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1959 - 0143.PDF
55 Left to right: Lord Alexander of Tunis (Q.M.), Mr. A. F. Burke (Kt), Maj-Gen. C. A. L. Dunphie (Kt.), Mr. G. W. H. Gardner (K.B.E.), Mr. S. E. Clotworthy (C.B.E.) The New Year Honours AVIATION is better represented inZJk the New Year Honours List than on J- •*- some earlier occasions. Amongwell-known names are those of Sir William Rootes (of war-time aircraft "shadowfactory" fame and now doing less direct but no less valuable work for the industryas chairman of the Dollar Exports Council; he receives a barony); Mr. A. F. Burke ofde Havilland and Maj-Gen. Dunphie of Vickers, who receive knighthoods; Mr.G. W. H. Gardner of the R.A.E., who is appointed K.B.E.; and Mr. T. Bancroft ofBlackburn Aircraft, Mr. D. J. Farrar of Bristol and Maj. P. L. Teed of Vickers,all O.B.E. Names familiar in the ancillary industry include those of Lord Alexanderof Tunis (O.M.) and Mr. S. E. Clotworthy (C.B.E.), respectively chairman andmanaging director of Northern Aluminium; and Mr. M. Cook (C.B.E.), chairman,I.C.I. Metals. Several awards of the ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE K.B.E. G. W. H. Gardner, Director, Royal AircraftEstablishment, Farnborough. C.B.E. S. E. Clotworthy, managing director,Northern Aluminium Co. Ltd.; M. Cook, chairman, I.C.I. Metals Division; E. C. deRougemont (for services to R.A.F. Benevolent Fund); F. C. Fayers, asst. secretary, AirMinistry; C. H. Latchford, Director-General of General Services, M.o.S.; R. A. Lovell,Chief Mechanical Engineer, M.T.C.A.; R. J. Pinder, managing director, EssoPetroleum Co. Ltd.; J. A. Ratcliffe, chairman, Radar and Signals Advisory Board, M.o.S.Scientific Advisory Council; K. Robson, civil consultant in medicine to the R.A.F.; R. H.Schlotel, Director of Eng. R. and D., M.o.S. O.B.E. G. F. W. Adams, principal, Air Ministry;T. Bancroft, production and works director, Blackburn and General Aircraft Ltd.; D. L. Mr. D. J. Farrar, Mr. T. Bancroft and Maj. P. L. Teed (O.B.E.s) Queen's Commendation reflect sterling service by test pilots and airline crew- members. All the names on this page are in the civil divisions; Service honours are listed on pp. 81-82. BARON Sir William Rootes, chairman, DollarExports Council. ORDER OF MERIT Field Marshal the Earl Alexander of Tunis. KNIGHTS BACHELOR A. F. Burke, deputy chairman and managingdirector, de Havilland Aircraft Co. Ltd.; Mai-Gen. C. A. L. Dunphie, managing direc-tor, Vickers Ltd.; J. W. Laing, president, John Laing and Son Ltd.; A. Cdre. H. P.Smyth-Osbourne (for political and public services in Devon). ORDER OF THE BATH , C.B. A. Cdre. A. R. Churchman, chairman,T. and A.F.A., Belfast; M. M. V. Custance, deputy secretary, M.T.C.A.; W. B. Littler,Director-General of Scientific Research (Muni- tions), M.o.S.; G. S. Whittuck, Asst. Under-secretary of State, Air Ministry. ORDER OF ST. MICHAEL AND ST. GEORGE , C.M.G. . B. G. Barnard, Civil Air Attache, H.M. Embassy, Beirut. Brown, Asst. Director of Engine Research andDevelopment, M.o.S.; G/C. J. Bussey, lately Asst. Director (Air), Directorate of Overseas(Geodetic and Topographic) Surveys, Colonial Office; H. C. Carrad, general manager, ShellPetroleum Co. Ltd., Austria; G. S. Cooper, superintending civil engineer, Air Min. C. H. Easthop, chief executive officer, AirMinistry; F. C. Everett, principal scientific officer, Armaments Production Division,M.O.S.; D. J. Farrar, chief designer (guided weapons), Bristol Aircraft Ltd.; G. W. Harvey,principal, M.T.C.A.; C. V. Hill, lately refining advisor, British Petroleum Co. Ltd.; H. S.Humphreys, laiely Deputy Director of Con- tracts, M.o.S. J. Middlemas, air traffic control officer,Prestwick Airport, M.T.C.A.; A. E. Morrison, managing director, Moore and Wright(Sheffield) Ltd.; M. N. Oxford, Director of Civil Aviation, Federation of Malaya; Rev.R. L. Small, member of Scottish Air Cadet Council and Regional Chaplain, Air TrainingCorps, Scotland; Maj. P. L. Teed, deputy Lt.-Cdr. "Jock" Elliot, SSL. H. G. Hazelden and Capt. A. Meagher (Queen's Commenda- tions for Valuable Service in the Air) director of aeronautical research and develop-ment, Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd., Weybridge. M.B.E. S. H. Crawford, lately secretary of Austra-lian National Airlines Commission; A. C. Emery, chief draughtsman, telecommunicationgroup, Plessey Co. Ltd.; F/L. J. Formby, flight commander, meteorological vertical-ascent flight, Short Brothers and Harland Ltd., R.A.F. Woodvale; R. G. Goodfellow, seniorstation radio officer, R.A.F. Cheadle; F. Grundy, meteorologist, East African Meteoro-logical Dept.; G. M. Harvey, projects manager, Transair Ltd.; R. H. E. Hosking, higherexecutive officer, M.T.C.A.; A. E. P. Irish, senior illustrator, R.A.F. Staff College, Brack-nell; S. A. Jeanmond, station catering superin- tendent, B.E.A., London Airport. W. S. Kennedy, Chief Aerodromes Officer,Federal Department of Civil Aviation, Rhodesia and Nyasaland; Doris G. Lea,lately senior experimental officer, Meteoro- logical Office, Air Ministry; W. E. Mann, areafinance officer, Department of Air, Melbourne; C. B. Martin, inspector of works (buildings),No. 7 Works Area, Honington, Air Ministry; Mrs. Rose M. Munford, executive officer,M.T.C.A.; E. G. Peers, communications officer, London Airport, M.T.C.A.; L. Pinder, latelySenior Inspection Officer (Aircraft), M.o.S.; L. J. Pitt, safety and civil defence officer,Fielding and Plan Ltd., Gloucester. C. Rowley, asst. chief of armament design,Vickers-Armstrongs (Engineering) Ltd.; R. Saunsbury, vice-chairman, Manchester WingCommittee, Air Training Corps; Maureen Betty Skinner, clerical officer, Air Ministry;W. S. Stambridge, consultant, Rubery, Owen and Co. Ltd.; C. E. Strange, higher executiveofficer, M.T.C.A.; A. E. V. Sturrock, pay superintendent, B.O.A.C.; Mrs. Doreen I.Wackett, president, Air Force Women's Asso- ciation, Australia; F. C. Wells, exper. offr.,Signals R. and D. Dept., M.o.S.; T. F. White, sen. exec offr., Air Min.; A. L. Wilson,Engineering Technical Class, Explosives Research and Development Establishment,M.o.S.; G. S. Wood, member of committee, No. 331 (Chesterfield) Sqn., A.T.C.; K. J.Woodgate, superintending inspector, A.I.S., Air Min. QUEEN'S COMMENDATION FORVALUABLE SERVICE IN THE AIR Lt-Cdr. J. Elliot, chief test pilot, Christ-church factory, de Havilland Aircraft Co. Ltd.; Capt. H. J. Field, senior captain, 1st class,B.O.A.C.; S/L. H. G. Hazelden, chief test pilot, Handley Page Ltd.; Capt. P. J.McKeown, senior captain, 1st class, B.E.A.; Capt. A. Meagher, deputy flight manager,Britannia 312 Fleet, B.O.A.C; J. Miller, flight radio officer, B.O.A.C.; G. W. Rodgers, radioofficer, B.E.A. .: V.
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