George Adams, South Eastern Area Secretary, Royal Air Forces Association. Herbert Andrew, Higher Executive Officer, Ministry of Social Security. Alfred Frank Arnold, Superintendent of Turbo-propeller Engine Test Department, Rolls-Royce Ltd., Derby. David William Astley, Engineering Technical Grade I, Inspectorate of Armaments, Woolwich, Ministry of Defence. Douglas Atkinson, Chief Constable, River Tyne Police. Sidney Ayles, Crown Local Agent and Bailiff, Portland, Dorset. Peggy Baker, Lately Matron, Queensberry House, Edinburgh. Eileen Christine Bannerman, , County Director, Roxburgh Branch, British Red Cross Society. Christian Vynne Barclay, Senior Psychiatric Social Worker, Hellesdon Hospital, Norwich. Major William Thomas Barham. Lately Clerical Officer, Regimental Headquarters, The King's Own Scottish Borderers. Albert George Barnett, Chief Superintendent, Sussex Constabulary. George Frederick Barrett, Telecommunications Technical Officer "A", Diplomatic Wireless Service. Philip Winstanley Barton, General Secretary, Southern Region, National Federation of Building Trades Employers. Ernest George Bass, Senior Production Engineer, Hawker Siddeley Aviation Ltd., Hertfordshire. Arthur Harry Beeton, President, Spilsby Hospitals League of Friends. Louie Bellman, Executive Officer, Patent Office, Board of Trade. Dorothy Vera Bentley, Clerk to the Civil Service Sports Council. Jessie Biddle, Voluntary Tuberculosis Organiser, Burgess Hill, Sussex, Rural Community Council. Lilian Daisy Billings, Clerical Officer, Board of Inland Revenue. Ivor James Bishop, Executive Officer, Board of Trade. Thomas Dingwall Black, Principal Youth Employment Officer, Edinburgh. Ian Kenneth Blaen, Group Secretary, Treasurer and Supplies Officer, St. Lawrence's Hospital Management Committee, Caterham. Bessie Eva Bloy, lately Superintendent of Hansard Typists, House of Commons. Isabel Grace Bobbett, Voluntary Fund Organiser, Holidays for the Paralysed Penny-a-Week Scheme. Ouida Maud Bond, County Organiser, Cheshire Women's Royal Voluntary Service. Enoch Bostock, , chairman, Ilkeston Savings Committee. Philip Grantham Bowden, Second Assistant Engineer (Drawing Office), South Western Region, Central Electricity Generating Board. Iris Brassington, Clerical Officer, Ministry of Power. Clara Breckell, Higher Clerical Officer, North Western Telecommunications Region, General Post Office. Edward William Martin Britain, Engine Department Manager, Fodens Ltd., Sandbach, Cheshire. Edward Albert Brown, Higher Executive Officer, Board of Inland Revenue. George William Brown, Welfare Officer Grade I, No. 4 Welfare Area, R.A.F. Cheadle Hulme, Ministry of Defence. Pipe-Major Robert Urquhart Brown. For services to piping. William Thomas Brown, Vice-chairman, Macclesfield District Savings Committee. Leonard Thomas Frank Bryan, chairman and managing director, Detexomat Ltd. For services to Export. William Barclay Bryson, Headmaster, Saltcoats Junior Secondary School, Ayrshire. Peter Buckle, Station Controller, British Forces Broadcasting Service, Singapore, Ministry of Defence. Bessie Randal Bullough, Deputy Head, Wheldon Lane Junior and Infant School, Castleford, Yorkshire.