1916 Birthday Honours


The 1916 Birthday Honours were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the British Empire. The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of The King, and were published in The London Gazette and in The Times on 3 June 1916.
Owing to the ongoing War, the 50-page supplement to The Gazette included 3,880 names of recipients of honours, military promotion of rank and medals, including the Military Cross, Distinguished Service Order and 1,217 Military Medals.
In addition, more than 500 nurses from across the British Empire received the Royal Red Cross, a huge number noted by The British Journal of Nursing in its issue on 10 June: "The inclusion of so many members of the nursing profession in the Birthday Honours' list is a unique event, and we most cordially congratulate those Matrons, Sisters and Nurses who have earned this distinction, while we bear in mind many others whose splendid work merits recognition."
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour, with classes and then divisions as appropriate.

United Kingdom and British Empire

[Baron]

The King appointed the following to His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council:
;Colonies, Protectorates, etc.
;British India

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB)

;Military Division
;Royal Navy
;Army
;Civil Division
;Military Division
;Army
;Civil Division
;Military Division
;Royal Navy
;Army
;Australian Imperial Force
;South African Defence Forces
;Civil Division

Knight Commander (KCSI)

;Honorary Companion

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG)

;Honorary Knights Commander
Additional Companions for services rendered in connection with Military Operations in the Field:
;Australian Imperial Force
;Canadian Contingent
;New Zealand Imperial Force
;South African Forces
;Honorary Companion

Knight Grand Commander (GCIE)

;Honorary Knight Grand Commander
In recognition of services during the War:

Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)

;First Class
;Home Civil Service
;Colonial Civil Service
;Indian Civil Service
;Australian Imperial Force
;Canadian Force
;New Zealand Imperial Force
;South African Defence Forces
;Australian Imperial Force
;Canadian Force
;Newfoundland Contingent
;New Zealand Imperial Force

Royal Red Cross, 1st Class

;Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
;Territorial Force Nursing Service
;Australian Army Nursing Service
;Canadian Nursing Service
;New Zealand Nursing Service
;American Nursing Service
;Nursing Staff of Military and War Hospitals
;Nursing Staff of Civil Hospitals
;Civil Hospitals Reserve
;British Red Cross Society
;Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
;Territorial Force Nursing Service
;Australian Army Nursing Service
;Canadian Nursing Service
;New Zealand Nursing Service
;South African Nursing Service
;Nursing Staff of Military and War Hospitals
;Nursing Staff of Civil Hospitals

[Distinguished Conduct Medal] (DCM)

;Australian Imperial Force
;Canadian Force
;Newfoundland Contingent
;New Zealand Force
;Canadian Contingents