User:Necrothesp/List of recipients of the British Empire Medal, 1939–1947

Indicates that the award was or appears to have been for gallantry. Although the Medal of the Order of the British Empire for Meritorious Service was not officially awarded "for Gallantry" until 1940, in practice it was sometimes awarded for courageous acts before this time.

Name	Rank/Title	Organisation	Nationality	Conflict/Incident	Gazette^[1]
Gardiner, Frederick Henry	Sergeant	Royal Air Force	British	World War II	1939/11/14^[2]
Dhanwar, Aihman Sing	Mahout	Kartick Tea Estate	Indian	Tiger attack	1939/12/01^[3]
Hayter, Frederick George	Gunlayer	Merchant Navy (SS Stonepool)	British	World War II (Battle of the Atlantic)	1939/12/01^[3]
Labram, Horace Mervin	Stoker Petty Officer	Royal Navy (HMS Bideford)	British	HMS Bideford boiler room fire	1939/12/12^[4]
Phillips, William John Henry	Chief Stoker	Royal Navy (HMS Bideford)	British	HMS Bideford boiler room fire	1939/12/12^[4]
Pearson, John George	Gunlayer	Merchant Navy (SS Heronspool)	British	World War II (Battle of the Atlantic)	1939/12/15^[5]
Watkins, Thomas	Gunlayer	Merchant Navy (SS Rockpool)	British	World War II (Battle of the Atlantic)	1939/12/15^[5]
Hutton, Albert Collingwood	Gunlayer	Merchant Navy (MV Agnita)	British	World War II (Battle of the Atlantic)	1940/02/06^[6]
Read, Henry	Gunlayer	Merchant Navy (SS Hopestar)	British	World War II (Battle of the Atlantic)	1940/02/06^[6]

Footnotes edit

^ In format year/month/day. Note that some awards are backdated. In such instances, the actual date of the award is given first and the gazette date is given in parentheses.
^ "No. 34733". The London Gazette. 14 November 1939. p. 7635.
^ ^a ^b "No. 34744". The London Gazette. 1 December 1939. pp. 8032–8033.
^ ^a ^b "No. 34752". The London Gazette. 12 December 1939. p. 8250.
^ ^a ^b "No. 34754". The London Gazette. 15 December 1939. pp. 8324–8325.
^ ^a ^b "No. 34786". The London Gazette. 6 February 1940. pp. 713–715.