The 1944 New Year Honours were appointments by many of the Commonwealth realms of King George VI to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. They were announced on 31 December 1943.
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.
Baron Charles George Ammon, Esq., J.P., D.L., M.P., Member of Parliament for North Camberwell, February, 1922, to October, 1931, and since November, 1935. Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty, 1924, and 1929–1931. For political and public services. Colonel The Right Honourable John Gretton, C.B.E., J.P., D.L., Member of Parliament for South Derbyshire, 1895–1906; for Rutland, 1907–1918; and for the Burton Division of Staffordshire, 1918–1943. For political and public services. Sir Thomas Royden, Bt., C.H., J.P., D.L., Chairman, London, Midland and Scottish Railway Company. For public services. Colonel Sir Courtauld Thomson, K.B.E., C.B. For philanthropic and public services. William Westwood, Esq., O.B.E., F.R.S.A., J.P., President of the Engineering and Shipbuilding Trades Federation, 1933–1936; President of the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions, 1936–1939. Chief Industrial Adviser to the Admiralty.
Privy Council Ralph Assheton, Esq., M.P., Financial Secretary to the Treasury. Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Labour and National Service, 1939–1942; Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Supply, 1942–1943. Member of Parliament for the Rushcliffe Division of Nottingham since 1934. Sir Archibald John Kerr Clark Kerr, G.C.M.G., H.M. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Moscow. William Mabane, Esq., M.P., Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Food since 1942. Assistant Postmaster General, June, 1939; Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Home Security, October, 1939. Member of Parliament for Huddersfield since 1931. Wilfred Paling, Esq., M.P., Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Pensions since 1941. A Lord Commissioner of H.M. Treasury, 1929–1931 and 1940–1941. Member of Parliament for Wentworth since 1933. Captain Charles Waterhouse, M.C., D.L., M.P., Parliamentary Secretary, Board of Trade since 1941. A Lord Commissioner of H.M. Treasury, 1937; Comptroller of H.M. Household, 1937–1939; Treasurer of H.M. Household, 1939–1941. Member of Parliament for South Leicester since 1924.
Baronet Sir (Sydney) Richard Wells, D.L., M.P., Member of Parliament for Bedford since 1922. For political and public services.
Knight Bachelor George Edwin Bailey, Esq., C.B.E., Works Director, Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Company Ltd. Ernest Barker, Esq., Litt.D., D.Litt., LL.D., Emeritus Professor of Political Science, Cambridge University. Robert Barlow, Esq., Chairman of the Industrial Panel, Ministry of Production. Charles John Bartlett, Esq., Managing Director, Vauxhall Motors Limited. Eric Vansittart Bowater, Esq., Deputy Controller of Repair Equipment and Overseas Supplies, Ministry of Aircraft Production. Ernest Herbert Cooper, Esq., lately Industrial Adviser to the Ministry of Commerce and Production, Northern Ireland. Patrick Ashley Cooper, Esq., lately Director-General of Finance, Ministry of Supply. Marshall Millar Craig, Esq., C.B., K.C., Legal Secretary and Chief Parliamentary Draftsman, Lord Advocate's Department. Colonel Arthur Charles Davis, J.P., D.L., Alderman, lately Sheriff of the City of London. Geoffrey de Havilland, Esq., C.B.E., A.F.C., F.R.Ae.S., Director, de Havilland Aircraft Company, Ltd. Charles Lee des Forges, Esq., C.B.E., Town Clerk, Rotherham. Professor Jack Cecil Drummond, D.Sc., F.I.C., Scientific Adviser to the Ministry of Food. John Montague Eddy, Esq., C.B.E., Deputy Chairman, Prisoners of War Department, Joint War Organisation of the British Red Cross Society and Order of St John. Captain George Sampson Elliston, M.C., J.P., D.L., M.P., Member of Parliament for Blackburn since October, 1931. For political and public services. Professor Frank Leonard Engledow, C.M.G., M.A., Professor of Agriculture, Cambridge University. John Jacob Fox, Esq., C.B., O.B.E., D.Sc., F.R.S., Government Chemist. Professor Francis Richard Fraser, M.D., F.R.C.P., Director-General, Emergency Medical Service. Ronald Thornbury Garrett, Esq., Chairman, National Dock Labour Corporation Limited. Captain Henry Robert Gordon, D.S.C., Commodore Captain, Shaw Savill and Albion Company Ltd. William Thomson Halcrow, Esq., M.Inst.C.E., M.I.Mech.E., Engineering Consultant to the War Office. His Honour Judge Gerald de la Pryme Hargreaves, County Court Judge. Major Archibald Isidore Harris, Timber Controller, Ministry of Supply. Walter Haward, Esq., O.B.E., M.B., B.S., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Director-General of Medical Services, Ministry of Pensions. Herbert Holdsworth, Esq., M.P., Member of Parliament for Bradford South since 1931. For political and public services. Thomas Hunter, Esq., J.P., M.P., Member of Parliament for Perth since November, 1935. For political and public services. Alderman Thomas Jones, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., J.P., Chairman of the Anglesey Education Committee. George Knight, Esq. For services in the cause of religion. Air Vice-Marshal Norman Duckworth Kerr MacEwen, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., R.A.F. (Retired), Chairman, Soldiers', Sailors' and Airmen's Families Association. Thomas Ralph Merton, Esq., D.Sc., F.R.S., Scientific Adviser, Ministry of Production. John Gibb Nicholson, Esq., Deputy Chairman, Imperial Chemical Industries Limited. Robert Nimmo, Esq., Lord Provost of Perth. Major Goronwy Owen, D.S.O., D.L., M.P., Member of Parliament for Caernarvon since December, 1923. For political and public services. William Paterson, Esq., M.I.Mech.E., Chairman of the Paterson Engineering Company Ltd. Robert Barclay Pearson, Esq., Chairman of the Stock Exchange. Adolph Harry Railing, Esq., D.Eng., M.I.E.E., Chairman and General Manager, General Electric Company Ltd. Harry Ralph Selley, Esq., J.P., M.P., Member of Parliament for South Battersea since 1931. For political and public services. Oliver Edwin Simmonds, Esq., F.R.Ae.S., M.P., lately Chairman of a Committee on the Brick Industry. Leon Simon, Esq., C.B., Director of Savings, General Post Office. Thomas Somerset, Esq., D.L., M.P. For public services in Northern Ireland. Frederick Charles Stewart, Esq., M.I.N.A., Chairman of Thermotank Ltd. Charles Sheriton Swan, Esq., Chairman, Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson, Limited. Philip Allan Warter, Esq., Controller-General of Factory and Storage Premises, Board of Trade. Thomas George Wilson, Esq., Chairman, Scottish Milk Marketing Board.
Dominions: The Honourable John Cowan, Member of the Legislative Council of the State of South Australia for many years. For public services. Lewis Edward Emerson, Esq., a Member of the Commission of Government, Newfoundland, since 1937, Commissioner for Justice, Attorney-General and Commissioner for Defence, Newfoundland.
India: The Honourable Mr Justice James Harvey Monroe, Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Lahore, Punjab. The Honourable Mr Justice Navroji Jahangir Wadia, Indian Civil Service, Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay. The Honourable Mr Justice Archibald John King, Indian Civil Service, Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Fort St George, Madras. The Honourable Mr Justice Harold James Collister, Indian Civil Service, Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, United Provinces. Archie William Ibbotson, Esq., C.I.E., M.B.E., M.C., Indian Civil Service, Adviser to His Excellency the Governor of the United Provinces and lately Secretary to the Government of India in the Civil Defence Department. Charles MacIver Grant Ogilvie, Esq., C.S.I., C.B.E., Indian Civil Service, Secretary to the Government of India in the Defence Department. Denys Pilditch, Esq., C.I.E., Indian Police, Director, Intelligence Bureau, Home Department, Government of India. Kenneth John Nicolson, Esq., M.C., Chief Controller of Purchase (Munitions), Department of Supply, Government of India. Lionel Bell Gasson, Esq., Indian Police, Inspector-General of Police, Madras. Khan Bahadur Nawab Makhdum Murid Hussain Qureshi, Member of the Central Legislative Assembly, Honorary Extra Assistant Commissioner and Sub-Registrar, Multan, Punjab. Edward Matheson Souter, Esq., C.I.E., Controller of Supplies, United Provinces Circle, Cawnpore. Sayyid Mehdi Husain Bilgrami, Nawab Mahdi Yar Jang Bahadur, Judicial and Education Member, His Exalted Highness the Nizam's Executive Council, Hyderabad (Deccan). Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh, Esq., C.I.E., Indian Civil Service, Governor, Reserve Bank of India. Usha Nath Sen, Esq., C.B.E., Director and Managing Editor, Associated Press of India, New Delhi.
Burma: Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Campbell, M.C., Indian Educational Service, Director of Public Instruction, Burma.
Colonies, Protectorates, etc.: Robert Harry Drayton, Esq., C.M.G., Colonial Administrative Service, Chief Secretary, Ceylon. John Milner Gray, Esq., Colonial Legal Service, Chief Justice, Zanzibar. Colonel George Wykeham Heron, C.M.G., C.B.E., D.S.O., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Colonial Medical Service, Director of Medical Services, Palestine. Charles Ramsdale Lockhart, Esq., C.B.E., Colonial Administrative Service, Chairman, East African Production and Supply Council.
Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) The Right Honourable Richard Gardiner Casey, D.S.O., M.C., Minister of State Resident in the Middle East. The Reverend Edmund Horace Fellowes, M.V.O., M.A., Mus.Doc. For services to the history of English music. The Right Honourable Robert Spear Hudson, M.P., Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries.
Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) Admiral Sir William Milbourne James, K.C.B., M.P. (Retired). General Sir George James Giffard, K.C.B., D.S.O., late The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey), Aide-de-Camp General to The King. Sir Edward Ettingdene Bridges, K.C.B., M.C., Secretary of the War Cabinet.
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Vice-Admiral Arthur John Power, C.B., C.V.O. Paymaster Rear-Admiral William Evelyn Hatten Jolly, C.B. Lieutenant-General Thomas Lionel Hunton, C.B., M.V.O., O.B.E., Royal Marines. Lieutenant-General Francis Poitier Nosworthy, C.B., D.S.O., M.C., Colonel Commandant, Royal Engineers. Lieutenant-General Edwin Logie Morris, C.B., O.B.E., M.C., late Royal Engineers. Colonel Edwin James King, C.B., C.M.G., T.D., D.L., Chairman, Territorial Army and Air Force Association of the County of Middlesex. Acting Air Marshal David Grahame Donald, C.B., D.F.C., A.F.C., Royal Air Force. Acting Air Marshal Roderic Maxwell Hill, C.B., M.C., A.F.C., Royal Air Force. Sir Reader William Bullard, K.C.M.G., C.I.E., His Majesty's Minister at Tehran. Sir Cornelius Joseph Gregg, K.B.E., C.B., LL.D., Chairman, Board of Inland Revenue. Frederick Percival Robinson, Esq., C.B., Secretary, Ministry of Works. Sir Harold Richard Scott, K.B.E., C.B., Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Aircraft Production. Lately Secretary, Ministry of Home Security.
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Vice-Admiral Thomas Bernard Drew, O.B.E. (Retired). Rear-Admiral Harold Thomas Coulthard Walker. Rear-Admiral Clement Moody. Rear-Admiral Rhoderick Robert McGrigor. Major-General Archibald Maxwell Craig, O.B.E., Royal Marines. Captain Charles Edward Larribe, C.V.O., Royal Navy. Major-General Edward Montagu Campbell Clarke, C.B.E., late Royal Artillery. Major-General Langley Browning, O.B.E., M.C., late Royal Artillery. Major-General Gwilym Ivor Thomas, D.S.O., M.C., late Royal Artillery. Major-General Alexander Gordon Biggam, O.B.E., M.D., F.R.C.P., late Royal Army Medical Corps, Honorary Physician to The King. Major-General Evelyn Hugh Barker, C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C., late The King's Royal Rifle Corps. Major-General Eric Bertram Rowcroft, C.B.E., M.I.Mech.E., M.I.E.E., late Royal Army Service Corps.