1927 Birthday Honours


The 1927 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 on 3 June 1927.
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:
;Dominions
;British India
;Colonies, Protectorates, etc

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

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

Knight Commander (KCSI)

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

;;Honorary Knight Commander

Knight Commander (KCIE)

Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)

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

Civil Division
;;British India
Military Division
;;Royal Navy
;;Army
;;British India
;;Diplomatic Service and Overseas List
;;Dominions
;;Colonies, Protectorates, etc
Military Division
;;Royal Navy
;;Army
;;Royal Air Force
;;British India
;;Diplomatic Service and Overseas List
;;Dominions
;;Colonies, Protectorates, etc
;;Honorary Commanders

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Military Division
;;Royal Navy
;;Army
;;Royal Air Force
In recognition of the conspicuous ability and courage displayed by the under-mentioned Officers of the S.S. Sunning in recovering their vessel which had been captured by pirates off the coast of China on 15 November 1926 —
;;British India
;;Diplomatic Service and Overseas List
;;Dominions
;;Colonies, Protectorates, etc.
Military Division
;;Royal Navy
;;Army
;;Royal Air Force
In recognition of the conspicuous ability and courage displayed by the under-mentioned Officer of the S.S. Sunning in recovering their vessel which had been captured by pirates off the coast of China on 15 November 1926 —
;;British India
;;Diplomatic Service and Overseas List
;;Colonies, Protectorates, etc
;;Second Classi
In recognition of-the special devotion and competency displayed by them in their nursing duties with the British Forces in Iraq
;;First Class

Military Division

;;For Meritorious Service
;;For Meritorious Service
;;Home Civil Service
;;Dominions
;;Indian Civil Service
;;Colonial Civil Service