1956 New Year Honours


The New Year 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. They were announced on 2 January 1956 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 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.

United Kingdom and Commonwealth

Baron

;State of South Australia
;State of Victoria
;Overseas 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)

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)

;Fourth Class
;Fifth Class

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

;Military Division
;Civil Division
;Civil Division
;Military Division
;Civil Division
;Military Division
;;Royal Navy
;;Army
;;Royal Air Force
;Civil Division
;;Honorary Commander
;Military Division
;;Royal Navy
;;Army
;;Royal Air Force
;Civil Division
;;Honorary Officers
;Military Division
;;Royal Navy
;;Army
;;Royal Air Force
;Civil Division
;;Honorary Members
;Military Division
;;Royal Navy
;;Army
;;Royal Air Force
;Civil Division
;;Tasmania
;;Basutoland
;;Overseas Territories
;In Silver
;Royal Air Force
;;Wing Commanders
;;Squadron Leaders
;;Flight Lieutenants
;;Flying Officers
;Royal Air Force
;;Flight Sergeants
;;Acting Flight Sergeant
;;Sergeants
;United Kingdom
;Overseas Territories
;Royal Air Force
;;Wing Commanders
;;Acting Wing Commander
;;Squadron Leaders
;;Flight Lieutenants
;;Flying Officer
;;Master Signallers
;;Flight Sergeants
;;Corporal
;England and Wales
;Scotland
;Northern Ireland
;Australia
;Southern Rhodesia
;Overseas Territories
;England and Wales
;Scotland
;Southern Rhodesia
;Basutoland
;Overseas Territories

Knight Bachelor

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

;Military Division

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)

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

;Military Division
;Civil Division
;Military Division
;Civil Division
;Military Division
;Civil Division
;Military Division
;Civil Division
;Military Division

Ceylon

Knight Bachelor

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

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

;Civil Division
;Military Division
;Civil Division
;Military Division
;Civil Division
;Military Division
;Civil Division

Knight Bachelor

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

;Military Division
;Military Division
;Civil Division
;Military Division
;Civil Division
;Military Division
;Civil Division