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1919 New Year Honours (OBE)
The 1919 New Year Honours were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the British Empire. The appointments were published in ''The London Gazette'' and ''The Times'' in January 1919.* * * * *Reclassification of Civilian to Military Division of Order of the British Empire: Military Division Royal Navy *Engineer Lieutenant-Commander Henry Charles Anstey *Lieutenant-Commander Harold Gordon Atkinson, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve *Lieutenant William Atkinson, Royal Naval Reserve *Commander Arthur Douglas Barff *Lieutenant John Holderness Bartlett, Royal Naval Reserve *Surgeon Commander Richard Francis Bate *Lieutenant-Commander Henry Baynham *Paymaster Lieutenant Norman Hugh Beall *Lieutenant Arthur Bean, Royal Naval Reserve *Commander Edward Morden Bennett *Paymaster Lieutenant-Commander Martin Gilbert Bennett *Lieutenant Louis Charles Bernacchi, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve *Lieutenant Commander Fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George V
George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until Death and state funeral of George V, his death in 1936. Born during the reign of his grandmother Queen Victoria, George was the second son of Edward VII, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, and was third in the line of succession to the British throne behind his father and his elder brother, Prince Albert Victor. From 1877 to 1892, George served in the Royal Navy, until the unexpected death of his elder brother in early 1892 put him directly in line for the throne. On Victoria's death in 1901, George's father ascended the throne as Edward VII, and George was created Prince of Wales. He became King-Emperor, king-emperor on his father's death in 1910. George's reign saw the rise of socialism, communism, fascism, Irish republicanism, and the Indian independence movement, all of which radically changed the poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
