He was the first chairman of the British Birds Rarities Committee and was awarded the British Trust for Ornithology's Tucker Medal in 1954 and the British Ornithologists' Union's Union Medal "for his outstanding contribution to the BOU and to ornithology" in 1984.
He served as the first chairman of the British Birds Rarities Committee and was honored with the Tucker Medal by the British Trust for Ornithology in 1954, alongside receiving the Union Medal from the British Ornithologists' Union in 1984. The Union Medal acknowledged his outstanding contributions to both the BOU and ornithology.