The MBE award is the Member class of the Order of the British Empire. Usually awarded to army officer of the rank of Major, Captain or Lieutenant as a reward for their loyal service. In some cases the MBE was awarded in stead of a gallantry award.

The Order of the British Empire was created during the First World War in 1917 by George V. The King recognised the necessity for a new award of honour which could be more widely awarded, in recognition of the large numbers of people in the British Isles and other parts of the Empire who were helping the war effort both as combatants and as civilians on the home front. For the first time, women were included in an order of chivalry, and it was decided that the Order should also include foreigners who had helped the British war effort.

From 1918 onwards there were Military and Civil Divisions, as George V also intended that after the war the Order should be used to reward services to the State, defined in a much wider sense to acknowledge distinguished service to the arts and sciences, public services outside the Civil Service and work with charitable and welfare organisations of all kinds. The Order of the British Empire is the order of chivalry of the British democracy. Valuable service is the only criterion for the award, and the Order is now used to reward service in a wide range of useful activities.

Worcestershire Officers who were awarded the MBE (Member of this order)

The rank show in the table below is that which was held at the time the Order was awarded.

Surname

Forename/s

Campaign

Rank

Gazette (date)

Bishop

A. G

-

Lieutenant

03/06/1919

Mander

A.

-

Lieutenant

03/06/1919

Strang

W.

-

Lieutenant

03/06/1919

Waldron

Frank

-

2nd Lieut. (A/Major)

03/06/1919

Watts

Francis Mapleton Iremonger

Mesopotamia

Lieutenant (A/Capt.)

03/06/1919

Surname

Forename/s

No.

Rank

Gazette (date)

Bain

Ian Gordon

149348

Lieutenant

29/06/1944

Bennett

Alfred Charles Leopold

281158

T/Captain

13/12/1945

Brooke-Johnson

St. John Carslake

177691

Lieutenant

23/01/1947

Cave

George Clement

180621

T/Major

14/06/1945

Cronin

Derrick Norrington

66597

T/Major

01/01/1946

Cooper

Arthur Harry

77070

Lieut.(Q.M.), A/Capt.

16/04/1942

Du Vivier

Richard Adolph Charles

78849

T/Major

24/01/1946

Field

Winston James

214684

Captain, T/Major

23/03/1944

Haywood

Ernest James

73657

T/Major

01/01/1946

Morris

Victor George

5253571

Sub-Conductor (W.O. 1)

08/02/1945

Mountford

John Reginald

363463

Lieutenant (Q.M.)

06/06/1946

Rice

William George Leonard

59906

T/Major

01/01/1946

Rolt

Percy Thomas Caswall

86331

T/Major

13/09/1945

Sadler

Dudley Newman

89606

T/Major

13/12/1945

Smith

Edward

169932

Lieut. (T/Capt.)

01/01/1944

Stuart, M.C.

John William Brownlow

71146

T/Major

13/12/1945

Touchet, Rt. Hon.

Thomas Percy Henry

193752

T/Major (Baron Audley)

14/06/1945

Vicarage

Lionel John

RO/3381

Major

02/06/1943

White

Joseph

5240743

Q.M. Sergt. (W.O. 2)

16/04/1942

Surname

Forename/s

No.

Rank

Gazette (date)

Brierley, M.C.

John Buckley

53107

Major

27/04/1951

Knox

Harold

424950

Lieutenant (T/Major)

01/05/1953

Surname

Forename/s

No.

Rank

Gazette (date)

Heath

Harry

-

Captain (Q.M.)

11/05/1937

Moss

Robert Bramston

12208

Captain

21/12/1937

Compton

Edward Charles William

5250028

W.O.1.

12/06/1958

Dewdney

Clifford Roland

138107

Major

12/06/1958

Graham

Arthur Aubrey

78469

Major (Q.M.)

10/06/1948

Holmes

John Alan William

419494

Major

01/01/1970

Jeynes

Albert Jack

21012285

W.O.2

08/06/1963

Keating

James Dominick

147235

Major (Q.M.)

01/01/1959

Miller

Raymond Ernest

56051

T/Major

10/06/1948

Parry

Edward Anthony John

393240

Major

12/06/1965

Rayer

Ernest Edward Foley

78029

A/Major

02/01/1956