1954 New Zealand Royal Visit Honours

The 1954 New Zealand Royal Visit Honours were appointments by Elizabeth II to the Royal Victorian Order, to mark her visit to New Zealand in the summer of 1953–1954. During her visit, she visited 46 towns and cities. The honours were announced between 15 January and 29 January 1954.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.

Royal Victorian Order

Knight Grand Cross (GCVO)

Lieutenant-General Sir
DSO MC – governor-general and commander-in-chief of New Zealand

Sir Willoughby Norrie

Knight Commander (KCVO)

MP – of Alexandra

Sir William Bodkin

Commander (CVO)

Eric Henry Compton – commissioner, New Zealand Police Force; of Wellington

CBE

– of Wellington

Arthur Grant Harper – of Wellington
Major Michael Augustus Tulk Trasenster – 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards; of Wellington

Member, fourth class (MVO)

Clement Anthony Furlong – of Wellington
Percy James Nalder – assistant commissioner, New Zealand Police Force; of Wellington

In 1984, Members of the Royal Victorian Order, fourth class, were redesignated as Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO).^[4]

Member, fifth class (MVO)

Inspector Willis Spencer Brown – New Zealand Police Force; of Wellington
Squadron Leader
John Te Herekiekie Grace – Royal New Zealand Air Force
; of Wellington

Major Noel Rodney Ingle –
New Zealand Military Forces; of Trentham

Betty Nora Manning – of Wellington

William Laurie Middlemass – of Auckland
Patrick Jerad O'Dea – of Lower Hutt
Peter John Hope Purvis – of Wellington
Flight Lieutenant Bruce William Thomas Richards – Royal New Zealand Air Force; of Wellington
Squadron Leader Cyril Laurence Siegert – Royal New Zealand Air Force; of Whenuapai
William Graham Taylor – of Wellington
Captain Henry Campbell Walker – New Zealand National Airways Corporation; of Lower Hutt
Charles Henry Williams – of Wellington

Larry Siegert
Henry Walker

Royal Victorian Medal

Silver (RVM)

John Baxendale – of Auckland
Allan Stewart Dawson – of Wellington
Detective Sergeant Alan Robertson Grant – New Zealand Police Force; of Christchurch
John Nathaniel George Mounsey – of Auckland
Warrant Officer First Class Albert Edward Naulls – New Zealand Army; of Wellington
Henry Richard Rump – of Wellington
Horace Joseph Stevenson – of Wellington

References

^ "No. 40103". The London Gazette. 16 February 1954. pp. 1007–1008.
^ "Royal tour honours list" (PDF). New Zealand Gazette. 25 February 1954. p. 295.
^ Cook, Megan (20 June 2012). "Royal family – royal tours". Te Ara – the encyclopedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
^ "The Royal Victorian Order". Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood. Retrieved 12 March 2024.

[1] "No. 40103". The London Gazette. 16 February 1954. pp. 1007–1008.

[2] "Royal tour honours list" (PDF). New Zealand Gazette. 25 February 1954. p. 295.

[3] Cook, Megan (20 June 2012). "Royal family – royal tours". Te Ara – the encyclopedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 29 September 2018.

[4] "The Royal Victorian Order". Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood. Retrieved 12 March 2024.

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