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1946 New Year Honours (Order Of The Bath)
Order of the Bath Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) ;Military Division ;;Royal Navy *Admiral Sir John Henry Dacres Cunningham, . *Admiral Sir Henry Ruthven Moore, . ;;Army *General Sir Ronald Forbes Adam, , (1632), late Royal Regiment of Artillery, Colonel Commandant, Royal Artillery and Army Educational Corps. *General Sir Bernard Charles Tolver Paget, , (4112), late The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, Colonel Commandant, Reconnaissance Corps, and Intelligence Corps, Aide-de-Camp to The King. *General Sir Thomas Sheridan Riddell-Webster, , (1505), late The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). ;;Royal Air Force *Air Chief Marshal Sir William Sholto Douglas, . *Air Chief Marshal Sir Edgar Rainey Ludlow-Hewitt, , (Retd). ;Civil Division *Sir Cyril William Hurcomb, , Director-General, Ministry of War Transport. *His Highness Maharaja Sir Sri Jaya Chamaraja-Wadiyar Bahadur, , Maharaja of Mysore. *Sir Arthur William Street, , Permanent Under-Secretary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Cunningham (Royal Navy Officer)
Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Henry Dacres Cunningham (13 April 1885 – 13 December 1962) was a Royal Navy officer. A qualified senior navigator, he became Director of Plans at the Admiralty in 1930. He saw action as Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet during the Second World War with responsibility for the allied landings at Anzio and in the south of France. He served as First Sea Lord in the late 1940s: his focus was on implementing the Government's policy of scrapping many serviceable ships. Early life Born the son of Henry Hutt Cunningham QC and Elizabeth Mary Cunningham (née Park), Cunningham was educated at Stubbington House School. He joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in the training ship HMS ''Britannia'' in January 1900 and was posted as a midshipman to the cruiser on the Cape of Good Hope Station in June 1901.Heathcote, p. 62. Cunningham was promoted to sub lieutenant on 30 July 1904; he returned home to take the qualifying examinations for promotion, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Lees
Air Marshal Sir Alan Lees, (23 May 1895 – 14 August 1973) was a Royal Air Force officer who became Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief RAF Reserve Command. RAF career Educated at Wellington College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Lees was commissioned into the Royal West Kent Regiment in 1914 at the start of the First World War. He became a pilot in 1915 and while serving on the Western Front was wounded and taken prisoner in 1917. After the War he transferred to the new Royal Air Force and in 1928 became Officer Commanding No. 56 Squadron. He was appointed Officer Commanding No. 1 (Indian Wing) Station in 1932, Station Commander at RAF Driffield in 1938 and then joined the staff at Headquarters RAF Bomber Command in 1939. He served in the Second World War as Air Officer Commanding No. 2 Group from 1941, Air Officer Commanding No. 222 (General Reconnaissance) Group from 1942 and Air Officer Administration at Headquarters Air Command South East Asia from 1944. Af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noel Wright
Noel or Noël may refer to: Christmas * , French for Christmas * Noel is another name for a Christmas carol Places *Noel, Missouri, United States, a city *Noel, Nova Scotia, Canada, a community *1563 Noël, an asteroid *Mount Noel, British Columbia, Canada People *Noel (given name) *Noel (surname) Arts, entertainment, and media Music *Noel, another term for a pastorale of a Christmas nature * ''Noël'' (Joan Baez album), 1966 * ''Noël'' (Josh Groban album), 2007 * ''Noel'' (Noel Pagan album), 1988 * ''Noël'' (The Priests album), 2010 * ''Noel'' (Phil Vassar album), 2011 * ''Noel'' (Josh Wilson album), 2012 *''Noel'', 2015 Christmas album by Detail *"The First Noel", a traditional English Christmas carol *Noël (singer) (active late 1970s), American disco singer *Noel (band), a South Korean group Television * ''Noel'' (TV series), a Philippine drama * "Noël" (''The West Wing''), a 2000 television episode Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media * ''Noel'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Wilberforce Greathead
Bernard (''Bernhard'') is a French and West Germanic masculine given name. It is also a surname. The name is attested from at least the 9th century. West Germanic ''Bernhard'' is composed from the two elements ''bern'' "bear" and ''hard'' "brave, hardy". Its native Old English reflex was ''Beornheard'', which was replaced by the French form ''Bernard'' that was brought to England after the Norman Conquest. The name ''Bernhard'' was notably popular among Old Frisian speakers. Its wider use was popularized due to Saint Bernhard of Clairvaux (canonized in 1174). Bernard is the second most common surname in France. Geographical distribution As of 2014, 42.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Bernard'' were residents of France (frequency 1:392), 12.5% of the United States (1:7,203), 7.0% of Haiti (1:382), 6.6% of Tanzania (1:1,961), 4.8% of Canada (1:1,896), 3.6% of Nigeria (1:12,221), 2.7% of Burundi (1:894), 1.9% of Belgium (1:1,500), 1.6% of Rwanda (1:1,745), 1.2% of Germany ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Leigh Bedale
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piers Keane Kekewich
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Piers may refer to: * Pier, a raised structure over a body of water * Pier (architecture), an architectural support * Piers (name), a given name and surname (including lists of people with the name) * Piers baronets, two titles, in the baronetages of Ireland and Nova Scotia * Piers Island, British Columbia, Canada * PIERS: The Port Import/Export Reporting Service, an American trade intelligence company See also * Pier (other) * Pierres (other) * Pierse * Pierce (other) * Peirse (other) Peirse may refer to: People with the surname * Henry Peirse (1750s-1824), English politician *Richard Peirse (Royal Navy officer) (1860-1940), English Royal Navy officer *Richard Peirse (1892-1970), English RAF commander *Richard Peirse (RAF office ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reginald Henry Portal
Admiral Sir Reginald Henry Portal (6 September 1894 – 18 June 1983) was a Royal Navy officer and naval aviation pioneer who served in both world wars. Biography Born near Hungerford, Berkshire, Reginald Portal was the second son of Edward Robert Portal, JP, DL, a country gentleman. His elder brother was Charles Frederick Algernon Portal, later Marshal of the Royal Air Force the Viscount Portal of Hungerford. The family was Huguenot in origin and Reginald Portal was related to the goldsmith and dramatist Abraham Portal, and more distantly so to Wyndham Portal, 1st Viscount Portal. Portal joined the Royal Navy in 1907 and served in the battleship HMS ''Neptune'' before the First World War. As an air observer, he received the Distinguished Service Cross during the war for conspicuous bravery in combat over the Dardanelles, when he was wounded.{{Cite news , date=1 June 1916 , title=Naval Honours for the Dardanelles , pages=11 , work=The Daily Telegraph ''The Daily Teleg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John William Ashley Waller
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Edward Vandepeer
Sir Donald Edward Vandepeer, KCB, KBE (21 September 1890 – 6 October 1968) was an English civil servant. Educated at University of London, he entered the civil service in 1908 and joined the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries; he was Permanent Secretary of the Ministry from 1945 to 1952. He led the British delegation to the United Nation Food and Agricultural Organisation's conferences. '' Who Was Who'' (online ed., Oxford University Press
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Robert Sinclair, 1st Baron Sinclair Of Cleeve
Robert John Sinclair, 1st Baron Sinclair of Cleeve (29 July 1893 – 4 March 1979), was a British businessman and public servant. He was the son of Robert Henry Sinclair. He was a tobacco wholesaler in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. This firm was acquired by the Imperial Tobacco Company in 1930, of which company Sinclair was later chairman from 1947 to 1959 and president. He was also Chairman of the Finance Corporation for Industry and of the Bristol Waterworks Company. During the Second World War, Sinclair served as Director-General of Army Requirements at the War Office from 1939 to 1942 and as Chief Executive at the Ministry of Production from 1943 to 1945. After the war he was President of the Federation of British Industries from 1949 to 1951, a Member of the Security Commission from 1966 to 1977, and Pro-Chancellor of Bristol University from 1946 to 1970. He also held the honorary post of high sheriff of Somerset ( en, All The People of Somerset) , locator_map = , coordin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godfrey Herbert Ince
Sir Godfrey Herbert Ince (25 September 1891 – 20 December 1960) was a senior British civil servant. During World War II, he was Director-General of Manpower. After the war, he served in several different positions, including Chairman of Cable and Wireless and Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Labour. Early life Godfrey Herbert Ince was born at Reigate to G. A. R. Ince on 25 September 1891. His schooling took place at Reigate Grammar School and then London University. Scholarship honours He gained many honours in his education, * 1912 – Sherbrooke University Mathematical Scholar * 1913 – Mayer de Rothschild Scholar in Pure mathematics * 1913 – Ellen Watson Memorial Scholar in Applied mathematics * 1913 – Senior Mathematics Prizeman * 1914 – Joseph Hume Scholar in Political economy * 1914 – Senior Physics Prizeman, University College University Sport He was an organiser and captain of the first University of London football team. They were the firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Craven Brook
Norman Craven Brook, 1st Baron Normanbrook, (29 April 1902 – 15 June 1967), known as Sir Norman Brook between 1946 and 1964, was a British civil servant. He was Cabinet Secretary between 1947 and 1962 as well as joint permanent secretary to HM Treasury and head of the Home Civil Service from 1956 to 1962. Background and education Brook was born at 18, Cricklade Road, Bristol, the son of Frederick Charles Brook (1867–1937) and Annie (d. 1921), daughter of Thomas Smith, of Bradford, West Yorkshire. Frederick Brook was at different times a schoolmaster, inspector of schools, tax assessor, and district inspector for the Ministry of Health. He was the son of George Brook, of Bradford, a cabinet-maker. Harold Macmillan (although himself of recent undistinguished crofting ancestry, notwithstanding his grandfather Daniel MacMillan's success in founding Macmillan Publishers) was fascinated by the fact that, despite Brook, his Cabinet Secretary, having "no background" and being of co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
