The Order of the British Empire was the highest honour that could be conferred on a Canadian citizen, prior to the establishment of the Order of Canada in 1967, typically for exemplary military service, but sometimes for civilian activities. Persons in Manitoba who were inducted into the Order have included the following:
Name begins: A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Inductee
Year
Peter MacDonald Abel (1890-1952)
OBE
1944
Thomas Stuart Acheson (1876-1954)
OBE
1919
Mabel Eleanor “May” Allen (1896-1993)
MBE
1946
Mrs. John Allen
MBE
1946
Clara Mabel Allen
MBE
1946
Ralph Andrew Allen (1913-1966)
OBE
?
Nevill Alexander D. Armstrong
OBE
1919
B
John Wakeling Baker
GBE
1954
Ralph Dennistoun Baker (1895-1960)
OBE
1946
Lionel David Mackenzie Baxter (1889-1952)
OBE
1918
Mary Ellen Birtles (1858-1943)
OBE
1935
Thomas Tofield Bower (1867-1968)
MBE
1935
Arthur George Bowes (1914-2013)
MBE
1945
Gordon M. Bowes
OBE
1946
Eustace Alexander Brock (1887-1977)
OBE
1945
Manifrank “Frank” Brown (1909-1959)
OBE
1945
David Moses Bruser (1911-2005)
OBE
1944
C
Minnie Julia Beatrice Campbell (1862-1952)
OBE
1935
Robert B. “Bobby” Carter (1892-1963)
MBE
?
Brian Charles Cavanagh (1930-2005)
MBE
1981
Gertrude Childs (1881-1957)
OBE
1934
Stanley Gordon Chown (1888-1949)
OBE
1919
Clair Addison Clendening (1885-1950)
OBE
1946
Richard Reeve Collard (1886-1963)
CBE
?
Ernest Baldwin Complin
MBE
1946
Edward Francis Cooke
MBE
1946
John Andrew Milton “Jam” Cook (1903-1963)
OBE
1946
Thomas Frederick “Tommy” Cooper (1891-1977)
OBE
1944
Herbert Philip Crabb (1889-1966)
MBE
1946
Edward Hugh Martin Crawford (c1894-1972)
MBE
1946
John Neilson Brown Crawford (1906-1997)
OBE
?
Andrew Currie (1911-1990)
MBE
1946
D
Sarah Persis Johnson Darrach (1886-1974)
MBE
1934
John Caswell Davis (1888-1953)
OBE
1946
Edgar Allan Deacon (1887-1958)
OBE
1945
Richard Lippincott Denison (1889-1980)
OBE
1946
Robert Maxwell Dennistoun (1864-1952)
CBE
1919
Wilfred James Donaldson (1895-1965)
MBE
1944
Henry Russell “Harry” Dowie (1898-1970)
MBE
1945
Frederick H. Downing
MBE
1946
David Merritt Duncan (1870-1951)
OBE
1935
E
Gilbert McCrea Eaton
MBE
1946
Morley Robinson Elliott (1900-1982)
OBE
1946
Edward Gurney Vaux Evans (1907-1987)
MBE
1946
F
John Foggie (1889-1945)
OBE
1943
Marguerita Douglas Fowler
OBE
1934
G
Lyle Gibson
MBE
1966
Albert Henry Stewart Gillson (1889-1954)
CBE
1943
Crawford Gordon (1914-1967)
OBE
?
Frederick Otto Grinke (1911-1987)
CBE
1978
John Alexander Gunn (1878-1960)
MBE
1918
H
Harold Stuart Hanson (1891-1984)
OBE
1943
Carl Clifford Henneberg (1906-1986)
OBE
?
Earl Hickson
MBE
1946
Jack Raymond Hignell (1930-2015)
OBE
1996
Alexandra Wrighton Hogg (?-1964)
OBE
?
Charles Hollenberg
MBE
1945
Alexander Jardine Hunter (1868-1940)
MBE
1935
William Burton Hurd (1894-1950)
OBE
1919
I
J
K
Desmond Bartholomew Kennedy
MBE
1946
Margaret MacTavish Rogers Konantz (1899-1967)
OBE
1946
L
John Roderick “Jack” Lindsay (1901-1998)
MBE
1946
Norman James Lindsay (1874-1959)
MBE
1919
M
Harold Alexander Macdonell (c1906-1963)
MBE
?
Mads Emmet Madson
MBE
1946
Richard Sankey Malone (1909-1985)
OBE
1945
Wilfrid Reid “Wop” May (1896-1952)
OBE
1935
Henry George Mayes (1880-1928)
MBE
1918
Thomas William McConachie
MBE
1946
Daniel J. McIntyre (1852-1946)
OBE
1935
William Allan McKnight (1892-1975)
OBE
1935
John S. McNab
MBE
1946
Ernest Walter Moltke Mermagen (1871-1947)
OBE
?
Ernest Hutchison Moncrieff (1909-2000)
OBE
1945
John R. Morgan
MBE
1946
Arthur Aldridge Moss (1881-1962)
MBE
1945
Stanley Henry “Bus” Muton (1899-1971)
MBE
?
N
Jevon Albert “Jeff” Nicklin (1914-1945)
OBE
1945
Marget Constance Northwood (1909-?)
OBE
1944
O
Daniel Stewart Ormond
MBE
1946
P
Arthur Ernest Parker
MBE
1946
William James Parker (1896-1971)
MBE
1946
Edwin Allee “Monte” Pridham (1883-1973)
MBE
1943
Q
R
Lizzie Redman (c1865-1950)
?
?
Shirley Annie Redmond (1876-?)
OBE
?
Rupert Cambourne Reece (1894-1951)
OBE
1943
Roy Walter Richardson (1902-1974)
OBE
?
Conrad Sanford Riley (1916-1999)
MBE
1945
Sophie May Roblin
MBE
1946
Marian Evelyn Rowland
MBE
1946
Thomas A. Rutledge
MBE
1946
Charles Millidge Ruttan (1883-1970)
CBE
?
S
Theodore V. Sandys-Wunsch
OBE
1946
Henry Eugene “Harry” Sellers (1886-1970)
CBE
1946
Thomas M. Shields
MBE
1946
Victor Sifton (1897-1961)
CBE
1944
William John Simpson (1869-1928)
?
?
Ernest Sirluck (1918-2013)
MBE
?
Frank Leith Skinner (1882-1967)
OBE
1943
James Smart (1888-1957)
OBE
1946
Thomas Farrar Smellie (1880-1963)
OBE
1943
George Smith (1882-1963)
MBE
1943
Marjorie Smith
MBE
1946
Daniel Emes Sprague (1848-1924)
OBE
1919
Samuel Benfield “Sam” Steele (1848-1919)
CBE
1900
Maitland Bernard Steinkopf (1912-1970)
OBE
1945
Lillian Carter Stephens (1876-1957)
MBE
1935
Kenneth Bowring Stoddart (1877-1961)
CBE
?
A. Marguerite Swan
MBE
1943
John Francis Sweeney (c1881-1951)
OBE
1946
T
Victor Hubert Tait
KBE
1944
Ethel Lily May Thorpe (c1908-2001)
OBE
1956
Sveinn Thorvaldson (1872-1949)
MBE
1935
Annette Louise Treble (1932-2010)
?
1978
George Eric Tritschler (1901-1993)
OBE
1945
U
V
W
Mary Ivadell Warner
MBE
1946
Ralph Humphreys Webb (1886-1945)
OBE
?
Reginald Weightman
OBE
1921
Jean Lobell Whiteford
MBE
1946
Mrs. John Whyte
OBE
1946
Norman George Wilson-Smith
MBE
1945
Karl Fiset Wintemute (1903-1989)
OBE
?
Edwin Sydney Woodiwiss (1871-1940)
MBE
1919
X
Y
George Joseph Anderson Young
MBE
1946
Z
Levels
GBE = Knight Grand Cross / Dame Grand Cross
KBE = Knight Commander / Dame Commander
CBE = Commander (regional and national levels)
OBE = Officer (local and regional levels)
MBE = Member (local level)
See also:
Manitoba Recipients of the King George V Jubilee Medal
Manitoba Recipients of the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal
Manitoba Recipients of the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal
Manitoba Recipients of the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal
Manitoba Recipients of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
Manitoba Recipients of the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal
Manitoba Recipients of the King Charles III Coronation Medal
Manitoba Recipients of the Meritorious Service Medal (Civil Division)
Manitoba Inductees to the Order of the British Empire
Manitoba Inductees to the Order of St. Gregory the Great
Manitoba Inductees to the Order of the Falcon
Manitoba Recipients of Knighthoods
Manitoba Recipients of the Canadian Centennial Medal
Manitoba Recipients of the 125th Anniversary of Canadian Confederation Medal
Manitoba Members of the Order of Canada
Manitoba Members of the Order of Military Merit
Members of the Order of Manitoba
Members of the Order of the Metis Nation
Members of the Manitoba Order of the Buffalo Hunt
Recipients of the Manitoba Centennial Medal
Members of the Manitoba Order of the Crocus
Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Historical Preservation and Promotion
City of Winnipeg Community Service Awards
Premier’s Volunteer Service Awards
Winnipeg Citizens Hall of Fame
Recipients of Manitoba 150 Honours
Recipients of Winnipeg 150 Medals
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Order of Manitoba Monument (Assiniboine Park, Winnipeg)
“City employe gets medal,” Winnipeg Tribune, 31 January 1921, page 1.
“In New Year’s honors,” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 January 1934, page 2.
“4 Winnipeggers will be honored,” Winnipeg Free Press, 28 December 1943, page 12.
“9 Manitobans among army men honored,” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 January 1945, page 1.
“Air Personnel of Province honored,” Winnipeg Free Press, 14 June 1945, page 1.
“12 Manitobans win Army honors,” Winnipeg Free Press, 14 June 1945, page 1.
“Navy awards for seven Manitobans,” Winnipeg Free Press, 14 June 1945, page 1.
“Air Force honors,” Winnipeg Free Press, 14 June 1945, page 2.
“Army honors,” Winnipeg Free Press, 14 June 1945, page 2.
“Forty Manitobans inducted in Dominion Day honour list,” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 July 1946, page 1.
“Manitobans,” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 July 1946, page 4.
We thank Michael Andrews, Kelly Cook, James Arnett, and Wilf Donaldson Jr. for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by James Kostuchuk, Nathan Kramer, and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 1 May 2025
