460 D.A. # *Deck Hand Roger Brown Martin, R.N. Trawler Reserve, O.N.1377 D.A. # *Deck Hand Arthur Burnard Mooney, R.N. Trawler Reserve, O.N.3184 D.A. # *Deck Hand James McAllister Burnett, R.N. Trawler Reserve, O.N.1215 D.A. # *Second Hand Joseph Foley, R.N. Trawler Reserve, O.N.80 D.A. # *Chief Armourer Telford Anthony, O.N. 342614. # *Chief Petty Officer Austin Jesse Emms, O.N.152170. # *Chief Electrical Artificer, 2nd Class, William Arthur Ellis, O.N.346013. # *Petty Officer Abercrombie Blunden, O.N. 182407. # *Petty Officer Charles Fredrick Munds, O.N. 198331. # *Petty Officer Robert Almond White, O.N. 189413. # *Leading Seaman James Peter Travil, O.N. 215206. # *Chief Petty Officer Charles Herbert Porter, O.N.172059. # *Petty Officer William Joseph Brown, O.N. 160889. # *Chief Petty Officer Henry Edward Saunders, O.N.161556. # *Acting Chief Engine Room Artificer, 2nd Class, Robert Mills, O.N. 271072. # *Petty Officer Robert Moth, O.N. 220366. # *Chief Petty Officer William Henry Stamp,. O.N. 173,412.# *Petty Officer Daniel Garrett, O.N. 181,495. # *Able Seaman Edmund Charles Aslett, O.N. 236,458. # *Able Seaman Ernest Alfred Hobbs, O.N. 224,576. (R.F.R. Ch. B/8236.) # *Able Seaman Ernest Hall, O.N. SS.3771. # *Acting Serjeant-Major William Thomas Clarke, No. R.M.A. 6475. # *Gunner Robert McCurrach, No. R.M.A. 12045. # *Gunner Harry James Messum, No. R.M.A. 9579. (R.F.R. 1295.) # *Air Mechanic, 1st Class, George Thomas Oldfield. # *Leading Seaman William Norman, O.N. 184442. # *Petty Officer Thomas James Butland, O.N. 193117. # *Stoker Petty Officer William Coyte, O.N. 276228. # *Able Seaman Albert Victor Cornish, O.N. J.4508. # *Petty Officer Hugh McKenzie, O.N. 195365. # *Leading Seaman Samuel Peck, O.N. 208367. (R.F.R. Dev. B/4695.) # *Serjeant (Road Inspector) Alfred Chouffot, No. R.M.A./99(S), R.N.D., Motor Transport Company. # *Officier-marinier Francois Billois, pilote d'avion, Dunkerque Naval Aeroplane Squadron. #

Royal Red Cross The Royal Red Cross (RRC) is a military decoration awarded in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth for exceptional services in military nursing. Foundation The award was established on 27 April 1883 by Victoria of the Un ...
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*Miss Margaret Clothilde Macdonald, Matron-in-Chief, Canadian Nursing Service.

References

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