1946 New Year Honours (MBE)

This is a list of MBEs awarded in the 1946 New Year Honours

The 1946 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, and to celebrate the passing of 1945 and the beginning of 1946. They were announced on 1 January 1946 for the United Kingdom,United Kingdom list (1): United Kingdom list (2): and Dominions,Dominions list: Canada,Canada list: the Union of South Africa,Union of South Africa list: and New Zealand.New Zealand list:

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Military Division Royal Navy Telegraphist Lieutenant Thomas Congdon Adams, (Retd). Temporary Lieutenant (A) David Paul Adamson, RNVR. Lieutenant-Commander (S) David Christopher Aherne, (Retd). Temporary Captain William Taylor Allen, RME. Temporary Lieutenant (Acting Temporary Captain) Arthur John Austin, Royal Marines. Mr. Clifford Avent, Temporary Acting Commissioned Master-at-Arms. Acting Captain (Commissioned Staff Sergeant Major (Retd.)) Julius Bach, Royal Marines. Lieutenant (A) George Philip Barlass. Mr. Alfred George Bearne, Temporary Warrant Shipwright. Temporary Captain (Acting Temporary Major) James Ivor Berry, Royal Marines. Mr. James Dole Bond, Acting Commissioned Engineer. Mr. Stanley John Broad, Temporary Warrant Stores Officer. Julia Margaret Brunton, First Officer, WRNS. Mr. Jeffrey Thomas Buckland, Warrant Telegraphist, RANVR. Acting Lieutenant-Commander (E) William Edgar Budge, (Retd). Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander (S) Donald Arthur Bussell, RNVR. Temporary Surgeon Lieutenant (D) Norman Fison Clarke, RNVR. Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander (Sp.) Harold Montague Clements, RNVR. The Reverend Herbert William Coffey, Chaplain, RNVR. Ellen Isabel Collier, First Officer, WRNS. Lieutenant Bruce Collins. Temporary Lieutenant William Dymond Croke, Royal Marines. Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Ronald Cyril Curtis, RNR. Temporary Surgeon Lieutenant Joseph Irwin Cunningham, , RNVR. Wardmaster Lieutenant Robert Edward Dickie, (Retd). Acting Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander Paul Frank D'Mellow, RINVR. Mr. William Arthur Drew, Warrant Cookery Officer (O). Mr. Lewis Hedley Earley, Acting Commissioned Engineer. Kathleen Mary Alice Earnshaw, First Officer, WRNS. Lieutenant-Commander (S) Walter Herbert Ely. Acting Lieutenant-Commander (E) Phillip Geoffrey Everall, RNVR. Lieutenant (E) Arthur William Fairhead. Temporary Acting Lieutenant (Sp.) John Dalton Forbes-Watson, RNVR. Lieutenant-Commander (S) William Henry Franks, (Retd). Honorary Lieutenant (S) Robert Stafford Furlong, RNVR. The Reverend Percival Gay, , Chaplain, RNVR. Grace Allan Gibson, Second Officer, WRNS. Lieutenant (E) Herbert Good, . Mr. George Mark Grayston, Superintending Clerk, Royal Marines. Temporary Lieutenant (Sp.) Samuel John Griggs, RNVR. Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander (E) William Stanley Groom, RNR. Surgeon Lieutenant (D) Robert Garth Gwynn, RNVR. Temporary Lieutenant (Sp.) Hugh Lavaine Gwyther, RNVR. Ann Rosada Haldin, Second Officer, WRNS. Mr. George Thomas James Harrison, Sub-Divisional Inspector, RMP. Acting Shipwright Lieutenant-Commander Marchant James Hawkins. Mr. William Stanley Anthony Hawley, Temporary Warrant Electrician. Lieutenant-Commander (E) Charles Hembry Hayward, RNVR. Temporary Lieutenant George Wilfred Henderson, RNR. Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander Kenneth Norman Herbert, RNVR. Honorary Lieutenant Benjamin Ewart Herman, RINVR. Mr. William John Holt, Temporary Signal Boatswain. Lieutenant-Commander (S) Alick Vavasour Hooley, RNR. Temporary Lieutenant Vernon Sadler Horsnell, RNVR. Mr. Frederick William Howe, Warrant Recruiter. Muriel Sivewright Howie, Second Officer, WRNS. Lieutenant Walter Edwin Herbert Hubble. Captain William Harry Hughes, Royal Marines. Acting Lieutenant-Commander (Sp.) Frank Douglas Judd, RINVR. Mr. Edward Alfred George Kearvell, Temporary Warrant Wardmaster. Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (A) Hugh McLennan Kendall, RNVR. Captain Herbert Kenward, Royal Marines. Temporary Lieutenant (Sp.) Frank Robert King, RNVR. Mr. Walter Kirkwood, Temporary Acting Commissioned Telegraphist. Temporary Captain (Acting Temporary Major) Maurice Patrick Charles Krarup, Royal Marines. Mr. Alexander William Lane, Commissioned Engineer. Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Cecil John Lang, RNVR. Lieutenant (A) Peter Godfrey Lawrence. Temporary-Lieutenant (S) Arthur Percy Lee, RNVR. Acting Lieutenant-Commander (E) Bhalchandra Nagesh Lele, Royal Indian Navy. Temporary Lieutenant (Sp.) John Addison Lewis, RNVR. Mary Olwen Liddell, Second Officer, WRNS. Lieutenant (E) Richard William George Lobb, (Retd). Mr. Samuel William Loynes, Temporary Warrant Officer, Royal Indian Navy. Lieutenant Henry Edward Lukey, (Retd). Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander (S) Kenneth Archibald McLellan, RNVR. Temporary Lieutenant (E) William Mackenzie, RNVR. Lieutenant (A) Donald Gordon MacQueen, RNVR. Temporary Acting Lieutenant (Sp.) Crawford Murray Maclehose, RNVR. Mr. James McDonald Malekin, Temporary Warrant Writer Officer. Temporary Lieutenant Eric Charles Ramshaw Marston, RNVR. Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander William Alistair Morrison, RNR. Mr. Algernon Morton, Senior Chief Officer, Shore Wireless Service. Patricia Maude Murray, First Officer, WRNS. Margaret Naish, Second Officer, WRNS. Temporary Lieutenant Thomas Leslie Newbigin, RNVR. Annie Duncan Niven, Second Officer, WRNS. Hilary Lucy Overy, Chief Officer, WRNS. Temporary Lieutenant (Sp.) Frank Arthur Parker, RNVR. Lieutenant (S) John Hugo Heddle Paterson, RANR. Wardmaster Lieutenant Sidney Laurence Peck. Frances Jill Porteous, Second Officer, WRNS. Captain (Acting Major) David Oldrid Powell, Royal Marines. Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander (S) Andrew Frederick Arthur Powles, RNVR. Honorary Lieutenant-Commander Herbert James Burnell Brayley Quicke, RINVR. Mr. Richard Alfred Rand, , Warrant Engineer. Temporary Lieutenant (E) Richard Redwood, RNVR. Headmaster Lieutenant John Leonard Rees. Temporary Lieutenant (A) Edward Gregory Richardson, RNVR. Temporary Lieutenant Robert Gresham Roberts, RNVR. Temporary Lieutenant (Sp.) David de Mouilpied Robin, RNVR. Lieutenant-Commander (E) William James Robins, (Retd). Acting Lieutenant-Commander (Sp.) Eric William Roper, RINVR. Lieutenant-Commander (S) Ronald John Ruby, (Retd). Mr. William Arthur Ruffell, Warrant Shipwright. Temporary Lieutenant (Sp.) Harold Reginald Salisbury, RNVR. Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (A) Edward Henry Short, RNVR. Anne Lucy Simonds, Third Officer, WRNS. Temporary Lieutenant Harold Smedley, Royal Marines. Mr. Reginald Edward Streat, Temporary Warrant Mechanician. Acting Headmaster Lieutenant Albert Edward Talbot. Joan Katherine Taylor, First Officer, WRNS. Mr. Joseph John Connelly Thompson, Temporary Acting Gunner. Mr. Geoffrey Edward Thrower, Acting Commissioned Staff Sergeant Major, Royal Marines. Temporary Lieutenant (S) Frederick Ronald Ware, RNVR. Mr. John David Watkins, Warrant Recruiter, Royal Marines. Mr. Frank Arthur Weeks, Acting Temporary Commissioned Staff Sergeant Major, Royal Marines. Temporary Captain James Maurice Whitaker, RME. Mr. Kenneth Alfred Pascall White, Warrant Shipwright. Shipwright Lieutenant Thomas Edmund White, (Retd). Temporary Lieutenant (Sp.) John Lee Whitehead, RNVR. Captain Charles Abner Wickins, Royal Marines. Lieutenant (S) Joseph Reginald Frederick Williamson, RNVR. Mr. Ernest Henry Willson, Temporary Boatswain. Temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenant (Sp.) Ian Dennis Wilson, RNVR. Cecilia Mary Rose Wood, First Officer, WRNS. Lieutenant Derek Cousin Wood. Acting Headmaster Lieutenant-Commander Cecil Ernest Wright. Temporary Lieutenant (S) Walter Reginald Douglas Yeadell, RNVR.

Army Bimbashi Abdel Razzak Effendi Ali Taha, Sudan Defence Force. No. 180918 Warrant Officer Class II Stanley Cyril Adams, Army Catering Corps. Major William Jamieson Adie (95375), The Gordon Highlanders. Junior Commander (temporary) Alice Aiton (192406), Auxiliary Territorial Service. Captain (temporary) George Hubert Allanson, , (42841), Special List (late Indian Army). Subaltern Ellen Mary Allen (260804), Auxiliary Territorial Service. Senior Commander (temporary) Begum Bilguis Amir (W.A.C.219), Women's Auxiliary Corps (India). Major John Anderson (S.T.178), Royal Indian Army Service Corps. Major (temporary) John Ernest Anderson (85076), Honourable Artillery Company. Major (temporary) William Anderson, , (60669), Royal Regiment of Artillery. Lieutenant Annath Sankaran Nair (V.L.158), Indian Army Veterinary Corps. Warrant Officer Class II (Sergeant-Major) Samu Aporosa, Fiji Military Forces. Major (temporary) Alexander Glynn Arkle (134096), Royal Regiment of Artillery. Major (temporary) Alan Dudley Ashley (68280), Royal Regiment of Artillery. Captain (Quartermaster) Arthur Ashton (98837), Irish Guards. No. 7604856 Warrant Officer, Class II Fred Atherton, Corps of Royal.Engineers. No. 6977414 Warrant Officer Class I James Atkinson, Pioneer Corps. Junior Commander (acting) Julia Margaret Bagshawe (328440), Auxiliary Territorial Service. Major (temporary) John William Baker (124397), Royal Corps of Signals. Captain Douglas Joseph Baker (E.C.13474), "Special List" of Quartermasters of the Indian Army. No. 7685627 Warrant Officer Class II William Albert Hobson Baldry, Intelligence Corps. Major (temporary) Robert Edward Ball (124116), The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey). No. 1882583 Warrant Officer Class II William Kenneth Ball, Corps of Royal Engineers. Major (temporary) Frank Banfield (167706), Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Major (temporary) John Meiklejohn Bannerman, , (A.F.903), Cawnpore Rifles, Auxiliary Force (India). Captain (temporary) James William Donald Barfoot (201961), Army Dental Corps. Captain (Quartermaster) Harry Barnes (147625), The Border Regiment. Lieutenant John Douglas Barrance (302526), Royal Corps of Signals. Major (temporary) Walter Barrett, , (163557), Corps of Royal Engineers. No. 1913902 Warrant Officer Class II Leslie Bartlett, Corps of Royal Engineers. Major (temporary) John Maymon Barton (214215), Royal Regiment of Artillery. Captain (temporary) Khan Mohammed Bashir, Scinde Horse, Indian Armoured Corps. Captain Abdul Aziz Bashiry (M.Z.14471), Indian Army Medical Corps. No. 1986065 Warrant Officer Class II Wilfred Bates, Corps of Royal Engineers. No. 6189314 Warrant Officer Class II Bertie Batt, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Major Oscar Frank Battye (123324), Royal Regiment of Artillery. Major (temporary) Arthur Edward Bay (E.G.2434), 16th Punjab Regiment, Indian Army. Major (temporary) Vivian Sheppard Bazalgette (12170), The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster). Major (temporary) Donald Wales Beard (118503), Royal Army Service Corps. Captain (Quartermaster) Reginald John Beard (137619), Royal Regiment of Artillery. Major (acting) Geoffrey Reid Arnott Beckett, , (23368), Army Cadet Force. Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary) Anthony James Allan Beck (E.C.611), Indian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Lieutenant (local Major) Reginald Lewis Joshua Bedford (110720), General List. Captain Charles Beeston (287539), The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Major (temporary) Richard John Beisly (195262), Intelligence Corps. Major (temporary) Charles William Sandys Belas (53536), The East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of York's Own). No. 1418699 Warrant Officer Class II Leon Belither, Corps of Royal Engineers. No. S/215973 Warrant Officer Class I Albert George Bell, Royal Army Service Corps. Major (temporary) Francis Charles Bellamy (133690), Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Captain (temporary) Wilfrid Hamilton Bennett (99780), The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Captain (Father) John Louis Benoit, Officer-in-Charge of the African Pioneer Corps Welfare Office at Maseru, Basutoland. No. 2649731 Warrant Officer Class I Alfred Cyril Benstead, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment.