Orders, decorations, and medals of Hong Kong


The existing Hong Kong honours system was created after transfer of government of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China as a special administrative region in 1997. Before that, Hong Kong was a British dependent territory and followed the British honours system. The HKSAR Government does not maintain any records of pre 1997 awards including gallantry awards.

Types of awards

General Awards

The Order of the Grand Bauhinia

The Grand Bauhinia Medal, the highest award under the HKSAR honours and awards system, is to recognise the selected person's lifelong and highly significant contribution to the well-being of Hong Kong. The awardee is entitled to the postnominal letters GBM and the style The Honourable.

The Order of the Bauhinia Star

The Order of the Bauhinia Star has three classes: Gold, Silver and Bronze.
The Gold Bauhinia Star is awarded to eminent persons who have given very distinguished services to the community or who have rendered public or voluntary services of a very high degree of merit.
The Silver Bauhinia Star is awarded to persons who have taken a leading part in public affairs and/or voluntary work over a long period of time.
The Bronze Bauhinia Star is awarded to persons who have given outstanding service over a long period of time, but in a more limited field or way than that required for the Silver Bauhinia Star.

The Order of the Medal of Honour

The Medal of Honour is the basic award under the honours system and is awarded in recognition of community service in a district or in a particular field over a long period of time. It is also awarded to non-directorate civil servants who have served with distinction.

Gallantry Awards

The Order of the Medal for Bravery

The Order of the Medal for Bravery is awarded for display of bravery in an incident. It too has three classes, Gold, Silver and Bronze.
The Medal for Bravery is awarded for acts of gallantry of the greatest possible heroism or of the most conspicuous courage in circumstances of extreme danger.
The Medal for Bravery is awarded for gallantry of an extremely high order.
The Medal for Bravery is awarded for exemplary acts of gallantry of a lesser standard.

Disciplined Services and ICAC Awards

The Disciplined Services and ICAC Awards are awarded to officers of the six major disciplined formations as well as the Independent Commission Against Corruption. The disciplined formations are the Hong Kong Police, Hong Kong Fire Services, Hong Kong Immigration Service, Hong Kong Customs and Excise, Hong Kong Correctional Services, and the Government Flying Service. These awards replace the colonial awards issued before July 1997 that had profile of the reigning monarch and different ribbons. There are three types of awards:

Distinguished Service Medals

These awards consists of a frame certificate with the Emblem of Hong Kong, name of the award in English and Chinese, name of the recipient commending their extraordinary contribution to the community, government or public service:
The order of precedence is listed as follows in postnominals: GBM, GBS, MBG, SBS, MBS, BBS, MBB, MH, JP.

Nomination and awarding

The nomination is usually made by SAR Government departments, and evaluated by the Honours Committee. The annual Honours List is published in the Gazette of the SAR Government on the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day

Orders, decorations, and medals of British Hong Kong

List of awards available to people in Hong Kong prior to 30 June 1997:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/medals-campaigns-descriptions-and-eligibility#decorations-gallantry-and-distinguished-conduct-medals
Orders, Decorations and Medals conferred on Hong Kong residents or in respect of Hong Kong service up to 30 June 1997:
Victoria Cross
John Robert Osborn
George Cross
Mateen Ahmed Ansari
Douglas Ford
John Alexander Fraser MC & Bar
Hector Bertram Gray AFM
Lanceray Arthur Newnham
Joseph Hughes
Distinguished Service Order
Henry William Moncrieff Stewart OBE, MC
Wells Arnold Bishop
Ernest Hodkinson
Cecil Robert Templer
Evan George Stewart
Arthur John Dewar
Order of the British Empire for Gallantry
Alfred Creighton Collinson
Andrew Peffers OBE
Order of the British Empire for Gallantry
Osmonde Hedworth Farrar
Lindsay Tasman Ride
Keble Theodore Andrews-Levinge
Eustace Levett
John Herbert Price MC
Order of the British Empire for Gallantry
Sher Singh
Victor Stanley Ebbage BEM
Hargraves Milne Howell
William Nichols
Harry Charles Spong
David Louis Strellett
Charles Gentry Turner
Feroze Khan
Sister Elizabeth Mosey
Stanley Gordon Woods
Frederick John Preston
Indian Order of Merit
Ali Mohd
Phul Singh
Nawaz Khan
Lakhu Singh
Distinguished Service Cross
William Morley Wright
John Christian Bolder DSC & Bar
Arthur Luard Pears
Bruce Graham Clarke
Royal Red Cross - Member
Sister Mary Ann Lockerbie Currie
Sister Margaret Anna North
Military Cross
E.W.M.L. Corbally
R.H.D. Scriven
Ivan Bernard Trevor
David Ronald Holmes
K.A. Munro
P. Steyn
R.A.S. Lane
J.S. McKay
James Allan Ford
Abdul Jabaar
Khan Sherrin
Martin Pryce Weedon
John Stanley Marcus Vintner
Robert Leslie Berridge
Caesar Edward Orway
David Pinkerton
Christopher Mark Maurice Man
Frederick Temple Atkinson

Robert William Philip
Thomas Alexander Blackwood
Collison Alexander Blaver
William Francis Nugent
Francis Gavan Power
Michael George Carruthers
B.C. Field
Ivor Phillip Tamworth
E.B. Teesdale
Mehr Khan
Shah Mohamed
Kampta Phasad
Haider Rehman Khan
David Clive Crosby Trench
G.D.M. Williams
Air Force Cross
Danny Cheung Kwong
Richard Paul Seymour
Peter Stephen Boyland
Christopher Jeremy Spencer Fynes
Steven Derek Murkin
Royal Red Cross - Associate
Sister Edith Butlin
Sister Gwendoline Colthorpe
Sister Edith Freda Davies
Sister Kathleen Georgina Christie
Sister Anna May Waters
Distinguished Conduct Medal
Kishen Singh
Rur Singh
M.J. Muldowney
Colin Alden Standish
Derek Everard Rix
Arthur David Manning
Albert Edward Miller
Thomas F. Stainton
Charles Albert Clark
Ronald John Routledge
George Medal
N.G.A. Noble
Ian P. Hyde
Cheung On
Chau Fook
James Hidden
Leung Yiu-tong
P. Muskett
William James Gorman
Edward Louis Hanlon
James Hall Matchett
Choi Chor
James Hogg Bruce
John Caruth Gorman
Leung Shiu-kay
Chiu Yiu-nam
Ng Hung-shek
King's Police Medal for Gallantry
Timothy Murphy
Kenneth Andrew
Roland Henry John Brooks
David Loie Fook-wing
Duncan George MacPherson
Harold Tiplady
Wong Wai Tsoi
Li Fu
Chiu Ho-ching
Queen's Police Medal for Gallantry
Cheng Kin Cheung
Indian Distinguished Service Medal
Amanat Ali
Distinguished Service Medal
Bernard Charlie Lilley
Albert John White
Military Medal
Ghulam Mohamad, Nihal Singh, Lab Singh, Ghulam Hussain, Tika Khan, A. Hutchins, Patrick John Sheridan, Francis Lee Yiu-piu, D.I. Bosanquet, W.G. Poy, A.A. Iles, E.G. Jones, Walter Ivan Cook, Charles Douglas Goddard, Arthur Philip Hoxby, Puran Singh, Resham Khan, Tularam Singh, Gordon Edward Williamson, Stanley Walter Wright, Emile Gregory Bernard, Seldon Grant Stoddard, Cecil Thomas Whalen, Murray Thomas Goodenough, Lionel Curtis Speller, Kenneth Stanley Cameron, Ronald Edward Atkinson, Meirion Price, John Leslie Varley, Ernest Irwin Bennett, William Henry Morris, Ban Tsan-chuen, H.V. Pearse, C.L. Salter, C.D. Walker, Victor White, David William Yee, Mohd Amir, Alfred Thomas Goschen Lloyd, Chau Sik-wah, Li Hon To, Lui Tong.
Air Force Medal
Keith George Thomas Sturge
Sea Gallantry Medal
JOHN CROPPER, Chief Officer, GEORGE REGINALD JENKINS, Third Officer, BOND HUGGINS, Apprentice, WON JAH, HONG KAM, LAM POW, and LEONG YOE, Seamen, of the SS Bowes Castle; THOMAS LLOYD WILLIAMS, Chief Officer, KENNETH HENRY STUART, Second Officer, HAROLD WAINRIGHT, GEORGE ARTHUR PARKER, STANLEY LEONARD GARRETT, JOHN EDWARD SNAITH, Apprentices, GE LING LOW, Quartermaster, SING YUNG SANG, Boatswain, CHING CHIN FONG, LIN AH YOK, LEE VAN CHAN, CHANG CHIN PAN, CHANG PAN FAH and YING AH PAN, Seamen of the SS Egremont Castle; A. LEXOW, Chief Officer, ROLF FREDERIK MOLTZAU, Second Officer, G. DAKSERHOFF, Third Officer, CHEE AH KUN, Boatswain's Mate, HAN FAT SANG, TSE TOR, and LIN CHANG CHIN, Quartermasters, fireman, and cabin boy who formed part of the boat's crew from the SS Hwah Ping ; SO HAU, Fireman of SS Paul Beau of Hong Kong
Colonial Police Medal for Gallantry
Frederick Edward Evelyn Booker, Jack Cooper Fitz-Henry, Chan Ng, William Stirton McHardy, Christopher Stanley Pile, Tam Chung, Tang Ka, Gordon Charles Taylor, Frederick Douglas Bishop Tuckett, George Allan Rodney Wright-Nooth, Roland Henry John Brooks, Charles William Brown, Chan Sang, Ho Yuk, Lok So, William Todd, Yan Fuk, Chan Wing, Chiu Ho-ching, Li Fu, Li Hon-to, Lui Tong, Wong Kai-wan, Cheung Tin, William Roger Deane, John Henry Douglas Bell, Brian Gray Fender, Cheng Yee Hung, Cheung Kwai Chau, Law Kim-chuen, Wu Yun-tsung, Chiu Sau-sum, Trevor John Colley, Kwok Chung, David Pitt, Edward Joseph Stevenson, Tang Wong-yau, Tsang Wing CPM & Bar, Cheung Tin-fat, Roberton James Patterson Burton, Kong Yuk-sut, Leung Kam-ming, Choy Fut-po, Chiu Yiu-chip, Anthony Stuart Conway, Leslie Burton, Peter Michael Mullens, Lun Kam-yat, Luk Kai-lau, Ng Kam-hung, David Wilfred Frederick O'Brien, John Reid, Yau Shou-kit, Chan Kam-ming, Lau Piu
Queen's Gallantry Medal
Yip Long-ping, Ho Hing-chuen, Aimansing Limbu, Chan Kwai-fai, Tung Chi-kan, Yeung Chun-hing, Nicholas Alexander McQueen, Lo Wai-shing, Cheung Wai-leung, Chiu Shing-chau, Leung Siu-lin, Timothy Martin Adamson, Martin John Lovatt, Chiu Ka-ping, Li Tam-shing, Lui Tak-wah, Chan Chi-choi, Cheng Kwok-wai, Anthony Martin Leahy, Nicholas John Roberts, Tsang Hung-lit, Yeung Kwok-wing, Nigel Mills, Griffiths, Chan Lun-fat, Cheung Hin-yeung, Yeung Chi-fai, Cheung Kwok Keung, Lee Man-ying, WPC Leung Lai-fun, Barry John Smith, Andrew Mark Steeple, Jason Chan Siu-kei, Ma Hing-keung, Ma Ka-kuen
British Empire Medal for Gallantry
Jalal Din
Mohammed Afsar
Richard Malig
Emundo Da Silva
David John Leonard Gordon Cleaver 1953,
Peter Anderson
Yu Kwong
Tang Sai-bun
Bhimraj Rai
Lee Nai Liang
David Lawrence Birch
Anthony Charlwood
Jack Cavie
Anthony Roger Prouse
Mentions in Dispatches
Charles Cranes, Albert Archibald Bennett, William Hook, William Barker Bradley, John Edward Dunderdale, James Forsyth Ross, Arthur Beresford Scott, Maurice D'Avignon, George Stuart MacDonnell, Kenneth Edward Porter, Charles John Sharp, Leslie Robert Stickles, James Murray Thom, Charles Watson, John Joseph Fitzpatrick, Edwin Harrison, Lorne Rayburn Latimer, Ernest Charles McFarland, George William McRae, Sydney Albert Sheffer, Edwin George Smith, Frank Brown, Bernard Castonguay, Robert Damant, Morgan Isaac Davies, Aubery Peacock Flegg, Nelson Carlisle Galbraith, Norman Charles Matthews, Lloyd Logan Roblee, James Austen Wallace, Ellis Taylor Edge, Sister E.A. Hills
NOTE: Further work required for 1946 Posthumous MID/MID
Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct
Donald William Cuthbert, Robert Esson,
Lo Chow, James Steele,
Arthur Checksfield, Ronald Harry George McKinlay,
Wong Kam-wah,
Lau Cheung,
Choi Yuk-shu, Ng Wing-hang,
John Samuel Barker, Peter Christopher Bickmore, Francis Michael Digby Hoyal, Douglas Ralph Humphrey, Mark Gregory Richie, Dunraj Rai, Lakhdham Rai,
Terence Arthur Berrecloth, Chan Shing-tak, Chan Shing-yuk, Cheung Shu-sing, Trevor George Collins, Hung Sui-to, Paul Kennedy, Kong Kin, Leung Shing-chau, Li Chuen, Liu Chiu-kwan, Lo Shiu-kuen, John Dominic Moran, Pun Wai-cheung, Tam Wai-hung, Tsui Hin-kwing, Wong Shiu-hung, Guy Sanderson Shirra,
Yip Kai,
Lam Sai-kit, Lo Wing-tai, Lo Yin-hok, Miu Wa-keung,
Cheung Ching, Chu Yung-san, Jiwanprassad Gurung, Li Wai-leung, Ng Choi-leung,
Chau Kwong-tak, Ng Chung-hung, Dalbahadur Rai, Tang Kwok-fung, To Kwok-chiu,
Leung Kam-chu, Tsui Pui-ling,
Chan Shiu-fai,
Mohamad Aslam, Wong Chun-fai,
Chan Chung-hing, Ko Wing-wah, Robert Ying Ka-wong,
Chiu Kwok-yin, Li Kei-kit, Ma Shui-lun, Yan Ping-kuen,
Fu Siu-wing, Li Hoi-chin, Ng Kwan-wai,
Wong Kwai-leung,
Kam Man-wei, Wong Chi-hung,
Andrew Richard Harrison, Lam Kong, Christopher James O'Donnell, John Jamieson Oberg Stoddart, Tam Ting-kai, Tang Yau-keung,
Chau Ka-keung
Queen's Commendation for Bravery
Brian James Morris, Stephen John Rule, Wut Chi-wai
Cham Wui-wai, Chan Chi-man, Hon Wing-sang
Wu Wai-cham, Chow Hau-leung
Queen's Commendation for Bravery in the Air
Raymond Chang Yao-teng
Ronald So Chi-yip
Kings/Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air
The K/QCVSA was originally a British military award for gallantry equivalent to an MID. It was later broadened to include meritorious acts and service by both military and civilian air crew. The award was replaced by the QCVS and the QCBA in 1994.
Gerald Walter Cussans 1947,
Danny Cheung Kong AFC
Argo Chow Chong Yan, Thomas Douglas Lewis, Ronald Percy Smith
Paul Henry Rosentall, Peter Dicky Yip
Edward Ho Dick Sang, Ross Law Siu-hing, Frank James Pilkington, Elton Tang Sing Chung, David Arthur Walmsley, Richard Paul Cooke, Michael William Pedrick
Grant Robertson, Raymong Chang Yao Teng, Jimmy Choi Chiu Ming, Michael Ellis, Mason Ng Wai Cheong
German Tsoi Tak-man

Justice of the peace

Justice of the Peace is a title of honour given by the Government to community leaders, and to certain officials while they are in their terms of offices. Official Justices of the Peace is usually refer to those who is both a government official and a Justice of the Peace. The others may be referred as Non-Official Justice of the Peace. For a person who is related to the New Territories, the Chief Secretary for Administration may appoint him/her as a New Territories Justice of the Peace.
Justices of the Peace have no judicial functions, and their main duties include visiting prisons, administering statutory declarations, to serve any advisory panels, and other functions appointed by the Chief Executive.

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