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THE chairman of London Transport Board, Mr. A. B. B. Valentine, received a knighthood in the Birthday Honours, Another Knight Batchelor is Mr. Harold Wilkinson, deputy chairman of Shell Transport and Trading Co. Ltd. The former Minister of Transport, Mr. Harold Watkinson (he was Minister from 1955-59) becomes a viscount. Other awards which concern transport people include:—
C.B.E A. E. Bowles, chief officer, Lancashire Fire Brigade; A. A. C. Issigonis, technical director, British Motor Corporation; W. J. Simmons, chief scientific officer, Fighting Vehicles Research and Development Establishment; F. Llewellyn Smith, managing director, motor car division, Rolls-Royce Ltd.; T. S. Bell, lately secretary, Federal Department of Transport, Southern Rhodesia; A. E. L. Collins, managing director, Ashok Leyland Ltd., Madras.
O.B.E. B. L. King, principal liaison
officer, Government Sales, Ford Motor Co, Ltd.; D. P. Thres, principal, Ministry of Transport.
M.B.E. G. Higham, chief vehicle examiner, Northern traffic area; K. C. R. Howell, supervising examiner. driving tests. Ministry of Transport; E. J. W. Pickett, principal executive assistant, London Transport Board; T. S. Robson, senior engineer, transport, Independent Television Authority; R. 0. Smith, leader and secretary, employer's side, Milk Distributive Wages Council (England and Wales); F. C. Thornton, lately production superintendent, A.E.C. Ltd.
B.E.M. A. W. Allen, assembly worker, Austin Motor Co, Ltd.; W. H. Aungier, driver, central buses, London Transport Board; D. W. Ellis. driver, Esso Petroleum Co. Ltd.; A. J. Grayson, conductor, Ribble Motor Services Ltd.; J. L.Hemingway, driver, Leeds City Transport; F. Hoey, skilled engineering machinist, Vauxhall Motors Ltd.; H. Shingles, machinist, Ford Motor Co. Ltd.