The 1954 New Zealand Royal Visit Honours were appointments by Elizabeth II to the Royal Victorian Order, to mark her visit to New Zealand in the summer of 1953–1954. During her visit, she visited 46 towns and cities. The honours were announced between 15 January and 29 January 1954.[1][2][3]
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.
Royal Victorian Order edit
Knight Grand Cross (GCVO) edit
- Lieutenant-General Sir (Charles) Willoughby (Moke) Norrie GCMG CB DSO MC – governor-general and commander-in-chief of New Zealand
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Sir Willoughby Norrie
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Knight Commander (KCVO) edit
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Sir William Bodkin
Commander (CVO) edit
- Eric Henry Compton – commissioner, New Zealand Police Force; of Wellington
- David Emmet Fouhy CBE – of Wellington
- Arthur Grant Harper – of Wellington
- Major Michael Augustus Tulk Trasenster – 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards; of Wellington
Member, fourth class (MVO) edit
- Clement Anthony Furlong – of Wellington
- Percy James Nalder – assistant commissioner, New Zealand Police Force; of Wellington
In 1984, Members of the Royal Victorian Order, fourth class, were redesignated as Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO).[4]
Member, fifth class (MVO) edit
- Inspector Willis Spencer Brown – New Zealand Police Force; of Wellington
- Squadron Leader John Te Herekiekie Grace – Royal New Zealand Air Force; of Wellington
- Major Noel Rodney Ingle – New Zealand Military Forces; of Trentham
- Betty Nora Manning – of Wellington
- William Laurie Middlemass – of Auckland
- Patrick Jerad O'Dea – of Lower Hutt
- Peter John Hope Purvis BEM – of Wellington
- Flight Lieutenant Bruce William Thomas Richards MBE – Royal New Zealand Air Force; of Wellington
- Squadron Leader Cyril Laurence Siegert DFC AFC – Royal New Zealand Air Force; of Whenuapai
- William Graham Taylor – of Wellington
- Captain Henry Campbell Walker AFC – New Zealand National Airways Corporation; of Lower Hutt
- Charles Henry Williams – of Wellington
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Larry Siegert -
Henry Walker
Royal Victorian Medal edit
Silver (RVM) edit
- John Baxendale – of Auckland
- Allan Stewart Dawson – of Wellington
- Detective Sergeant Alan Robertson Grant – New Zealand Police Force; of Christchurch
- John Nathaniel George Mounsey – of Auckland
- Warrant Officer First Class Albert Edward Naulls BEM – New Zealand Army; of Wellington
- Henry Richard Rump – of Wellington
- Horace Joseph Stevenson – of Wellington
References edit
- ^ "No. 40103". The London Gazette. 16 February 1954. pp. 1007–1008.
- ^ "Royal tour honours list" (PDF). New Zealand Gazette. 25 February 1954. p. 295.
- ^ Cook, Megan (20 June 2012). "Royal family – royal tours". Te Ara – the encyclopedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
- ^ "The Royal Victorian Order". Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood. Retrieved 12 March 2024.