1946 New Year Honours (British Empire Medal)

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

The British Empire Medal (formally British Empire Medal for Meritorious Service) is a British medal awarded for meritorious civil or military service worthy of recognition by the Crown. It may be awarded posthumously, and is granted in recognition of meritorious civil or military service. Recipients are entitled to use the post-nominal letters "BEM".

The honour is divided into civil and military medals in a similar way to the Order of the British Empire. Like the ribbons used for other classes of the Order of the British Empire, the ribbon of the British Empire Medal is rose-pink with pearl-grey edges, with the addition of a pearl-grey central stripe for the military division. While recipients are not technically counted as members of the Order, these medals are nevertheless affiliated with it.

The 1946 New Year Honours were appointments by many of the Commonwealth Realms of King George VI to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries, and to celebrate the passing of 1945 and the beginning of 1946. Recommendations for appointments to the Order of the British Empire were made on the nomination of the United Kingdom, the self-governing Dominions of the Empire (later Commonwealth) and the Viceroy of India. 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:

Listed are the 1946 New Year Honours recipients of the British Empire Medal (BEM), divided into military and civil divisions.

Military Division Rank, name and number are shown.

Royal Navy Regulating Petty Officer Joseph Luis Abraham, T.RNVR.11087. Chief Petty Officer Albert Henry Abrahams, D/J.4185. Petty Officer Wren Telegraphist Olive Annie Adlington, 20243, WRNS. Petty Officer Sheikh Ahmed, 6936, RIN. Chief Stoker William Aitken, P/K.60406. Marine Anthony Francis Alcoe, CH/X115783. Petty Officer Albert William Alderman, P/J.763. Chief Petty Officer Stanley Ernest Hill Alexander, D/J.94522. Temporary Chief Petty Officer Samuel John Allen, D/JX390251. Stoker First Class Diver B. Andrews, 7764, RIN. Petty Officer Wren Jessica Maud Andrews, 30769, WRNS. Chief Yeoman of Signals Charles William Ashley, C/J.41868. Electrical Artificer 3rd Class Arthur Albert Bailey, C/MX65939. Chief Petty Officer Cook Thomas Raymond Lillicrop Baker, D/M.37972. Petty Officer Rigger Bai Bangura, F.N.1029. Chief Petty Officer Jack Richard Holbrook Barker, C/JX137535. Temporary Petty Officer Writer Roger Charles Batt, RNVR, C/CHDX118. Sick Berth Petty Officer William Edward Baxendale, P/SBR.5212. Petty Officer Telegraphist Edgar Harlow Bean, D/J.655. Chief Petty Officer Cook Frederick George Bedford, M.14872. Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Bernard Berry, C/MX68857. Chief Petty Officer (T) William Albert Agate Boniface, P/J.12186. Chief Petty Officer Violet Brewer, WRINS. Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist Hubert Thomas Brown, P/J.111282. Chief Yeoman of Signals Frederick Henry Brown, P/J.13388. Yeoman of Signals Norman Brown, D/J.5798. Acting Engine Room Artificer Fourth Class Robert Buckley, MX704678. Corporal (Temporary) (Acting Temporary Sergeant) Francis Leslie James Burgess, R.M.E.10177. Petty Officer Coder William John Burkett, C/JX197943. Temporary Sergeant Major Richard Burnett, Ply.19871. Electrical Artificer 1st Class Jack Burrows, C/M.35247. Chief Engine-room Artificer 1st Class Albert Bush, C/M.1068. Chief Stoker Daniel Callaghan, P/KX98872. Chief Yeoman of Signals Albert Ernest Callaway, C/J.6814. Temporary Petty Officer Writer Desmond Frank Carter, RNVR, D/X56. Signalman George Thomas Carter, C/J.14759. Sick Berth Attendant James Chambers, P/XBRX7567. Master-at-Arms John Godfrey Chandler, P/M.40145. Chief Petty Officer Writer George Edwin Chapell, P/MX45961. Chief Petty Officer Steward Harry Walter Clark, C/L.11576. Engine-room Artificer First Class Robert Clark, RNR, P/37.E.E. Chief Petty Officer Alfred Clarke, P/J.238940. Petty Officer Edward James Clatworthy, D/JX126450. Chief Shipwright Francis Edward Henry Claydon, D/MX53052. Chief Wren Marjorie Clough-Ormiston, 7170, WRNS. Chief Petty Officer William John Collins, P/237865. Temporary Quartermaster Sergeant Instructor Stephen Connell, Ply.21809, Royal Marines. Sick Berth Chief Petty Officer William Henry Cooke, D/M.420. Chief Stoker Henry John Cooper, P/K.59824. Chief Wren Rena Elizabeth Cooper, 8733, WRNS. Temporary Sick Berth Petty Officer Louis Costagliola, C/MX94927. Temporary Leading Writer John Frederick Cowley, D/MX71540. Chief Wren Cook (S) Ada Cox, 9108, WRNS. Chief Petty Officer James George Cox, P/J.114.239. Chief Wren Nellie Louisa Craig, 12118, WRNS. Petty Officer Robert Mark Creed, P/JX215123. Chief Motor Mechanic Edmund Charles Crick, P/MX66905. Chief Engine-room Artificer Andrew Thomas Crock, , C/MX51378. Temporary Petty Officer Albert William Curtis, C/J.103899. Chief Petty Officer Writer James Davis, P/MX64137. Chief Yeoman of Signals Herbert Victor Dench, C/J.21490. Leading Telegraphist Victor Tallentire Dent, P/JX178390. Colour Sergeant (Acting Temporary Quartermaster Sergeant) Harry Devine, Ch.24293, Royal Marines. Petty Officer Wren Air Mechanic (E) Dorothy Dewhurst, 62352, WRNS. Sick Berth Chief Petty Officer Donald Arthur Dick, D/311989. Chief Engine-room Artificer 4th Class Eric Vernon Dixon, C/MX120398. Chief Shipwright Frederick Cecil Door, D/343515. Chief Shipwright Walter John Dowell, C/M.1763. Temporary Petty Officer Writer Ewart James Lewis Dukes, C/MX76503. Chief Petty Officer Thomas Dunne, D/J.11606. Temporary Petty Officer John George Edwards, C/J.112880. Able Seaman Bernard Ellis, P/JX393176. Chief Petty Officer Writer John Charles William Ellis, P/MX51578. Yeoman of Signals Frederick Cox Elms, P/J.23906. Stoker 1st Class William George Esplin, C/KX110839. Temporary Sergeant Major Edward Joseph Samuel Fahey, Po.21535. Chief Wren Dorothy Farmer, 34008, WRNS. Shipwright 1st Class Alexander Henry John Finnie, D/M.606. Chief Petty Officer Arthur Everitt Fisher, C/J.101046. Chief Yeoman of Signals Henry James Fisher, D/J.221677. Master-at-Arms Raymond Sidney Fleetwood, P/M.5280. Acting Chief Petty Officer Edward George Shreeve Fordham, C/J.115042. Petty Officer H. T. Francis, T.124X Petty Officer Radio Mechanic Frederick Reginald Freeman, P/MX08024. Chief Petty Officer Radio Mechanic Stanley Barrow Garnett, P/MX98741. Chief Petty Officer Frederick John Gayette, D/JX230404. Engine-room Artificer Third Class Allan Gill, P/MX61993. Petty Officer Wren Winifred Clara Godden, 2734, WRNS. Chief Motor Mechanic Leslie George Goodliffe, P/MX89332. Stoker Petty Officer Alfred Robert Sidney Gould, C/KX77908. Colour Sergeant John Graham, Royal Marines, Ply.12477. Wren Edith Earton Gordon Grant, 31093, WRNS. Chief Yeoman of Signals Robert James Greenacre, D/J.40704. Able Seaman Samuel Gresty, P/JX184260. Petty Officer Albert William Grimmer, C/JX141096. Leading Seaman William George Hackett, C/J.170455. Sick Berth Chief Petty Officer Harold Frederick Haddock, C/MX45095. Master-at-Arms William George Holyland Haines, , D/MX52073. Leading Wren Edith May Harbour, 3848, WRNS Temporary Chief Petty Officer Ernest Frank Harris, C/JX142403. Chief Petty Officer William Amos Hart, C/KX79454. Chief Petty Officer George David Hawkins, P/J.90514. Temporary Chief Engine-room Artificer James Arthur Hayward, C/MX48908. Temporary Chief Petty Officer Writer Charles Henry George Heath, P/MX57198. Petty Officer Cook (O) Ronald Leslie Heath, C/LX20250. Chief Petty Officer Frank Bertram Hesp, D/J.10663. Chief Electrical Artificer Philip Thomas Hewitt, P/MX59428. Master-at-Arms William James Hillson, D/M.37481. Acting Chief Petty Officer Robert Johnson Hockey, P/J.109609. Chief Motor Mechanic Albert Hockley, P/MX69678. Temporary Petty Officer Henry William Frederick Holland, C/JX754445. Chief Petty Officer Frederick Roy Hollywood, C/J.98006. Air Artificer 4th Class (LO) Cecil Graham Hooker, FAA/FX77132. Chief Petty Officer Writer Andrew Wilson Hope, D/MX54749. Petty Officer Wren Writer Winifred Mary Hopkins, 20190, WRNS. Chief Yeoman of Signals Harry Parker Hoyle, D/226389. Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist Albert Edward Hubbard, D/J.9597. Chief Petty Officer Alfred Berkenshaw Hubbard, P/J.739. Chief Engine-room Artificer Albert Edward Hughes, C/MX54670. Chief Petty Officer Writer Wyndham Hughes, D/MX49438. Petty Officer Harry Arthur Ernest Human, C/JX136023. Coder Leslie James Humphreys, D/JX294690. Sailmaker Robert Charlie Hunter, P/J.113055. Yeoman of Signals George Hunton, C/JX134303 Acting Sergeant-Major Thomas Edward Hutchinson, Ch/X1542. Chief Petty Officer Boatswain George Conway Ingledew, RTP/R.238927. Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist Norman Leslie Charles Ingram, D/JX129137. Chief Petty Officer Frederick George Jackson, C/JX55241. Engine-room Artificer First Class Donald Herbert Jarrett, P/MX47040. Sergeant-Major Ernest George Alner Jarvis, Royal Marines. Marine Eric Jepson, Po/X116362. Chief Shipwright John Henry John, C/342931. Boatswain James Christopher Johnson (T.124). Engine-room Artificer Second Class (now Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (E)) Cyril Ralph Jones, C/MX47958. Corporal (Temporary) (Acting Temporary Sergeant) David Jones, 11600, R.M.E. Chief Wren Mabel Eleanor Jones, 13620, WRNS Petty Officer Radio-Mechanic John Kennedy, P/MX116767. Colour Sergeant John Richard King, Ch/16673. Petty Officer Stanley David Kirby, C/SSX21819. Chief Petty Officer Writer Sydney Alexander Kirkman, C/MX54751. Chief Engine-room Artificer Frank Lucas, P/M.18550. Chief Petty Officer Writer Frederick Robert Lowry, C/MX55452. Petty Officer Charles Priaulx Lihou, R/JX174873. Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist John Levick, P/J.5160. Stores Petty Officer Arthur Frederick Labrum, C/MX674105. Joiner 3rd Class Alexander Macintosh, P/MX78608. Petty Officer Radio Mechanic Andrew Miller McDonald, P/MX125082. Acting Sergeant Major George Ernest Mann, Royal Marines, Po.21738. Petty Officer Wren Marjorie Elizabeth Wortley Marle, 1874, WRNS. Engine-room Artificer 4th Class Heremen Marsden, D/MX102895. Petty Officer Hanwell McCoy, T.RNVR.2181. Sick Berth Attendant Joseph McCutcheon, C/MX66872. Chief Petty Officer William James McFaul, P/JX163338. Chief Petty Officer Richard McIlwain, D/JX135802. Master-at-Arms Henry James Miles, P/MX59437. Chief Engine-room Artificer Alfred John Stoneman Milford, D/272381. Petty Officer Motor Mechanic Alfred Reginald Millard, C/MX623706. Chief Yeoman of Signals Frederick James Millard, P/J.31780. Colour Sergeant Arthur Charles Edwin Milne, Royal Marines, Po.19150. Chief Petty Officer Bertie Milton, C/J.25116. Chief Petty Officer Patrick Monaghan, D/J.102294. Leading Writer Herbert Ernest Moore, P/MX673521. Chief Petty Officer Charles Drayton Morris, P/J.26718. Air Artificer Fourth Class David Mack Muir, FAA/FX77290. Sukhani Abu Sultan Abdul Mutalib, 74473, RIN. Leading Seaman Purnell James Nelson, T.RNVR, 2479X Chief Petty Officer Writer George Raymond Neville, C/MX53551. Stores Chief Petty Officer James George Norfolk, C/MX52737. Chief Petty Officer Writer Claude Montague Norton, C/M.26647. Stores Chief Petty Officer Dennis Jack Oldham, C/M.39257. Chief Engine-room Artificer Fourth Class Ernest George Osgood, P/M.13613. Colour Sergeant (Acting Company Sergeant-Major) Ronald Christopher Fred Palmer, Po.X526, Royal Marines. Leading Writer Wilfrid Lawrence Paris, P/MX86514. Chief Stoker Harold Norman Parker, C/K.63253. Master-at-Arms John George Parnham, C/M.40025. Stores Chief Petty Officer Herbert Walter Parr, C/M.37874. Yeoman of Signals Lawrence Pattison, , P/JX127534. Sergeant (Acting Temporary Company Sergeant-Major) Albert William Pegler, Po.217127, Royal Marines. Chief Engine-room Artificer Tames Petch, C/M.5483. Chief Petty Officer Frederick Pett, P/J.18211.