List of revocations of appointments to orders and awarded decorations and medals of the United Kingdom

Anyone who behaves in a way that might bring an order, decoration or medal into disrepute may have the award revoked (cancelled).
Victoria Cross
1861: Valentine Bambrick (awarded 1858), following his conviction for assault and theft of a comrade's medals.
1861: Edward St John Daniel (awarded 1854?), following his conviction for desertion and evading court martial.
1872: Michael Murphy (awarded 1858?), following his conviction for theft.
1881: Thomas Lane (awarded 1860?), following his conviction for desertion and theft.
1884: Frederick Corbett (awarded 1882?), following his conviction for embezzlement and theft from an officer.
1895: James Collis (awarded 1881), following his conviction for bigamy.
?: James McGuire (awarded 1858), following his conviction for stealing a cow.
?: George Ravenhill (awarded 1901), following his conviction for theft.
Order of the Bath
KB
1814: Thomas Cochrane, Lord Cochrane (appointed 1809; later appointed a GCB in 1847 after the 1815 reforms)
GCB
1816: Eyre Coote (appointed 1815)
1940: Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) (appointed 1923)
1989: Nicolae Ceausescu
2008: Robert Gabriel Mugabe (appointed 1994)
CB
1975: William George Pottinger (appointed 1972), following his conviction for corruptly receiving gifts from the architect John Poulson (CVO also revoked)
Order of the British Empire
KBE
1980: Albert Royle Henry (appointed 1974), following his conviction for electoral fraud.
DBE
2011: Jean Else (appointed 2001), following a General Teaching Council misconduct hearing banning her from running a school.
CBE
1921: Basil John Blenkinsop Coulson (appointed 1920)
1940: Vidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonsson Quisling (appointed 1929), following his collaboration with Nazi Germany in the occupation of Norway.
1967: Thomas Chambers Windsor Roe (appointed 1953)
1975: John Alan Maudsley (appointed 1970)
1977: George Wilfred Newman (appointed 1966)
1990: Edmund Alexander Rouse (appointed 1987) following his conviction for bribery.
1991: Isidore Jack Lyons (appointed 1967) following his conviction for fraud; also stripped of his knighthood.
2000: John Kevin Ashcroft (appointed 1989) following his conviction for breach of fiduciary duties.
2001: Frederick Alfred John Emery-Wallis (appointed 1999), following his conviction for sexual abuse.
2005: (William) James "Jim" Speechley (appointed 1992) following his conviction for misconduct in a public office.
OBE
1921: Cecil Malone (appointed 1919), following his conviction under the Defence of the Realm (Acquisition of Land) Act 1920
1922: Reginald Stuart Lindsell (appointed 1919)
1922: Arthur Henry Jolliffe (appointed 1919)
1924: Hugh Lidwell Flack (appointed 1919)
1924: Charles James Napier (appointed 1919)
1924: Frank Carlyle Kieller Mitchell (appointed 1918)
1925: Ernest Brooks (appointed 1920) Also stripped of BEM
1926: James Christie (appointed 1919) Also stripped of military rank
1947: Philip Henry Tedman (appointed 1945), former Lieutenant Colnel, after being dismissed from the Royal Canadian Artillery following conviction by a Field General Court-Martial
1947: William Stewart (appointed 1945) Lieutenant Colonel, Royal Army Service Corps, dismissed by a Court Martial
1949: Hugh Murray (appointed 1944) after being cashiered by a court martial
1949: Man Wai Wong (appointed 1947), following his conviction for outlawry (directing bandits) in Malaya.
1950: Louis Pedretti (appointed 1944) Cashiered by General Court martial.
1950: Alan Lennox Thomson Naish RAF reserve officer, convicted by a civil court (appointed 1946)
1954: John Hutton RAF Voluntary Reserve officer, convicted by a civil court (appointed 1946)
1961: Stephen Mackenzie (appointed 1949) Royal Army Medical Corps Officer, dismissed after conviction by a court martial
1965: Harold Adrian Russell "Kim" Philby (appointed 1946), following his exposure as a spy.
1966: William Gordon Tong (appointed 1960)
1979: David Tempest (appointed 1969)
1979: Frank Percival Nurdin Lieutenant Colonel (appointed 1969)
1988: Lester Keith Piggott (appointed 1975), following his conviction for tax fraud.
1993: George Walter Hodgson (appointed 1983)
1994: James Taylor (appointed 1982)
1995: Anthony Leslie Horton (appointed 1989), former Commander, Royal Navy
1997: Richard Stuart Lines (appointed 1990) following his conviction for fraud.
2001: Philippe Anthonie
David Le Roux (appointed 1990), following his conviction under the Financial Services Act 1986.
2001: Robin David Peverett (appointed 1995) following his conviction for child abuse.
2001: John Roylance (appointed 1994), following his conviction by the General Medical Council for serious professional misconduct.
2005: Edward "Eddie" Aldridge (appointed 1996) following his conviction for fraud.
2006: Dennis Edward Grant (appointed 1984), following his conviction for sexual abuse.
MBE
1921: Ernest Middleton (appointed 1919)
1921: Harry William John Wilkinson (appointed 1919)
1921: Shakar Khan (appointed 1919)
1922: James George Annand Forbes (appointed 1919)
1922: Ernest Robert Powell (appointed 1918)
1922: John Stuart Broadbent (appointed 1918)
1923: Edward Seymour Odell (appointed 1919)
1923: Ernest Frederick Strachan (appointed 1919)
1923: John Morgan Knight (appointed 1919)
1923: Richard Williamson (appointed 1918)
1924: Douglas McLaren (appointed 1918)
1925: Leicester Philip Sidney (appointed 1920)
1925: Arthur Nowell Broad (appointed 1919) former Captain, Territorial Army, convicted in a civil court
1925: James Alexander Webster (appointed 1920) convicted in a civil court
1926: Michael John Hanney (appointed 1919) formerly Captain Royal Army Pay Corps, convicted by the Civil Power.
1929: Edward Albert Rix (appointed 1926)Convicted in a civilian court
1929: Lee Peck Hock (appointed 1923)Convicted in a civilian court
1930: Francis George Clarkson (appointed 1918) Convicted in a civilian court.
1936: Frank Jago Munford (appointed 1918) Convicted in a civilian court.
1937: William Ewart Gladstone Trigg (appointed 1918) Also lost the King's Police Medal when convicted in a civilian court.
1944: Robert Hutchison (appointed 1940) Former Lieutenant, Royal Army Service Corps, convicted by a court martial and dismissed from the army.
1944: Edwin Illingworth (appointed 1943) Former Captain, Royal Artillery, convicted by a court martial and dismissed from the army
1949: Frank Reuben Williams (appointed 1944) Formerly a Major in the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment, cashiered by a court martial.
1949: James Walter McDowell Day (appointed 1944) Former Warrant Officer in the Royal Air Force after being convicted by a court martial and dismissed from the RAF.
1949: Thomas Steele Dolan (appointed 1945) Convicted by a civilian court.
1949: Fredreick Donald Reiffer (appointed 1945)
1950: Francis Joseph Fone (appointed 1949) Ex-captain, Royal Tank Regiment. Convicted by a civilian court.
1950: William Jardine Barnish (appointed 1945) Ex Major, South Lancashire Regiment, Territorial Army. Also lost Territorial Efficiency Decoration and two bars Convicted and cashiered by a court martial.
1950: Robert Charles Deboice Douglas (appointed 1947) Ex Captain, Scots Guards. Cashiered by a court martial.
1950: George Lofthouse (appointed 1945) Flight Sergeant, RAF Convicted by a civilian court. Two mentions-in-Despatches also cancelled
1951: John Edward Parr (appointed 1949) Ex Flying Officer RAFVR, Cashiered by a court martial.
1951: Emanuel Saphir (appointed 1945) Cashiered by a court martial.
1951: Frank Peter Edwards (appointed 1944) Ex Captain, Royal Hampshire Regiment Cashiered by a court martial.
1952: Frederick George Percy Hicks (appointed 1943) Dismissed from the army by a court martial.
1952: Kenneth Frank Morrill (appointed 1945) Cashiered by a court martial.
1952: Otto Nyquist (appointed 1946) Ex-Captain, Royal Artillery. Convicted by a civilian court.
1952: John Musgrave King (appointed 1946) Ex Captain, Royal Artillery. Cashiered by a court martial.
1955: Russell William Hatch (appointed 1945) Ex Major, Duke of Wellington's Regiment. Cashiered by a court martial.
1956: Harry Holliday (appointed 1954) Convicted by a civilian court.
1956: Arthur James Britnell (appointed 1950) Ex Captain Royal Army Medical Corps. Cashiered by a court martial.
1956: Frank William White (appointed 1944) Ex Major, Royal Army Medical Corps. Loss of medals, cashiered and imprisoned by a court martial.
1958: Lionel Henry Bryson (appointed 1950) Cashiered by a court martial.
1962: William John Hickman (appointed 1949) Cashiered by a court martial.
1963: John Sydney Noel Pounds (appointed 1949) Cashiered by a court martial.
1965: William Henry Eardley (appointed 1954) Cashiered by a court martial.
1966: William Alexander McConnach (appointed 1952)
1967: Leslie Gordon Creighton (appointed 1951)
1968: Jack Constable Price Rowe (appointed 1943) Ex major, Devon and Dorset Regiment. Convicted by a civilian court.
1969: Henry Lyons Webb (appointed 1959)
1969: Oliver Alfred Sidney Cutts (appointed 1963)
1973: Leslie Albert Shipp (appointed 1972) Ex Lieutenant Commander, Royal Navy. Convicted by a civilian court.
1975: William Spens, 2nd Baron Spens (appointed 1954), following his conviction for theft.
1980: Graham Griffiths (appointed 1970)
1986: Margaret Crowfoot (appointed 1977)
1987: Peter John Darrington (appointed 1984), following his sentencing by Court Martial.
1989: Edward Rutledge (appointed 1987)
1994: John Hanna Napier (appointed 1991)
1996: William John Johnston (appointed 1991)
1996: David Hardman (appointed 1994)
1996: Frederick Alwyn Oliver Jones (appointed 1994)
1996: Stanley Lewis Brown(appointed 1982), following his conviction for sexual abuse.
2000: Brian Lawrence Trood (appointed 1991), following his conviction for sexual assault.
2001: Cyril Albert Broom (appointed 1996)
2002: Philip Douglas Taylor (appointed 2000), following his conviction for sexual assault.
2004: Cyril Littlewood (appointed 1971), following his conviction for sexual abuse (MVO also revoked).
2006: Trevor Richardson (appointed 1998), following his conviction for child abuse
2006: Gordon Crearer Fulton Scott (appointed 1998), following his conviction for possession of child pornography.
2006: Jamnadas Virji Sudra (appointed 1996), following his conviction for sexual assault.
2006: Michael Eke (appointed 2003), following his conviction for theft and deception.
2006: Naseem Hamed (appointed 1999), following his conviction for dangerous driving.
2008: Nicholas Charles McKeown (appointed 1997), following his conviction for possession of child pornography.
2009: Hooman Ghalamkari (appointed 11 June 2005), following conviction on charges of false accounting and theft of prescriptions relating to the pharmacy he ran.
2009: Peter Thomas Cornwell (appointed 2003).
British Empire Medal
1925: Ernest Brooks (appointed 1918) Also stripped of OBE
1951: Leonard Albert Smith (appointed 1947) Ex Flight Sergeant, RAFVR. in consequence of his having been sentenced to be imprisoned and to be discharged with ignominy from His Majesty's Service.
1966: Norman Frederick Hemmings (awarded 1960)
1980: Frederick Thomas Jolley (awarded 1974)
1996: Sidney Charles Williamson Longstaffe (appointed 1988)
2000: Ernest Robert Donald (awarded 1985), following his conviction for sexual abuse.
2001: Jim Rendall (awarded 1990) following his conviction for fraud.
Order of St Michael and St George
CMG
1880: James Craig Loggie
Royal Victorian Order
KCVO
1979: Anthony Frederick Blunt (appointed 1956), after it was revealed that he had been a spy.
CVO
1975: William George Pottinger (appointed 1953), following his conviction for corruptly receiving gifts from the architect, John Poulson (CB also revoked)
MVO
2004: Cyril Littlewood (appointed 2001), following his conviction for sexual abuse (MBE also revoked).
2007: Michael Joseph Delaney (appointed 2005)
Volunteer Officers' Decoration
1896: Frederick Walter Roberts
1898: Captain and Honorary Major Alexander Hay
1899: Lieutenant-Colonel and Honorary Colonel George Raymond Birt, following his conviction for fraud.
1902: Captain and Honorary Major Richard Lewis
Knights Bachelor
1991: Isidore Jack Lyons (appointed 1967) following his conviction for fraud; also stripped of his CBE.
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