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.
It included a large number of people who were appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire.
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.
Military Division Royal Navy Lieutenant-Commander Robert Edward Sanders, RNR. Temporary Lieutenant-Commander Herbert Alexander Dixon, RNVR. (Newcastle upon Tyne). Temporary Lieutenant-Commander William James Muddock, RNVR. (Kingston). Lieutenant-Commander Benjamin Whitcutt, Burma RNVR. Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander (A) Geoffrey Hamilton Bates, RNVR. (East Sheen). Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander (A) William Arthur Jevons Street, RNVR (Cheswerdine, Shropshire). Lieutenant-Commander (E) Raymond Hadyn Tribe. (Compton, Berkshire). Acting Engineer Lieutenant-Commander William McDonald, RNR (Retd). Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander (E) Bernard Seymour Tharp, RNR. Acting Paymaster Lieutenant-Commander Charles Joseph Richard Souhamy. (Plymouth). Acting Paymaster Lieutenant-Commander Peter White. (Amersham). Acting Shipwright Lieutenant-Commander Harry Watson, (Retd). Temporary Captain (Acting Temporary Major) John Morrice Cairns James, Royal Marines (Marlborough). Lieutenant (Acting Major) John Dane Henderson Salter, Royal Marines (Milton, Hampshire). The Reverend Geoffrey Phillips Beaumont, , Temporary Chaplain, RNVR. The Reverend David Herbert Booth, , Temporary Chaplain, RNVR. Lieutenant Richard Edmond John Fowler, (Retd). (Portsmouth). Lieutenant Frederick John Harding. (Glasgow). Lieutenant Peter John Stephen Hardinge. (Pitney, Somerset). Lieutenant Frank Leonard Leeder. Lieutenant Richard Francis McDermott, (Retd). Lieutenant Herbert Frank Short. Temporary Lieutenant Ernest Ronald Wray, RNR. Acting Lieutenant Raleigh Thomas Rowe, RNVR. (Cockfosters, Hertfordshire). Temporary Lieutenant John Ebner Glen, RNVR. (Glasgow). Temporary Lieutenant John Prys Williams, RNVR. (Bracknell, Berkshire). Lieutenant John Ernest Rimmer, Royal Indian Naval Volunteer Reserve. Lieutenant (A) George Archibald Wycliffe Goodwin. (Bognor Regis). Lieutenant (A) Basil Sinclair. (Hexham). Lieutenant (E) Lewis Leslie Broad, RNR. Temporary Lieutenant (E) John Campbell Moody, RNR. (Biggar, Scotland). Paymaster Lieutenant Reuben Brampton Corkrey, (Retd). (Cowplain, Hampshire). Paymaster Lieutenant Owen Michael Lewin, RNR. (Minster, Sheppey). Skipper Lieutenant Edward Spencer Rilatt, , RNR (Retd) 2489 W.S. (Hull). Chief Boom Skipper Edward John Bracher, RNR. Temporary Lieutenant (Quartermaster) Frederick Victor Borrett, Royal Marines (Oxford). Jean Davies, First Officer, WRNS. Heather Hayes, First Officer, WRNS. Mr. Robert Hart Robertson, Commissioned Gunner. (Cardonald, Glasgow). Mr. Harold Richard Ben Smith, Gunner, Royal Military Navy (Stapleford Abbot, Essex). Mr. Frank Ebling, Acting Commissioned Photographer. Mr. John Henry Cook, Commissioned Shipwright. (Newcastle upon Tyne). Mr. Albert Edward Allcock, Commissioned Engineer. (Durban, South Africa). Mr. Leonard George Nathaniel Linder, Commissioned Engineer. (Purbrook). Mr. John Watkins Northwood, , Commissioned Engineer. (Ludlow). Mr. Herbert William Lacon, Commissioned Wardmaster. (Weymouth). Mr. Reuben Daniel Wade, Warrant Shipwright. (Cosham, Hampshire). Mr. George Ernest Whittle, Temporary Warrant Master-at-Arms. Mr. Reginald Arthur Jackson, Temporary Warrant Engineer. Mr. Percy Frederick Hale, Warrant Mechanician. Mr. Samuel John Taylor, First Radio Officer, RNR, NAP/964525 (Herne Bay). Staff Sergeant Major Reginald James Brooks, Royal Marines (Deal). Superintending Clerk John William Johnson, Royal Marines. Lieutenant-Commander Neville Drake Pixley, Royal Australian Naval Reserve. Mr. Ralph Lane, Commissioned Telegraphist, Royal Australian Navy. Mr. Frederick Gardner, Temporary Gunner, Royal New Zealand Navy.
Army Captain (Quartermaster) Richard Abbott (77283), The Border Regiment, Territorial Army. Captain (temporary) Major John Amos, , (102123), Royal Army Medical Corps. Captain (temporary Major) Leonard Reginald Anderson (Quartermaster), Indian Army Ordnance Corps. Lieutenant (temporary Captain) Louis Douglas Ann (185142), General List. Major Laurence Wilfred Arnett, North Riding Home Guard. Captain (temporary Major) Joseph Asplin (319618), General List. Captain (Quartermaster) (temporary Major) Stanley Robert Astley, Indian Army. Regimental Sergeant-Major Ziyayi Banda, Northern Rhodesia Regiment. Captain (temporary Major) Lindsay Barclay (176047), South African Medical Corps. Captain (temporary Major) Henry David Hardington Bartlett (93379), Royal Artillery, Territorial Army. Major (Quartermaster) Herbert Ralph Barton, , 13th Frontier Force Rifles, Indian Army. Lieutenant (Assistant Inspector of Armourers) Charles William Beardall (282872), Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Captain (temporary Major) George Gordon Bell (70643), Royal Tank Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps. Lieutenant H. A. Bennet, Trinidad Home Guard. Lieutenant (temporary Captain) Frank Albert Edmund Bjorseth (73259), South African Armoured Corps. Major (Staff Paymaster 2nd Class) (temporary Lieutenant-Colonel, Staff Paymaster 1st Class) Cecil Charles Blackwell (6240), Royal Army Pay Corps. 7591424 Warrant Officer Class II Quartermaster-Sergeant Albert Sidney Bolton, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. No. 7603434 Warrant Officer Class I Sub-Conductor Laurence Antoine Edward Butler Bourlay, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Captain (temporary Major) Reginald Brandon, , (181572), Royal Engineers. Lieutenant (acting Captain) Henry Hill Brewer, , (46531), Reserve of Officers, General List. Lieutenant (temporary Captain) Arthur Brookes (245894), Royal Army Service Corps. No. 846872 Warrant Officer Class I Sergeant-Major Assistant Instructor Henry John Brown, Royal Artillery. Lieutenant (temporary Captain) Herbert Francis Granger-Brown (102540), The Devonshire Regiment. Captain (Quartermaster) Thomas Alfred Brown (75986), Royal Artillery. Lieutenant Gordon James Buck, 13th Frontier Force Rifles, Indian Army. Major Arthur Clifford Howie Bull, Hertfordshire Home Guard. Major (Commissary) Bernard Burke, Royal Indian Army Service Corps. Captain (Quartermaster) Clifford Burton (144488), The Royal Welch Fusiliers. No. 3241 Battery Sergeant Major Emanuel Buttigieg (3241), Royal Malta Artillery. Major (temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) Harold Ernest Caldwell (99119), Royal Army Ordnance Corps. No. 7588402 Sub-Conductor James Caldwell, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Captain (temporary Major) Charles Calder (76219), Royal Artillery, Territorial Army. Major (Quartermaster) Bertie Henry Capel, Indian Army. Captain (temporary Major) James Carreras (160321), Royal Artillery. Captain (temporary Major) Eric Archibald Catesby (99688), Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Territorial Army. Major Edmund Cawkell, Essex Home Guard. Lieutenant (temporary Captain) Jack Howarthe Paul Chadburn (202411), Intelligence Corps. Captain (temporary Major) Arthur Randolph Coningsby Chapman, , (21423), Territorial Army, Reserve of Officers, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment). Captain (Quartermaster) Frederick Charles Cheetham (92277), Royal Artillery (Territorial Army). Major Samuel John Chesser (101280), Royal Army Medical Corps. Major (temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) Guy Chignell (74560), Royal Artillery, Territorial Army. Captain (temporary Major) William Middleton Chrispin (127016), Royal Army Service Corps. Major George Smith Christie, Aberdeen and Kincardine Home Guard. Captain (temporary Major) Stanley William Clark (182533), Royal. Artillery. Lieutenant-Colonel (Quartermaster) Frederick Clare, , (31070), Extra Regimentally Employed List. Captain (Deputy Commissary) (temporary Major) Herbert Geoffrey Coates, Indian Army Ordnance Corps. Captain (Quartermaster) Henry James Ironside Coker (137699), The Durham Light Infantry. Lieutenant (temporary Captain) Colin Richard James Connors (42192), Royal Engineers. Lieutenant (Quartermaster) Harry Edward Cook (181952), General List. Major (temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) Eustace Haynes Peel Corbin (30019), The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) (Territorial Army). Captain (temporary Major) John Bisp Cossens (89169), The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) Territorial Army. Second-Lieutenant James Cottam, late West Riding Home Guard. Captain George Henry Cotton, Southern Railway Home Guard. Captain (temporary Major) Thomas James Cowen (121118), The Border Regiment. Captain (temporary Major) Charles Burton Edward Cowie (161330), The East Surrey Regiment. No. 5766720 Warrant Officer Class I, Staff Sergeant Major William Thomas Crisp, Royal Army Service Corps. Lieutenant Andrew Basil Crosby, Surrey Home Guard. Captain (Quartermaster) (temporary Major) William John Patrick Croft (147934), The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Captain (temporary Major) Alexander William Thomas Cross (110599), Royal Engineers. Captain (Brevet Major) (temporary Major) Francis George Crozier (6504), The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment). Major Aldington George Curphey, , Jamaica Medical Corps. No. 1862515 Company Sergeant Major Herbert Thomas Cypher, Royal Engineers. Captain (temporary Major) William James Damerell, Royal Indian Army Service Corps. Major Walter William Scott-Davidson, Kinross Home Guard. Captain Arthur William Davies, Surrey Home Guard. Captain (temporary Major) (acting Lieutenant-Colonel) James Runciman Denny (52948), The Royal Warwickshire Regiment. No. 1652623 Warrant Officer Class II (acting Warrant Officer Class I) John Denton, Army Educational Corps. Lieutenant (temporary Captain) (acting Major) John Henry Dirs (266333), Royal Corps of Signals. Lieutenant (Quartermaster) William Arthur Dixon (199891), The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment. Captain (temporary Major) Clifford Alfred Dove (108008), Royal Engineers. Captain (temporary Major) George Greig Dow (147011), Royal Artillery. Major Archibald James Macalpine-Downie (33678), late Royal Tank Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps. Temporary Major William Douglas Draffan, The King's African Rifles. No. 93654 Warrant Officer Class II Staff Quartermaster Sergeant (acting Warrant Officer Class I Staff Sergeant-Major) Norman Draper, Royal Army Service Corps. No. 5719502 Warrant Officer Class I Regimental Sergeant-Major Frederick George Drew, The Dorsetshire Regiment. Captain (temporary Major) Archibald Loraine Dunbar (224717), Royal Artillery. Lieutenant (temporary Captain) Albert James Ede (60719), Royal Artillery, retired, reemployed. Regimental Sergeant-Major Samuel Arthur Edwards, Middlesex Home Guard. Captain Frank Stokes Ellis, Sussex Home Guard. Captain (temporary Major) Dennis Ewart Evans (151067), Royal Artillery. Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert Fairhurst, , (275397), Army Cadet Force (Berkshire). Captain (temporary Major) Robert Angus William Farmer, Indian Engineers, Indian Army. Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Bellwood Farrer (283443), Army Cadet Force (Ayrshire). Major John Wilfred Joseph Faull, Glamorganshire Home Guard. Captain (temporary Major) Percy Alwyne Fellowes (75793), Royal Artillery, Territorial Army. Captain (Quartermaster) Gorge Henry James Fleming (90663), The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) (Territorial Army). Captain (temporary Major) Daniel Frederick Flood (111054), Royal Army Service Corps. Lieutenant (Quartermaster) (temporary Captain) Ernest Alban Fox (185659), Royal Army Service Corps. Major John Charles Freeman, Merionethshire Home Guard. Captain (temporary Major) Naval Dosabhoy Gandy, Indian Army Service Corps. Lieutenant (temporary Captain) Leonard Morris Garwood (259703), Pioneer Corps.