Honours list
Birthday Honours List 1939
Published 14 June 1939. Celebrating exceptional achievements and distinguished service across the United Kingdom and overseas territories.
What was awarded
How the 682 Birthday Honours 1939 honours break down - from the British Empire Medal to knighthoods and damehoods. Select an award to see its recipients.
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- CBCompanion of the Order of the Bath4 · 1%
- GCMGKnight or Dame Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George2 · 0%
- DCMGDame Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George1 · 0%
- KCMGKnight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George16 · 2%
- CMGCompanion of the Order of St Michael and St George45 · 7%
- CVOCommander of the Royal Victorian Order42 · 6%
- KBEKnight Commander of the Order of the British Empire13 · 2%
- CBECommander of the Order of the British Empire64 · 9%
- OBEOfficer of the Order of the British Empire186 · 27%
- MBEMember of the Order of the British Empire279 · 41%
- Other30 · 4%
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682 people
Flying Morris Michael Kane
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Royal Air Force
Flying William John Stephen Barnard
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Royal Air Force
Clement Edgar Reed
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Royal Air Force
William Sidney Arthur Stewart
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Royal Air Force
Harry Fletcher
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Royal Air Force
Stephen Edward Hearnden
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Royal Air Force
Kathleen Browne
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Honorary Secretary
Lucy Compson Daw
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Matron
William Crick
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Honorary Secretary
— Annie Baines
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Matron
William Andrew Frost
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Commissioned Gunner Alfred Harold Turton
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Commissioned Engineer James BarlowNewton
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Commissioned Engineer Albert John Lee
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Signal Boatswain Norman Stark Balfour
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Frederick John Raymont
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Senior Master John Arthur Gloury
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Commissioned Writer John Xavier Scares
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Su-badar Ghulam Akbar Babar
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Arthur Norman Bagshaw Northern Rhodesia Regiment (Captain
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
John Balderstone
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
No. 3302874
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
No. 528532
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
No. 5720606
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939