Hong Kong Gallantry Awards prior to 1997

Many thanks for these three. My sources are varied but mostly HK Government records. I will be visiting the archives again soon. Captain Ansari confirmed George Cross awarded 1946, Chiu Yiu-nam confirmed as George Medal awarded 1983 and Ng Hung-shek confirmed as George Medal awarded 1994. I have also found this: http://www.stephen-stratford.co.uk/jap_pows.htm in relation to BAAG and HK POWs.

That is a considerable number; do you have any further information please? Seems as though this link is related: http://www.stephen-stratford.co.uk/jap_pows.htm

Thank you Gary; see this link above.

Thank you again. My aim was to include only those awards won in HK which included members of the military who did not strictly reside here.

Thank you David. My post seems to be working and I now have several new leads to follow up on. I think it would be best for me to update Wikipedia as I go along and when I am eventually satisfied that I can go no further, I will update Gwulo. How's that? Best to reply by email as you say.

Thank you, very useful. I will get the book out of the library.

I will check but most BEMs would not be for gallantry as with KPMs...

Thank you. I am retired RHKP and helped with some of the exhibits. The Roll of Honour is not very helpful as it lists only officers killed in the line of duty.

The best example is in the foyer of the Metropolitan Police in New Scotland Yard where they have a beautifully illustrated book open at the page closest to the date of an offficer killed giving full details of the circumstances. The HKP can only manage a book with a name and a date....

I have that, thank you.

Recipients of Colonial Hong Kong Gallantry Awards[edit]

(Orders, Decorations and Medals conferred on Hong Kong residents or in respect of Hong Kong service up to 30 June 1996)

Victoria Cross (VC) John Robert Osborn 1941. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Robert_Osborn

George Cross (GC) Mateen Ahmed Ansari, Douglas Ford, John Alexander Fraser MC & Bar, Hector Bertram Gray AFM, Lanceray Arthur Newnham, Joseph Hughes 1946

Order of the British Empire (CBE) for Gallantry Alfred Creighton Collinson, Andrew Peffers OBE 1946,

Order of the British Empire (OBE) for Gallantry Osmonde Hedworth Farrar 1930, Lindsay Tasman Ride 1942, Keble Theodore Andrews-Levinge, Eustace Levett, John Herbert Price MC 1946,

Distinguished Service Order (DSO) Henry William Moncrieff Stewart OBE, MC, Wells Arnold Bishop, Ernest Hodkinson, Cecil Robert Templer, Evan George Stewart, Arthur John Dewar 1946

Order of the British Empire - (MBE) for Gallantry Sher Singh 1945, Victor Stanley Ebbage BEM, Hargraves Milne Howell, William Nichols, Harry Charles Spong, David Louis Strellett, Charles Gentry Turner, Feroze Khan, Sister Elizabeth Mosey 1946, Stanley Gordon Woods 1968, Frederick John Preston 1973

Indian Order of Merit (IOM) Ali Mohd, Phul Singh, Nawaz Khan, Lakhu Singh 1946

Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) William Morley Wright 1942, John Christian Bolder DSC (Bar), Arthur Luard Pears, Bruce Graham Clarke 1946

Royal Red Cross - Member (RRC) Sister Mary Ann Lockerbie Currie née Davies, Sister Margaret Anna North 1946

Military Cross (MC) E.W.M.L. Corbally, R.H.D. Scriven, Ivan Bernard Trevor 1942, David Ronald Holmes 1943, K.A. Munro, P. Steyn 1944, R.A.S. Lane, J.S. McKay 1945, 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, Uriah Laite, 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 (Solomon Islands) 1946, G.D.M. Williams 1965

Air Force Cross (AFC) Danny Cheung Kwong 1965, Richard Paul Seymour 1973, Peter Stephen Boyland 1992, Christopher Jeremy Spencer Fynes, Steven Derek Murkin 1993

Royal Red Cross - Associate (ARRC) Sister Edith Butlin, Sister Gwendoline Colthorpe, Sister Edith Freda Davies, Sister Kathleen Georgina Christie, Sister Anna May Waters 1946

Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) Kishen Singh, Rur Singh 1917, M.J. Muldowney 1920, Colin Alden Standish, Derek Everard Rix, Arthur David Manning, Albert Edward Miller, Thomas F. Stainton, Charles Albert Clark, Ronald John Routledge 1946

George Medal (GM) N.G.A. Noble, Ian P. Hyde (Malaya), Cheung On 1947, Chau Fook, James Hidden 1952, LEUNG Yiu-tong 1953, P. Muskett 1958, William James Gorman 1960, Edward Louis Hanlon 1964, Choi Chor, James Hogg Bruce, John Caruth Gorman, Leung Shiu-kay 1973, Chiu Yiu-nam 1983, Ng Hung-shek 1994

King’s Police Medal for Gallantry (KPM) Timothy Murphy 1923; Kenneth Andrew 1928, Chan Ng, William McHardy, Christopher Pile, Tam Chung, Tang Ka, Gordon Taylor, Frederick Tucket 1939; Roland Henry John Brooks, David Loie Fook-wing, Duncan George MacPherson 1947; Harold Tiplady, Wong Wai Tsoi 1949

Queen's Police Medal for Gallantry (QPM) Cheng Kin Cheung 1955

Indian Distinguished Service Medal (IDSM) Amanat Ali 1946

Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) Bernard Charlie Lilley, Albert John White1946

Military Medal (MM) Ghulam Mohamad, Nihal Singh 1917, Lab Singh, Ghulam Hussain, Tika Khan 1918, A. Hutchins 1919; Patrick John Sheridan, Francis Lee Yiu Piu 1942, D.I. Bosanquet 1943, W.G. Poy, A.A. Iles, E.G. Jones 1944, 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, W.D. Yee, Mohd Amir, Alfred Thomas Goschen Lloyd 1946, Chau Sik Wah 1952, Li Hon To, Lui Tong 1960. Further work required for 1946 MM: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/37521/supplements/1672

Air Force Medal (AFM) Keith George Thomas Sturge 1992

Sea Gallantry Medal (SGM) (officially 'The Board of Trade Medal for Saving Life at Sea'), Silver 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 all 1923; SO HAU, Fireman of ss Paul Beau of Hong Kong, 1925 (Source: http://www.searlecanada.org/hemy/SGM001.html)

Colonial Police Medal for Gallantry (CPM) Frederick Edward Evelyn Booker, Jack Cooper Fitz-Henry 1939, George Allan Rodney Wright-Nooth 1946, Roland Henry John Brooks, Charles William Brown, Chan Sang, Ho Yuk, Lok So, William Todd, Yan Fuk 1947, Chan Wing, Chiu Ho Ching, Li Fo 1948, Li Hon To, Lui Tong 1960, Wong Kai Wan 1962, Cheung Tin, William Roger Deane, John Henry Douglas Bell, Brian Gray Fender 1964, Cheng Yee Hung, Cheung Kwai Chau, Law Kim Chuen, Wu Yun Tsung 1966, Chiu Sau Sum, Trevor John Colley, Kwok Chung, David Pitt, Edward John Stevenson, Tang Wong Yau, Tsang Wing CPM (Bar) 1968, Cheung Tin Fat, Roberton James Patterson Burton, Kong Yuk Sut, Leung Kam Ming 1972, 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 1973, Chan Kam-ming, Lau Piu 1974

Queen’s Gallantry Medal (QGM) Yip Long-ping 1977, Ho Hing-chuen, Aimansing Limbu 1979, Chan Kwai-fai, Tung Chi-kan, Yeung Chun-hing 1980, Nicholas Alexander McQueen 1981, Lo Wai-shing 1982, Cheung Wai-leung, Chiu Shing Chau, Leung Siu-lin 1984, Timothy Martin Adamson, Michael John Lovatt 1986, Chiu Ka-ping 1987, LI Tam-shing, LUI Tak-wah 1989, CHAN Chi-choi, CHENG Kwok-wai 1991, Anthony Martin Leahy, Nicholas John Roberts, Tsang Hung-lit, Yeung Kwok-wing 1993, Nigel Mills Griffiths, Chan Lun-fat, Cheung Hin Yeung, Yeung Chi-fai 1995, Cheung Kwok Keung, Lee Man Ying, WPC Leung Lai Fun, Barry John Smith, Andrew Mark Steeple 1996, Jason Chan Siu Kei, Ma Hing Keung, Ma Ka Kuen 1997

British Empire Medal for Gallantry (BEM) Jalal Din, Mohammed Afsar 1946, Richard Malig, Emundo Da Silva, David John Leonard 1947, Peter Anderson 1955, Yu Kwong 1960, Tang Sai Bun, Bhimraj Rai 1962, Lee Nai Liang 1965, David Lawrence Birch, Anthony Charlwood 1968, Jack Cavie, Anthony Roger Prouse 1973

Mentions in Dispatches (MID) 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 1946. Further work required for 1946 Posthumous MID and MID: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/37636/start=1 and http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/37521/supplements/1672 and http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/37704/supplements/4342

Queen’s Commendation for Brave Conduct (QCBC) Donald William Cuthbert, Robert Esson 1954, Lo Chow, James Steele 1955, Arthur Checksfield, Ronald Harry George McKinlay 1960, Wong Kam Wah 1962, Lau Cheung 1963, Choi Yuk Shu, Ng Wing Hang 1964, John Samuel Barker, Peter Christopher Bickmore, Francis Michael Digby Hoyal, Douglas Ralph Humphrey, Mark Gregory Richie, Dunraj Rai, Lakhdham Rai 1968, Terrance 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, Guy Sanderson Shirra, Tam Wai-hung, Tsui Hin-kwing, Wong Shiu-hung 1973, Yip Kai 1976, Lam Sai-kit, Lo Wing-tai, Lo Yin-hok, Miu Wa-keung 1977, Cheung Ching, Chu Yung San, Jiwanprassad Gurung, Li Wai-leung, Ng Choi-leung 1978, Chau Kwong-tak, Ng Chung-hung, Dalbahadur Rai, Tang Kwok-fung, To Kwok-chiu 1979, Leung Kam-chu, Tsui Pui-ling 1980, Chan Shiu-fai 1981, Mohamad Aslam, Wong Chun-fai 1982, Chan Chung-hing, Ko Wing-wah, Robert Ying Ka Wong 1983, Chiu Kwok-yin, Li Kei-kit, Ma Shui-lun, Yan Ping-kuen 1984, Fu Siu-wing, Li Hoi-chin, Ng Kwan-wai 1986, Wong Kwai-leung 1989, Kam Man-wei, Wong Chi-hung 1990, Andrew Richard Harrison, Lam Kong, Christopher James O'Donnel, John Jamieson Oberg Stoddart, Tam Ting-kai, Tang Yau-keung 1992, Chau Ka-keung 1994

Queen’s Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air (QCVSA) Danny Cheung Kong AFC 1962, Argo Chow Chong Yan, Thomas Douglas Lewis, Ronald Percy Smith 1965, Paul Henry Rosentall 1983, Edward Ho Dick Sang, Ross Law Siu Hing, Frank James Pilkington, Elton Tang Sing Cheung, David Arthur Walmsley 1992, Richard Paul Cooke, Michael William Pedrick, Grant Robertson 1993, Raymong Chang Yao Teng, Jimmy Choi Chiu Ming, Michael Ellis, Mason Ng Wai Cheong, German Tsoi Tak Man 1994,

Queen’s Commendation for Bravery (QCB) Brian James Morris, Stephen John Rule, Wut Chi-wai 1995, Cham Wui-wai, Chan Chi-man, Hon Wing Sang 1996, Wu Wai Cham, Chow Hau Leung 1997

Queen’s Commendation for Bravery in the Air (QCBA) Raymond Chang Yao Teng 1996, Ronald So Chi Yip 1997

GSS 14Sept13 Mainly sourced from http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/ and also http://www.hkvca.ca/historical/Honours/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Hong_Ko...

Thank you all for notifying me and updating the record.

James Allan Ford MC is already listed for 1945.

If anyone else out there is interested in completing my work, please go to the London Gazette to complete the record for Military Medals and Mensions in Dispatches for WW2: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/awards-and-accreditation

You are quite right. I will amend Wikipedia. Here is the HKG record:

https://app.legco.gov.hk/member_front/english/library/member_detail.aspx...