1956 Birthday Honours


The Queen's Birthday Honours 1956 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of The Queen.
They were published for the United Kingdom and Colonies, Australia, and New Zealand on 25 May 1956.
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.

UK and Colonies

Viscount

;State of Victoria
;Commonwealth services
;Oversea territories

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

;Military Division
;Civil Division
;Military Division
;;Royal Navy
;;Army
;;Royal Air Force
;Civil Division
;Military Division
;;Royal Navy
;;Army
;;Royal Air Force
;Civil Division

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

;Honorary Knight Commander

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE)

;Military Division
;Civil Division
;Military Division
;;Royal Navy
;;Army
;;Royal Air Force
;Civil Division
;Military Division
;Civil Division
;Military Division
;;Royal Navy
;;Army
;;Royal Air Force
;Civil Division
;Military Division
;;Royal Navy
;;Army
;;Royal Air Force
;Civil Division
;Military Division
;;Royal Navy
;;Army
;;Royal Air Force
;Civil Division
;Home Civil Service
;State of South Australia and Bechuanaland Protectorate
;Oversea Civil Service
;Military Division
;;Royal Navy
;;Army
;;Royal Air Force
;Civil Division
;In Gold
;In Silver
;Royal Air Force
;United Kingdom
;Oversea Territory
;England and Wales
;Scotland
;Northern Ireland
;Southern Rhodesia
;Oversea Territories
;England and Wales
;New Zealand
;Oversea Territory
;Southern Rhodesia
;Bechuanaland
;Oversea Territories

Knight Bachelor

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

;Military Division

Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG)

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)

;Civil Division
;Military Division
;Civil Division
;Military Division
;Civil Division
;Military Division
;Civil Division
;Australian Civil Service
;Military Division
;Civil Division

Associate of the Royal Red Cross (ARRC)