1918 Birthday Honours (OBE)

This is a list of Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) awards in the 1918 Birthday Honours.

The 1918 Birthday Honours were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the British Empire. The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of The King, and were published in The London Gazette in early June 1918.(GBE, KBE, DBE, CBE, OBE, MBE (6717–6749)

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.

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) awards

Captain Arthur Cecil Abrahams — Deputy Director of Stores, Boulogne, British Red Cross Commission, France John Hilling Absale — Late Principal of the Securities Office, Bank of England Commander Albert Edward Acheson Divisional Naval Transport Officer, Manchester Ellen Marion Acton — Assistant Secretary, The Incorporated Soldiers and Sailors Help Society Lieutenant-Commander Frank Ezra Adcock Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty Lieutenant-Colonel John Kellerman Adey — Deputy Assistant Director of Medical Services, Australian Imperial Force Depots Charles Morland Agnew, Wounded and Missing Enquiry Department, British Red Cross Society Commander Samuel Montagu Agnew James Herbert Aitken — Acting Assistant Director of Stores, Admiralty Major John Camille Akerman — Assistant Director of Propaganda and Housing, Department of the Controller-General for Merchant Shipbuilding, Admiralty Frederick Alexander — Commandant, Motor Ambulance Convoy No. 3, British Red Cross Commission, Italy James Allan Assistant County Director, Kent, British Red Cross Society Captain William McDiarmid Allardice — Inspector, Small Arms, Birmingham Area, Ministry of Munitions Clementina Dorothy Allen — Assistant County Director and Honorary Secretary, Gloucestershire, British Red Cross and Order of St. John of Jerusalem Walter Macarthur Allen — Director of Supplies, Metropolitan Special Constabulary Richard John Allison — Principal Architect, HM Office of Works Justin Charles William Alvarez Censor of Turkish Correspondence, Malta Arthur Anderson — Commandant and Organiser of Motor Ambulance Transport, West Riding Division, British Red Cross and Order of St. John of Jerusalem Major Charles Henry Anderson — For services with the British Expeditionary Force in France Dora Anderson—Administrator, Red Cross Stores, Southampton Docks Eric Harper Anderson — Technical Adviser, Fish Section, Restriction of Enemy Supplies Department William Anderson — Chairman of the Glasgow Central Advisory Committee Beatrice Mary Apthorp — Commandant of the Technical Institute Auxiliary Hospital, Maidenhead Commander Francis Philip Armstrong Auxiliary Patrol Major William Herbert Arscott — For services with the British Expeditionary Force in France Lieutenant-Colonel Reginald Godfrey Aston — Officer in Charge of Military Camp Railways Charles Gurney Atha — Managing Director, The Frodingham Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. Georgina Jane Atkinson — Honorary Secretary, North Riding of Yorkshire County Association of Voluntary Workers Edward Lewis Attwood — Chief Constructor, Department of Director of Naval Construction, Admiralty Major Henry Joseph Francis Audus — For services with the British Expeditionary Force in France Captain James Waters Earnscliffe Avern — Section Director, Labour Department, Ministry of Munitions Captain James Carol Badger — Master, Mercantile Marine Kavas Jamas Badshah — Honorary Secretary, Ipswich War Savings Committee Duncan Bailey — Managing Director, Messrs, Charles Roberts and Co., Ltd. Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John Henry Bailey — Deputy Assistant Director of Fortifications and Works, War Office Granville Hugh Baillie Chief Technical Adviser on Dilution of Labour Ministry of Munitions Major Clive Latham Baillieu — For services with the British Expeditionary Force in France George Baker — Director, Messrs. John Baker & Co. (Rotherham), Limited Captain Richard Lawrence Baker — Design Department, Ministry of Munitions Charles John Balaam — Acting Divisional Officer for London and South-Eastern Division, Employment Department, Ministry of Labour Captain Walter Burton Burton-Baldry — Ministry of National Service Edmund Chaplin Baldwin — Honorary Secretary, Sussex County Association of Voluntary Workers Lucy Baldwin — Commandant and Donor, Wilden Auxiliary Hospital, Stourport William Valentine Ball — Civil Liabilities Commissioner for the County of Essex Archibald Hamilton Balme— Wool Technical Officer, War Office; Member of the Raw Wool Advisory Committee Lieutenant-Colonel Harry William Morrey Bamford South African Infantry Richard Banfield — Acting Chief Constable of Cornwall Anna Edwards Barbour— Benefactress, Hilden Convalescent Hospital for Soldiers, Belfast Major Robert Leatham Barclay — Inspector of Quarter Master-General's Services Major The Hon. Maurice Baring — Staff Officer, 2nd Class, Royal Air Force Thomas Cooke Barkas Acting Deputy Commissioner of Medical Services, Ministry of National Service, Northern Region Major Arthur John Chichester Barnard — For services with the British Expeditionary Force in France Katherine Weston Barnardiston — Head of Records Department, Central Prisoners' of War Committee, British Red Cross Society Lieutenant-Colonel Frank Purcell Barnes — For services with the British Expeditionary Force in France James Burden Barnes — Inspector of Medical Supplies, War Office Major George Barnsley — Assistant Director- of Recruiting, Sheffield Captain Frank Sowter Barnwell— Aeroplane Designer, The British and Colonial Aeroplane Co., Ltd. Geoffrey Foster Barrett — Director, The Hoffmann Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Lieutenant-Colonel Bernard John Wolfe-Barry — Staff Officer, 1st Class, Royal Air Force David Barry — General Manager, British and Irish Steam Packet Co., Ltd. John Bartholomew — Civil Liabilities Commissioner for Glasgow Emma Slice Barton — Administrator, Stapleton Auxiliary Hospital, Pontefract H G. Barwell — Superintendent, Eastern Telegraph Company, Malta Herbert Bates — Managing Director, Messrs. Hulse & Co., Ltd. William Bates — of the firm of Messrs. Rea, Coaling Agents Roland Bayley — Assistant Director of Oils and Fats, Ministry of Food and Ministry of Munitions Violet Marie Louise, Baroness Beaumont — Donor and Commandant, Officers' Auxiliary Hospital, Slindon House, Arundel, Sussex Ivy Nina Beckett Captain Charles Glynn Hughes Bellamy — For services with the British Expeditionary Force in France Colonel John William Beningfield Commandant, City of London Special Constabulary Reginald Allbon Bennett— Superintending Aliens Officer, Cardiff William John Benson — Section Director, Ministry of Munitions Major John Anstruther Berners — Voluntary work in connection with recruiting Major Egerton Mitford Bettington — For services with the British Expeditionary Force in France Robert Bilsland Chairman, West Suffolk War Agricultural Executive Committee Major Basil Binyon — Royal Air Force Major James Bird — Royal Air Force Captain James Webb Bispham — For services with the British Expeditionary Force in France Captain Edward Richard Blackburne — For services with the British Expeditionary Force in France Acting Fleet Paymaster Leonard Blackler Secretary to Principal Naval Transport Officer in France Thomas Blacklock — Chief Engineer, Mercantile Marine John Frank Blackshaw— Superintending Inspector, Dairy Branch, Board of Agriculture and Fisheries Harry Blake — Senior Partner, Messrs. Hogg and Robinson, Admiralty Shipping Agents Sir John George Blaker National Service Representative Herbert John George Blandford — Warship Production Superintendent, Department of Director of Warship Production, Admiralty Marie Lucienne Henriette Adine, Baroness de Blaquiere — Vice-president, Bath District, British Red Cross and Order of St. John of Jerusalem; Organiser, Lansdown Place Auxiliary Hospital, Bath. Commander James Bloomfield Auxiliary Shipbuilding Department, Admiralty Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Augustine Blount — For services with the British Expeditionary Force in France Major Bryan Seymour Moss-Blundell For services with the British Expeditionary Force in France William Henry Boar — Accountant-General's Department, Admiralty William John Board — Town Clerk, Nottingham John Bond — Engineer, the Southport Gas Company; Inspector for Gas Section, Explosives Supply Department, Ministry of Munitions John Robert Bond — Assistant Director, Shipyard Labour Department, Admiralty Captain Erskine Booth — Assistant Director of Vegetable Supplies, Ministry of Food Mary Booth Booth — Staff Captain, Salvation Army. Walter Borrie — Managing Director, Messrs. Blair and Co., Ltd., Stockton-on-Tees Percy George Hamnall Boswell Professor of Geology, Liverpool University; Geological Adviser to Ministry of Munitions Thomas Stanley Bower — Organiser and Officer in Charge, Auxiliary Hospital, Frodsham, Cheshire Godfrey Hale Boyce — Honorary Solicitor, Soldiers' and Sailors' Families' Association Robert Alexander Stewart Boyton — Inspector of Fuzes, Cartridge Cases and Complete Rounds, Canada, Ministry of Munitions Major William Percy Bradbury — For services with the British Expeditionary Force in France William Bradford General Financial Secretary, National Flint Glass Makers' Society of Great Britain and Ireland Fleet Surgeon Frank Bradshaw President of a Recruiting Medical Board Granville Eastwood Bradshaw — Messrs. Walton Motors, Limited Major Ernest Edward Peel Bramall — For services with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Harvey Brand — Assistant Controller of Supplies in Directorate of Aircraft Equipment, Royal Air Force Lieutenant-Colonel The Hon. Maurice Vyner Baliol Brett For services with the British Expeditionary Force in France Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon Leslie Broad Assistant Director of Army Signals, Home Forces Captain Francis Broadwood— National Service Representative Marie Frances Lisette, Baroness Willoughby de Broke — Vice-president, Kineton Division, British Red Cross and Order of St. John of Jerusalem; Joint Commandant — Kineton Auxiliary Hospital, Warwickshire Edward Geoffrey de Capell Brooke — Private Secretary to the Chief of the Imperial General Staff Lieutenant-Colonel Orlando Frank Brothers — British Columbia Regiment Alice Brown — Lady Superintendent, Young Men’s Christian Association. Hostel for Relatives of Wounded, Camiers Archibald Hall Brown — Deputy Controller, Gun Supply Department, Ministry of Munitions Lady Isabel Mary Peyronnet Browne — Wounded and Missing Enquiry Department, British Red Cross Society, London Lieutenant-Colonel Philip Henry Browne — Assistant Director, Inland Water Transport, Mesopotamia Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Bruce — Army Medical Department, War Office Captain Edward Walrond de Wells Bruce — Master of the Hospital Ship Plassy. William Joseph Willett Bruce— Superintending Engineer, Mercantile Marine John Norman Brunton — Head of Merchant Tonnage Section, Director of Statistics Department, Admiralty Major George Herbert Bryant — For services with the British Expeditionary Force in France Major Edward John Buckley — For services with the British Expeditionary Force in France Georgiana Essie Budgett — Honorary Secretary, Bristol Branch, British Red Cross Society William Huntley Buist — Senior Magistrate of Dundee; Chairman of the Dundee War Savings Committee Charles Henry Bulleid — Manager at a National Shell Factory Captain William Henry Chambers Bullen — Principal Assistant, Controlled Establishments Division, Ministry of Munitions Marion Maria Bulloch — County Director, Perthshire, Scottish Branch, British Red Cross Society Colonel William Edward Burgess — Senior National Service Representative, Bristol