1942 New Year Honours

• The Right Honourable Sir (Albert) Charles Clauson, C.B.E., a Judge of the High Court. 1926–38. A Lord Justice of Appeal, 1938–41.
• Brigadier-General The Right Honourable Sir Auckland Campbell Geddes, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., T.D., M.D., LL.D. For public services.

• Commander Sir Charles Worthington Craven, O.B.E., R.N. (Retd.), Controller General, Ministry of Aircraft Production, Chairman and Managing Director, Vickers-Armstrongs, Limited.
• Sir Ralph Lewis Wedgwood, C.B., C.M.G., lately Chairman of the Railway Executive Committee.

• Alderman Frank Samuel Alexander, lately Sheriff of the City of London, Chairman of the Baltic Mercantile and Shipping Exchange Limited.
• Richard William Allen, Esq., C.B.E., J.P., D.L., Chairman of Messrs W.H. Allen Sons and Company Limited.
• Gilbert Archer, Esq. For public services, Civil Defence Commissioner for the South Eastern District of Scotland.
• George Aylwen, Esq., Treasurer of St Bartholomew’s Hospital.
• Horace Louis Petit Boot, Esq., M.Inst.C.E., lately Sheriff of the City of London. Chairman and Managing Director of Horace Boot and Partners Limited and Eastwoods Limited.
• Henry Francis Brand, Esq., President of the British Employers' Confederation.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Frank Brook, D.S.O., M.C., H.M. Inspector of Constabulary.
• George Mowlem Burt, Esq., Chairman of Messrs John Mowlem and Company, Limited.
• Alderman William Bramwell Cartwright, J.P., Chairman of the West Riding County Council and of the West Riding Emergency Committee.
• Frederick Charles Cook, Esq., C.B., D.S.O., M.C., M.Inst.C.E., Chief Engineer, Highways, Ministry of War Transport.
• Colonel Jonathan Roberts Davidson. C.M.G., M.Inst.C.E., lately Chief Engineer, Metropolitan Water Board.
• Samuel Gurney-Dixon, Esq., M.D., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., J.P., Chairman of the Hampshire Education Committee and Chairman of the Education Committee of the County Councils Association.
• George Tristram Edwards, Esq,. Chairman of the Ship Repairers’ Central Council.
• Alfred Hubert Roy Fedden, Esq., M.B.E., D.Sc., F.R.Ae.S., Chief Engineer, Bristol Aeroplane Company, Limited.
• John Fisher, Esq., Director of Coastal and Short Sea Shipping, Ministry of War Transport.
• Thomas Dalkin Harrison, Esq., Solicitor and Legal Adviser, Ministry of Health.
• Hubert Douglas Henderson, Esq., Member of the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Consultative Council.
• Robert Stuart Hilton, Esq., O.B.E., Deputy Chairman of the United Steel Companies, Limited. President of the British Iron and Steel Federation.
• Arthur Lawrence Hobhouse, Esq., J.P., Chairman of the Somerset County Council.
• Professor Bennett Melvill Jones, C.B.E., A.F.C., F.R.S., Professor of Aeronautical Engineering, Cambridge University. For services to aircraft development.
• Guy Harold Locock, Esq., C.M.G., Director, Federation of British Industries.
• Percy Herbert Mills, Esq., Controller-General of Machine Tools, Ministry of Supply.
• Sydney Oswald Nevile, Esq. For services to the State Management Scheme.
• George Riddle, Esq., C.B.E., Director of the Co-Operative Wholesale Society.
• William James Rook, Esq., Director of Sugar, Ministry of Food.
• Percy Joseph Sillitoe, Esq., C.B.E., Chief Constable, City of Glasgow Police Force.
• George Clemens Usher, Esq., Director-General of Tank Supply, Ministry of Supply.
• Bertrand Watson, Esq., Chief Magistrate of the Police Courts of the Metropolis.

Dominions

• Arthur George Barrett, Esq., lately Lord Mayor of the City of Adelaide, State of South Australia.
• The Honourable William Flood Webb, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, State of Queensland.

India

• Rajivaranjan Prashad Sinha, Esq., President, Bihar Legislative Council, Bihar.
• Bertie Munro Staig, Esq., C.S.I., Indian Civil Service, lately Financial Commissioner, Railways.
• Ahmed Faziur Rahman, Esq., LL.D.. Member. Federal Public Service Commission.
• Major-General Frederick Gwatkin, C.B., D.S.O., M.C., Indian Army, Military Adviser-in-Chief, Indian States Forces.
• Shantidas Askuran, Esq., Member of the Council of State.
• Cattamanchi Ramalinga Reddy, Esq., Member of the Legislative Council, Vice-Chancellor, Andhra University, Waltair, Madras.
• Hugh Arbuthnot Inglis, Esq., Indian Police, Inspector-General of Police, United Provinces.
• Ratanji Dinshaw Dalal, Esq., C.I.E., L.R.C.P. (Lond.), & D.P.H. (Lond.), Member of the Central Legislative Assembly.
• Harold Matthew Glover, Esq., Indian Forest Service, Chief Conservator of Forests, Punjab.
• Khan Bahadur Nawab Fazal Ali, O.B.E., Landlord and Member of the Legislative Assembly, Gujrat, Punjab.
• Sidney Turner, Esq., C.B.E., F.I.A., Accountant-General and Controller of Pension Funds, India Office.
• Rao Bahadur Tiruvadi Sambasivaiyer Venktaraman, C.I.E., Indian Agricultural Service, Sugarcane Expert, Imperial Sugarcane-breeding Station, Coimbatore.
• Khan Bahadur Kavasji Hormusji Katrak, O.B.E., Merchant and Landlord, Sind.
• Chunilal Bhaichand Mehta, Esq., Merchant, Bombay.
• George Bond Morton, Esq., O.B.E., Partner, Messrs. Bird & Co., Calcutta, Bengal.
• Raghunath Purshottam Paranjpye, Esq., Poona, Bombay.

Burma

• U Maung Gyee, Barrister-at-Law. Counsellor to the Governor of Burma.

Colonies, Protectorates, etc.

• Chalinor Grenville Alabaster, Esq., O.B.E., Colonial Legal Service, Attorney-General, Hong Kong.
• John Curtois Howard, Esq., Colonial Legal Service, Chief Justice, Ceylon.
• George Ernest London, Esq., C.M.G., Colonial Administrative Service, Colonial Secretary, Gold Coast.
• Walter Kingsbury Moore, Esq., C.B.E. For public services in the Bahama Islands.
• Gilbert Cochrane Wainwright, Esq., O.B.E. For public services in Jamaica.

• Field-Marshal Sir John Greer Dill, K.C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., Colonel, The Lancashire Regiment
• Sir Frank Edward Smith, G.B.E., K.C.B., D.Sc., LL.D., Controller of Telecommunications Equipment. For services to the Ministry of Aircraft Production and to the Ministry of Supply.

• Vice-Admiral Sir Wilbraham Tennyson Randle Ford, K.B.E., C.B.
• Vice-Admiral Ralph Leatham, C.B.
• Lieutenant-General the Honourable Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, C.B., C.S.I., D.S.O., M.C., late Irish Guards, Colonel, 3/2nd Punjab Regiment.
• Lieutenant-General Thomas Sheridan Riddell-Webster, C.B., D.S.O., late The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles).
• Lieutenant-General Bernard Charles Tolver Paget, C.B., D.S.O., M.C., late The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
• Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Albert Blamey, Kt., C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., Australian Military Forces.
• Honorary Colonel John Cavendish, Viscount Cobham, C.B., T.D., President, Territorial Army Association of the County of Worcester.
• Air Marshal Arthur William Tedder, C.B.
• Sir (Crawfurd) Wilfrid Griffin Eady, K.B.E., C.B., C.M.G., Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise.
• Sir Henry Leon French, K.B.E., C.B., Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Food.

Military Division

• Rear-Admiral Cyril Gordon Sedgwick (Retired).
• Rear-Admiral Francis Hugh Walter (Retired).
• Rear-Admiral Cosmo Moray Graham (Retired).
• Rear-Admiral Douglas Adams Budgen (Retired).
• Engineer Rear-Admiral Frederick Richard Gordon Turner, O.B.E.
• Temporary Surgeon Rear-Admiral Gordon Gordon-Taylor, O.B.E., M.S., M.B., F.R.C.S.
• Colonel Commandant (Acting Major-General) Robert Grice Sturges, Royal Marines.
• Lieutenant-General Alexander Hood, C.B.E., M.D., K.H.P., late Royal Army Medical Corps.
• Lieutenant General Sir Wilfrid Gordon Lindsell, K.B.E., D.S.O., M.C., Colonel Commandant, Royal Artillery.
• Major-General Malcolm Neynoe MacLeod, D.S.O., M.C., Colonel Commandant, Royal Engineers.
• Major-General Richard Talbot Snowden-Smith, C.B.E., M.I.Mech.E., late Royal Army Service Corps.
• Major-General Arthur Harold Loughborough, O.B.E., late Royal Artillery.
• Major-General Robert Hall Allen, M.C., late Royal Artillery.
• Major-General Gordon Nevil Macready, C.M.G., D.S.O., O.B.E., M.C., late Royal Engineers.
• Major-General William Wyndham Green, D.S.O., M.C., late Royal Artillery.
• Major-General (acting Lieutenant-General) Henry Beresford Dennitts Willcox, D.S.O., M.C., late The East Lancashire Regiment.
• Major-General (acting Lieutenant-General) Edmund Charles Acton Schreiber, D.S.O., late Royal Artillery.
• Major-General Kenneth Marten Body, C.M.G., O.B.E., Royal Army Ordnance Corps.
• Chaplain-General to the Forces the Reverend Charles Douglas Symons, M.C., M.A., D.D., K.H.C., Royal Army Chaplains' Department.
• Major-General Kenneth Morley Loch, M.C., late Royal Artillery.
• Colonel (temporary Major-General) John Noble Kennedy, M.C., late Royal Artillery.
• Colonel (local Brigadier) Stewart Graham Menzies, D.S.O., M.C., retired pay, late The Life Guards.
• Major-General Roland Dening, M.V.O., M.C., Indian Army.
• Major-General Henry Finnis, M.C., Indian Army.
• Major-General John Fagan Henslowe Nugent, D.S.O., Indian Army.
• Major-General (temporary Lieutenant-General) Henry Douglas Wynter, C.M.G., D.S.O., Australian Military Forces.
• Air Vice Marshal George Brindley Aufrere Baker, M.C.
• Air Vice Marshal Wilfred Ashton McClaughry, D.S.O., M.C., D.F.C.
• Air Vice Marshal Lionel Douglas Dalzell McKean, O.B.E.
• Air Vice Marshal Charles Edward Hastings Medhurst, O.B.E., M.C.
• Air Vice Marshal John Cotesworth Slessor, D.S.O., M.C.
• Acting Air Vice Marshal Leslie Norman Hollinghurst, O.B.E., D.F.C.
• Acting Air Vice Marshal Hugh Pughe Lloyd, C.B.E., M.C., D.F.C.
• Air Commodore William Alec Coryton, M.V.O., D.F.C.
• Air Commodore Hugh Leedham, O.B.E.
• Air Commodore Robert Parker Musgrave Whitham, O.B.E., M.C.
• Air Commodore William Dowling Bostock, O.B.E., Royal Australian Air Force.

Civil Division

• Honorary Brigadier-General Sir Norman Archibald Orr-Ewing, Bt., D.S.O., D.L., Chairman, Territorial Army Association of the County of Stirling.
• Honorary Colonel Henry Evan Pateshall Pateshall, D.S.O., D.L., Chairman, Territorial Army Association of the County of Hereford.
• Brevet Colonel MacDonald Barkley, D.L., Chairman, Territorial Army Association of the County of Huntingdon.
• Ernest Gold, Esq., D.S.O., O.B.E., F.R.S., Deputy Director of the Meteorological Office.
• Eric St John Bamford, Esq., C.M.G., Principal Assistant Secretary and Controller of Administration, Ministry of Information.
• Edward Gordon Bearn, Esq., C.B.E., Under-Secretary and Controller of Health Insurance and Pensions, Ministry of Health.
• William Guy Nott-Bower, Esq., C.B.E., Deputy Under-Secretary for Mines.
• William Vincent Bradford, Esq., Secretary, and Member of the Board of Inland Revenue.
• Norman Craven Brook, Esq., Principal Assistant Secretary, Privy Council Office, and Personal Assistant to the Lord President of the Council.
• Charles Glyn Evans, Esq., Principal Assistant Secretary, Air Ministry.
• Edwin Charles Jubb, Esq., O.B.E., Director of Navy Contracts, Admiralty.
• Guy William Lambert, Esq., Assistant Under-Secretary of State, War Office.
• Rupert Churchill Gelderd-Somervell, Esq., Under-Secretary, Board of Trade.
• Charles John Stewart, Esq., O.B.E., F.R.Ae.S., Director-General of Production of Engines and Aircraft Equipment, Ministry of Aircraft Production.

• Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens, K.C.I.E., F.S.A., F.R.I.B.A., D.C.L., LL.D., President of the Royal Academy.

• Edward Richard John Ratcliffe Cousins, Esq., C.I.E., Indian Civil Service, Adviser to His Excellency the Governor of Bihar.
• Eric Cecil Ansorge, Esq., C.I.E., Indian Civil Service, late Adviser to His Excellency Governor of Orissa.
• Eric Conran-Smith, Esq., C.I.E., Indian Civil Service, Secretary to the Government of India in the Home Department.
• Harold George Dennehy, Esq., C.I.E., Indian Civil Service, Chief Secretary to the Government of Assam.
• William Scott Brown, Esq., C.I.E., Indian Civil Service, Secretary to the Government of Madras in the Finance Department.
• Maharaj Mahdhata Singh, Major, Prime Minister, Bikaner State, Rajputana.

• Sir Arthur Frederick Richards, K.C.M.G., Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of the Island of Jamaica.
• Sir Archibald John Kerr Clark Kerr, K.C.M.G., His Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of China.

• Sir Albert Henry Self, C.B., K.B.E., Director-General, British Air Commission, Washington.
• David Taylor Monteath, Esq., C.B., C.V.O., O.B.E., lately acting Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Burma Office.
• Arthur James Dawe, Esq., C.M.G., O.B.E., Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Colonial Office.
• Vincent Golcalves Glenday, Esq., C.M.G., O.B.E., Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Somaliland Protectorate.
• Sir Josiah Crosby, K.B.E., C.I.E., until recently His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Bangkok.
• Eugen Millington-Drake, Esq., C.M.G., until recently His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Montevideo.

Honorary KCMG

• His Highness Hasan Nuruddin Iskander II, Sultan of the Maldives.

• Hubert Miles Gladwyn Jebb, Esq., Foreign Policy Adviser, Ministry of Economic Warfare.
• David Hume Lyal, Esq., M.B.E., Director, Department of Overseas Trade.
• Thomas Michael Burke, Esq. For public services in the State of Victoria.
• Stephen Lewis Holmes, Esq., M.C., Assistant Secretary, Dominions Office.
• John Hubert Preston, Esq., M.C., lately a Member of the Commission of Government, Newfoundland.
• Thomas George Wilson, Esq., M.D., F.R.C.S., a prominent gynaecologist in the State of South Australia.
• James Baxter, Esq., Financial Adviser to the Governor of Burma.
• George Neil Farquhar, Esq., M.C., Colonial Administrative Service, Financial Secretary, Gold Coast.
• Dugan Homfray Hampshire, Esq. For public services in the Federated Malay States.
• William Leslie Heape, Esq., Colonial Administrative Service, Colonial Secretary, Bahamas.
• Stephen Oswald Vere Hodge, Esq., Colonial Administrative Service, Provincial Commissioner, Kenya.
• Theo Hoskyns-Abrahall, Esq., Colonial Administrative Service, Deputy Chief Secretary, Nigeria.
• Alec Seath Kirkbride, Esq., O.B.E., M.C., Colonial Administrative Service, British Resident, Trans-Jordan.
• Major Granville St John Orde Browne, Esq., O.B.E., Labour Adviser to the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
• John Clark Stronach, Esq., Director of Public Works, Kenya.
• Leslie Tester, Esq., M.C., Colonial Administrative Service, Financial Secretary, Kenya.
• Arthur John Wakefield, Esq., Inspector-General of Agriculture for the West Indies, and Agricultural Adviser to the Comptroller for Development and Welfare in the West Indies.
• George Henry Webster, Esq., O.B.E., Colonial Postal Service, Postmaster-General, Palestine.
• Hyman Weisberg, Esq., Colonial Administrative Service, Financial Secretary, Straits Settlements.
• Nevile Montagu Butler, Esq., C.V.O., Head of the North American Department, Foreign Office.
• Victor Frederick William Cavendish-Bentinck, Esq., Head of the Dominions Intelligence Department, Foreign Office.
• Arthur Byres Hutcheon, Esq., O.B.E., Head of the Consular Department, Foreign Office.
• Thomas Ifor Rees, Esq., His Majesty's Consul-General at Mexico City.
• Harry Chapman Sinderson, Esq., O.B.E., M.V.O., Professor of Medicine, Royal College of Medicine, Iraq.
• Captain Herbert Bardsley Taylor, R.N. For services rendered to the Foreign Office.
• George Gordon Medlicott Vereker, Esq., M.C., until recently His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Helsingfors.

• Claude Henry Gidney, Esq., C.S.I., C.I.E., Indian Political Service, Resident at Hyderabad.
• Tennant Sloan, Esq., C.S.I., C.I.E., Indian Civil Service, Adviser to His Excellency the Governor of the United Provinces.
• Lieutenant-General Donald Kenneth McLeod, C.B., D.S.O., Indian Army, General Officer Commanding the Army in Burma.
• John Anderson Thorne, Esq., C.S.I., C.I.E., Indian Civil Service, Secretary to the Governor-General (Public).
• Frederick Hale Puckle, Esq., C.S.I., C.I.E., Indian Civil Service, Secretary to the Government of India in the Department of Information and Broadcasting.
• John Charles Walton, Esq., C.B., M.C., lately Assistant Under-Secretary of State for India.
• Sir George Riddoch Campbell, lately Shipping Controller for India and Representative of the Ministry of War Transport in India, Burma and Ceylon.

• Sonti Venkata Ramamurty, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Chief Secretary to the Government of Madras.
• Ewen Moore Gawne, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Member, Board of Revenue, Madras.
• Colonel (acting Major-General) Rob McGregor Macdonald Lockhart, M.C., Secretary, Military Department, India Office, and lately Director of Staff Duties, General Headquarters, India.
• Rana Shri Ranjitsinhji Gambhirsinhji, Thakor of Jambughoda.
• Zahid Husain, Esq., Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Additional Financial Adviser (Supply), Military Finance Department, Government of India.
• Charles Vanne Salusbury, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Commissioner, Ambala Division, Punjab.
• George Christian Laughton, Esq., Agent and General Manager, Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Company, Bombay.
• Robert William Targett, Esq., Deputy Director-General, Department of Supply, Government of India.
• Balchandra Krishna Gokhale, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Officiating Commissioner, Bhagalpur Division, Bihar.
• Colonel (Temporary Brigadier) Roger Crofton, M.C., Indian Army, Director of Armaments, General Headquarters, India.
• Colonel (Temporary Brigadier) Keith de Lorentz Young, M.C., Indian Army, Commandant, Indian Military Academy, Dehra Dun.
• Colonel (Temporary Brigadier) Cyril Maton Periam Durnford, Indian Army, Brigadier, General Staff, Northern Command, India.
• Archibald Gifford Scott, Esq., Indian Police, Officiating Inspector-General of Police, Central Provinces and Berar.
• Harnam Das Bhanot, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Secretary to the Government of the Punjab in the Finance Department.
• Ronald Leslie Walker, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Secretary to the Government of Bengal in the Finance Department.
• Joseph Richard Harrison, Esq., Chief Mining Engineer, Railway Board, Calcutta.
• James Currie MacDougall, Esq., Indian Agricultural Service, Director of Agriculture, Central Provinces and Berar.
• Satis Chandra Majumdar, Esq., Chief Engineer, Communication and Works Department, Irrigation Branch, Bengal.
• Vaduvur Shrinivas Sundaram, Esq., Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Accountant-General, Madras (on leave).
• Lieutenant-Colonel Madan Gopal Bhandari, Indian Medical Service, Inspector of Prisons, Bombay.
• Colonel Arthur Frank Friend Thomas, Deputy Controller-General of Inspection, Department of Supply, Government of India.
• Leonard Burges Gilbert, Esq., Indian Service of Engineers, Chief Engineer, Public Works Department (Buildings and Roads), United Provinces.
• Gerald Lacey, Esq., Indian Service of Engineers, Chief Engineer, Irrigation Branch, United Provinces.
• Lieutenant-Colonel William Elliot Randal Dimond, L.R.C.P. & S., D.P.H. (Dub.), Indian Medical Service, lately Officiating Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals, North-West Frontier Province.
• Major Henry Mortimer Poulton, Indian Political Service, Political Agent, Bundelkhand, Central India.
• Lancelot Cecil Lepel Griffin, Indian Political Service, Political Agent, Orissa States.
• Francis Everard Sharp, Esq., Indian Police, Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Criminal Investigation Department, Bombay.
• Reginald Norman Marsh-Smith, Esq., Indian Police, Inspector-General of A.R.P. and Civic Guard, United Provinces.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Martin Melvin Cruickshank, Indian Medical Service, Chief Medical Officer and Civil Surgeon, Delhi, and lately Superintendent, Government General Hospital, Madras.
• William Christopher Wordsworth, Esq., Indian Education Service (retired), Member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly.
• John Wilfred Nicholson, Esq., Indian Forest Service, Conservator of Forests, Orissa.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Hay, M.B., D.P.H., D.T.M. & H., Indian Medical Service, Deputy Director-General, Indian Medical Service.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Henry Harty, M.B., M.R.C.S., Indian Medical Service, Civil Surgeon and Superintendent, B. J. Medical School, and Superintendent, Mental Hospital, Ahmedabad, Bombay.
• George Herbert Baxter, Esq., Secretary, Financial Department, India Office.
• Waris Ameer Ali, Esq., Indian Civil Service (retired), Honorary War Services Liaison Officer in the Office of the High Commission for India, London.
• Rai Bahadir Dinanath, Barrister-at Law, Prime Minister, Indore State, Central India.
• James Jones, Esq., of Messrs James Finlay and Company, Chairman, Indian Tea Association.
• Sri Krishna, Esq., PhD, D.Sc. (Lond.), F.I.C., F.N.I., Biochemist, Forest Research Institute, Dehra Dun.
• Roger Thomas, Esq., Managing Director, Sind Land Development Company, Sind.

• Brigadier-General Sir Smith Hill Child, Bt., K.C.V.O., C.B, C.M.G., D.S.O.

• Lieutenant-Colonel The Honourable Piers Walter Legh, C.M.G., C.I.E., C.V.O., O.B.E.

• Ronald Clive Wallace Burn, Esq.
• John Francis Gore, Esq., T.D.

At this time the two lowest classes of the Royal Victorian Order were "Member (fourth class)" and "Member (fifth class)", both with post-nominals MVO. "Member (fourth class)" was renamed "Lieutenant" (LVO) from the 1985 New Year Honours onwards.

Fourth Class

• George Alfred Titman, O.B.E., M.V.O.

Fifth Class

• John Davidson, Esq.
• Marjorie Lewis Martin, Mrs Heagarty.
• Herbert Allen Smith, Esq.

• Admiral Bertram Sackville Thesiger, C.B., C.M.G. (Retired).
• Vice-Admiral Raymond Fitzmaurice, D.S.O. (Retired).
• Lieutenant-General Lionel Vivian Bond, C.B., retired pay, Colonel Commandant, Royal Engineers.
• Major-General John Palairet Scobell, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., retired pay, late The Royal Norfolk Regiment.
• Major-General (acting Lieutenant-General) Arthur Francis Smith, C.B., D.S.O., M.C., late Coldstream Guards.
• Major-General Bernard Cyril Freyberg, V.C., C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., LL.D., New Zealand Military Service.

• Thomas Henderson, Chief Engineer, SS Empire Bond, O.B.E

• S. G. Karmarkar, Royal Indian Naval Reserve