The increasing part played by women -in all three Services is refected by their inclusion in the Ist, Controller Mrs. Christian Fraser-'Tytler, of the Auxillary Territorial Service, received the Commandership fof the "British Empire, and Chief Commander, the Honourable Lady, Lawrence, is awarded the oficership fof the British Empire, Corporal Bfinni Principal awards are the Knight Commandership of Bath to the following eight ofoers 'Vice-Admiral John Henry Cunninghham, cousin of' the Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean fleet, He relinquished command of the First Cruiser Squadron in April to become Chief of Supplies and Transport at the Admiralty; Vice-Admiral William Whitworth, who directed the victorious action In the second naval battle -at Narvik, when seven German destroyers were supply of naval materials ike ships uns and torpedoes; Vice-Admiral Robert Hornell (re~ fired) serving og Commodore in the Royal Naval Reserve; Major-General- Basil Hill, Colonel! Commander of the Royal Army Or-dance Corps, Major-General Henry Colville Wemyss, late of the Royal Corps of Signals, Air Marshal Harold Whittingham, Director of Hyglene at the Air Ministry and physician to the King. pointed Second-in-Command of the Ten CB's Among appointments and promotions in minor grades are the following ten Companionships of Bath:
Rear-Admiral Colin Cantrie; Rear-'Admira James Darling, brother of known as "Eraffral Vice-Adm, Cunningham Home Fleet, and in May was made Lord: Commissioner of the Admiralty and Chief of Naval Personnel; Admiral Tom Spencer who is described as Arthur Power, Lord Comntissioner of the Admiralty, who formerly commanded the Ark Royal; Major-General Henry Loyd, who, it was announced in March, had become "specially employed" though the nature of the employment has never been stated; Major-General Arthur Percival, com? nanking British and Imperial forces Singapore; Major-General Douglas. Dickinson, who Is in etiarge of admin-Istration at the War Office and commanded British forces in East Africa ust before the outbreak of war, when he did much in training and preparing troops for battles in Abyssinia and Somaliland; Major-General Richard Dewing, late of the Royal Engineers; Colonel Edward Dorman; Acting Air Marshal Roderic Maxwell Hil; and' Air Vice-Marshal David Donald, Among recipients of the Air Force Jcvoss is Wing -Commander David Willons, of the Auxiliary Territorial Service, is the only woman among 48 recipients of the British Empire Medal, Thirteen columns of naval awards are awarded for outstanding zeal, patience, cheerfulness and devotion to uty, without which the tradition of the Royal Navy could not be upheld, The list includes the Distinguished Service Order to Lieutenant Comman-Ger Francis Howie, Bars to the Distinguished Service Cross to Sub-Lieutenant Stanley Orr and Acting Sub-Lieutenant Graham Hogg.
Forty recipients of the Distinguish fed Service Cross include "several skippers in the Royal Naval Reserve, There are 67 Distinguished Service Medals. "Three members of the Woman's Auxiliary Air Force are specially commended for brave con= duct—Reuter, Prime Goramissioner soon atier the outbreak of war; Lieutenant-General Alan Barway Bourne, former Adjutant-General of the Royal Marines und for some years Colonel Commandant of Portsmouth Lieutenant-General Charles Noel Broad, who is one of the pioneers of mechanized warfare inthe British Army, having played a big part in the development of tanks, He was appointed General Officer Command~ ug of the Eastern Command in India Just over a year ago;
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