The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire was an order of chivalry founded by Queen Victoria in 1 January 1878. The Order includes members of three classes:
- Knight Grand Commander (GCIE)
- Knight Commander (KCIE)
- Companion (CIE)
General Sir Douglas David Gracey & Bar was a British Indian Army officer who fought in both the First and Second World Wars. He also fought in French Indochina and was the second Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army. Gracey held this latter office from 11 February 1948 until his retirement on 16 January 1951. Born to English parents living in India, he was educated in English schools before returning to India to serve in the military there.
Vice-Admiral Sir Ronald Vernon Brockman was a British senior officer of the Royal Navy. He served under Lord Mountbatten and participated in accepting the surrender of the Japanese Fleet in 1945. Sir Ronald was the elder son of Engineer Rear-Admiral Henry Stafford Brockman CB. He was descendant of the English Brockman family, and was Gentleman Usher to the Queen from 1967 to 1979.
Lieutenant General Sir Francis Ivan Simms Tuker KCIE CB DSO OBE was a senior British Indian Army officer who commanded the 4th Indian Infantry Division during the Second World War.
Major-General John Sydney Lethbridge CB, CBE, MC was a British soldier.
Lieutenant General Sir Reginald Arthur Savory (1894–1980) was a British Indian Army officer during World War I and World War II.
Major General Logan Scott-Bowden, was a British army officer. A Royal Engineers officer during World War II, he was the first commander of the Ulster Defence Regiment. Retiring as a Major General in 1974, he served as the Colonel-Commandant of the Royal Engineers from 1975 to 1980.
Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Edward Grasett was a British-Canadian soldier who served with the British Army in Canada, England, India and China.
Major General Basil Charles Davey, commanded the group with principal responsibility for bridging the various major obstacles as part of Operation Market Garden and later became Commandant of the Royal Military College of Science.
Major-General Sir Edmund Hakewill-Smith KCVO CB CBE MC was a senior British Army officer who served in both World War I and World War II.
General Sir Thomas Cecil Hook Pearson, was a senior officer of the British Army who served as Commander-in-Chief of Allied Forces Northern Europe from 1972 to 1974. At the time of his death, he was the oldest living British full general.
Major General (Douglas) Ashton (Lofft) Wade CB OBE MC was a British Army officer who commanded Malaya District after World War II.
Major-General Oliver McCrea Roome CBE was a British Army officer.
Major General George Neville Wood was a senior British Army officer who fought during the First and Second World War, commanding the 25th Indian Infantry Division during the Burma Campaign.
Major-General Sir William Louis Oberkirch Twiss (1879-1962) was a senior British Indian Army officer.
Lieutenant-General Sir Harold Williams was an Irish-born British-Indian Army officer, engineer and mountaineer. He also became charter president of Rotary club Roorkee in 1959.
Sir Charles John Stuart King was a British engineer and army officer.
Major-General Charles Scott Napier,, was a British Army officer who served in the First and Second World Wars. During the latter he was Chief of Movements and Transportation at the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) during the campaign in north-west Europe.
