The 1945 New Year Honours were appointments by many of the

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s of King

George VI George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until Death and state funeral of George VI, his death in 1952. ...

to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. They were announced on 1 January 1945 for the British Empire, Canada, and the Union of South AfricaUnion of South Africa: to celebrate the past year and mark the beginning of 1945. The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, ''etc.'') and then divisions (Military, Civil, ''etc.'') as appropriate.

British Empire

Earl

* The Right Honourable

David Lloyd George David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, (17 January 1863 – 26 March 1945) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922. He was a Liberal Party politician from Wales, known for leading the United Kingdom during t ...

Viscount

* The Right Honourable Wyndham Raymond, Baron Portal, – Minister of Works, 1942–1944.

Baron

* Sir Arthur Grey Hazlerigg, – His Majesty's Lieutenant of the County of Leicester. For public services.

Baronet

* Major Thomas Lionel Dugdale, – Member of Parliament for the

Richmond Richmond most often refers to: * Richmond, Virginia, the capital of Virginia, United States * Richmond, London, a part of London * Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England * Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada * Richmond, California, ...

division of Yorkshire since May 1929. Chairman of the Conservative Party Organization, March 1942 to October 1944. For political and public services. * Sir

Charles Bruce-Gardner Sir Charles Bruce-Gardner, 1st Baronet (6 November 1887 – 1 October 1960), born Charles Bruce Gardner, was an English industrialist, specialising in mechanical and aircraft production. Born in London, he was the son of Henry Gardner and Flo ...

– lately Controller of Labour Allocation and Supply, Ministry of Aircraft Production. Chief Executive for Reconversion, Board of Trade. * Sir Alfred Edward Webb-Johnson, – President of the

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Privy Counsellors

* Miss Florence Horsbrugh, , Member of Parliament for

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since 1931. Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Health, since 1939. * Miss

Ellen Cicely Wilkinson Ellen Cicely Wilkinson (8 October 1891 – 6 February 1947) was a British Labour Party politician who served as Minister of Education from July 1945 until her death. Earlier in her career, as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Jarrow, sh ...

, , Member of Parliament for

Middlesbrough East Middlesbrough East was a parliamentary constituency in the town of Middlesbrough in North East England. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-po ...

1929–1931, and for

Jarrow Jarrow ( or ) is a town in South Tyneside in the county of Tyne and Wear, England. It is east of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is situated on the south bank of the River Tyne, about from the east coast. It is home to the southern portal of the Tyne ...

since 1935. Parliamentary Secretary,

Ministry of Home Security The Ministry of Home Security was a British government department established in 1939 to direct national civil defence, primarily tasked with organising air raid precautions, during the Second World War. The Ministry for Home Security was headed ...

, since 1940.

Knight Bachelor

* Leslie Patrick Abercrombie, – Professor of Town Planning in the

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. *

Edward Battersby Bailey Sir Edward Battersby Bailey FRS FRSE MC CB LLD (1 July 1881 – 19 March 1965) was an English geologist. Life Bailey was born in Marden, Kent, the son of Dr James Battersby Bailey and Louise Florence Carr. He was educated at Kendal grammar ...

, – Director of the

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, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. * Frederick William Bain, – Chairman, Chemical Control Board,

Ministry of Supply The Ministry of Supply (MoS) was a department of the UK government formed in 1939 to co-ordinate the supply of equipment to all three British armed forces, headed by the Minister of Supply. A separate ministry, however, was responsible for aircr ...

. * Captain Ernest Arthur Bridges – lately Commodore Master, Royal Mail Line Fleet,

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Ltd. * Peter Boswell Brown, – Chairman and Managing Director, Hadfields Ltd. *

James Chadwick Sir James Chadwick, (20 October 1891 – 24 July 1974) was an English physicist who was awarded the 1935 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of the neutron in 1932. In 1941, he wrote the final draft of the MAUD Report, which inspi ...

, – Professor of Physics in the

University of Liverpool , mottoeng = These days of peace foster learning , established = 1881 – University College Liverpool1884 – affiliated to the federal Victoria Universityhttp://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/2004/4 University of Manchester Act 200 ...

. For services to the

Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, abbreviated DSIR was the name of several British Empire organisations founded after the 1923 Imperial Conference to foster intra-Empire trade and development. * Department of Scientific and Industria ...

. *

Lawrence Andrew Common Sir Lawrence Andrew Common (31 March 1889 – 6 April 1953) was a British shipping director.England & Wales Deaths Index 1953, June quarter, "Common, Lawrence A.", Northumberland West, volume 1b, page 394

, – Director, Ship Management Division,

Ministry of War Transport The Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) was a department of the British Government formed early in the Second World War to control transportation policy and resources. It was formed by merging the Ministry of Shipping and the Ministry of Transport ...

. * Philip D'Ambrumenil – Deputy Chairman, War Risks Insurance Office. * Charles Frederick Deslandes – Chief Inspector,

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

. * Roy Hardy Dobson, – Managing Director,

A.V. Roe and Company AVRO, short for Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep ("General Association of Radio Broadcasting"), was a Dutch public broadcasting association operating within the framework of the Nederlandse Publieke Omroep system. It was the first public broa ...

Ltd. * Commander Aylmer Newton George Firebrace, – Chief of the Fire Staff and Inspector-in-Chief of the Fire Services, Home Office. * Arthur Percy Morris Fleming, – Director, Metropolitan Vickers Electrical Company, Manchester. For services to education. * Claude Howard Stanley Frankau, – Director, Emergency Medical Services, London and Home Counties. * Edward Hardy – Chairman of

Kent County Council Kent County Council is a county council that governs most of the county of Kent in England. It is the upper tier of elected local government, below which are 12 district councils, and around 300 town and parish councils. The county council h ...

. * Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Pelham Heneage, – Member of Parliament for

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since 1924. For political and public services. *

Roger Gaskell Hetherington Sir Roger Gaskell Hetherington CB, OBE (10 February 1876 – 24 February 1952) was a British civil engineer and civil servant.. Life Roger Gaskell Hetherington was born in Sherborne, Dorset on 10 February 1876, the eldest son of William Lons ...

, – Adviser on Water and Director of Water Surveys, Ministry of Health. * William Percival Hildred, – Director-General of Civil Aviation,

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. * Mark Hodgson, – General Secretary,

United Society of Boilermakers and Iron and Steel Shipbuilders The Amalgamated Society of Boilermakers, Shipwrights, Blacksmiths and Structural Workers (ASB) was a trade union in the United Kingdom. Many of its members worked in shipbuilding, in which industry it was the leading trade union, while over tim ...

. * Joseph Stanley Holmes – Member of Parliament for North-East Derbyshire, 1918–1922, and for

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since November 1935. For political and public services. * Alfred Bakewell Howitt, – Member of Parliament for

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since October 1931. For political and public services. * Robert Dixon Kingham, – Secretary, National Savings Committee. * Robert Fisher Lancaster, Secretary and Executive Officer of the

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Ltd. * Allan Campbell Macdiarmid – Chairman and Managing Director, Stewarts & Lloyds, Ltd. * Geoffrey Le Mesurier Mander, – Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton East since May 1929. For political and public services. *

Ellis Hovell Minns Sir Ellis Hovell Minns, FBA (16 July 1874 – 13 June 1953) was a British academic and archaeologist whose studies focused on Eastern Europe. Educated at Charterhouse, he went to Pembroke College, Cambridge studying the Classical tripos includi ...

, LittD – Emeritus Professor of Archaeology and President of Pembroke College, University of Cambridge. * Arthur Evan Morgan – General Manager and Director, The

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. * John Morison – Director General of Finance,

. * James Frederick Rees, – Principal of

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, Cardiff. Vice-Chancellor of the

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. * Lieutenant-Colonel Norman Gibb Scorgie, – Controller,

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. * Arthur Frederick Sidgreaves, – Managing Director,

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. * Frederick James Simmons, –

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. * Alderman

Bracewell Smith Sir Bracewell Smith, 1st Baronet, KCVO (29 June 1884 – 12 January 1966) was a British businessman, Conservative Party politician and the 619th Lord Mayor of London. Biography Born in Keighley, Yorkshire, he attended Wesley Place Primary Scho ...

, –

Sheriff of the City of London Two sheriffs are elected annually for the City of London by the Liverymen of the City livery companies. Today's sheriffs have only nominal duties, but the historical officeholders had important judicial responsibilities. They have attended the ju ...

. * David Wadsworth Smith, – Director,

Halifax Building Society Halifax commonly refers to: *Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada *Halifax, West Yorkshire, England * Halifax (bank), a British bank Halifax may also refer to: Places Australia *Halifax, Queensland, a coastal town in the Shire of Hinchinbrook *Halifax ...

. * William Samuel Stephenson, – employed in a Department of the Foreign Office. * Reginald Edward Stradling, – Chief Adviser, Research and Experiments Department;

. *

Herbert Alker Tripp Sir Herbert Alker Tripp CBE (23 August 1883 – 12 December 1954), usually known as Alker Tripp or H. Alker Tripp, was a senior English police official who served as an Assistant Commissioner of the London Metropolitan Police from 1932 to 1 ...

, – Assistant Commissioner,

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. * Lieutenant-Colonel Gilbert John Acland Troyte, – Member of Parliament for Tiverton since 1924. For political and public services. * Alderman William Walker, – For services to Municipal Electricity Supply. * Angus Watson, – Divisional Food Officer, Northern Division,

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. *

Lionel Ernest Howard Whitby Brigadier Sir Lionel Ernest Howard Whitby, CVO, MC (8 May 1895 – 24 November 1956) was a British haematologist, British Army officer and academic. He served as Regius Professor of Physic at the University of Cambridge from 1945 to 1956, Maste ...

, – (Brigadier, Territorial Army, Reserve of Officers), lately Bacteriologist at the

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. For services in the development of the sulphonamide group of drugs. * Professor

Edmund Taylor Whittaker Sir Edmund Taylor Whittaker (24 October 1873 – 24 March 1956) was a British mathematician, physicist, and historian of science. Whittaker was a leading mathematical scholar of the early 20th-century who contributed widely to applied mathema ...

, – Professor of Mathematics,

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. Lately President of the

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. ;Dominions * Digby Vere Burnett – Resident Director and General Manager of the London and Rhodesia Mining and Land Company, Limited, and Chairman of the

Cold Storage Commission The Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) is a government ministry responsible for agriculture in Zimbabwe, including the management of agricultural land use, but not land reform. Dr Anxious Jongwe Masuka is the incumbent Minister of Lands, Agriculture ...

, Southern Rhodesia. * Colonel

Arthur Murray Cudmore Sir Arthur Murray Cudmore CMG FRCS (11 June 1870 – 27 February 1951) was a leading surgeon and professor at the University of Adelaide in the first half of the 20th century. History Cudmore was born at Paringa, South Australia on the River M ...

, – President of the Medical Board of the State of South Australia. For public services. * Thomas Sydney Nettlefold, – Lord Mayor of the City of Melbourne, State of Victoria. ;India * The Honourable Mr. Justice Harsidhbhai Vajubhai Divatia – Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay. * The Honourable Mr. Justice James Joseph Whittlesea Allsop – Indian Civil Service, Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, United Provinces. * The Honourable Mr. Justice Syed Najim Ali – Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Fort William in Bengal. * Robert William Targett, – Director-General, Supply and Disposals, Department of Supply, Government of India. * Eric Thomas Coates, – Indian Civil Service, Financial Adviser, Military Finance, Government of India. * Bomanji Jamshedji Wadia – Barrister-at-Law, Vice-Chancellor, University of Bombay. * Diwan Bahadur Arcot Lakshmanaswami Mudaliyar, – Vice-Chancellor, University of Madras. * Charles William Blyth Normand, – Officer on Special Duty, India Meteorological Department, and lately Director-General of Observatories, Government of India. * Claude Cavendish Inglis, – Indian Service of Engineers (retired), Director, Indian Waterways Experiment Station, Poona. * Khan Bahadur Malik Muhammad Amin Khan, – Landlord, Shamsabad, Attock District, Punjab. * James McHame Doak – Managing Director and Partner, Messrs. A. & F. Harvey, Madura, Madras. * Jehangir Jivaji Ghandy, – Agent, Tata Iron & Steel Company, Limited. * Shrinivas Prasonna Rajagopalachari – Home Minister and Vice-President of the Executive Council of

Gwalior State Gwalior state was a semi-autonomous Maratha state. It was centred in modern-day Madhya Pradesh, arising due to the rise of the Maratha Empire and fragmentation of the Mughal Empire. It was ruled by the House of Scindia (anglicized from Shinde) ...

. ;Colonies, Protectorates, etc. * Henry William Butler Blackall – Colonial Legal Service, Chief Justice, Trinidad. * Lieutenant-Colonel Stewart Gore-Browne, – For public services in Northern Rhodesia. * Walter Harrangin – Colonial Legal Service,

Chief Justice of the Gold Coast The Chief Justice of Ghana is the highest-ranking judge of the Supreme Court of Ghana. The chief justice is also the head of the Judiciary of Ghana and is responsible for its administration and supervision. In order of state precedence, the chief ...

. * Colonel Percy John Parsons, – For public services in Ceylon.

Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle (KT)

* Admiral of the Fleet Sir

Andrew Browne Cunningham Admiral of the Fleet Andrew Browne Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, (7 January 1883 – 12 June 1963) was a senior officer of the Royal Navy during the Second World War. He was widely known by his initials, "ABC". Cunningham ...

, –

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and Chief of the Naval Staff.

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath

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

;Military Division * General Sir

Frederick Alfred Pile General Sir Frederick Alfred Pile, 2nd Baronet, (14 September 1884 – 14 November 1976) was a senior British Army officer who served in both World Wars. In the Second World War he was General Officer Commanding Anti-Aircraft Command, one ...

, – (3052), late Royal Tank Corps. * General Sir Claude John Eyre Auchinleck, – (115611), Indian Army, Aide-de-Camp General to The King.

Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

;Military Division * Vice-Admiral Irvine Gordon Glennie, * Vice-Admiral

Arthur Francis Eric Palliser Admiral Sir Arthur Francis Eric Palliser, (20 July 1890 – 22 February 1956) was a prominent Royal Navy officer during the Second World War. Early life and career Palliser was born in Richmond, Surrey, the son of Arthur Palliser and Hester Br ...

, * Vice-Admiral Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton, * Rear-Admiral Cloudesley Varyl Robinson, (Retired). * Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Royds Pownall, – (3553), Colonel Commandant, Royal Artillery. * General Henry Finnis, – Colonel 312th Frontier Force Regiment, Indian Army. ;Civil Division * Frederick Arthur Whitaker, * Colonel John Bickerton McKaig, – Chairman, Territorial Army and Air Force Association of the County of Lancaster (West).

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

;Military Division * Rear-Admiral Cedric Swinton Holland. * Rear-Admiral Charles Eric Morgan, * Rear-Admiral Victor Alexander Charles Crutchley, . * Rear-Admiral Oliver Bevir * Rear-Admiral Douglas Blake Fisher, . * Rear-Admiral Arthur William La Touche Bisset, . * Rear-Admiral James Stuart Maclaren Ritchie (Retired). * Rear-Admiral Reginald Burnard Darke, (Retired). * Rear-Admiral Charles Frederick Harris (Retired). * Engineer Rear-Admiral Albert Kingsley Dibley. * Major-General Hamilton Wilkie Simpson, – Royal Marines. * Temporary Lieutenant (Acting Temporary Captain (Special Branch)) the Right Honourable John Charles Walsham, Baron Reith, * Colonel (temporary Major-General)

Alexander Vass Anderson Major-General Alexander Vass Anderson (17 November 1895 – 17 October 1963) was a senior British Army officer of the Second World War. Military career Anderson was born in Poona, India, the son of Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vass Anderson (1 ...

, – (17247), late Royal Engineers. * Colonel (temporary Major-General) Gerald Brunskill, – (18511), late The Royal Ulster Rifles. * Colonel (temporary Major-General)

Alexander Maurice Cameron Lieutenant General Sir Alexander Maurice Cameron (30 May 1898 – 25 December 1986) was a senior British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding (GOC) East Africa Command. Military career Cameron was commissioned into the Ro ...

, – (9292), late Royal Engineers. * Major-General John Scott Crawford, – (11221), late Royal Army Ordnance Corps. * Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary Colonel) John Henry Bevan, – (50751). Reserve of Officers, General List, Territorial Army. * Colonel (temporary Major-General) David Robertson Duguid, – (34486), late -Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. * Colonel (temporary Brigadier) Charles Esmond de Wolff, – (15057), late Royal Army Ordnance Corps. * Colonel (temporary Major-General) Donald Rutherford Dacre Fisher, – (927), late Royal Artillery. * Colonel (honorary Major-General) Ian Cameron Grant, – (19374), late The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders. * Colonel (temporary Major-General) Reginald Kingscote Hewer, – (9276), late Royal Armoured Corps. * Colonel (temporary Major-General) John Charles Francis Holland, – (18665), late Royal Engineers. * Colonel (temporary Major-General) Harold Reginald Kerr, – (17076), late Royal Army Service Corps. * Colonel (temporary Major-General) Robert Edward Laycock, – (37258), Royal Horse Guards. * Major-General

Herbert Lumsden Lieutenant-General Herbert William Lumsden, & Bar, MC (8 April 1897 – 6 January 1945) was a senior British Army officer who fought in both the First and Second World Wars. He commanded the 1st Armoured Division in the Western Desert camp ...

, – (11523), late Royal Armoured Corps. * Colonel (temporary Major-General) William Godwin Michelmore, – (25379), Royal Corps of Signals, Territorial Army, Aide-de-Camp to The King. * Colonel (temporary Brigadier) Arthur Penrice Sayer, – (4740), retired pay, Reserve of Officers, late Royal Engineers. * Colonel (temporary Brigadier) William Ross Stewart, – Indian Medical Service. * Major-General David Turnbull Richardson, – (3014), Royal Army Medical Corps. * Colonel (honorary Major-General) Guy St. George Robinson, – (1909), retired pay, Colonel, The Northamptonshire Regiment. * Colonel (temporary Major-General) Gilbert France Watson, – (16422), late The Royal Welch Fusiliers. * Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary Colonel) Alexander Craven Vicary, – (4144), Reserve of Officers, The Gloucestershire Regiment. * Colonel (honorary Major-General) John Edward Talbot Younger (15078), retired pay, late Royal Artillery. * Major-General Cyril Maton Periam Durnford, – Indian Army. * Major-General Robert Harley Wordsworth, – Indian Army. * Colonel (temporary Major-General) Ernest Wood, – Indian Army. * Colonel (temporary Major-General) Francis Robert Roy Bucher, – Indian Army. * Captain (Commodore Second Class) Sir Atwell Henry Lake, – Royal Navy (Retired). * Colonel Frescheville Hubert Ballantine-Dykes, – President, Territorial Army Association of the County of Cumberland. * Brevet Colonel Charles Joseph Edmondstoune-Cranstoun, – Chairman, Territorial Army Association of the County of Lanark. * Lieutenant-Colonel (Honorary Colonel) Ernest Clive Atkins, – Chairman, Territorial Army Association of the County of Leicester. ;Civil Division * George Arthur Bassett

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