1922 New Year Honours

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The New Year Honours 1922 were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by members of the British Empire. They were published on 30 December 1921.[1]

The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, etc.) and then divisions (Military, Civil, etc.) as appropriate.

British Empire

Baron

  • Sir
    High Sheriff of Sussex
    , 1910. A generous supporter of many public and charitable objects.
  • Sir Robert Nivison, Bart. Head of the firm of R. Nivison & Co., brokers and financial advisers to the self-governing Overseas Dominions. For valuable services resulting in the successful financing of Government schemes during and after the war, also for assistance rendered to the Governments of the Overseas Dominions.
  • Filling Factories
    during the war and great assistance to agriculture through the Agricultural Research Department at Leamington.
  • Francis Willey, JP. Chairman of Francis Willey & Co., Bradford. Placed the services of all his staff at the disposal of the Wool Control during the war. For 40 years JP for Bradford. High Sheriff of the County of Nottingham, 1908.

Privy Councillor

Privy Council in Ireland

Baronet

India

Knight Bachelor

Ireland
India
Dominions, Crown Colonies, Protectorates, etc.

Order of the Bath

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB)

Military Division
Royal Navy
  • Admiral of the Fleet Sir
    KCB
    .
Civil Division

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

Military Division
Royal Navy
  • Admiral Sir
    CB
    .
  • Engineer Rear-Admiral Arthur Frederick Kingsnorth, CB.
  • Paymaster Rear-Admiral William Marcus Charles Beresford Whyte,
    CMG
    .
Army
Royal Air Force
Civil Division
  • Hon. Commodore Sir Richard Henry Williams-Bulkeley,
    CB
    , Royal Naval Reserve.
  • Lieutenant-Colonel and Honorary Colonel Thomas Warne Lemmon, CB, Honorary Colonel, 3rd Battalion (Reserve),
    The East Surrey Regiment
    .

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

Military Division
Royal Navy
  • Rear-Admiral Cole Cortlandt Fowler.
  • Rear-Admiral William John Standly Alderson.
  • Colonel Edward James Stroud,
    CMG
    , Royal Marine Light Infantry.
  • Captain Selwyn Mitchell Day,
    ADC
    , Royal Naval Reserve.
Army
Royal Air Force
Civil Division

Order of Merit

  • Sir
    James Matthew Barrie
    , Bart., MA, LLD (Edin.). In recognition of his services to literature and the drama.

Order of the Star of India

Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India (KCSI)

Companion of the Order of the Star of India (CSI)

  • Captain His Highness Raja Narendra Sah, Raja of Tehri (Garhwal), United Provinces.
  • Indian Civil Service
    , temporary Member of the Executive Council, Fort St. George, Madras.
  • CIE
    , Indian Civil Service, Officiating Chief Secretary to the Government of Madras.
  • Denys de Saumarez Bray
    , CIE, CBE, Indian Civil Service, Officiating Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign & Political Department.
  • Robert Edward Vaughan Arbuthnot, Indian Civil Service, Financial Commissioner, Burma.
  • Charles Montague King, CIE, Member of the Legislative Council, Indian Civil Service, Financial Commissioner (Development), Punjab.
  • Rai Bahadur Pandit Hairi Kishan Kaul, CIE, Provincial Civil Service, Officiating Commissioner, Jullundur Division, Punjab.
  • Sidney Robert Hignell, CIE, Indian Civil Service, Private Secretary to His Excellency the Viceroy.
  • James Crerar, CIE, Indian Civil Service, Secretary to Government, Home Department, Bombay.
  • Waters Edward Copleston, Chief Conservator of Forests, Bombay.
  • Frederick Buisson Evans, Indian Civil Service, Special Civil Officer, Malabar.
  • Colonel .

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG)

Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG)

Honorary Knight Commander

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)

Honorary Companion

Order of the Indian Empire

Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE)

Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE)

  • Governor of Assam (William Sinclair Marris
    ).
  • Major-General John Blackburn Smith, CB, Indian Medical Service, deputy director, Medical Services, Eastern Command.
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Hope Grant Hutchinson, Indian Medical Service, Public Health Commissioner with the Government of India.
  • Francis Pepys Rennie, Indian Civil Service, Judicial Commissioner, North-West Frontier Province.
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Stewart Blakely Agnew Patterson, Indian Army, Commissioner, Ajmer-Merwara, Rajputana.
  • Malcolm Caird McAlpin, Indian Civil Service, Secretary to Government, Bengal.
  • OBE
    , Indian Civil Service, Financial Secretary to Government, United Provinces.
  • Lieutenant-Colonel James Entrican, Indian Medical Service, Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals, Burma.
  • Alexander Carmichael Stewart, MVO, Indian Police, Inspector-General of Police, Punjab.
  • Walter Frank Hudson, Indian Civil Service, Collector of
    Poona
    , Bombay.
  • Adrian James Robert Hope, late Superintending Engineer, Simla Imperial Circle.
  • John Willoughby Meares, Electrical Adviser to the Government of India.
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Fraser Standage, Indian Medical Service, Residency Surgeon in Mysore, Bangalore.
  • Major
    Governor of Madras
    .
  • Edward Francis Thomas, Indian Civil Service, Acting Collector and District Magistrate, Malabar, Madras.
  • Edward Luttrell Moysey, Indian Civil Service, Collector of Satara, Bombay.
  • Thomas Stewart Macpherson, Indian Civil Service, Registrar of the High Court of Judicature at Patna, Bihar and Orissa.
  • Maung Po Hla, Deputy Commissioner, Pyapon, Burma.
  • Arthur Campbell Armstrong, OBE, Indian Police, Superintendent of Police, Central Provinces.
  • Horace Williamson, MBE, Indian Police, Superintendent of Police, United Provinces.
  • Alexander Newmarch, late Accountant-General, Madras.
  • Gerard Anstruther Wathen, Indian Educational Service, Principal, Khalsa College, Amritsar, Punjab.
  • Khan Bahadur Mir Sharbat Khan, Officiating Political Agent, Lorali,
    Baluchistan
    .
  • Natha Singh, Sardar Bahadur, Brigadier-General and Commandant, Alwar Infantry, Rajputana.
  • Raja Maniloll Singh Roy, of Chakdighi, chairman, District Board,
    Burdwan
    , Bengal.
  • Khan Bahadur Nasarvanji Hormasji Choksy, retired Medical Officer, Bombay Municipality.
  • Lieutenant Raja Chandra Chur Singh, of Atra Chandapur, Rae Bareli District, United Provinces.
  • William Scott Durrant, late Deputy Accountant-General, India Office.
  • Archibald Gibson McLagan, of Messrs. Turnbull, Gibson & Co., Shipping Agents to the India Office.

Order of the British Empire

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE)

Civil Division

Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE)

Civil Division

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)

Civil Division
  • John William Gilbert,
    JP, Ex-Chairman of the London County Council
    .
  • William Malesbury Letts,
    CBE
    . For public services.
  • William McLintock, Member of Royal Commission on Income Tax and Board of Referees on Excess Profits Duty.
  • Mervyn Lloyd Peel, JP. For public services in South Wales.
  • Sir Alexander William Prince. For valuable services rendered in connection with the Army and Navy Canteen Board.
  • Herbert Samuelson. For valuable services rendered to the
    British Red Cross Society
    and Order of St John of Jerusalem.
  • Councillor John Timpson, JP,
    Mayor of Portsmouth
    , 1918–20. For public services.

Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)

Civil Division
  • Margery, Lady Greenwood,
    CBE
    . For services in Ireland.
  • Ethel Mary Smyth
    , Mus.Doc., Composer and Conductor.

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Civil Division

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Civil Division

Order of the Companions of Honour (CH)

Kaisar-i-Hind Medal

First Class
Bar to the Kaisar-i-Hind Medal
  • Katherine Annie Louise, Lady Knox, United Provinces.
  • Cornelia Sorabji, Lady Assistant to Court of Wards in Bengal.

Royal Victorian Order

Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)

  • His Royal Highness
    KG
    .
  • General Sir
    MVO
    .

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)

  • Sir
    CVO
    .
  • Rear-Admiral The Hon. Sir
    CVO
    .
  • The Hon. Henry Julian Stonor, CVO.
  • William Rose Smith, CB, CVO.
  • Percy Coleman Simmons.

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

Member of the Royal Victorian Order, 4th class (MVO)

  • Captain The Hon. James Gray Stuart, MC (Dated 3 December 1921).
  • Major Edward Seymour, DSO, OBE, MVO (Fifth Class).
  • Captain Albert Edward Williams, MVO (Fifth Class) (Dated 10 August 1921).
  • Christopher Harry Bland. (Dated 11 November 1921).
  • Geoffrey Dudley Hobson.
  • Frederick Arthur Harman Oates.
  • William Gurney Rothery.

King's Police Medal (KPM)

England & Wales
  • Captain Donald Bremner, Assistant Commissioner, City of London Police.
  • William George Morant,
    Chief Constable
    of Durham County.
  • Herbert Allen, Chief Constable, Leicester City Police.
  • Arthur Charles Quest, OBE, Deputy Chief Constable,
    West Riding of Yorkshire Constabulary
    .
  • John Williams,
    Chief Superintendent and Deputy Chief Constable, Glamorgan Constabulary
    .
  • James Davies, Superintendent, Glamorgan Constabulary.
  • George Weathers, Superintendent,
    Sheffield City Police
    .
  • Samuel Tongue, Superintendent, Manchester City Police.
  • Charles Arthur Norman,
    East Suffolk Constabulary
    .
  • Richard Lewis, Inspector, Lancashire Constabulary.
  • Thomas Buchanan, Inspector, Metropolitan Police.
  • John Thomas, Sergeant, Metropolitan Police.
  • William Edwin Boucher, Constable, Manchester City Police.
  • Michael Bolas, Detective, Manchester City Police.
  • Richard Bailey, Constable, Manchester City Police.
  • George Bloomfield, Constable, Birmingham City Police.
  • George Barlow, Constable, Leeds City Police.
  • Thomas Jones, Constable, Lancashire Constabulary.
  • Henry Bowden, Constable,
    Salford Borough Police
    .
  • Charles Hall, Constable, Metropolitan Police.
  • Jack Lewis, Constable, Metropolitan Police.
  • Samuel Taylor, Constable, Metropolitan Police.
  • Harry Powell, Constable, Metropolitan Police.
  • William Burton, Constable, Metropolitan Police.
  • George Smith, Constable, Metropolitan Police.
  • Percy Green, Constable, Metropolitan Police.
  • George Humphrey Durrant, Special Constable, East Suffolk Special Constabulary.
  • Ernest Henry Hooper, Special Constable, West Sussex Special Constabulary.
Fire Brigades
  • James Thomas Burns, Chief Officer, Birkenhead Fire Brigade.
  • Charles Dixon, Superintendent, Bromley Fire Brigade.
  • John Jones, Sergeant, Wigan Police Fire Brigade.
  • Oswald Hutchinson, Constable, Leeds Police Fire Brigade.
Scotland
  • John Bagrie Mair,
    MVO
    , Chief Constable, Morayshire Constabulary.
  • Edinburgh City Police
    .
  • Henry Robinson, Superintendent and Deputy Chief Constable, Linlithgowshire Constabulary.
  • Andrew Nisbet Keith, Detective Superintendent, Glasgow City Police.
Ireland
  • Charles Cheesman, County Inspector, Royal Irish Constabulary.
  • Ernest Oswald Gerity, Temporary County Inspector, Royal Irish Constabulary.
  • William F. Martinson, District Inspector, Royal Irish Constabulary.
  • Thomas Naughton, District Inspector, Royal Irish Constabulary.
  • John McGoldrick, Head Constable, Royal Irish Constabulary.
  • James Fleming, Sergeant, Royal Irish Constabulary.
  • George Devin, Constable, Dublin Metropolitan Police.
  • William H. Bennett, Constable, Dublin Metropolitan Police.
  • John Dillon, Constable, Dublin Metropolitan Police.
  • Francis Allen, Constable, Dublin Metropolitan Police.
  • John O'Connor, Constable, Dublin Metropolitan Police.
  • Patrick Dennis, Constable, Dublin Metropolitan Police.
  • Thomas Kelly, Constable, Dublin Metropolitan Police.
  • John Healy, Constable, Dublin Metropolitan Police.
  • Patrick Cafferky, Constable, Dublin Metropolitan Police.
India
  • William Henry Pitt, Superintendent, Madras Police.
  • Thomas Anthony Sumner, Sergeant, Madras Police.
  • Sankrathy Yeshiah, Constable, Madras Police.
  • Henry Edgar Keats, Sergeant, Madras Police.
  • William Adolphus Percival Hankinson, Acting Inspector, Madras City Police.
  • Shunmugam Pillai Duraiswami Pallai, Sub-Inspector, Madras Police.
  • Thakya Gyanu, Constable, Bombay Police.
  • Shripat Pawji, Constable, Bombay Police.
  • George Alexander Shillidy, District Superintendent, Bombay Police.
  • Ghelabhai Atmaram Megha, Deputy Superintendent, Bombay Police.
  • Ivan Campbell Boyd, District Superintendent, Bombay Police.
  • John Alphonse Marie Joachim Goldie, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Calcutta, and officiating Deputy Inspector-General, Bengal Police.
  • Jagadishi Dube, Constable, Bengal Police.
  • Baliram Singh, Constable, Bengal Police.
  • Babu Umesh Chandra Chanda, Officiating Deputy Superintendent, Bengal Police.
  • Francis John Lowman, Indian (Imperial) Police Service, Bengal.
  • John Edward Fife, Superintendent, United Provinces Police.
  • Tej Singh, Head Constable, United Provinces Police.
  • Hugh Gordon Richardson, Deputy Inspector-General, United Provinces Police.
  • Hercules de Lautour Ross, Deputy Inspector-General, United Provinces Police.
  • Abdul Hamid Khan, Sub-Inspector, United Provinces Police.
  • Sultan Khan, Sub-Inspector, Punjab Police.
  • Muhammad Mehr Dil Khan, Punjab Police.
  • Sher Mohammad, Head Constable, Punjab Police.
  • Ali Muhammad, Foot Constable, Punjab Police.
  • Sardar Amrik Singh, Deputy Inspector-General, Punjab Police.
  • Ahmad Niwaz Khan, Head Constable, Punjab Police.
  • Telu Singh, First Grade Head Constable, Burma Police.
  • Maung San Ko, KSM, TDM, Inspector and Honorary Deputy Superintendent, Burma Police.
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Frank Leslie Orman, IA, Officiating Deputy Inspector-General, Burma Military Police (retired).
  • Sardar Bahadur Kishen Singih, Naib Commandant, Burma Military Police.
  • Deodhari Singh, Constable, Assam Police.
  • Ram Dahin Chowbey, Constable, Assam Police.
  • Feroz-ud-din, Sub-Inspector, North-West Frontier Province Police.
  • Feroz Khan, Officiating Sub-Inspector, North-West Frontier Province Police.
  • Sarmast Khan, Sepoy, North-West Frontier Province Police.
  • Muhammad Azizulla, Touring Superintendent, Hyderabad Police.
  • Dajee Khandaji Mandavkar, Sub-Inspector, Bombay Police.
  • Shivlingappa Bhagappa, Sub-Inspector, Bombay Police.
  • I. W. Bowring, Superintendent, Punjab Police.
  • Ismail Husain, Constable, Aden Harbour Police.
  • Clive Gordon Tottenham, Acting Superintendent, Madras Police.
  • Khan Bahadur Elayath Valiyapath Amu, Deputy Superintendent, Madras Police.
  • Nangath Narayana Menon, Inspector, Madras Police.
  • Uppath Kunhi Kannan, Sub-Inspector, Madras Police.
  • Kalavur Arikat Sekharan Nair, Constable, Madras Police.
British Dominions Beyond The Seas
  • Bertie John Merritt, Police Constable,
    Ontario, Canada
    .
  • Thomas Joseph Wynne,
    OBE
    , Deputy Commissioner of Police, Union of South Africa.
  • Francis Dashwood Tyssen, Assistant Commissioner of Police,
    Kenya
    .
  • Louis Stephen Douglas Hamilton Venour, Commissioner of Police, Gold Coast.
  • Imoru Kanjarga, First Class Constable, Gold Coast Police.
  • Albert Edward Rogerson, Police Constable, Bermuda Police.
  • Henry James Geen, Sergeant-Major, Leeward Islands Police.
  • Ismail bin Mohamed Salleh, Sub-Inspector, Federated Malay States Police.
  • Ahmat bin Hassan, Police Constable, Singapore Police.
  • Santa Singh, Detective Special Police Constable, Penang Police.
  • John Costello, Chief Detective Inspector, Singapore Police.
  • Lee Sing Cheong, Detective Police Constable, Singapore Police.
  • Seah Bun Soo, Detective Police Constable, Singapore Police.

Bar to the Kings Police Medal

Scotland
  • William Tait Brown, Detective Sergeant,
    Glasgow City Police
    .
India

Royal Red Cross (RRC)

  • Ethel Kelso, Senior Nursing Sister, Queen Alexandra's Military Nursing Service for India.

Air Force Cross (AFC)

Bar to the Air Force Cross

  • Squadron Leader
    Roderic Maxwell Hill, MC, AFC
    .

Second Bar to the Air Force Cross

Promotions

Royal Navy

The following promotions have been made, dated 31 December 1921.

Commander to Captain
Engineer-Commander to Engineer-Captain
  • Walter R. Parnall.
  • Ivor E. S. Roberts.
  • Francis Graham.
Engineer-Lieutenant-Commander to Engineer-Commander
  • Percy D. Fulford.
  • John D. Grieve.
  • Douglas Hill.
  • Henry A. Sheridan.
  • William C. Horton.
  • Gerald Robins.
  • Sidney G. Wheeler.
  • MacLeod G. A. Edwards,
    OBE
    .
  • Gerald E. W. McEwen.
  • Robert H. Withey.
  • Frank G. Brown.
  • Harold L. Harvey.
  • Frederick W. Gordon Smith.
  • Geoffrey Morgan.
  • George Villar.
  • Samuel H. Dunlop.
Surgeon-Commander to Surgeon-Captain
  • Edward T. Meagher. (Dated 21 December 1921).
Paymaster-Commander to Paymaster-Captain

(Dated 31 December 1921).

  • Ernest A. Bremner.
  • Richard B. Hosking.
  • Henry M. Ommanney

(Dated 1 January 1922).

  • Henry Horniman.
  • Kenneth S. Hay.
  • Victor H. T. Weekes,
    CB
    .
Instructor-Commander to Instructor-Captain
  • Alexander E. Monro, .
Royal Naval Reserve
Lieutenant-Commander to Commander
  • Ronald C. Glazebrook.
  • Ernest Edkin, RD.
  • Alexander Riddel, RD.
  • Gordon L. Simner, RD.
  • Frank P. Swinney, RD.
  • Guy S. Owen, RD.
  • Thomas W. Young, OBE, RD.
  • Alexander S. Mackay, RD.


Royal Air Force

The undermentioned officers are promoted to the ranks stated, with effect from 1 January 1922.

GENERAL LIST
Air Commodore to Air Vice-Marshal
Group-Captain to Air Commodore
Wing Commander to Group Captain
Squadron Leader to Wing Commander
  • Dermott Lang Allen, AFC.
  • Charles Humphrey Kingsman Edmonds
    , DSO, OBE.
  • Richard Edmund Charles Peirse
    , DSO, AFC.
  • Reynell Henry Verney, OBE.
  • Thomas O'Brien Hubbard, MC, AFC.
  • Lawrence Arthur Pattinson, DSO, MC, DFC.
  • Hazelton Robson Nicholl, OBE.
  • Arthur Thomas Whitelock.
  • Robert John Ferguson Barton, OBE.
  • William Lawrie Welsh
    , DSC, AFC.
  • Hugh Lambert Reilly, DSO.
Flight Lieutenant to Squadron-Leader
Flying Officer to Flight Lieutenant
  • Herbert Martin Massey, MC.
  • Geoffrey Arthur Henzell Pidcock.
  • Cecil Alfred Stevens, MC.
  • Walter Travis Swire Williams, DSC.
  • Samuel Marcus Kinkead, DSO, DSC, DFC
    .
  • Seymour Stewart Benson, AFC.
  • Edward Derek Davis.
  • Peter Cundle Wood.
  • Robert Allingham George, MC.
  • Frederick McBean Paul.
  • Allen Robert Churchman, DFC.
  • Bernard McEntegart.
  • Peter Wanburton, MBE.
  • Frank Gerald Craven Weare, MC.
  • William Edmund Somervell.
  • Alfred Conrad Collier.
  • Kenneth Buchanan Lloyd, AFC.
  • George Thomas Richardson.
  • Maurice Henry Butler, DFC.
  • William Geoffrey Meggitt, MC.
  • Eric John Webster, DFC.
  • Herbert Edwin Tansley, MC.
  • Ian Cullen, AFC.
  • George Cecil Gardiner, DFC
  • Arthur Vincent Howard Gompertz.
  • Maurice Moore.
  • Arthur Francis Quinlan.
  • Percy John Barnett, MC.
  • Sydney Edward Toomer, DFC.
  • Leslie Norman Hollinghurst
    , DFC.
  • Clement Flegg Horsley, MC.
  • Charles Basil Slater Spackman, DFC.
  • Ernest Lionel Ardley.
  • Richard Michael Trevethan, MC.
  • Neville Byron Ward.
  • Edward Reginald Openshaw.
  • Reginald Thomas Brooke Houghton, AFC.
  • Ralph Myddleton Bankes-Jones.
  • James John Williamson, AFC.
  • Owen Washington de Putron.
  • Robert Hugh Hanmer, MC.
  • Victor Hubert Tait.
  • James Matthews McEntegart.
  • Robert William Edwards.
  • James Alexander Gordon Haslam, MC, DFC.
  • Kenneth Lloyd Harris.
  • Albert Grounds Peace, AFC.
  • William Conway Day, MC.
STORES LIST
Squadron Leader to Wing Commander
  • Walter John Dakins Pryce,
    OBE, DCM
    .
Flight Lieutenant to Squadron Leader
Flying Officer to Flight Lieutenant
  • Arthur Benjamin Wiggin.
  • William Arthur Kingston.
  • Ernest William Crosbie.
  • Frederick Thomas McElwee.
  • Arthur Myrtle Saywood.
  • Harry Leonard Woolveridge.
  • Arthur Elias Sutton-Jones.
  • Patrick John Murphy.
  • John Henry Dale.
  • Edward Ernest Porter, MBE, DCM.
  • Edwin Harold Eldridge.
  • Maurice Jewison James, MBE.
  • Reginald Harry Smyth, MC.
  • Alfred Horace Comfort.
  • Henry Sewell Alger.
  • Leonard Arthur Lavender.
  • Richard Adams.
  • Lamont Smith.
  • Charlie Young Mitchell.
  • John Augustus Plunkett.
MEDICAL SERVICE
Squadron Leader to Wing Commander
  • Henry Wakeman Scott, MB, BA.
Flight Lieutenant to Squadron Leader
  • Robert Ernest Bell, MB.
  • Gerald Struan Marshall, OBE.
  • Eric William-Craig, MC, MB.
  • Robert Andrew George Elliott, MB, BA.
Flight Lieutenant to Honorary Squadron Leader
  • William Rous Kemp, BA.

References

  1. ^ "No. 32563". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1921. pp. 10709–10720.