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]

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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

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
Civil Division

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

Military Division
Royal Navy
Army
Royal Air Force
Civil Division
  • Hon. Commodore Sir Richard Henry Williams-Bulkeley, Bart , 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, DSO , ADC , Royal Naval Reserve.
Army
  • Colonel (temporary Colonel Commandant) Hubert Isacke, CSI , CMG , Brigade Commander, 17th Indian Infantry Brigade.
  • Colonel Reginald St. George Gorton, CMG, General Staff.
  • Colonel (temporary Colonel on the Staff) Charles Ernest Graham Norton, CSI , ADC , Director of Remounts, War Office.
  • Colonel Montagu Leyland Hornby, CMG, DSO, Brigade Commander, Lancashire Fusiliers Infantry Brigade, Western Command.
  • Colonel John Tuthill Dreyer, DSO, assistant director of Artillery, War Office.
  • Colonel (temporary Colonel Commandant) Francis Robert Patch, CMG , DSO , Commanding Royal Artillery, Western Command, East Indies.
  • Colonel Henry William Richard Senior, CIE, DSO, Indian Army, Assistant Quartermaster-General, Northern Command, East Indies.
  • Colonel Hubert Walter Codrington, Indian Army, Director of Military Prisons and Detention Barracks, East Indies.
  • Colonel (temporary Colonel on the Staff) Walter Henry Norman, DSO, Indian Army, General Staff, Southern Command, East Indies.
Royal Air Force
Civil Division
  • Captain William Francis Tunnard, Royal Navy. (Dated 26 November 1921).
  • Surgeon Rear-Admiral William Bett, MVO .
  • Lieutenant-General Leonard Thales Pease, Royal Marines.
  • Colonel Angus John McNeill, DSO , Brigade Commander, Norfolk & Suffolk Infantry Brigade, Territorial Army (Major, Retired Pay).
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Thomas Lea, TD , Retired, Territorial Army.
  • William Sydney Smith, OBE , Superintendent of the Royal Aircraft Establishment, South Farnborough.
  • Frank James Brown, CBE , Head of the Telegraph Branch, General Post Office.
  • Edward Horsman Coles, Controller of Lands, War Office, since 1908.
  • Robert Patrick Malcolm Gower, Assistant Private Secretary to the Right Hon. A. Bonar Law, 1917–18. Private Secretary to the Rt. Hon. Austen Chamberlain since 1919.
  • Cyril William Hurcomb, CBE, Assistant Secretary, Finance Branch, Ministry of Transport. Late Deputy Director, Transport Department, Ministry of Shipping.
  • Thomas Williams Phillips, CBE, Principal Assistant Secretary in Charge of Employment and Insurance Department, Ministry of Labour.
  • Alfred William Pollard, Keeper of Printed Books, British Museum.

Order of Merit

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.
  • Arthur Rowland Knapp, CBE , Indian Civil Service, temporary Member of the Executive Council, Fort St. George, Madras.
  • Norman Edward Marjoribanks, 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 Sydney Frederick Muspratt, CIE , DSO , Indian Army.

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
  • His Highness Tunku Ibrahim, Regent of Kedah.

Order of the Indian Empire

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

Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE)

  • Khan Bahadur Saiyid Abdul Majid, Minister for Education to His Excellency the 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.
  • Edward Arthur Henry Blunt, 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 Kenneth Oswald Goldie, OBE, Military Secretary to His Excellency the 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
  • Dorothy Caroline Edmondes. For work among the wounded and ex-Servicemen in Bridgend.

Order of the Companions of Honour (CH)

Kaisar-i-Hind Medal

First Class
Bar to the Kaisar-i-Hind Medal

Royal Victorian Order

Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)

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
Fire Brigades
Scotland
Ireland
India
British Dominions Beyond The Seas

Bar to the Kings Police Medal

Scotland
India

Royal Red Cross (RRC)

Air Force Cross (AFC)

Bar to the Air Force Cross

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
Flight Lieutenant to Squadron-Leader
Flying Officer to Flight Lieutenant
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.

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References

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