Sir Peter Bennett a Baron: C.B.E.
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for Mr. R. .Gresham Cooke
1N the Coronation Honours List, published on Monday, Sir Peter F. B. Bennett, joint managing director of Joseph Lucas, Ltd., is created a baron. Mr. R. Gresham Cooke, director of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, is awarded the C.B.E.
Honours have been granted to a number of employees of bus companies and to Mr. D. H. McVeigh, Lincoln district manager of the Road Haulage Executive, who organized transport for flood relief work.
Other honours awarded to people associated with the operation and manufacture of commercial vehicles and supplies are:—
KaliIts Bachelor: The Hon. Francis J Hopwood. managing director, Shell Transport and Trading Co., Ltd.; S. W. Rawson, directorgeneral of Machine Tools. Ministry Of Supply.
CB.: E. B. Hugh-Jones, chief engineer, highways engineer staff, Ministry of Transport.
C.B,F..: N A. Gass, a managing director, AnaloAranian Oil Co.. Ltd.; Col. B. H. Leeson, director of British Electrical and Allied Manufacturers Association; R. B. Southall. director . and general manager, National Oil Refineries. Ltd.
G.C.V.O.: Sir David P. Maxwell-Fyfe. O.C. M.P.
B.E.M.1 A. J. Abbott, foreman, Rotas. Ltd.: F. S. Barnes, sheet metal worker, London Transport Executive; H. W. Curtis, depot superintendent, Sheerness, British Road Services; Miss H. Davies, forewoman, Simmonds Acrocessories, Ltd., Treforest; E. Dean, lately toolroom miller. Renold and Coventry Chain Co.. Ltd.; C. A Downes. chief inspector. Bristol Tramways and Carriage Co.. Ltd.; G. S. Drewery, fitter, Snettisham depot, B.R.S.; R. F. Gurney, mobile canteen driver. N.A.A.F.I. Colchester; C. Hampton. bus driver, Thames Valley Traction Co.. Ltd.: R. Hasthorpe, lorry driver, Waithe. Lines; W. T. Jones. head driver, Vange ambulance station; L. Leach, process foreman, Magnesium Elcktron. Ltd.; E. C. McArthur. transport foreman. Stockton Unit, Northern Gas Board; B. Mosley. driver, Trent Motor Traction Co.; It. G. Pain, setter-operator, AC-Delco Division of General Motors, Ltd.: J. P. W Pilkington. foreman labourer. Rolls-Royce, Ltd.; Miss E. L. Shipley, welfare supervisor, Ferodo, Ltd ; F. Squire, warehouseman. British Betting and Asbastcw, Ltd.; E. I. Thomas. staff foreman, Morris Motors. Ltd.' Miss L. S. Watts. draughtswoman. Highways Engineering Dept., Ministry of Transport; F. A. Wright, yard foreman, Leeds transport dept., North Eastern Gas Board.
PRIME MINISTER'S LIST 0,B.E.1 I. G. Bullen, general manager, Highland Reduction Works. British Aluminium Co., Ltd.; A, M. Clark. chairman. Scottish Accident Prevention Council; P. H. Ford, lately works manager, Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds, Ltd.
M.B.E.: A. Anslow, production manager. T. Sankey and Sons, Ltd.; A. H. Blackwell, director and works manager. David Brown Coys.; J. McG. Bowes, honorary secretary, Savings Group, Rolls-Royce, Ltd.. Glasgow; H. A. King, depot supt , Stockport, North-West Road Car Co., Ltd.; D. H. McVeigh. district manager. Lincoln R.H.E.: J. R. Nesbit, chief cashier. Scottish Omnibuses. Ltd.; G. A. H. E. Poole, factory manager, Joseph Lucas, • Ltd.; E. A. Ritchie. traffic superintendent; Belfast Corporation Transport Dept.; F Roberts, cleansing superintendent, Birkenhead; F. E. Shippobotham, manager, claims department. Western Welsh Omnibus Co., Ltd.; B. D. Stanley. secretary and accountant, East Kent Car Co., Ltd.; J. W. Strydom, cashier, Vacuum Oil Co., Ltd., Coryton; R. Tuft, divisional superintendent, Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co.. Ltd.
Mr. R. B. Brittain, chairman of the Eastern Area of the Road Haulage Association, has been appointed chairman of Benfleet Urban District Council.