Honours list
Birthday Honours List 1941
Published 14 June 1941. Celebrating exceptional achievements and distinguished service across the United Kingdom and overseas territories.
What was awarded
How the 629 Birthday Honours 1941 honours break down - from the British Empire Medal to knighthoods and damehoods. Select an award to see its recipients.
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- GCBKnight or Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath2 · 0%
- KCBKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath12 · 2%
- CBCompanion of the Order of the Bath64 · 10%
- DBEDame Commander of the Order of the British Empire1 · 0%
- KBEKnight Commander of the Order of the British Empire7 · 1%
- CBECommander of the Order of the British Empire63 · 10%
- OBEOfficer of the Order of the British Empire185 · 29%
- MBEMember of the Order of the British Empire271 · 43%
- Other24 · 4%
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Herbert Gauntlett
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1941
Chairman
Doris Knott
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1941
“For services to Civil Defence.”
Mary Size
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1941
Governor
Marie Adami
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1941
Harold Humphrey Allen
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1941
“for Civil Defence, Western Dumbarton- shire.”
Caleb Ashton
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1941
Charlie Creswick Atkinson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1941
James Eric Austin
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1941
Harold Ayrey
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1941
John Marshall Bailey
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1941
Myra Beal
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1941
James Hentsch Blackney
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1941
Percival Walter Blanchard
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1941
George Robert Bolton
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1941
Cornelia Frances Eileen Bower
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1941
Robert Bowman
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1941
“For services to Civil Defence.”
Ethel Margaret Spratt Bowring
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1941
Charles Christopher Boy Ian
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1941
Lily Boys
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1941
“for Civil Defence, Lindsey, Lincolnshire.”
Arthur Bramley
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1941
Robert Brand
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1941
“For services to Civil Defence.”
Samuel Edwin Britten
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1941
Edmund Ernest Stockwell Brown
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1941
Richard Bryan
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1941