1925 New Year Honours

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The New Year Honours 1925 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 1924. [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

Earl

Baron

Privy Councillor

Baronet

Knight Bachelor

India
Dominions, Colonies, Protectorates

Order of the Bath

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

Military Division
Royal Navy
Army
Civil Division

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

Military Division
Royal Navy
Army
Royal Air Force
Civil Division
  • Leopold Halliday Savile, MICE, AINA, Civil Engineer-in-Chief, Admiralty.
  • Colonel Arthur Maxwell, CMG, DSO, TD, Territorial Army (Honorary Colonel, 7th/City of London Regiment (Post Office Rifles), Territorial Army).

Order of Merit (OM)

Order of the Star of India

Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India (GCSI)

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

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

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)

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

Honorary Member
  • Sultan Mehdi bin Ali, of Lahej.

Order of the Indian Empire

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

Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE)

  • George Drury Rudkin, OBE, Indian Civil Service, lately Revenue Member, State Council, Bikaner, Rajputana.
  • Rao Bahadur Thakur Mangal Singh of Pokaran, Member of Council, Jodhpur State, Rajputana.
  • M.R.Ry Diwan Bahadur Pattu Kesava Pillai Avargal, President, District Board, Anantapur, and Deputy President, Madras Legislative Council.
  • Alexander Robert Loftus Tottenham, Indian Civil Service, Senior Member of the Central Board of Revenue.
  • Alfred Alan Lethbridge Parsons, Indian Civil Service, Officiating Financial Commissioner, Railway Board.
  • Frederick Charles Turner, Indian Civil Service, Commissioner, Berar Division, Central Provinces.
  • John Arthur Laing Swan, Indian Civil Service, Secretary to the Government of Bengal in the Department of Education.
  • Herbert George Billson, Chief Conservator of Forests, and Member of the Legislative Council, United Provinces.
  • Colonel Clement Henry Bensley, Indian Medical Service, Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals and Prisons, Assam.
  • Ernest George Turner, Indian Civil Service, Chairman, Improvement Trust, Bombay.
  • Thomas George Rutherford, Indian Civil Service, Acting Collector and District Magistrate, Madras.
  • Major George Drummond Ogilvie, Deputy Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign and Political Department.
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Cecil Gordon Maddock, MD, Indian Medical Service, late Civil Surgeon, Poona, Bombay.
  • Frederick Anderson, Officiating Superintending Engineer, Public Works Department, Irrigation Branch, United Provinces.
  • George Cunningham, OBE, Indian Civil Service, Political Department, North-West Frontier Province.
  • Major Clive Kirkpatrick Daly, Political Agent, Bahrein, Persian Gulf.
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Charles Stoelke Vaughan, Indian Medical Service (retired), Superintendent, Radium Institute, Ranchi, Bihar and Orissa.
  • Francis Colomb Crawford, OBE, Deputy Director-General of Police, Criminal Investigation Department, His Exalted Highness the Nizam's Government, Hyderabad (Deccan).
  • Hubert Calvert, Indian Civil Service, Registrar of Co-operative Societies, Punjab.
  • U Me, ISO, Deputy Commissioner, Prome, Burma.
  • Lieutenant-Colonel the Reverend William Thomas Wright, VD (late Commandant, Punjab Rifles), Principal, Lawrence Royal Military School, Ghora Gali, Punjab.
  • Rai Bahadur Gyanendra Chandra Ghose, Zamindar and Honorary Presidency Magistrate, Bengal.
  • Rai Bahadur Sukhamaya Chaudhuri, Zamindar and Honorary Magistrate, Sylhet, Assam.
  • Diwan Bahadur Tiruvenkata Rangachariar, Deputy President, Legislative Assembly; Member of Colonies Committee.
  • Walter Lancelot Travers, OBE, Manager, Baradighi Tea Estate, Jalpaiguri, and Member, Legislative Council, Bengal.
  • Sardar Bahadur Sardar Jawahir Singh, of Mustafabad, Jagirdar, Honorary Magistrate, Ambala District, and Member of Legislative Assembly, Punjab
  • Lieutenant (Local Captain) Hissam-Ud-Din Bahadur, Indian Army, Adjutant, 12th Frontier Force Regiment (ITF), Honorary ADC to His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief.
  • Khan Bahadur Shah Nawaz Khan Bhutto, OBE, Zamindar and President, District Local Board, Larkana, Sind, Bombay.

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)

  • Colonel Jacynth d'Ewes Fitz-Ercald Coke, CMG (Dated 20 August 1924).
  • Major Reginald Henry Seymour, MVO.
  • Captain Augustus Frederick Liddell, MVO.
  • Herbert Arthur Previté Trendell, MVO, OBE (Dated 29 July 1924).
  • Stuart Kelson Brown.

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

  • Major James Douglas Ramsay.
  • Captain Lawrence Franklin Burgis.
  • Hugh Killingworth Punshon, MVO (5th Class).
  • Walter Rangeley Maitland Lamb.

Member of the Royal Victorian Order, 5th class (MVO)

  • Austin Harry Lester Hertslet.

Order of the British Empire

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

Civil Division

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

Civil Division

Kaisar-i-Hind Medal

First Class, for Public Services in India

Air Force Cross (AFC)

Air Force Medal (AFM)

King's Police Medal (KPM)

England & Wales
Police
Fire Brigade
Scotland
Northern Ireland
India
Bar to the Kings Police Medal
British Oversea Dominions, Colonies, Protectorates & Mandated Territories

Promotions

Royal Navy

Dated 31 December 1924.

Commander to Captain
Lieutenant-Commander to Commander
Engineer-Commander to Engineer Captain
Engineer Lieutenant-Commander to Engineer Commander
Paymaster Commander to Paymaster Captain
Royal Marines
Major to Lieutenant-Colonel
Royal Naval Reserve
Lieutenant-Commander to Commander
Royal Air Force

With effect from 1 January 1925.

General Duties Branch
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 Branch
Flying Officer to Flight Lieutenant
Accountant Branch
Squadron Leader to Wing Commander
Flying Officer to Flight Lieutenant
Medical Branch
Squadron Leader to Wing Commander
Squadron Leader to honorary Wing Commander
Flight Lieutenant to Squadron Leader
Flight Lieutenant to honorary Squadron Leader
Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service
Acting Senior Sister to Senior Sister
Sister to Senior Sister
Sister to acting Senior Sister
Staff Nurse to Acting Sister

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References

  1. "No. 33007". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1924. pp. 1–10.