The 1948 Birthday Honours were appointments by King George VI to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the Commonwealth Realms. The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of the King, and were published in The London Gazette on 4 June.UK list: New Zealand list: India list: Ceylon list: Mine and Bomb Disposal list:
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.
United Kingdom and British Empire
Baron Colonel Sir Alfred Edward Webb-Johnson , President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England since 1941, by the name, style and title of Baron Webb-Johnson, of Stoke-on-Kent in the County of Stafford. Sir William Francis Kyffin Taylor , Presiding Judge of the Liverpool Court of Passage, 1931—April, 1948; railway and Canal Commissioner since 1930, by the name, style and title of Baron Maenan, of Ellesmere in the County of Shropshire. Thomas Edward Williams , Member of the National Council of Labour. For political and public services; by the name, style and title of Baron Williams, of Ynyshir in the County of Glamorgan.
Privy Councillor Sir Frank Soskice , Solicitor-General since 1945, Member of Parliament for Birkenhead East since 1945.
Knight Bachelor Arthur Leigh Bolland Ashton, Director, Victoria and Albert Museum. James Raitt Brown, lately Secretary, Ecclesiastical Commission, now Secretary, Church Commissioners for England. His Honour Judge Edwin Cooper Burgis, County Court Judge. Charles Blake Cochran, Theatrical Producer and Manager. Robert Crichton , chairman, West Cumberland Industrial Development Company, Ltd. Laurence Rivers Dunne , Chief Metropolitan Magistrate. Luke Fawcett , General Secretary, Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers of Great Britain and Ireland. James Raffan Fiddes , Honorary Secretary, Trustee Savings Banks Association. Actuary, Savings Bank of Glasgow. Alan Henderson Gardiner , Egyptologist. Edward Bailey Gillett, Partner in Daniel Smith, Oakley and Garrard, Chartered Surveyors. William Gilliatt , President of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Arthur Gouge , Vice-chairman and Chief Executive, Saunders-Roe, Ltd. Clement Thornton Hallam, Solicitor to the General Post Office. Charles Robert Harington , Director, National Institute for Medical Research. Geoffrey Heyworth, chairman, Lever Brothers and Unilever, Ltd. Cyril Norman Hinshelwood , Dr. Lee's Professor of Chemistry, University of Oxford. Ellis Hunter , Deputy Chairman and managing director, Dorman Long and Company Ltd., Middlesbrough, President of the British Iron and Steel Federation. Maurice Inglis Hutton , Head of the British Food Mission to the United States of America. David Thomas Rocyn-Jones . For public services in South Wales. John Graham Larmor. For services to textile production in Northern Ireland. Godfrey Way Mitchell, chairman, George Wimpey and Company, Ltd. Frank William Morgan , General Manager, Prudential Assurance Company, Ltd. William Neill , Lord Mayor of Belfast. For public services. William Rolfe Nottidge , chairman, Kent Education Committee. Leo Francis Page. For services to Penal Reform. Andrew Herrick Rowell, President of the Institute of Actuaries. Alderman Jabez Cliff Tibbits . For public services in Walsall. Harold Ernest Georges West, managing director, Newton Chambers Companies. James Steuart Wilson, lately music director, Arts Council of Great Britain.
Dominions The Honourable Norbert Keenan , Member of Legislative Assembly, State of Western Australia. The Honourable Charles George Latham, Member of the Legislative Council, State of Western Australia. The Honourable Justice Herbert Mayo, Senior Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court, State of South Australia. John Dudley Giblbs Medley , Vice Chancellor of Melbourne University, State of Victoria. John Newman Morris , Chairman of National Council of the Australian Red Cross. For outstanding services in Red Cross matters and voluntary hospital work in the State of Victoria. Gordon Burns Rolph , Director of The Examiner, State of Tasmania. For services in connexion with the Press and Broadcasting.
Colonies, Protectorates, etc. Harold Egbert Allan . For public services in Jamaica. Roland St. John Braddell. For public services in Malaya. Leslie Bertram Gibson, Colonial Legal Service, lately Attorney-General, Palestine. Lo Man Ram . For public services in Hong Kong. Harold Francis Cartmel-Robinson , Colonial Administrative Service, lately Chief Secretary, Northern Rhodesia.
Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB)
Military Division Army General Sir John Tredinnick Crocker , late Royal Tank Corps.
Royal Air Force Air Chief Marshal Sir John Cotesworth Slessor , Royal Air Force.
Civil Division Sir Gilbert Francis Montriou Campion , Clerk of the House of Commons.
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)
Military Division Royal Navy Vice-Admiral John Maurice Mansfield . Vice-Admiral Ernest Russell Archer . Vice-Admiral Denys Chester Ford .
Army Lieutenant-General Otto Marling Lund , late Royal Regiment of Artillery. Major-General Reginald George Stanham , Royal Army Pay Corps.
Royal Air Force Air Marshal The Honourable Sir Ralph Alexander Cochrane , Royal Air Force. Air Marshal Sir Leslie Norman Hollinghurst , Royal Air Force.
Civil Division Brigadier Bruce Atta Campbell , chairman, Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association for the County of Argyll. Sir William Dawson Croft , chairman, Board of Customs and Excise. Alan Edward Ellis , First Parliamentary Counsel. Sir William Strang , Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Foreign Office (German Section).
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)
Military Division Royal Navy Rear-Admiral Patrick William Beresford Brooking . Surgeon Rear-Admiral Owen Deane Brownfield . Rear-Admiral Marcel Harcourt Attwood Kelsey . Rear-Admiral Gerald Maxwell Bradshaw Langley . Acting Rear-Admiral Keith Macleod Lawder . Rear-Admiral Alexander Cumming Gordon Madden . Rear-Admiral The Honourable Denis Crichton Maxwell . Rear-Admiral Philip Ruck-Keene . Rear-Admiral Richard Victor Symonds-Tayler .
Army Major-General Joseph Aloysius Baillon , late Infantry. Brigadier Henry Bainbridge , late Corps of Royal Engineers. Major-General Duncan Cameron Gumming , General List (Sudan Defence Force Section). Major-General Edward Barrington de Fonblanque , late Royal Regiment of Artillery. Major-General Charles Anderson Lane Dunphie , late Royal Regiment of Artillery. Major-General Stuart Greeves , Special List (ex-Indian Army). Brigadier John Hogshaw , late Infantry. Major-General Percy George Calvert-Jones , late Royal Regiment of Artillery. Major-General Jeremiah John Magner , late Royal Army Medical Corps. Brigadier Richard Hobson Maxwell, late Infantry. Major-General James Malcolm Leslie Renton , late Infantry. Major-General Cecil Bruce Robertson , late Infantry. Major-General William Henry Stratton , late Corps of Royal Engineers. Major-General Francis Joseph Walsh , Special List (ex-Indian Army).
Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Arthur Leonard Fiddament . Air Vice-Marshal Alfred Clifford Sanderson . Acting Air Vice-Marshal Robert Allmgham George . Air Commodore North Carter . Air Commodore Herbert Francis Fuller . Air Commodore John Swire Griffiths . Group Captain Geoffrey Ivon Laurence Saye .
Civil Division Colonel Charles William Dell Rowe , chairman, Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association for the County of Huntingdon. Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Bingham Lowther , chairman, Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association for the County of Denbigh. Major Gideon Campbell Rutherford, chairman, Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association for the County of Sutherland. Edmund Gerald Compton, Under-Secretary, HM Treasury. John Harold Evans, Commissioner and Secretary, Board of Inland Revenue. Gilbert Nicolson Flemming, Under-Secretary, Ministry of Education. Harry Mason Garner , Principal Director, Scientific Research (Air), Ministry of Supply. Christopher Frank Good , Principal Medical Officer, Insurance Medical Service, Ministry of Health. Edmund George Harwood, Under-Secretary, Ministry of Food. Friston Charles How, Under-Secretary, Ministry of Supply. Major-General Lindsay Merritt Inglis , Chief Judge and President of the Court of Appeal, Control Commission for Germany, British Zone. Horace John Johns , Under-Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. Norman Boyd Kinnear, Director, British Museum (Natural History). Dudley Owen Lumley , Regional Director, London Postal Region, General Post Office. James Reid McGregor , Director of Finance, War Office. Victor Harry Raby , Under-Secretary, Air Ministry. Owen Maurice Smith, Under-Secretary, and Accountant-General, Ministry of National Insurance. George Foster Stedman , Under-Secretary, Ministry of Transport. Oliver Thornycroft , Director of Aeronautical and Engineering Research, Admiralty. Herbert Brough Usher, Deputy-Secretary, War Damage Commission and Central Land Board. Geoffrey Charles Veysey, Under-Secretary, Ministry of Labour and National Service.
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) The Right Honourable Robert Alderson, Baron Wright , lately a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary.
Dominions Sir Eric Gustav Machtig , Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, Commonwealth Relations Office (Division A).
Colonies, Protectorates, etc. General Sir Alan Gordon Cunningham , lately High Commissioner and Commander-in-Chief, Palestine.
Diplomatic Service and Overseas List Sir Orme Garton Sargent , Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Foreign Office.
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) Lieutenant-General Charles Henry Gairdner , Personal Representative of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in Japan. James Reginald Carroll Helmore , Second Secretary, Board of Trade.
Diplomatic Service and Overseas List William Eric Beckett , Legal Adviser to the Foreign Office. Charles Brinsley Pemberton Peake , His Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Belgrade. John Monro Troutbeck , Head of the British Middle East Office, Cairo.
Dominions The Honourable Albert Arthur Dunstan, Minister of Health, State of Victoria, formerly Premier of Victoria.
Colonies, Protectorates, etc. George Beresford-Stooke , Colonial Administrative Service, Chief Secretary, Nigeria, Governor-Designate, Sierra Leone. Reginald Thomas Herbert Fletcher, Baron Winster, Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Cyprus.
Honorary Knight Commander His Highness Tengku Ibrahim Ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Mohamed IV , Sultan of Kelantan.
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) Christopher John Chancellor, General Manager, Reuters Ltd. William Henry Gardner, Assistant Secretary, War Office. Harold Legat, Assistant Headquarters Commissioner for Oversea Boy Scouts, and Migration. Henry John Bevis Lintott, Under-Secretary, Board of Trade. Frank Frewin Pinnock, Overseas Supplies Commissioner, Ministry of Food. Walter Simon, lately Assistant Secretary, HM Treasury. Henry Stevens , lately Industrial Adviser to the Government of Turkey; now Regional Controller, East and West Ridings Region, Ministry of Labour and National Service. Percy Stocks , Chief Statistician (Medical), General Register Office.
Diplomatic Service and Overseas List William Nimmo Allan, until recently Director of Irrigation, Sudan Government. Edwin Arthur Chapman-Andrews , Minister at His Majesty's Embassy in Cairo. Roderick Edward Barclay, Head of the Personnel Department of the Foreign Office. David Hugh Montgomerie Boyle, attached to a Department of the Foreign Office. Alan Alves Dudley, Head of the Information Policy Department of the Foreign Office.