Defence Medal (United Kingdom)

Bernard Cyril Freyberg

Lieutenant-general

John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker

Field marshal

Frederick Thornton Peters

Captain

Ivor Broom

Air Marshal

Leonard Cheshire

Group captain

Manley James

Brigadier

Robert Blair Mayne

Lieutenant-Colonel

Raymond Collishaw

Air Vice Marshal

Gordon Campbell

Vice-Admiral

Charles Edward Hudson

Brigadier

George Randolph Pearkes

Maj General WW1

Percy Howard Hansen

Brigadier

William Harold Coltman

Lieutenant

Dudley Johnson

Major-General

James Forbes-Robertson

Colonel

Harry Greenwood

Lieutenant Colonel

Anders Frederik Emil Victor Schau Lassen

Major

Richard Bell Davies

Vice-Admiral

George Frederick Beurling “Buzz”

Flight Lieutenant (RCAF)

Sir Hughie Idwal Edwards

Air Commodore