The 1944 King's Birthday Honours, celebrating the official birthday of King George VI, were announced on 2 June 1944 for the United Kingdom and British Empire, New Zealand, and South Africa.
They included a large number of people awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM).
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.
Military Division
Royal Navy
Chief Petty Officer Albert Arrum, C/J.28885. Chief Petty Officer David Ashenden, C/239819. Chief Petty Officer John Henry William Baker, , D/J.102296 (Higher St. Budeaux, Plymouth). Chief Petty Officer Arthur Sidney Braddy, P/J.17972. Chief Petty Officer Horace Bryan, D/JX.152152. Chief Petty Officer Samuel George Bryant, P/J.27765. (Southsea). Chief Petty Officer Boatswain William Edward Donnelly, RTP/R.238507. Chief Petty Officer Walter George Durand, P/234315 (Southampton). Chief Petty Officer William Earle, , P/231443. Chief Petty Officer Horace Joseph Fletcher, P/226599 (Maidenhead). Chief Petty Officer Frederick Albert French, , D/J.94677 (Mutley, Plymouth). Chief Petty Officer Robert John Green, C/J.7805 (Ilford). Chief Petty Officer Francis Joseph Harding, P/J.43808. Chief Petty Officer Wilfred Hurditch, D/J.1614 (Plymouth). Chief Petty Officer Leonard Jenner, C/J.21933. Chief Petty Officer Leonard Pentlow, C/J.97501 (Kettering). Chief Petty Officer Reginald Arthur Wilson, P/J.114170 (Portsmouth). Acting Chief Petty Officer William Hinton, D/JX.126626. Temporary Chief Petty Officer Benjamin Matthew Huntingford, C/J.14882 (Thetford). Temporary Chief Petty Officer Leonard Walter Scott, P/JX.148321. Chief Petty Officer Airman Leslie Sullivan, FAA/FX.77395 (Chatham). Chief Yeoman of Signals Frederick William Henry Chatten, P/JX.129765 (Lowestoft). Chief Yeoman of Signals John Cecil Proud, D/J.4495 (Newcastle upon Tyne). Chief Yeoman of Signals George Henry Richards P/J.3111 (London, SE.6). Chief Yeoman of Signals Richard Charles Turner, P/J.104366 (Hove). Chief Engine Room Artificer Edwin Oliver Bedford, P/M.11540 (Weston-super-Mare). Chief Engine Room Artificer John William Buswell, P/MX.47892. Chief Engine Room Artificer Raymond Ernest Hart, P/MX.48917 (East Wittering). Chief Engine Room Artificer Albert George Histed, P/M.23489 (Stockport). Chief Engine Room Artificer George Harry Freeman Pickering, D/MX.51427 (Basingstoke). Chief Engine Room Artificer John Wright, C/M.2923 (Felixstowe). Temporary Acting Chief Mechanician Harry Salt, D/KX.76464 (St. Austell). Chief Stoker John Henry Boynton, C/KX.76956 (Cambois, Northumberland). Chief Stoker Edward Budgen, P/347893 (Iver, Buckinghamshire). Chief Stoker William Henry Dixon, D/K.2558 (Barry, Glamorganshire). Chief Stoker John Evans, D/K.5815 (Manchester). Chief Stoker Harold Arthur Udell, P/K.63735. Chief Electrical Artificer William James Coleman, P/M.13983. Chief Electrical Artificer John Grassland Haigh, D/M.38281 (Rosyth). Chief Electrical Artificer Colin Stevens Westaway, D/MX.47235 (Plymouth). Chief Electrical Artificer James Henry Williams, C/M.39319. Acting Chief Electrical Artificer Leonard Frank Marcel Horn, P/MX.52654. Chief Ordnance Artificer Ronald Edward Lillington, D/MX.47810 (Plymouth). Chief Armourer Henry William Baker, C/M.5486 (Welling). Chief Engineman John Robert Scott Bulmer, LT/X.10383 S. (Sunderland). Chief Engineman Tasker Brier Scott, LT/X.4018 T. (Hull). Acting Chief Engineman Alexander William Gibson, L/X.426 E.U. (Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire). Second Hand John William Leask, LT/JX.265406 (Hamna Voe, Shetland). Chief Shipwright Herbert William Holwell, D/MX.46922 (Plymouth). Chief Shipwright Edwin Jesse Perrin, C/346899 (Horley, Surrey). Sick Berth Chief Petty Officer Charles Henry Cossins, P/M.5846 (Ryde, Isle of Wight). Sick Berth Chief Petty Officer Percy Francis Gisbert Harling, P/M.51944 (Dumfries). Sick Berth Chief Petty Officer Clifford John Scoble, D/M.39283 (Billacombe, Plymouth). Sick Berth Chief Petty Officer John Stranks, C/M.3527. Sick Berth Chief Petty Officer Bertram Ellwood Stubbs, P/M. 18411 (Douglas, Isle of Man). Chief Petty Officer Writer Norman Ayre, C/MX.47547. Chief Petty Officer Writer Frederick John Bossom, D/MX.45833 (Devonport). Chief Petty Officer Writer Charles Arthur Genge, C/347964. Chief Petty Officer Writer Aubrey MacGregor Oakford, P/MX.46369. Chief Petty Officer Writer John Henry Pearcy, C/M.27007 (Windsor). Chief Petty Officer Writer Frederick Sidney Perrott, D/MX.45463 (Plymouth). Chief Petty Officer Writer Arthur Joseph Smith, C/M.37181. Chief Petty Officer Writer Reginald Herbert Tomlin, C/M.25560 (Rochester).