The 1944 King's Birthday Honours, celebrating the official birthday of King George VI, were announced on 2 June 1944 for the United Kingdom and British Empire, New Zealand, and South Africa.
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
Earl The Right Honourable Edward Frederick Lindley, Viscount Halifax, , HM Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Washington.
Baron Sir Claud Schuster, , Clerk of the Crown in Chancery and Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellor.
Privy Councillor James Chuter Ede, , Parliamentary Secretary, Board of Education, since 1940. Member of Parliament for Mitcham, March–November, 1923; for South Shields, 1929–31, and since 1935. The Honourable Francis Michael Forde, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Army in the Commonwealth of Australia.
Baronet William Whytehead Boulton, , Vice-Chamberlain of HM Household since March 1942. A Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury, 1940–42. Member of Parliament for Sheffield Central Division since 1931.
Knight Bachelor Robert Reid Bannatyne, , Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Home Office. Major Jack Becke, , Chief Constable of Cheshire. Ernest Edward Bird. For services as President of the Council of The Law Society. John Secular Buchanan, , Assistant Chief Executive, Ministry of Aircraft Production. Ernest Rock Carling, , Consultant Adviser in Surgery and Adviser on Casualty Services to the Ministries of Health and Home Security. Air Commodore John Adrian Chamier, , Executive-Controller of the Air League of the British Empire. Formerly Commandant of the Air Training Corps. Alfred William Clapham, , Secretary, Royal Commission on Historical Monuments. Lately President of the Royal Society of Antiquaries. William Henry Collins. For services to hospitals. Chairman of King Edward VII Hospital, Windsor. Alwyn Douglas Crow, , Controller of Projectile Development, Ministry of Supply. William Allen Daley, , Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer, London County Council. William Llewelyn Davies, Librarian of the National Library of Wales. Colonel Arthur Evans, , Member of Parliament for Leicester East Division, 1922–23, and for Cardiff South Division, 1924–29, and since 1931. For political and public services. Professor Alexander Fleming, , Professor of Bacteriology, University of London. Discoverer of Penicillin. Professor Howard Walter Florey, , Professor of Pathology, University of Oxford. For services in the development of Penicillin. Percival Hartley, , Director of Biological Standards, National Institute for Medical Research. Wing-Commander Eric John Hodsoll, , Inspector-General of Civil Defence, Ministry of Home Security. Hubert Stanley Houldsworth, , Controller-General, Ministry of Fuel and Power. Peter David Innes, , Chief Education Officer, Birmingham. Lieutenant-Colonel John Alexander Dunnington-Jefferson, , Chairman of the East Riding War Agricultural Executive Committee. Lewis Jones, , Parliamentary Charity Commissioner since 1937. Member of Parliament for Swansea West Division since 1931. For political and public services. Alexander Boyne King, , chairman, Scottish Advisory Committee, Ministry of Information. Mark Frank Lindley, , Comptroller-General, Patent Office. Albert Nöel Campbell Macklin, managing director, Fairmile Marine Co. Simon Marks, , chairman and managing director, Marks & Spencer Ltd. Harry Finlayson Methven, Director of the National Service Hostels Corporation, Ltd. Eustace James Missenden, , General Manager, Southern Railway Co. Alfred James Munnings, President of the Royal Academy. John William Lambton Oliver, , Deputy Director-General, Equipment and Stores, Ministry of Supply. Charles Herbert Reilly, , Emeritus Professor of Architecture, University of Liverpool. Alexander Rowland Smith, managing director and Controller, Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Charles Aubrey Smith, , Actor. A leading Member of the British community in California. Llewellyn Thomas Gordon Soulsby, Regional Director, Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs, Admiralty. Professor Geoffrey Ingram Taylor, , Yarrow Research Professor of the Royal Society. Captain Ernest Hugh Thornton, , (Retd), Commodore of the Union Castle Line Fleet. William Wavell Wakefield, , Member of Parliament for Swindon since 1935. For political and public services. Alexander Percival Waterfield, , First Commissioner, Civil Service Commission. George Alexander Waters, , Editor of The Scotsman. Garnet Douglas Wilson, Lord Provost of Dundee. Major Alfred Chad Turner Woodward, , Chairman of the Worcestershire County Council. Herbert Wragg, , Member of Parliament for Belper, 1923–29, and since 1931. For political and public services.
Dominions The Honourable Robert James Hudson, , Chief Justice of Southern Rhodesia.
India The Honourable Mr. Justice Machraj Bhawani Shanker Niyogi, , Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Nagpur, Central Provinces and Berar. Charles Holditch Bristow, , Indian Civil Service, Adviser to His Excellency the Governor of Bombay. Henry Challen Greenfield, , Indian Civil Service, Adviser to His Excellency the Governor of the Central Provinces and Berar. Lakshmipati Misra, Member, Engineering, Railway Board, Government of India. The Honourable Sardar Bahadur Sardar Sobha Singh, , Member of the Council of State, Delhi. The Honourable Mr. John Henry Burder, Member of the Council of State, Senior Partner, Messrs. Jardine, Skinner & Co., President, Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Associated Chambers of Commerce, India. Keith Cantlie, , Indian Civil Service, Member, Assam Revenue Tribunal, Assam. Rai Bahadur Seth Bhagchand Soni, , Member, Legislative Assembly (Central), Proprietor, Banking and Industrial firm of Seth Joharmal Gumbhirmal, Ajmer. Dhirendra Nath Mitra, , Solicitor to the Government of India. Charles Edward Stuart Fairweather, , Indian Police, Commissioner of Police (Retd), Calcutta, Bengal. Godfrey George Armstrong, , chairman, Madras Port Trust, Madras. Gangaram Kaula, , Mushir-i-Khas, Jind State. Sri Diwan Bahadur Madura Balasundaram Nayudu, , Merchant, Madras. James Nuttall, Director, Messrs. Binny & Co. (Madras) Ltd., Madras.
Colonies, Protectorates, Etc. James Reginald Conyers, . For public services in Bermuda. William James Fitzgerald, , Colonial Legal Service, Chief Justice, Palestine. Tikiri Banda Panabokke. For public services in Ceylon. Claud Ramsay Wilmot Seton, , Colonial Legal Service, Chief Justice, Nyasaland. Gerald Charles Whiteley, , Colonial Administrative Service, Chief Commissioner, Western Provinces, Nigeria.
Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) Military Division General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson, , (17547), Colonel Commandant, The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own), Aide-de-Camp General to The King.
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Military Division Royal Navy Vice-Admiral Sir Harold Martin Burrough, . Vice-Admiral Henry Bernard Rawlings, . Vice-Admiral Louis Henry Keppel Hamilton, .
Army Major-General (temporary Lieutenant-General) Edmond Charles Acton Schreiber, , (12846), late Royal Artillery. Major-General (temporary Lieutenant-General) James Andrew Harcourt Gammell, , (8402), late The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders. Major-General (temporary Lieutenant-General) John George des Reaux Swayne, , (17966), late The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's). General Ashton Gerard Oswald Mosley Mayne, , (23034), Indian Army.
Royal Air Force Acting Air Marshal Norman Howard Bottomley, . Acting Air Marshal Ralph Squire Sorley, .
Civil Division Ernest Holloway, , Director-General of Works, Air Ministry. The Right Honourable Sir Alan Frederick Lascelles, , Private Secretary to The King. Sir Walter Hamilton Moberly, , chairman, University Grants Committee. Sir David Taylor Monteath, , Permanent Under-Secretary of State, India Office.
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Royal Navy Vice-Admiral Edward de Faye Renouf, (Retd). Rear-Admiral Richard James Rodney Scott, (Retd). Rear-Admiral Sir Philip Louis Vian, . Rear-Admiral Arthur Duncan Read. Rear-Admiral Henry Clarmont Phillips. Rear-Admiral John Hereward Edelsten, . Engineer Rear-Admiral Réné Charles Hugill, (Retd). Paymaster Captain Roger Ernest Worthington, .
Army Major-General Albert Edward Macrae, , (3457), late Royal Artillery. Major-General Horace Eckford Roome, , (4182), late Royal Engineers. Major-General (local Lieutenant-General) Gordon Wilson, , (26291), late Royal Army Medical Corps. Major-General Gilbert Alan Blake, , (4799), late Royal Army Medical Corps. Colonel (temporary Major-General) Charles George Phillips, , (4431), late The West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own). Colonel (temporary Major-General) Clement Arthur West, , (5397), late Royal Engineers. Colonel (temporary Major-General) Kenneth Noel Crawford, , (10226), late Royal Engineers. Colonel (temporary Major-General) Donald Jay McMullen, , (22933), late Royal Engineers. Colonel (temporary Major-General) John Albert Charles Whitaker, , (11783), late Coldstream Guards. Colonel (temporary Major-General) Philip Henry Mitchiner, , (2162), late Royal Army Medical Corps (Territorial Army). Colonel (temporary Major-General) Nevil Charles Dowell Brownjohn, , (11450), late Royal Engineers. Colonel (temporary Major-General) Roger Clayton Reynolds, , (8468), late Royal Artillery. Colonel (temporary Major-General) Charles Alexander Phipps Murison, , (21180), late Royal Artillery. Colonel (temporary Major-General) Reginald Francis Stewart Denning, (59630), late The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment. Colonel (temporary Brigadier) Edward Ian Claud Jacob, , (15845), late Royal Engineers. Honorary Brigadier Vincent Raymond Kenny, , (181986), late Royal Engineers. Major-General Arthur Verney Hammond, , (85999), Indian Army. Major-General John Geoffrey Bruce, , (106232), Indian Army. Colonel (temporary Major-General) Roland Richardson, , (147396), Indian Army. Colonel (temporary Major-General) Alfred Cyril Curtis, , (153819), Indian Army.
Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Richard Harrison, . Air Vice-Marshal Ephraim William Havers, . Air Vice-Marshal Oswyn George William Gifford Lywood, . Air Vice-Marshal Bernard McEntegart, . Air Vice-Marshal Reginald Baynes Mansell, . Air Vice-Marshal Arthur Penrose Martyn Sanders, . Acting Air Vice-Marshal Donald Clifford Tyndall Bennett, . Acting Air Vice-Marshal William Charles Coleman Gell, , Auxiliary Air Force. Acting Air Vice-Marshal Edwin Spencer Goodwin, . Acting Air Vice-Marshal Victor Emmanuel Groom, . Acting Air Vice-Marshal Sturley Philip Simpson, . Air Commodore George Cyril Bailey, . Air Commodore John Nelson Boothman, . Air Commodore Alexander Gray, . Air Commodore Harold Melsome Probyn, . Acting Air Commodore George Robert Beamish, . Acting Air Commodore Stanford Cade, .
Civil Division Major Charles Henry Scott Plummer, President, Territorial Army Association of the County of Selkirk. Colonel Robert Chapman, , chairman, Territorial Army and Air Force Association of the County of Durham. Brevet Colonel Harold Septimus Burn, , chairman, Territorial Army Association of the County of Carmarthen. Air Commodore (Hon.) Vernon Sidney Brown, , Chief Inspector of Accidents, Air Ministry. Oswald Coleman Allen, , Under-secretary, Acting Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Home Security. Stanley Paul Chambers, , Commissioner of Inland Revenue. Ralph Roscoe Enfield, Principal Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. Reginald Daniel Fennelly, Under Secretary, Ministry of Production. Herbert Horace George, , Principal Assistant Secretary and Accountant General, Ministry of Health. Charles Lawrence Kinloch Peel, Principal Assistant Secretary, General Post Office.