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1918 New Year Honours (MC)
This is a list of Military Crosses awarded in the 1918 New Year Honours. The 1918 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, February and March 1918. Unlike the 1917 New Year Honours, the 1918 honours was dominated by rewards for war efforts. As ''The Times'' reported: "The New Year Honours represent largely the circumstances of war, and, perhaps, as usual, they also reflect human nature in an obvious form. The list is one of the rare opportunities for the public to scan the names of soldiers who have distinguished themselves in service." The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour. Military Cross *Tmp 2nd Lt. Edgar Victor William Ablett, Army Cyclist Corps *Tmp Lt. Walter Murray Ablewhite, King's Royal Rifle Corps *Tmp Lt. Eric Pearso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Military Cross
The Military Cross (MC) is the third-level (second-level pre-1993) military decoration awarded to officers and (since 1993) other ranks of the British Armed Forces, and formerly awarded to officers of other Commonwealth countries. The MC is granted in recognition of "an act or acts of exemplary gallantry during active operations against the enemy on land" to all members of the British Armed Forces of any rank. In 1979, the Queen approved a proposal that a number of awards, including the Military Cross, could be recommended posthumously. History The award was created on 28 December 1914 for commissioned officers of the substantive rank of captain or below and for warrant officers. The first 98 awards were gazetted on 1 January 1915, to 71 officers, and 27 warrant officers. Although posthumous recommendations for the Military Cross were unavailable until 1979, the first awards included seven posthumous awards, with the word 'deceased' after the name of the recipient, from rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Graham (British Army Officer)
Major General Douglas Alexander Henry Graham, (26 March 1893 – 28 September 1971) was a senior British Army officer who fought with distinction in both world wars. He is most notable during the Second World War for commanding the 153rd Brigade of the 51st (Highland) Division in North Africa from 1942 to 1943, later being the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 56th (London) Infantry Division during the Salerno landings in Italy in September 1943 and the 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division during the Normandy landings in France in June 1944. Early life and First World War Douglas Graham was born in Angus, Brechin, Scotland, the youngest of three children, on 26 March 1893. He was the son of Mungo MacDougal Graham and Margaret Lyall Murray, Graham, and after attending The Glasgow Academy and the University of Glasgow, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the 3rd Lowland Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, Territorial Force (TF), on 26 September 1911, but he res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis Tyndall
Reverend Canon Edward Denis Tyndall (1890 – 9 December 1965) was an Anglican priest in the 20th century. Educated at Pembroke College, Oxford and ordained in 1915, Tyndall was a curate at the Church of the Ascension, Stirchley. He served as a chaplain to the British Armed Forces during the First World War and was awarded the Military Cross in the 1918 New Year Honours. He held incumbencies at St Jude's Church, Birmingham St Jude's Church, Birmingham was a parish church in the Church of England in Birmingham. History The parish was formed in August 1846 from parts of the parishes of St Martin in the Bull Ring and St Philip's. Building of the church started in Hi ... and then St James' Whitehaven before his appointment as Provost of St Ninian's Cathedral, Perth. During his incumbency of St Jude's Birmingham, he and his curate, Michael Parker, compiled ''Adoremus: A Book of Eucharistic Worship for the Young''.''Adoremus'', Denis Tyndall & Michael Parker, SPCK, 1936 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Tobias (bishop)
George Wolfe Robert Tobias (1882-1974) was the third Anglican Bishop of Damaraland (Namibia) from 1939 to 1949. Biography George Wolfe Robert Tobias was born in 1882, the son of the Reverend Charles Frederick Tobias, Vicar of St. Augustine's, Kimberley (and afterwards Archdeacon of Caledon), and his wife, Ethel Eliza Smith. He was educated at the Diocesan College (“Bishops”) (1896-1902); at the University of the Cape of Good Hope (BA, and Queen Victoria Scholarship, 1902); at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge (Scholar; second class, moral science tripos, 1905; first class, history tripos, and BA, 1906; MA, 1910); and at Cuddesdon Theological College (1906-1907). Made Deacon in 1907, and Priest, on St. Matthew's Day, 21 September 1908, by the Bishop of Wakefield, he served as Curate of King Cross, Halifax, in the diocese of Wakefield, 1907–1910. Thereafter he returned to Cape Town and was licensed as Assistant Priest of St. Mary's, Woodstock on 18 November 1910. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justice Tilly
Major-General Justice Crosland Tilly DSO MC (27 January 1888 – 5 January 1941) was a British Army officer who commanded the 2nd Armoured Division during the early stages of the Second World War. Military career Born in Bedford in January 1888, and coming from a military family, Tilly was commissioned into the Leicestershire Regiment (later the Royal Leicestershire Regiment) on 12 November 1907. His service in the years prior to World War I were spent with the King's African Rifles in British East Africa. During the war he served on the Western Front with the Machine Gun Corps, being wounded, mentioned in dispatches, and being awarded both the Military Cross and the Distinguished Service Order. The citation for his DSO reads: Remaining in the army during the difficult interwar period, he married in 1919 before transferring to the West Yorkshire Regiment, with which he served on the North West Frontier of India until 1924. After transferring again, this time t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hubert Craddock Stevenson
Sir Hubert Craddock Stevenson, KCMG, OBE, MC (1888 – 13 June 1971) was a British colonial administrator. He was Governor of Sierra Leone This is a list of colonial administrators in Sierra Leone from the establishment of the Cline Town, Sierra Leone, Province of Freedom Colony by the Committee for the Relief of the Black Poor which lasted between 1787 and 1789 and the list of colo ... from 1941 to 1947. References * https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-159912 1888 births 1971 deaths Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Governors of Sierra Leone Officers of the Order of the British Empire Recipients of the Military Cross Colonial Administrative Service officers {{UK-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Claude Stern
Sir Frederick Claude Stern (18 April 1884, Knightsbridge, London – 10 July 1967) was a botanist and horticulturalist, known for developing the gardens at Highdown Gardens, for creating several cultivars of garden plants and for his publications on peonies, snowdrops and gardening. He also tried to promote the interests of the Jewish community. Life Frederick Stern was born into the wealthy Stern merchant banking family, the son of James Julius Stern and Lucie Stern-Biedermann, and the brother of Henry Julius Joseph Stern, Elsa Stern, Violet Stern and Sir Albert Gerald Stern. He studied at Eton College, and at Christ Church, Oxford. He bought Highdown Gardens, an estate near Worthing, Sussex, in 1909 and lived there for the remainder of his life. In 1919 he married Sybil, daughter of Sir Arthur Lucas, a portrait painter. Professional career Stern joined the Second Company of the London Yeomanry and served during the First World War. He was Group Commander of the West Suss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claud Ramsay Wilmot Seton
Sir Claud Ramsay Wilmot Seton Kt MC (30 June 1888 – 3 September 1982), also known as C.R.W. Seton, was a British solicitor, barrister, and colonial judge. Early life Seton was one of the four children of Emily Georgina Walker and Reverend Andrew Ramsay Wilmot Seton, Vicar of Stow, Upland, Suffolk in 1883, a Councillor of Halsingden, Manchester in 1878, and a colonist and church clerk in South Africa during the 1890s. Seton received his education at University College London. He then trained as a solicitor and practiced with a firm under the name of Shelton and Company. During World War I, he served as a Temporary 2nd Lieutenant in the Infantry Motor Machine Gun Corps, for which he was awarded a Military Cross. Colonial career Following the War, Seton was a judge of the Jaffa district court in Mandatory Palestine for six years, from 1920 to 1926 (during which he rose to the position of vice-president). After, he was seconded to the government of the Emirate of Transjord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Robertson, 1st Baron Robertson Of Oakridge
Brian Hubert Robertson, 1st Baron Robertson of Oakridge, (22 July 1896 – 29 April 1974) was a senior British Army officer during the World War II, Second World War, who played an important role in the East African Campaign (World War II), East African, North African Campaign, North African and Italian Campaign (World War II), Italian Campaigns. After the war he was the Deputy Military Governor of Germany from 1945 to 1948, and then the Military Governor from 1948 to 1949. The son of Field Marshal (United Kingdom), Field Marshal William Robertson (British Army officer), Sir William Robertson, he was educated at Charterhouse School, Charterhouse and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Engineers in November 1914, and served on the Western Front (World War I), Western Front and Italian Front (World War I), Italian Front during the First World War. He was awarded a Military Cross in 1918 and the Distinguished Service Order i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Peat
Charles Urie Peat (28 February 1892 – 27 October 1979) was a British Conservative Party politician and cricketer. He was the son of William Barclay Peat, founder of the international accounting firm KPMG. Peat was born in Edmonton, Middlesex, and educated at Sedbergh School and Trinity College, Oxford. He played first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1913, Middlesex in 1914 and the Free Foresters between 1920 and 1922, as well as in several matches for HDG Leveson-Gower's XI. During World War I Peat was commissioned in the City of London Yeomanry and was awarded the Military Cross. At the 1931 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Darlington, defeating the sitting Labour MP Arthur Lewis Shepherd. During his time as MP for Darlington, he lived at nearby Wycliffe Hall. During the Second World War, he served as Principal Private Secretary to Prime Minister Winston Churchill. In 1943, he led a campaign to salvage 100 million books for the na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Alexander Phipps Murison
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in '' Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch and German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (< Old English ''ċeorl''), which developed it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freddie Knott
Frederick Hammett Knott (30 October 1891 – 10 February 1972), known as Freddie Knott, was an English amateur cricketer. Knott played for Oxford University Cricket Club and Kent County Cricket Club in the years before the First World War. He played occasionally after the war, including once for Sussex in 1926. Knott was considered one of cricket's brightest schoolboy talents at Tonbridge School but had a more disappointing time at Oxford. He also played varsity rugby union and was a fine all-round sportsman, later becoming a scratch golfer. He served in the British Army in both World Wars and won the Military Cross after being wounded in Macedonia in 1917. Early life Knott was born in Tunbridge Wells, the eldest child of the Reverend Frederick George Knott and his wife Alice. His father was the first Headmaster at Skinners' School in the town. Knott attended Tonbridge School between 1905 and 1910 where he played cricket, captaining the school side in his final year, as well ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
