Midlands Division, National Coal Board. George Edward Shipperley, Supervising Warden I, Science Museum, Department of Education and Science. Francis Edwin Simpson, Maintenance Man, North Western Division, North Thames Gas Board. Edwin Smith, Foreman Fitter, Vickers Ltd. Henry Smith, Foreman Blacksmith, Samuel Fox & Co. Ltd, Sheffield. Reginald Percival Smith, Station Officer, Wiltshire Fire Brigade. Rose Smith, Honorary Collector, Street Savings Group, Belfast. William Henry Smith, Chief Officer, Warden Section, Civil Defence Corps, London Borough of Havering. William Victor Smith, Civilian Instructor, No. 1026 (Ormskirk) Squadron, Air Training Corps. Cyril Wells Spendelow, Commandant, Grimsby Special Constabulary. Joseph William Spurr, Foreman, Newton Bros. (Derby) Ltd. John William Steele, Senior Electrical Foreman, Shelton Iron & Steel Ltd. Arthur Edward Stimson, Technician Class I, Post Office Railway, Western District Office. Esther Stouph, Manageress of Unit Canteen, Chester-le-Street Sea Cadet Corps. Peter John Straiton, lately Range Warden, Foxbar Rifle Range. Ernest John Strand, Stores and Despatch Foreman, Wright Rain Ltd. John Sutherland, Foreman Dam Attendant, North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board. Mary Myrtle Thomson, Divisional Welfare Officer (Leith), Edinburgh Branch, British Red Cross Society. Mona Eileen Timms, Senior Leading Firewoman, Auxiliary Fire Service, Warwickshire County Fire Brigade. George Maurice Tranter, Chief Model Maker, Whiteley Electrical Radio Co, Mansfield. William John Trigg, Colliery Overman, Garw Colliery, No. 2 (Maesteg) Area, South Western Division, National Coal Board. Joseph Tom Vernon, Chief First Aid Room Attendant, English Steel Corporation Ltd. Leonard Baker Wadhams, Fisherman, Medway Fishery, Kent. Winifred Hope Stewart Wallace, Hospital Car Service Organiser, Edinburgh Centre, Women's Royal Voluntary Service. Margaret Wardle, Head of Design Department, Mary Harris Ltd. Janet Smith Watson, Honorary Savings Group Collector, Glasgow. Elsie Webb, Leading Machinist, G.Q. Parachute Company Ltd. Alfred Ewen Wegg, Holder Site Maintenance Man, Southern Gas Board. George William West, Building Foreman, Whittington Hospital, London. Sarah Jane West, Housekeeper, British Transport Staff College, Woking. Harry Wheeler, Chargehand Storeman, Aldermaston, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority. Gladys Lilian Theodora White, Honorary Collector, Street Savings Group, Pembury, Kent. Ernest Whitehead, Leading Fireman, British Transport Docks Board. John William Nicholson Wilkins, Quartermaster, SS Pendennis Castle, British & Commonwealth Shipping Co. Ltd. Robert Adam Wilson, Assistant Divisional Officer, Newcastle and Gateshead Fire Service. Donald Wiseman, Ship's Plater, Cammell Laird & Co. (Shipbuilders & Engineers) Ltd, Birkenhead. John Henry Woodhouse, Distribution Foreman, Matlock Sub-Division, East Midlands Gas Board. State of New South Wales Sophia Blewett. For welfare services to the community of Auburn. Wesley Austin Burgess.