INVESTITURE AT

BUCKINGHAM PALACE

on Tuesday, 6th July, 1954,

at 11 o'clock a.m.

THE GEORGE CROSS. To be Decorated:—

Fusilier Derek Kinne, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.

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THE MOST HONOURABLE ORDER OF THE BATH.

To be Knights Grand Cross:—

Military Division:—

General Sir Cameron Nicholson.

Civil Division:—

Sir John Lang.

THE ROYAL VICTORIAN ORDER.

To be a Knight Grand Cross:—

Air Chief Marshal Sir William Elliot (also to be a Knight Commander of the Military Division of the Order of the Bath).

THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE.

To be a Knight Grand Cross:—

Military Division:—

Air Chief Marshal Sir John Whitworth Jones.

Civil Division:—

To be a Dame Grand Cross:—

The Countess of Limerick. .•

To be a Knight Grand Cross:— Sir Hilary Blood.

To receive the Honour of Knighthood and to be a Knight Grand Cross:— The Lord Aberdare.

THE MOST HONOURABLE ORDER OF THE BATH.

Military Division:—

Knight Commander to receive the Honour of Knighthood:—

Vice-Admiral Sir Peveril WillianvPowlett.

To be a Knight Commander:—

Lieutenant-General Sir Euan Miller.

To receive the Honour of Knighthood and to be a Knight Commander:— Air Marshal Walter Dawson.

Civil Division:—

To be Knights Commanders:— Sir Eric Bowyer.

Sir John Rowlatt.

To receive the Honour of Knighthood and to be a Knight Commander:— Mr. Francis Lascelles.

THE MOST DISTINGUISHED ORDER OF SAINT MICHAEL AND SAINT GEORGE.

Knight Commander to receive the Honour of Knighthood:— Sir John Rankine.

To receive the Honour of Knighthood and to be Knights Commanders:— Mr. Saville Garner,

Major-General Leslie Nicholls. Sir Andrew Noble, Bt.

Mr. Paul Sinker.

THE MOST EMINENT ORDER OF THE INDIAN EMPIRE.

Knight Commander to receive the Honour of Knighthood:— Sir John Tyson.

THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE.

Military Division:—

To receive the honour of Knighthood and to be Knights Commanders:— Vice-Admiral Sydney Raw,

Rear-Admiral (E) Alexander McGlashan, Lieutenant-General John Eldridge,

Air Marshal Gerald Gibbs,

Air Marshal Lawrence Pendred.

Civil Division:—

To be Dames Commanders:—

Dame Lilian Bromley Davenport, Dame Edith Sitwell.

To be a Knight Commander:—

Colonel Sir Ellis Robins.

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THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE—continued.

To receive the Honour of Knighthood and to be Knights Commanders:—

Sir Frank Gibbs,

Mr. Isaac Armer,

Major-General The Viscount Bridgeman, Mr. Andrew Innes,

j-,— Mr. Leonard Lord,

The Right Honourable William Mabane,

Mr. Ivan Stedeford.

KNIGHTS BACHELOR.

To receive the honour of Knighthood:—

Mr. Donald Allen,

Mr. Linton Andrews,

Mr. Frederick Baker,

Mr. Beverley Baxter, M P., Mr. Chester Beatty,

Colonel Geoffrey Beazley,

Mr. Peter Bell,

Mr. Stanley Bell,

Mr. Russell Brock,

Mr. Arthur Bryant,

Mr. John Cameron,

Mr. Francis Clayton,

Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Lowry-Corry,

Mr. Richard Costain,

Mr. Albert Day,

Mr. Gavin de Beer,

Mr. Eric Edwards,

Mr. Arthur Evans,

Mr. Hamilton Gibb,

Mr. Arnold Hall,

Commander Stephen King=Hall,

Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Hope,

Mr. William Home,

Mr. John Howard,

Mr. Herbert Janes,

Mr. William Kerr,

Mr. Thomas Overy,

Mr. Howard Robertson,

Mr. Roland Robinson, M P., Mr. Thomas Robson,

Mr. James Roxburgh,

Mr. Percy Sanders,

Mr. Frederick Scopes,

Mr. Francis Simon,

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KNIGHTS BACHELOR—continued.

To receive the Honour of Knighthood :—

Mr. Matthew Smith,

Mr. John Somerville, Mr. Robert Speed,

Mr. Thomas Taylor, Mr. Alexander Todd,

Mr. Thomas Tomlinson,

Mr. Francis Tudsbery,

Major Arnold Waters,

Mr. John Wenham.

THE MOST HONOURABLE ORDER OF THE BATH.

To be Companions:—

Military Division:—

Rear-Admiral Robert Elkins,

Rear-Admiral Richard Onslow,

Rear-Admiral (E) Charles Littlewood,

Major-General Campbell Hardy, Royal Marines, Major-General Valentine Boucher,

Major-General Frederick Hext,

Major-General Wilfrid Lord,

Major-General Richard Murphy, Major-General John Walkey,

Brigadier Charles Jerrard (also to be a Commander of the Militarv Division of the Order of the British Empire),

Air Vice-Marshal John Franks,

Air Vice-Marshal Peter Cracroft, Air Commodore Ellacott Ward.

Civil Division:—

Mr. Philip Allen,

Mr. Terence Bird,

Mr. Ernest Brookes, Mr. James Dodds,

Mr. Eric Jackson,

Mr. David Lyal,

Mr. Charles Maher,

Mr. Malcolm Murray,

Mr. George Oake,

Mr. Herbert Pengelly,

Mr. William Wolverson.

THE MOST DISTINGUISHED ORDER OF SAINT MICHAEL AND SAINT GEORGE.

To be Companions:—

Mr. Harold Freese-Pennefather, Mr. Michael Williams.

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THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE.

To be Commanders:—

Military Division:—

('olonel Sheila Cooke, Women's Royal Army Corps, Rear-Admiral (E) Robert Parker, Captain Godfrey French, Royal Navy, Instructor Captain Peter Bracelin, Royal Navy, Captain (S) Norman Cooper, Royal Navy, Captain (S) William Cooper, Royal Navy, Colonel Walter North, Royal Marines, Major-General Nigel Tapp, Brigadier Harold Eking, Brigadier Richard Goodwin, Brigadier Alexander Jackson, Brigadier Herbert McGregor, Brigadier John Metcalfe, Brigadier Charles Vint, Brigadier Ronald Nicholson, Air ( ommodore Montagu Ommanney, Group Captain Cyril Baines, Group Captain Albert Younghusband.

Civil Division:—

Miss May Andrew, Miss Kathleen Kenyon, Mr. William Alexander, Mr. William Allan, Mr. John Attenborough, Mr. Walter Bakel, Mr. Arthur Baker, Mr. Bertram Benas. Mr. William Benton, Mr. William Black, Mr. Alfred Blanshard, Mr. James Burnett, Mr. Lovat Fraser, Mr. Gilbert Little, Colonel Sir Basil McFarland, Bt., Mr. Joseph Pillman, Mr. Richard Sugars.

THE ROYAL VICTORIAN ORDER.

To be a Member of the Fourth Class:—

Lieutenant-Colonel Claude Worrall, Coldstream Guards.

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THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE.

To be Officers:—

Military Division:—

Captain (S) John Proctor, Royal Navy,

Commander (E) Hew Binning, Royal Navy, Colonel Joseph Harper,

Colonel Mark Lindsey,

Lieutenant-Colonel George Adams, The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel Denis Ainley, Royal Artillery,

Lieutenant-Colonel John Filmer= Bennett, The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, The Reverend Norman Copeland, Royal Army Chaplains' Department, Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Hatton, Royal Army Ordnance Corps,

Lieutenant-Colonel George Perkins, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Stear, The Royal Fusiliers,

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Stephen, Royal Army Medical Corps, Lieutenant-Colonel Clifford Tumber, Employed List 9,

Lieutenant-Colonel Wilfred Vaughan, Royal Army Educational Corps, Lieutenant-Colonel V ivian Witpen, Army Catering Corps,

Lieutenant-Colonel John Wykes, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Major Thomas Cochrane, Royal Engineers, Group Captain John Russell,

Wing Commander Tom Bradley,

Squadron Leader David Dattner.

Civil Division:—

Miss Helen Armfield,

Miss Kathleen Bardsley,

Mary, Mrs. Bardsley,

Miss Edith Goring,

Miss Freda Gwilliam,

Bertha, Lady Richardson,

Mr. Robert Ainsworth,

Mr. Robert Alexander,

Mr. Charles Andrew,

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael Baines,

Mr. Edwin Baldwin,

Mr. Lewis Brown,

The Reverend Robert Calderwood,

Captain James Cook, Merchant Navy, Mr. Charles Hodgson,

Mr. Colin Hollingsworth,

Mr. Adrian de Lavison,

Mr. Douglas Leakey,

Mr. Cyril Leon,

Mr. Francis Loyd,

Mr. Ronald McLintic,

Mr. David Pilkington,

Mr. Douglas Pott,

Mr. Alfred Reed,

Mr. Arthur Ruddy,

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THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE—

To be Officers—continued:—

Civil Division—continued:—

Mr. Duncan Stevenson, Mr. John Tanner, Mr. William Tuker, Mr. William West, Mr. John Wilson.

To be Members:—

Military Division:—

Major John Beer, Royal Canadian Artillery, Major George Calvert, Royal Hong Kong Defence Force, Major Thomas Mac Donald, The Royal Canadian Infantry Corps, Major Paul Mayer, The Royal Canadian Infantry Corps, Major David Swannell, The Durham Light Infantry, Squadron Leader John Barford, Flight Lieutenant Edward Bartlett, Flight Lieutenant Frank Cheater, Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Lush, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Flight Lieutenant Howard Bell-Walker.

Civil Division:—

Miss Dorothy Ablett, Miss Dorothy Alloway, Miss Joan Antony, Beatrice, Mrs. Appleby, Mr. William Acott, Mr. William Adam, Mr. Charles Addis, Mr. Alfred Agate, The Reverend Roger Allison, Mr. John Anderson, Purser, Merchant Navy,

Lieutenant-Commander (S) Arthur Baker, Royal Naval Reserve, Purser, Merchant Navy,

Mr. John Buchan, Mr. Joseph Harland, Chief Engineer, Merchant Navy, Mr. Keith Henderson, Mr. Mervyn Hicks, Mr. Alfred Lambert, Chief Engineer, Merchant Navy, Mr. Alfred Owrid, Mr. John Paice, Mr. Achilles Papadopoulos, Mr. Jack Rose, Mr. Alfred Slator, Major William Spens. Mr. Frank Tom kiss, Major Philip Tuckey, Mr. John Walker.

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THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS.

To be Decorated:—

Commander John Hamer, Royal Navy.

THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS.

To be Decorated:—

Squadron Leader John Ormston,

Flight Lieutenant Melville Bennett,

Flight Lieutenant George Chesworth,

Flight Lieutenant David Fleming.

THE AIR FORCE CROSS.

To receive a Bar:—

Squadron Leader Frederick Hazlewood.

To be Decorated:—

Wing Commander John Shaw,

Squadron Leader Donald Cuthbertson, Royal Canadian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant Ernest Chandler.

THE BRONZE MEDAL FOR GALLANTRY IN SAVING LIFE AT SEA.

To be Decorated:—

Mr. William Warner, Merchant Navy.

THE POLAR MEDAL (SILVER).

To be Decorated:—

Dr. James Andrew,

Mr. William Flett.

NEXT-OF-KIN.

Miss Curtis (accompanied by her Grandmother) to receive the Victoria Cross awarded to her father, the late Lieutenant Philip Curtis, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry.

Mr. and Mrs. Waters to receive the George Cross awarded to their son, the late Lieutenant Terence Waters, The West Yorkshire Regiment.