 Stout was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order in 1917, and in 1919 he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for valuable services rendered in connection with the war.In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.He was promoted to Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1943, in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Middle East between May and October 1942, and in the 1962 New Year Honours he was appointed a Knight Bachelor, for services to medicine and education.