1953 Coronation Honours (Ceylon)

The 1953 Coronation Honours in Ceylon, celebrating the

• The Honourable Mr. Nicholas Attygalle, F.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., President Of The Senate. For Services To Medicine.
• Senapathige Theobald Philip Rodrigo
  , Esq., O.B.E., Senator. For Social Services In Colombo North.

Order of the British Empire

Knight Commander (KBE)

Civil division

• Sir
  Ukwatte Acharige Jayasundera
  , C.B.E., Q.C., Senator And Advocate.

Commander (CBE)

Civil division

• Philip James Hudson, Esq., O.B.E., M.C., Government Agent, Northern Province, Jaffna.
• Justin Kotalawela
  , Esq., Senator. For Services To Commerce.
• Tellipalai Chinnappah Rajaratnam, Esq., O.B.E., J.P., Proctor. For Services To The Co-Operative Movement.

Officer (OBE)

Civil Division

• Thomas Amarasuriya, Esq. For Services To The Plantation Industries.
• Ralph St. Louis Pieris Deraniyagala, Esq., M.B.E., Clerk Of The House Of Representatives.
• Hugh Norman Gregory Fernando, Esq., Legal Draftsman.
• Kathiravale Kanagasundram, Esq., chairman, Gal Oya Development Board.
• Ahamado Casim Mohammado, Esq., M.B.E., J.P., Proctor And Notary.
• Wilfred Henry Moore, Esq., Excise Commissioner. Devar Surya Sena. For Services To Music.
• Eric Watson Whitelaw, Esq. For Services To The Rubber Industry.

Member (MBE)

Civil Division

• Stanley Harold Abeyesekere, Esq., Proctor. For Public Services In Uva Province.
• Franklin Alexander Clarence De Silva, Esq., School Works Engineer, Department Of Education.
• Santiago Wilson Osmund De Silva
  , Esq., Deputy Inspector-General Of Police.
• Thimbripolage Alfred Fernando, Esq. For Charitable Services.
• Samuel Peter Foenander, Esq., Lately Sports Journalist.
• Lionel Lillinton Fonseka, Esq., Proctor. For Services To Tennis.
• William Gopallawa, Esq., Municipal Commissioner, Colombo Municipal Council.
• Nellie, Mrs. Gunasekera. For Social Services.
• Thomas David Jayasuriya, Esq., deputy director, Department Of Education.
• Hilda Westbrook, Mrs. Kularatne, Principal, Girls' Senior School, Bandarawela.
• Davison Arthur Peiris, Esq., Chief Construction Engineer, Ceylon University Scheme, Public Works Department.
• Lieutenant Colonel Sabdharatnajyoti Saravanamuttu. For Services To Cricket.
• Victor Joseph Thompson, Esq., Colonel, Salvation Army.
• Martin Wickramasinghe, Esq., Journalist and Author.
• Victor Lloyd Wirasinha, Esq., Commissioner for the Registration Of Indian And Pakistani Residents, And Commissioner of Parliamentary Elections.

Military division

• Warrant Officer Class II Manual Arumanayagam, Ceylon Light Infantry
• Major Fulham Sebastian Victor Wright, Ceylon Engineers

Companion of the Imperial Service Order (ISO)

Ceylon Civil Service

• Kandayah Chellappah Selvadurai, Esq., Deputy Commissioner Of Motor Traffic and Registrar Of Motor Vehicles.
• Warusahennedige Abraham Soysa Wjjeratne, Esq., Assistant To To The Government Agent, Western Province.

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