1920 New Year Honours

The New Year Honours 1920 were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by members of the British Empire. They were published on 1 January 1920.^[1]

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 Sir William St. John Fremantle Brodrick, Viscount Midleton, KP.

Baron

• Sir Bertrand Edward Dawson, GCVO, CB, MD, FRCP, Physician-in-Ordinary to The King; Physician, London Hospital; Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Member of Senate, University of London; Chairman of Consultative Council, Ministry of Health. For public services in connection with health matters.
• Sir George Allardice Riddell, Bart., Vice-Chairman of Newspaper Proprietors' Association, Ltd.; in charge of all the British Press and Colonial Press throughout the Peace Conference in Paris. For public services.
• The Right Honourable Sir Albert Henry Stanley, MP, late President of the Board of Trade.

Privy Councillor

• The Honourable Charles Joseph Doherty, KC, DCL, LLD, Canadian Representative at the Peace Conference.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Arthur Sackville Trevor Griffith-Boscawen, JP, MA, MP, Parliamentary-Secretary to Ministry of Pensions, 1916–1919, and since to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries.
• Captain the Honourable Frederick Edward Guest, CBE, DSO, MP, Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury since 1917.
• Sir Frederick John Dealtry Lugard, GCMG, CB, DSO, late Governor-General of Nigeria.

• The Honourable Arthur Lewis Sifton, KC, MA, LLB, DCL, Canadian Representative at Peace Conference.
• The Honourable William Alexander Watt, Acting Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia during absence of the Prime Minister at the Peace Conference.
• The Honourable Sir William Thomas White, KCMG, Acting Prime Minister of the Dominion of Canada during absence of the Prime Minister at the Peace Conference.

Ireland

• Samuel Cunningham, Member of recent Housing Committee on Finance.
• Martin Henry Fitzpatrick Morris, Baron Killanin, late Chairman of the Committee on Irish Primary Education.
• James Macmahon, Under-Secretary for Ireland.

Baronet

• Sir Henry Birchenough, KCMG. For valuable services rendered to the Ministry of Reconstruction and the Board of Trade.
• James Buchanan, JP for the Counties of Sussex and Ross-shire; High Sheriff in 1910 of the County of Sussex. For public and local services.
• Sir William Ernest Cain. Most generous supporter of Hospitals and War Charities in Liverpool.
• John Traill Cargill, Chairman, Burmah Oil Company; Director Anglo-Persian Oil Company. For public services.
• Felix Cassel, KC, Judge Advocate-General.
• Hugo Cunliffe-Owen. Vice-Chairman of the British-American Tobacco Company. For valuable war service in connection with propaganda work in the Far East.
• Commander Sir Arthur Trevor Dawson, MICE, MIME, Royal Navy. For public services in connection with the Home Office, War Office, and Admiralty.
• Edward Mackay Edgar, head of firm of Sperling & Co., Merchant Bankers, Moorgate Street, London. For public services, particularly in connection with British and Canadian Trade.
• Walter Harry Evans. For services an connection with the War Savings Committee.
• Sir Thomas William Holderness, GCB, KCSI, Permanent Under-Secretary of State for India.
• John Latta. For public services in connection with Ministry of Shipping during the war.
• Sir Samuel Hardman Lever, KCB, Treasury Representative at Ministry of Transport.
• Frederick Orr Lewis, President of Lewis Bros. Ltd., Montreal. Undertook important work for British Admiralty during war. For public services.
• Sir Erik Olaf Ohlson, Sheriff of Hull, 1913–1915. For public services undertaken at the request of the Foreign Office in connection with Propaganda during the war.
• The Right Honourable Sir Henry Augustus Robinson, KCB, Vice-President of Irish Local Government Board.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Arthur Sanders, MP, Junior Lord of the Treasury, 1919; Vice-Chairman of the National War Aims Committee. For public and parliamentary services.
• Arthur Wheeler. For work in connection with War Loans. For public and local services.
• David Wilson, DSc. For public services to Agriculture in Scotland for 35 years.
• Colonel John Roper Wright, JP, DL, Glamorganshire.

Knight Bachelor

• Alderman Andrew Beattie, Deputy Lieutenant for the City of Dublin.
• Alfred Frederick Bird, MP. For services rendered during the War in re-organisation of Overseas Officers' Clubs; also in connection with Discharged Sailors and Soldiers and Old Age Pensioners.
• Arthur Cecil Tyrrell Beck, MP. JP for Huntingdonshire and Bedfordshire, Parliamentary Secretary and Controller of Finance to the Ministry of National Service, 1917–19. For public and parliamentary services.
• Ernest A. Wallis Budge, MA, Litt.D., D.Litt., FSA, Oriental Professor, Head of Egyptian and Assyrian Departments of the British Museum.
• William Carter, Mayor of Windsor during the War. For public and local services.
• Harry Cartmell, Mayor of Preston, 1913–19. For public and local services.
• Samuel Chapman. For valuable war work, especially in connection with Perth and Perthshire Prisoners of War Fund. For public and local services.
• Colonel William Alfred Churchman. For public services in connection with the Ministry of Munitions Explosives Department.
• Josiah Court, MRCS, LRCP. JP for Derbyshire; Consulting Surgeon to the Derbyshire Miners' Union in Compensation cases; Surgeon to the Staveley Great Central Railwaymen.
• Edwin Wood Thorpe Farley, Mayor of Dover, 1913–19. For public and local services.
• Alderman John Fitzgerald, Lord Mayor of Newcastle, 1914–15. For public and local services.
• Norris Tildesley Foster. For services in connection with the Prince of Wales's Fund; Member of Parliamentary Recruiting Committee. Member of Local Appeal Tribunal.
• George Jefford Fowler. For 30 years Chief Magistrate for Kingston. For public and local services.
• Dr. Henry John Gauvain. For services rendered to the Cripples' Hospital at Alton.
• William V'Alters Summers Gradwell-Goodwin. JP for Staffordshire; Mayor of Newcastle-under-Lyme since 1913.
• Francis Nugent Greer, CB, KC, Irish Parliamentary Draughtsman.
• Philip Herbert Hanson, CB, Director-General of Contracts; Head of American Department and representative of Ministry of Munitions in Paris.
• Thomas Jaffrey. JP for Aberdeenshire; Actuary to Aberdeen Savings Bank since 1892. For public and local services.
• Robert Newbald Kay, Sheriff of York, 1914–15; Chairman of Recruiting Committee. For public and local services.
• James Kemnal, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. For public services in connection with the manufacture of Munitions.
• Halford John Mackinder, MP. For public and parliamentary services.
• James Macklin, Mayor of Salisbury for five years. For public and local services.
• Major David Hughes Morgan, Six times Mayor of Tenby. For public and local services.
• George William Needham, President of Oldham Royal Infirmary and Oldham Branch of St. John's Ambulance Association. For public and local services.
• Thomas Neill, JP, Chairman of the Ministry of Health Consultative Council on Health Insurance Approved Societies.
• Francis Grant Ogilvie, CB, Assistant Controller in Trench Warfare Research Department, Chemical Warfare Department. For public services.
• Alderman Herbert John Ormond, JP, Mayor of Stoke Newington, 1914–19. For public and local services.
• Colonel James Philip Reynolds, DSO, Deputy Lieutenant and JP for Lancashire. For public and local services.
• Hugh Malcolm Robinson, CB, ISO, Chief Inspector of Factories.
• Thomas Robinson, OBE, JP, MP. For public and parliamentary services.
• Leonard Bromfield Rowland, JP, Mayor of Wrexham, 1915–19. For public and local services.
• Professor Arthur Schuster, FRS, late Secretary of the Royal Society.
• Alderman Charles Stone. Nine times Mayor of Greenwich. For public and local services.
• James Richard Thursfield, MA. Author; Fellow and Tutor of Jesus College, Oxford; prominent Member of Navy Records Society.
• Alfred George Temple, FSA, Director of Guildhall Gallery for 32 years.
• Lieutenant-Colonel William Abraham Wayland, JP, Mayor of Deptford, 1914–19. For public and local services.
• Major Nevile Rodwell Wilkinson, CVO, Ulster King of Arms.

India

• Mr. Justice Nalini Ranjan Chatterji, Judge, High Court, Calcutta, Bengal.
• Mr. Justice Basanta Kumar Mullick, Indian Civil Service, Judge, Patna High Court, Bihar and Orissa.
• Charles Henry Kesteven, Solicitor to the Government of India, Calcutta.
• Malcolm Nicholson Hogg, Partner in Forbes, Forbes, Campbell & Co., Bombay.
• Thomas Joseph Strangman, Advocate General, Bombay.
• Robert Stanes, Merchant, Madras.
• Percy Wilson Newson, Senior Partner, Jardine, Skimier & Co., Calcutta, Bengal.
• Robert Taylor, Senior Partner in the firm of John Taylor & Sons, London, and Director of the Mysore Gold Mining Company Limited, London.

Order of the Bath

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

Civil Division

• Sir John Swanwick Bradbury, KCB, Principal Reparations Commissioner for British Government.
• The Right Honourable Sir David Harrel, GBE, KCB, KCVO, ISO, Chairman of Interim Court of Arbitration, 1918–1919; in connection with Industrial questions.
• The Right Honourable Sir James Rennell Rodd, GCMG, GCVO, CB, until recently British Ambassador at Rome.

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

Military Division

Royal Navy

• Vice-Admiral Robert John Prendergast, CB.
• Rear-Admiral Henry Harvey Bruce, CB, MVO.

Civil Division

• George Lewis Barstow, CB, Controller of Supply Services, Treasury.
• Sydney John Chapman, CB, CBE, FRS, Joint Permanent Secretary, Board of Trade.

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

Military Division

Royal Navy

• Captain Eric John Arthur Fullerton, DSO.

Army

• Colonel Thomas Francis Bruce Renny-Tailyour, CSI, late Royal Engineers.
• Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary Colonel) Francis William Hallowes, CIE, Indian Army.

Civil Division

• Captain Edgar Abraham, Assistant Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat.
• Charles Reginald Brigstocke, Assistant Secretary, Air Ministry.
• George William Chrystal, Secretary to Ministry of Pensions.
• Frank Lewis Dumbell Elliott, an Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police.
• Sir William Gallagher, ISO, a Commissioner of Customs and Excise.
• Walter George Gates, Assistant Secretary, General Post Office.
• William Montagu Graham-Harrison, Second Parliamentary Counsel.
• George Frederick Howe, Presiding Special Commissioner of Income Tax.

Order of the Star of India

Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India (KCSI)

• The Right Honourable Sir Francis John Stephens Hopwood, Baron Southborough, GCB, GCMG.
• Lieutenant-Colonel His Highness Maharaja Daolat Singhji, Maharaja of Idar, Bombay.
• Diwan Bahadur Penungavur Rajagopala Achariyar Avargal, CIE, Member of the Council of His Excellency the Governor, Madras.

Companion of the Order of the Star of India (CSI)

• Charles George Todhunter, Indian Civil Service, Member of the Council of His Excellency the Governor, Madras.
• Alexander Phillips Muddiman, CIE, Indian Civil Service, Secretary to the Government of India, Legislative Department.
• Frederick Campbell Rose, MICE, Secretary to the Government of India, Public Works Department.
• Selwyn Howe Fremantle, CIE, VD, Indian Civil Service, Controller of Passages, United Provinces.
• Peter William Monie, Indian Civil Service, Municipal Commissioner, Bombay.

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG)

• Sir Eyre Crowe, KCB, KCMG, Assistant Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.

Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG)

• Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Richard Mackey O'Brien, CMG, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Island of Barbados.
• The Honourable William Herbert Herries, Minister of Railways and Native Affairs, Dominion of New Zealand.
• Sir Robert Randolph Garran, Kt, CMG, Secretary to the Attorney-General's Department, Parliamentary Draftsman and Solicitor-General, Commonwealth of Australia.
• George Robert Parkin, LLD, CMG. Organising Secretary, Rhodes Scholarship Trust.
• Samuel William Knaggs, CMG, late Colonial Secretary of the Colony of Trinidad and Tobago.
• Otto John Beit, for work in connection with South African Hospitals and Troops in England.

• Edgar Bonham-Carter, CMG, CIE, Senior Judicial Official in the Civil Administration of Mesopotamia.
• Frederick George Augustus Butler, CB, CMG, Director of the Overseas Division of the Department of Overseas Trade.
• Major-General Sir Percy Zachariah Cox, GCIE, KCSI, His Majesty's Representative at Tehran.

Additional Knight Commander

• Rear-Admiral Richard Webb, CB. In recognition of valuable services rendered during the later stages of the War.

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)

• The Honourable Bolton Stafford Bird, Member of the Legislative Council of the State of Tasmania.
• Lieutenant-Colonel James Forrest Halkett Carmichael, CBE, Chief Engineer, Office of the Crown Agents for the Colonies.
• Lieutenant-Colonel William Thomas Frederick Davies, MD, DSO, Member of the House of Assembly of the Union of South Africa.
• Percy Edgar Deane, for services in connection with the Peace Conference.
• Herbert George de Lisser, of Jamaica, in recognition of his public services and literary work.
• John Robert Innes, lately Judicial Commissioner, Federated Malay States.
• Ernest Frederick Cambridge Lane, for services in connection with the Peace Conference.
• Lieutenant-Commander John Greig Latham, for services in connection with the Peace Conference.
• The Honourable Maui Pomare, Member of the Executive Council, Dominion of New Zealand.
• Charles Edward Owen Smyth, ISO, Superintendent of Public Buildings, State of South Australia.
• Malcolm Stevenson, the Officer Administering the Government of the Island of Cyprus.
• Henry Nilus Thompson, Chief Conservator of Forests, Nigeria.
• Frank David Thomson, for services in connection witih the Peace Conference.
• Hugh Cholmondeley Thornton, Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for the Colonies.

• Eric Clare Edmund Phipps, Counsellor of Embassy in His Majesty's Diplomatic Service.
• John Duncan Gregory, Senior Clerk in the Foreign Office.
• Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull-Hugessen, First Secretary in His Majesty's Diplomatic Service.
• The Honourable Harold George Nicolson, Second Secretary in His Majesty's Diplomatic Service.
• Robert MacLeod Hodgson, His Majesty's Consul at Vladivostock.
• George Herbert Mair, temporarily employed in the Foreign Office during the War.

Additional Companions

• Captain David Thomas Norris, CB, Royal Navy.
• Captain John Peter Ralph Marriott, Royal Navy.

Order of the Indian Empire

Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE)

• Honorary Second Lieutenant Meherban Malojirao Vyankatrav Raje Ghorpad alias Nanasaheb, Chief of Mudhol, Bombay Presidency.
• Walter Maude, CSI, Indian Civil Service, Member of the Executive Council, Bihar and Orissa.
• Rai Bahadur Sir Bipin Krishna Bose, CIE, Government Advocate, Nagpur, Central Provinces.
• Charles James Stevenson-Moore, CVO, Indian Civil Service, Member, Board of Revenue, Bengal.

Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE)

• Allan Thomas Holme, Indian Civil Service, Officiating Agent to the Governor General in Rajputana, and Chief Commissioner, Ajmer-Merwara.
• Sardar Bahadur Sardar Sundar Singh Majithia, Amritsar, Punjab.
• Henry Moncrieff Smith, Indian Civil Service, Joint Secretary to the Government of India, Legislative Department.
• Frederick St. John Gebbie, JP, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay, Public Works Department.
• Khan Bahadur Pir Baksh Walad Mian Muhammad, retired Deputy Collector, Sind, Bombay.
• Seshadri Srinivasa Ayyangar, Advocate General, Madras.
• Francis Arthur Addams Cowley, Chief Engineer and Secretary, Irrigation and Marine Department, Bengal.
• James Alexander Richey, Director of Public Instruction, Punjab.
• Frank Waverling Woods, Secretary to the Government of the Punjab, Public Works Department (Irrigation Branch).
• George Gall Sim, Indian Civil Service, United Provinces.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Aitchison Smith, Indian Army, Political Agent, Gilgit, Kashmir State.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Ralph Nethersole, Indian Army, Deputy Commissioner, Tharrawaddy, Burma.
• Robert Scott Troup, Imperial Forest Service, lately Inspector-General of Forests.
• Matthew Alfred Thompson, Deputy Director-General, Telegraph Traffic, Punjab.
• Kinsey Beaumont Welford Thomas, Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Bengal.
• John Algernon Stevens, OBE, Indian Civil Service, Chief Collector of Customs, Rangoon, Burma.
• David Alexander Thomson, Imperial Forest Service, Deputy Conservator, Bombay.
• Alexander Brebner, Imperial Public Works Department, late Executive Engineer, Special Works Division, Bihar and Orissa.
• Vernon Dawson, Indian Civil Service.
• George Anderson, Indian Educational Service, Assistant Secretary to the Government of India in the Education Department.
• Colonel Rao Bahadur Thakur Sadul Singh, Member of Bikaner State Executive Council, Rajputana.
• Saiyid Niur-ul-Huda, Zamindar, Bihar and Orissa.
• Rao Bahadur Yeshwantrao Trimbak Mirikar, Sardar of the Deccan, Bombay.
• Rai Baikuntha Nath Sen Bahadur, Pleader, Murshidabad, Bengal.

Royal Victorian Order

Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)

• The Right Honourable Sir George Herbert Murray, GCB, ISO.

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)

• The Right Honourable Sir Horace Brooks Marshall.

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

• Sir William Jameson Soulsby, CB, CIE.
• Sir James Bell.
• Brigadier-General Henry Edmund Burleigh Leach, CB, CMG.
• Brigadier-General Edmund William Costello, VC, CMG, DSO, Indian Army. (Dated 16 August 1919.)
• Brigadier-General Ernest Douglas Money, CIE, DSO, Indian Army. (Dated 31 August 1919.)
• Thomas Arthur Fitzhardinge Kingscote, MVO.
• Captain Houston French, MVO.
• Hugh Cholmondeley Thornton.

Member of the Royal Victorian Order, 4th class (MVO)

• Major Charles Ossley Harvey, MC, Indian Army.
• John Elkan.
• William Wyamar Vaughan.

Member of the Royal Victorian Order, 5th class (MVO)

• Eric John Glynne Evans.
• Christopher Lloyd.
• Henry Cecil Sumner Maine.
• Herbert Francis Montgomery.

Order of the British Empire

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)

Military Division

Royal Navy

• Rear-Admiral Harry Hampson Stileman, CBE.
• Rear-Admiral Edward Henry Fitzhardinge Heaton-Ellis, CB, CBE, MVO.

Civil Division

For services rendered on behalf of the Dominions, Crown Colonies, Protectorates, etc., and in connection with the War.

• Sir Ernest Frederick George Hatch, Bart., Chairman of Council, "Beyond Seas" Association for the Reception of Officers and Relatives from beyond the seas.
• The Honourable Robert Heaton Rhodes, for services as New Zealand Red Cross Commissioner in England, and in connection with the welfare of the troops of the Dominion.

Honorary Knight Commander

• His Excellency Zulfikar Pasha, Grand Chamberlain to His Highness the Sultan of Egypt. For services rendered in Egypt.

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Civil Division

• Major (temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) Alexander Elder Beattie, MC, Staff Officer, West African Frontier Force.
• The Honourable Alicia Margaret Cecil, MBE, in recognition of services in connection with women's emigration.
• Caroline Susan Theodora, The Honourable Mrs. Norman Grosvenor, in recognition of services in connection with women's emigration.
• The Honourable Ellen Joyce, Vice-President, British Women's Emigration Society.
• Grace Lefroy, Honorary Secretary, British Women's Emigration Association.
• Frank Campbell McClellan, Director of Agriculture, and lately Chief Supply Officer, Zanzibar Protectorate.
• Lucy Bertram, Lady Markham, for services in the entertainment of Officers of the Oversea Forces.
• Christopher Lintrup Paus, OBE, Commercial Attaché, HM Embassy, Christiania

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Civil Division

• Captain and Quartermaster Richard Alexander Barber, Royal Engineers, Clerk to the Overseas Defence Committee.
• Bimbashi Robert Arthur Langdale Kelham, Alexandria City Police. For services rendered in Egypt.

Kaisar-i-Hind Medal

First Class

• The Honourable Mary Harriet Hepburn Scott, Missionary, Church of Scotland Mission, Kalimpong, Bengal.
• Atwell Lake Alexander, Chairman of the Municipal Council, Tellicherry, Malabar District, Madras.
• William James Wanless, Principal Medical Officer of the Mission Hospital at Miraj and Chief Medical Officer of the American Presbyterian Mission, Bombay.
• Doctor Kate Platt, Principal of the Lady Hardinge Medical College for Women, Delhi.
• Doctor Margaret Ida Balfour, Joint Secretary, to the Central Committee of the Countess of Dufferin's Fund.
• Ida Sophia Scudder, Doctor in charge of the Mary Taber Schell Hospital, Vellore, North Arcot District, Madras.
• Rani Murari Kumari Debi, of Bhinga, Bahraich District, United Provinces.
• Mary Eliza Annie Fosbrooke, Inspectress of Schools, Assam.
• The Reverend Ola Hanson, American Baptist Mission, Namkham, Burma.
• Reverend Mother Simon, Superior of the Franciscan Sisters, Punjab Lunatic Asylum, Lahore, Punjab.

Promotions

Dated 31 December 1919.

Royal Navy

Commander to Captain

• Gerald L. Parnell, DSO, OBE.
• Morshead B. Baillie-Hamilton.
• Frederick E. K. Strong, DSO.
• Henry G. L. Oliphant, DSO, MVO.
• Gerald C. Dickens, CMG.
• Gilbert G. P. Hewett.
• Cecil P. Talbot, DSO.
• Edward M. Bennett, OBE.
• Robert G. Hamond, DSO.
• Hugh S. Shipway.
• Charles D. Burke.
• Frederic E. B. G. Schreiber.
• The Hon. Edward B. S. Bingham, VC, OBE.
• Dudley B. N. North, CMG, MVO.
• Noel F. Laurence, DSO.
• Andrew B. Cunningham, DSO.

Lieutenant-Commander to Commander

• Arthur C. Fawssett, DSO.
• Rolf Viney.
• Thomas G. Carter, OBE.
• Henry H. G. D. Stoker, DSO.
• John F. Hutchings, DSO.
• Delorest J. D. Noble.
• Edward O. Broadley, DSO.
• James C. J. Soutter.
• Ernest R. Gloag.
• James R. C. Cavendish.
• Lionel G. Foote.
• Frank H. T. Ree.
• Claud M. Leggatt.
• Arthur J. L. Murray, DSO.
• Hugh J. Woodward, DSO.
• Harold T. Bowen.
• Thomas C. C. Bolster, DSO.
• Roger L. Wiles.
• Harry B. Jermain, OBE.
• Cecil E. Brooke.
• Algernon R. Smithwick, DSO.
• Arthur W. Brooks, DSO.
• Lancelot E. Holland.
• Gordon C. Wilkinson.
• Claud L. Y. Dering, DSO.
• Henry R. Moore, DSO.
• Arnold Maitland-Dougall.
• Ronald W. Oldham, OBE.
• Louis H. B. Bevan.
• Charles O. Alexander.
• Richard B. Davies, VC, DSO.
• Edward L. S. King.
• Arthur F. Pridham.
• Eric R. Bent, DSC.
• Henry E. C. Blagrove.

Engineer Captain to Engineer Rear-Admiral

• Robert B. Dixon, CB. (Dated 13 December 1919.)

Engineer Commander to Engineer Captain

• William Hart, OBE. (Dated 30 September 1919.)
• Sydney M. G. Bryer. (Dated 13 December 1919.)

Paymaster Commander to Paymaster Captain

To date from 1 January 1920.

• Horatio O. Jones (now acting Paymaster Captain).
• John A. Keys, CB. (now acting Paymaster Captain).
• Theodore T. Lanyon (now acting Paymaster Captain).
• Reginald C. Baker (now acting Paymaster Captain).
• Francis C. Leonard (now acting Paymaster Captain).
• Charles F. Pollard, CB, CMG.

Royal Naval Reserve

Commander to Captain

Dated 31 December 1919.

• Robert H. W. Hughes, CSI, CMG, DSO, RD.
• Arthur E. Dunn, CBE, RD.
• Charles E. Irving, RD.
• Henry G. Muir, DSO, RD.

Lieutenant-Commander to Commander

Dated 31 December 1919.

• Reginald V. Peel, RD.
• Frederick R. Miles, RD.
• Leonard J. Hall, RD.
• Lionel H. Lindsay, RD.
• Robert W. Shepherd.
• John A. Holland, RD.

King's Police Medal (KPM)

England & Wales

• William Picton Phillips, Chief Constable, Carmarthen County Constabulary.
• Frederick Henry Mardlin, Chief Constable, Northampton Borough Police.
• George Ennion, Superintendent, Chester County Constabulary.
• Joseph Hazell, Superintendent, Bristol City Police.
• John Ivin, Superintendent and Deputy Chief Constable, Bedford County Constabulary.
• Robert Jump, Superintendent, Lancaster County Constabulary.
• John Rochford, Inspector, River Wear Police.
• Royal Bird, Sergeant, Metropolitan Police.
• George Jennings, Sergeant, River Wear Police.
• Herbert Adams, Constable, River Wear Police.
• Samuel Bishop, Constable, Cornwall County Constabulary.
• Percy Carr, Constable, Metropolitan Police.
• Nicholas Cork, Constable, Lancaster County Constabulary.
• Gilbert Darke, Constable, Metropolitan Police.
• Arthur George Gunner, Constable, Surrey Constabulary.
• Walter Hearn, Constable, Metropolitan Police.
• William Jackson, Constable, River Wear Police.
• William Mewton, Constable, Metropolitan Police.
• William Monnery, Constable, Metropolitan Police.
• Francis Moore, Constable, Metropolitan Police.
• Frederick Ost, Constable, Metropolitan Police.
• George Richardson, Constable, Metropolitan Police.
• Frederick Riches, Constable, Metropolitan Police.
• William Steel, Constable, River Wear Police.
• Maurice Sullivan, Constable, Metropolitan Police.
• Albert Webber, Constable, Metropolitan Police.
• Harry Williams, Constable, Metropolitan Police.
• William Williams, Constable, Metropolitan Police.
• Frederick Wright, Constable, Metropolitan Police.

Fire Brigades

• Harry Hammond, Chief Officer, Margate Fire Brigade.

Scotland

Police and Fire Brigades

• James Barnett, Lieutenant, City of Glasgow Police.
• Robert Alexander, Superintendent, Ross and Cromarty Constabulary.
• Daniel Ritchie, Superintendent, Southern Division of the Glasgow Fire Brigade.
• Donald Cameron, Sergeant, Lanark County Constabulary.
• William Buist, Constable, City of Glasgow Police.

Ireland

• Herbert William Crane, Chief Inspector, Royal Irish Constabulary.
• Henry Edmund William Yates, County Inspector, Royal Irish Constabulary.
• Thomas Neylon, District Inspector, Royal Irish Constabulary.
• John Bruton, Sergeant, Dublin Metropolitan Police.
• Edward Hally, Sergeant, Dublin Metropolitan Police.
• Matthew Horgan, Sergeant, Royal Irish Constabulary.
• James Hayes, Constable, Royal Irish Constabulary.
• John Lynch, Constable, Dublin Metropolitan Police.
• Joseph Reynolds, Constable, Dublin Metropolitan Police.
• James Spillane, Constable, Royal Irish Constabulary.

India

• Norman Elliot Quinton Mainwaring, Deputy Inspector-General, Madras Police.
• Alwarappa Pillai Sadagopa Pillai, Sub-Inspector, Madras Police.
• Oliver Ethelbert Windle, Superintendent, Madras Police.
• Pasupuleti Parankusam Nayudu, Diwan Bahadur, Deputy Commissioner, Madras City Police.
• Harold Ernest Williams, Superintendent, Madras Police.
• Syed Abdur Rahim Sahib, Inspector, Madras Police.
• Arthur Charles John Bailey, District Superintendent, Bombay Police.
• Mahomed Hussain Shah, son of Syed Sujayat Ali Shah, Inspector of Police in Sind, Bombay Police.
• Llewellyn Charles Francis O'Brien, Inspector, Bombay City Police.
• Charles Robert Jeffreys, Inspector, Bombay City Police.
• Jiwa Pirbhai, 2nd grade Head Constable, Agency Police, Kathiawar, Bombay Police.
• Rupert Learoyd McCulloch, Superintendent of Police in Sind, Bombay Police.
• Frank Roddis, Superintendent, Bengal Police.
• John Skinner Wilson, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Headquarters, Calcutta, Bengal Police.
• Seymour Hebert Hatten Mills, Assistant Superintendent, Bengal Police.
• Jamini Mohan Kar, Inspector, Bengal Police.
• Tribeni Tewari, Constable, Bengal Police.
• Abhinandan Ojha, Constable, Bengal Police.
• Sheikh Daryao, Constable, Jhansi District, United Provinces Police.
• Moti Lal, Head Constable, Jhansi District, United Provinces Police.
• Hansraj, Constable, Moradabad District, United Provinces Police.
• Munshi Man Singh, Rai Bahadur, Superintendent of Police, United Provinces Police.
• Paras Ram, Sub-Inspector, Agra District, United Provinces Police.
• Mubashir Husain, Sub-Inspector, Agra District, United Provinces Police.
• William Alexander Marshall, Inspector, Punjab Police.
• Aziz-ud-Din Ahmad, Inspector, Punjab Police.
• Reginald Charles Albert Plomer, Deputy Superintendent, Punjab Police.
• Rai Sahib Dwarka Nath, Deputy Superintendent, Punjab PoIice.
• Maratab Ali, officiating Sub-inspector, Punjab Police.
• Nasir Shah, Sub-Inspector of Police, Punjab Police.
• Agha Gama Khan, Inspector, Punjab Police.
• Bawa Kharak Singh, Sub-Inspector, 3rd grade, Punjab Police.
• Tola Ram, Foot Constable, No. 473, Lahore District, Punjab Police.
• Tanwir Ahmad, Sub-Inspector, Punjab Police.
• Sub-Inspector Gopal Dass, Head Clerk, Lahore District, Punjab Police.
• Lieutenant-Colonel John Lawrence William ffrench-Mullen, CIE, Indian Army; Deputy Inspector-General, Burma Military Police.
• Henry Donald Grantham, District Superintendent, Burma Police.
• George Francis Danvers Colquhoun, Inspector of Police, 2nd grade, and Honorary Deputy Superintendent, Rangoon Town Police, Burma Police.
• Alexander William Cox, officiating District Superintendent, Burma Police.
• Kulman Bhaju, Subadar-Major, Burma Military Police.
• Richard Murphy, Sergeant, Rangoon Town Police, Burma Police.
• Annada Charan Mitra, Inspector of Police, Bihar and Orissa Police.
• Babu Lal Singh, Sub-Inspector of Police, Bihar and Orissa Police.
• Rama Nand Pandey, Constable, Bihar and Orissa Police.
• George Adrian Carroll, Assistant Superintendent, Central Provinces Police.
• The Honourable Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas Herbert, Indian Army; Inspector-General, Assam Police.
• William James Hickman Ballantine, Superintendent, Assam Police.
• Faiz Talab Khan, Sub-Inspector, North-West Frontier Province Police.
• Akhtar Ali Shah, Sub-Inspector, North-West Frontier Province Police.
• Zabta Kham, Foot Constable, 4th Grade, No. 1099, of Peshawar District, North-West Frontier Province Police.
• Gul Ahmed, Foot Constable. 4th Grade, No. 900, of the Peshawar District, North-West Frontier Province Police.
• Syed Hassan, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Baluchistan Police.

British Dominions Beyond The Seas

• Narcisse Leon Grandchamp, late Superintendent of Police, Montreal.
• Walter Griffiths, Fireman, Melbourne Metropolitan Fire Brigade.
• John McKenna, Chief Inspector of Police, Western Australia.
• Claude Woodruff Duncan, Commissioner of Police, Malta, 1916–1919, when he was appointed Inspector-General of Police, Southern Provinces, Nigeria.
• Herbert Layard Dowbiggin, Inspector-General of Police, Ceylon.
• Hugh Houston Hutchings, Assistant Commissioner of Grand Turk.
• James Owens, Acting Commissioner of Police, Southern Provinces, Nigeria.
• Ayeni Imesi, Sergeant, Southern Provinces Police, Nigeria.
• Kadiri Adamu, Lance-Corporal, Southern Provinces Police, Nigeria.
• Digby Rowland Albemarle Bettington, Inspector-General of Police, Gold Coast Colony.
• Che Lah bin Mat, Constable, Federated Malay States Police Force.

References

1. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31712. pp. 1–10. 30 December 1919.