The King's Birthday Honours 1932 were appointments by King
George V to
various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by members of the
British Empire. The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of The King. They were published on 3 June 1932.[1]
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.
Lieutenant-Colonel
Francis Edward Fremantle, OBE, TD, MD, FRCS, JP, DL, MP, Member of Parliament for
St. Albans since December 1919. For political and public services.
Percy Angier Hurd, MP, Member of Parliament for
Devizes Division of Wiltshire since 1924, and for
Frome, December 1918–23. For political and public services.
John Davenport Siddeley, CBE, FRAeS, Chairman and Managing Director of
Armstrong Siddeley Motors Ltd. For public services in connection with mechanical development in the Defence Forces.
(Arthur) Stanley Woodwark, CMG, CBE, MD, FRCP, JP, DL, Lately Medical Arbitrator for Trade Union and Friendly Societies Insurance Funds. For political and public services.
Joseph Benjamin George Smith, CIE, Indian Service of Engineers, Chief Engineer and Secretary to the Government of the Punjab in the Public Works Department, Irrigation Branch.
Percivale Liesching, Principal,
Dominions Office, lately a Secretary in the Office of the High Commissioner in Canada for His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom.
Edward Robert Mifsud, OBE, Private Secretary to the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of
Malta, Secretary to the Maltese Imperial Government, and Clerk of Councils.
Elizabeth Ann Tweedale, ARRC, JP,
Dame of Grace of the Order of St. John, Lady District Superintendent of No. 4 District of the St. John Ambulance Brigade.
Robert Townsend Warner, Secretary, Development Commission.
Frederick Horton Wynne, His Majesty's Deputy Chief Inspector of Mines.
Henry Forster Handley-Derry, one of His Majesty's Consuls in China.
Douglas William Gumbley, OBE, ISO, Inspector-General, Posts and Telegraphs, and Director of Civil Aviation, Ministry of Economics and Communications,
Iraq.
Major Andrew Barkworth Wright, MC, Chief Assistant Secretary,
Cyprus. For services while acting as Colonial Secretary during the disturbances in Cyprus in October 1931.
Margaret Anderson, Lady Superintendent, East End Maternity Hospital.
William Austin Balls, Past Master of the
Worshipful Company of Bakers of the City of London. For public services.
Marion Brodie Blackie, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the
Scottish Council for Women's Trades, President of the Women's Friendly Society for Scotland.
Edward John Hayward, Clerk to the Cardiff Justices. A member of the Probation Advisory Committee.
William Henderson, MBE, Controller, Statistical Office, Board of Customs and Excise.
Albert Mayon Henshaw, MInstCE, MIME, JP. For many years a Central Examiner to the Board for Mining Examinations, Mines Department, and a member of the Safety in Mines Research Board.
Maud Mary Jeffery, Agent for the
Commissioners of Crown Lands. Founder and President of the
Octavia Hill Club. For services in the training of women for the work of estate management.
Ethel Mary Le Plastrier, Superintendent, Money Order Department, General Post Office.
Eleanor Melville, JP. For political and public services in Warwickshire.
Ralph Stransham Oldham, MD, BCh, Principal Medical Officer, Ministry of Pensions.
Major James Parsons, TD, JP. For many years Chairman of the Great Berkhampstead Urban District Council. For public services in
Berkhampstead and district.
Frederick Thomas Morehead, Indian Forest Service, Deputy Conservator of Forests, Insein, Burma.
Sardar BahadurBalwant Singh Puri, Assistant Secretary of the Indian Red Cross Society and the St. John Ambulance Association, and Honorary Secretary of the British Empire Leprosy Relief Association, Indian Council.
John Keith Stanford, MC, Indian Civil Service, Deputy Commissioner,
Henzada, Burma.
Charles Winter Scott, DFC, Indian Forest Service, Forest Economist to the Government of Burma.
Clyne Garden Stewart, Indian Police Service, District Superintendent of Police, Burma.
Major David Rees Thomas, MB, ChB. (Edin.), Indian Medical Service, Chemical Examiner to the Government of the
Punjab.
Eric Charles Bendyshe Walton, Hydro-Electric Engineer,
United Provinces.
Arthur John Stanley White, Indian Civil Service, Deputy Commissioner,
Thayetmyo, Burma.
George William Murray Woods, Indian Forest Service, Burma.
Cecil James Juxon Talbot Barton, District Officer,
Kenya.
Andrew Connal, MD, lately of the West African Medical Staff. For services as Deputy Director, Laboratory Service, Nigeria.
Altamont Ernest Da Costa, MBE, Elected Member of the Legislative Council, and Custos of Kingston, Jamaica. For public services.
Francis Dias, Nominated Unofficial Member of the Executive Council and Elected Member of the Legislative Council of
British Guiana. For public services.
William Gemmel Fairweather, AMICE, Director of Surveys,
Northern Rhodesia.
Captain Arthur Marlay Floury, Commissioner of
Paphos District,
Cyprus. For services during the disturbances in Cyprus in October 1931.
No. S/8842 Warrant Officer, Class I, Staff Sergeant-Major John Richard Boxall, DCM,
Royal Army Service Corps.
No. 3511072 Warrant Officer, Class II, Regimental Quartermaster-Sergeant William Henry Christy, DCM, 5th Battalion, The
Manchester Regiment, Territorial Army.
Lieutenant and Assistant Inspector of Armourers Francis Thomas Comerford,
Royal Army Ordnance Corps.
No. S/753 Warrant Officer, Class I, 1st Class Staff Sergeant-Major James Macrow Connolly, Royal Army Service Corps.
Lieutenant (Quarter-Master) John Cook, Depot,
Scots Guards.
No. 6837400 Regimental Sergeant-Major Instructor William Crofts, Indian Unattached List, Army School of Physical Training,
Ambala, India.
No. 536864 Warrant Officer, Class I, Regimental Sergeant-Major Frederick Albert Hannam, DCM,
15th/19th Hussars.
No. 7109095 Warrant Officer, Class II, Company Sergeant-Major (acting Regimental Sergeant-Major) Francis Hargadon, The
South Wales Borderers, attached The
Monmouthshire Regiment, Territorial Army.
No. 7245432 Warrant Officer, Class I, Sergeant-Major Robert Edward Harvey, DCM,
Royal Army Medical Corps.
No. 1401020 Warrant Officer, Class I, Sergeant-Major Artillery Clerk, now Lieutenant (District Officer), Albert Edward Hazell, Royal Artillery.
Captain Bertram Lawrence Herdon, Indian Army Reserve of Officers, employed Signal Training Battalion, Signal Training Centre, India.
Warrant Officer, Class II, Company Sergeant-Major John Higgins,
Iraq Levies.
No. 1852195 Warrant Officer, Class I, Staff Sergeant-Major Albert James Martin Hill, Royal Army Service Corps.
No. 2972002 Warrant Officer, Class II, Regimental Quartermaster-Sergeant James Hosie, 9th Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's), Territorial Army.
Lieutenant (Quarter-Master) James Henry Hunt, Royal Army Medical Corps, Territorial Army.
Subadar-Major and Honorary Lieutenant Kehar Singh, Indian Army Service Corps, Instructor, Mechanical Transport, Depot,
Chaklala, India.
Major Henry Joseph King, Special List of Quartermasters, 10th Battalion,
20th Burma Rifles, Indian Army.
No. 5877142 Warrant Officer, Class II, Company Sergeant-Major William Langton, 4th Battalion, The
Northamptonshire Regiment, Territorial Army.
No. 4435229 Warrant Officer, Class I, Regimental Sergeant-Major Cyril Herbert Makeham, late 1st Battalion, The
Durham Light Infantry.
No. 7574452 Warrant Officer, Class I, Sub-Conductor Henry Arthur Miles, Royal Army Ordnance Corps.
No. 1407197 Warrant Officer, Class I, Experimental Sergeant-Major Frederick Peck, DCM, Royal Artillery.
Major (Commissary) Joseph Piper, Indian Miscellaneous List, Officer Supervisor, Military Secretary's Branch, Army Headquarters.
No. 1852658 Warrant Officer, Class II, Company Sergeant-Major (acting Regimental Sergeant-Major) Harry Alfred Poole, late Royal Engineers, attached, Royal Engineers Supplementary Reserve.
No. S/27003 Warrant Officer, Class II, Staff Quartermaster-Sergeant Walter Wilson Rixon, Royal Army Service Corps, Territorial Army.
No. 1850797 Warrant Officer, Class II (Education), Edmund Reginald Rogerson,
Army Educational Corps.
Captain (Quarter-Master) Peter Shaw, 2nd Battalion, The
Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment).
No. 1851053 Warrant Officer, Class I, Superintending Clerk Alfred Robert Shearman, Royal Engineers.
No. 4736064 Warrant Officer, Class II, Regimental Quartermaster-Sergeant, Fitz Walter Turton, The Hallamshire Battalion, The
York and Lancaster Regiment, Territorial Army.
No. 2306288 Warrant Officer, Class I, Superintending Clerk, John Thursby Wigglesworth,
Royal Corps of Signals.
No. 1851489 Warrant Officer, Class I, Superintending Clerk, George Alfred Woolgar, Royal Engineers.
Major (Commissary) Alexander Wyatt, Indian Miscellaneous List, Officer Supervisor, Adjutant General's Branch, Army Headquarters.
Sheikh Tahir bin Abu baker el Amawi, Kathi (Arab Judge), Zanzibar.
Medal of the Order of the British Empire
For Meritorious Service.
Military Division
Royal Navy
Thomas George Lockyer, Stoker Petty Officer (now Chief Stoker) O.N. P/K 59658. (
HMS London).
Francis William Wallace, Corporal, Royal Marines, Ply/22562. (
HMS Colombo).
Lionel Cecil Nelson Poole, Leading Seaman, O.N. P/J 48225. (HMS London).
Army
No. 3950154 Sergeant (acting Company Sergeant-Major Instructor) James Reuben Carlisle,
The Welch Regiment, attached Federated Malay States Volunteer Force.
Kang Sin Yew, Detective Sub-Inspector, Federated Malay States Police.
Antonios Stavrou Zachariades, Inspector of Machinery and Plant, Forest Department,
Cyprus. For services during the disturbances in Cyprus in October 1931.
Companion of the Imperial Service Order (ISO)
Home Civil Service
Francis William Bickle, Principal Surveyor for Tonnage, Board of Trade.
William Gaskell, Chief Clerk, Factory Department, Home Office.
Frederick Thomas Green, Vice-Controller, London Postal Service.
Alfred Fitzgerald Hart, Principal Clerk, Principal Probate Registry.
Thomas Sydney Owen, Senior Staff Clerk, Ministry of Labour.
Henry Edward Treharne Rees, Architect, HM Office of Works and Public Buildings.
Dominions
Joseph Edward Broadbent, Parliamentary Draftsman, State of Queensland.
William Nevin Tatlow Hurst, Secretary for Lands, Lands and Surveys Department, State of Tasmania.
Edward Parkes, Under Secretary, Chief Electoral Officer and Clerk to the Executive Council, State of Tasmania.
The King's Birthday Honours 1932 were appointments by King
George V to
various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by members of the
British Empire. The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of The King. They were published on 3 June 1932.[1]
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.
Lieutenant-Colonel
Francis Edward Fremantle, OBE, TD, MD, FRCS, JP, DL, MP, Member of Parliament for
St. Albans since December 1919. For political and public services.
Percy Angier Hurd, MP, Member of Parliament for
Devizes Division of Wiltshire since 1924, and for
Frome, December 1918–23. For political and public services.
John Davenport Siddeley, CBE, FRAeS, Chairman and Managing Director of
Armstrong Siddeley Motors Ltd. For public services in connection with mechanical development in the Defence Forces.
(Arthur) Stanley Woodwark, CMG, CBE, MD, FRCP, JP, DL, Lately Medical Arbitrator for Trade Union and Friendly Societies Insurance Funds. For political and public services.
Joseph Benjamin George Smith, CIE, Indian Service of Engineers, Chief Engineer and Secretary to the Government of the Punjab in the Public Works Department, Irrigation Branch.
Percivale Liesching, Principal,
Dominions Office, lately a Secretary in the Office of the High Commissioner in Canada for His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom.
Edward Robert Mifsud, OBE, Private Secretary to the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of
Malta, Secretary to the Maltese Imperial Government, and Clerk of Councils.
Elizabeth Ann Tweedale, ARRC, JP,
Dame of Grace of the Order of St. John, Lady District Superintendent of No. 4 District of the St. John Ambulance Brigade.
Robert Townsend Warner, Secretary, Development Commission.
Frederick Horton Wynne, His Majesty's Deputy Chief Inspector of Mines.
Henry Forster Handley-Derry, one of His Majesty's Consuls in China.
Douglas William Gumbley, OBE, ISO, Inspector-General, Posts and Telegraphs, and Director of Civil Aviation, Ministry of Economics and Communications,
Iraq.
Major Andrew Barkworth Wright, MC, Chief Assistant Secretary,
Cyprus. For services while acting as Colonial Secretary during the disturbances in Cyprus in October 1931.
Margaret Anderson, Lady Superintendent, East End Maternity Hospital.
William Austin Balls, Past Master of the
Worshipful Company of Bakers of the City of London. For public services.
Marion Brodie Blackie, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the
Scottish Council for Women's Trades, President of the Women's Friendly Society for Scotland.
Edward John Hayward, Clerk to the Cardiff Justices. A member of the Probation Advisory Committee.
William Henderson, MBE, Controller, Statistical Office, Board of Customs and Excise.
Albert Mayon Henshaw, MInstCE, MIME, JP. For many years a Central Examiner to the Board for Mining Examinations, Mines Department, and a member of the Safety in Mines Research Board.
Maud Mary Jeffery, Agent for the
Commissioners of Crown Lands. Founder and President of the
Octavia Hill Club. For services in the training of women for the work of estate management.
Ethel Mary Le Plastrier, Superintendent, Money Order Department, General Post Office.
Eleanor Melville, JP. For political and public services in Warwickshire.
Ralph Stransham Oldham, MD, BCh, Principal Medical Officer, Ministry of Pensions.
Major James Parsons, TD, JP. For many years Chairman of the Great Berkhampstead Urban District Council. For public services in
Berkhampstead and district.
Frederick Thomas Morehead, Indian Forest Service, Deputy Conservator of Forests, Insein, Burma.
Sardar BahadurBalwant Singh Puri, Assistant Secretary of the Indian Red Cross Society and the St. John Ambulance Association, and Honorary Secretary of the British Empire Leprosy Relief Association, Indian Council.
John Keith Stanford, MC, Indian Civil Service, Deputy Commissioner,
Henzada, Burma.
Charles Winter Scott, DFC, Indian Forest Service, Forest Economist to the Government of Burma.
Clyne Garden Stewart, Indian Police Service, District Superintendent of Police, Burma.
Major David Rees Thomas, MB, ChB. (Edin.), Indian Medical Service, Chemical Examiner to the Government of the
Punjab.
Eric Charles Bendyshe Walton, Hydro-Electric Engineer,
United Provinces.
Arthur John Stanley White, Indian Civil Service, Deputy Commissioner,
Thayetmyo, Burma.
George William Murray Woods, Indian Forest Service, Burma.
Cecil James Juxon Talbot Barton, District Officer,
Kenya.
Andrew Connal, MD, lately of the West African Medical Staff. For services as Deputy Director, Laboratory Service, Nigeria.
Altamont Ernest Da Costa, MBE, Elected Member of the Legislative Council, and Custos of Kingston, Jamaica. For public services.
Francis Dias, Nominated Unofficial Member of the Executive Council and Elected Member of the Legislative Council of
British Guiana. For public services.
William Gemmel Fairweather, AMICE, Director of Surveys,
Northern Rhodesia.
Captain Arthur Marlay Floury, Commissioner of
Paphos District,
Cyprus. For services during the disturbances in Cyprus in October 1931.
No. S/8842 Warrant Officer, Class I, Staff Sergeant-Major John Richard Boxall, DCM,
Royal Army Service Corps.
No. 3511072 Warrant Officer, Class II, Regimental Quartermaster-Sergeant William Henry Christy, DCM, 5th Battalion, The
Manchester Regiment, Territorial Army.
Lieutenant and Assistant Inspector of Armourers Francis Thomas Comerford,
Royal Army Ordnance Corps.
No. S/753 Warrant Officer, Class I, 1st Class Staff Sergeant-Major James Macrow Connolly, Royal Army Service Corps.
Lieutenant (Quarter-Master) John Cook, Depot,
Scots Guards.
No. 6837400 Regimental Sergeant-Major Instructor William Crofts, Indian Unattached List, Army School of Physical Training,
Ambala, India.
No. 536864 Warrant Officer, Class I, Regimental Sergeant-Major Frederick Albert Hannam, DCM,
15th/19th Hussars.
No. 7109095 Warrant Officer, Class II, Company Sergeant-Major (acting Regimental Sergeant-Major) Francis Hargadon, The
South Wales Borderers, attached The
Monmouthshire Regiment, Territorial Army.
No. 7245432 Warrant Officer, Class I, Sergeant-Major Robert Edward Harvey, DCM,
Royal Army Medical Corps.
No. 1401020 Warrant Officer, Class I, Sergeant-Major Artillery Clerk, now Lieutenant (District Officer), Albert Edward Hazell, Royal Artillery.
Captain Bertram Lawrence Herdon, Indian Army Reserve of Officers, employed Signal Training Battalion, Signal Training Centre, India.
Warrant Officer, Class II, Company Sergeant-Major John Higgins,
Iraq Levies.
No. 1852195 Warrant Officer, Class I, Staff Sergeant-Major Albert James Martin Hill, Royal Army Service Corps.
No. 2972002 Warrant Officer, Class II, Regimental Quartermaster-Sergeant James Hosie, 9th Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's), Territorial Army.
Lieutenant (Quarter-Master) James Henry Hunt, Royal Army Medical Corps, Territorial Army.
Subadar-Major and Honorary Lieutenant Kehar Singh, Indian Army Service Corps, Instructor, Mechanical Transport, Depot,
Chaklala, India.
Major Henry Joseph King, Special List of Quartermasters, 10th Battalion,
20th Burma Rifles, Indian Army.
No. 5877142 Warrant Officer, Class II, Company Sergeant-Major William Langton, 4th Battalion, The
Northamptonshire Regiment, Territorial Army.
No. 4435229 Warrant Officer, Class I, Regimental Sergeant-Major Cyril Herbert Makeham, late 1st Battalion, The
Durham Light Infantry.
No. 7574452 Warrant Officer, Class I, Sub-Conductor Henry Arthur Miles, Royal Army Ordnance Corps.
No. 1407197 Warrant Officer, Class I, Experimental Sergeant-Major Frederick Peck, DCM, Royal Artillery.
Major (Commissary) Joseph Piper, Indian Miscellaneous List, Officer Supervisor, Military Secretary's Branch, Army Headquarters.
No. 1852658 Warrant Officer, Class II, Company Sergeant-Major (acting Regimental Sergeant-Major) Harry Alfred Poole, late Royal Engineers, attached, Royal Engineers Supplementary Reserve.
No. S/27003 Warrant Officer, Class II, Staff Quartermaster-Sergeant Walter Wilson Rixon, Royal Army Service Corps, Territorial Army.
No. 1850797 Warrant Officer, Class II (Education), Edmund Reginald Rogerson,
Army Educational Corps.
Captain (Quarter-Master) Peter Shaw, 2nd Battalion, The
Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment).
No. 1851053 Warrant Officer, Class I, Superintending Clerk Alfred Robert Shearman, Royal Engineers.
No. 4736064 Warrant Officer, Class II, Regimental Quartermaster-Sergeant, Fitz Walter Turton, The Hallamshire Battalion, The
York and Lancaster Regiment, Territorial Army.
No. 2306288 Warrant Officer, Class I, Superintending Clerk, John Thursby Wigglesworth,
Royal Corps of Signals.
No. 1851489 Warrant Officer, Class I, Superintending Clerk, George Alfred Woolgar, Royal Engineers.
Major (Commissary) Alexander Wyatt, Indian Miscellaneous List, Officer Supervisor, Adjutant General's Branch, Army Headquarters.
Sheikh Tahir bin Abu baker el Amawi, Kathi (Arab Judge), Zanzibar.
Medal of the Order of the British Empire
For Meritorious Service.
Military Division
Royal Navy
Thomas George Lockyer, Stoker Petty Officer (now Chief Stoker) O.N. P/K 59658. (
HMS London).
Francis William Wallace, Corporal, Royal Marines, Ply/22562. (
HMS Colombo).
Lionel Cecil Nelson Poole, Leading Seaman, O.N. P/J 48225. (HMS London).
Army
No. 3950154 Sergeant (acting Company Sergeant-Major Instructor) James Reuben Carlisle,
The Welch Regiment, attached Federated Malay States Volunteer Force.
Kang Sin Yew, Detective Sub-Inspector, Federated Malay States Police.
Antonios Stavrou Zachariades, Inspector of Machinery and Plant, Forest Department,
Cyprus. For services during the disturbances in Cyprus in October 1931.
Companion of the Imperial Service Order (ISO)
Home Civil Service
Francis William Bickle, Principal Surveyor for Tonnage, Board of Trade.
William Gaskell, Chief Clerk, Factory Department, Home Office.
Frederick Thomas Green, Vice-Controller, London Postal Service.
Alfred Fitzgerald Hart, Principal Clerk, Principal Probate Registry.
Thomas Sydney Owen, Senior Staff Clerk, Ministry of Labour.
Henry Edward Treharne Rees, Architect, HM Office of Works and Public Buildings.
Dominions
Joseph Edward Broadbent, Parliamentary Draftsman, State of Queensland.
William Nevin Tatlow Hurst, Secretary for Lands, Lands and Surveys Department, State of Tasmania.
Edward Parkes, Under Secretary, Chief Electoral Officer and Clerk to the Executive Council, State of Tasmania.