As a member of the British Medical Association, he worked for many years on its committees. In 1967,he became chairman of the Central Midwives' Board. He was the British representative on the executive board of UNICEF. He worked on the Journal Publishing Subcommittee, becoming its chairman in 1950. He also served on the Journal Committee of the BMA, becoming it chairman in 1967. As a Justice of the peace, he worked in the juvenile courts in London. Bibliography Moncrieff wrote widely on matters relating to diseases of children, and from 1934 to 1945, he was co-editor of Archives of Disease in Childhood. He was The Times medical correspondent for a number of years, which helped him financially, as honorary physician on the staff of a teaching hospital there was no salary, and earnings in private pediatric medicine were considered meager. This increased greatly the number of extra hours that Moncrieff had to work, but enabled him to support his mother. He wrote the following: Practitioner handbooks., Alan A. Moncrieff; Humphry Davy Rolleston. 1936 Infant feeding., Alan A. Moncrieff The management of the new-born baby : a guide for midwives. Alan A. Moncrieff., 1943 Modern diagnosis., Alan A. Moncrieff; William A. R. Thomson, 1946 Psychology in general practice., Alan A. Moncrieff. 1946 Practical motherhood and parentcraft. A comprehensive guide to successful parenthood., Alan A Moncrieff Child health. Alan Moncrieff; William A. R. Thomson. 1952 Child health and the state. London, Oxford University Press. 1953 Diseases of children. Vol 1., 5th Edition by Alan A. Moncrieff; Philip Evans, 1953 Diseases of children. Vol 2., 5th Edition by Alan A. Moncrieff; Philip Evans. 1953 Progress in nursing; a survey of recent developments in medicine and surgery. Alan A. Moncrieff; Kathleen Audrey Barbara Fowler, 1954 The changing child., Alan A. Moncrieff 1956 Textbook on the nursing and diseases of sick children, for nurses Vol 1, by various authors. Ed. by A. P. Norman. 1966 Treatment of phenylketonuria : Report to the Medical Research Council of the conference on phenylketonuria. Alan A. Moncrieff; Medical Research Council. 1963 Awards In 1934, he was elected to a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1934. In 1952, he was appointed a CBE and later Knighted in the 1964 Birthday Honours. He was made an honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in 1958. In 1968, he received a Légion d'honneur in 1958, reflecting