1954 New Zealand Royal Visit Honours Explained

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]}

The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.

Royal Victorian Order

Knight Grand Cross (GCVO)

• Lieutenant-General Sir (Charles) Willoughby (Moke) Norrie – governor-general and commander-in-chief of New Zealand

Knight Commander (KCVO)

• William Alexander Bodkin – of Alexandra

Commander (CVO)

• Eric Henry Compton – commissioner, New Zealand Police Force; of Wellington
• David Emmet Fouhy – of Wellington
• Arthur Grant Harper – of Wellington
• Major Michael Augustus Tulk Trasenster – 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards; of Wellington

Member, fourth class (MVO)

• 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).^[3]

Member, fifth class (MVO)

• 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 – of Wellington
• Flight Lieutenant Bruce William Thomas Richards – Royal New Zealand Air Force; of Wellington
• Squadron Leader Cyril Laurence Siegert – Royal New Zealand Air Force; of Whenuapai
• William Graham Taylor – of Wellington
• Captain Henry Campbell Walker – New Zealand National Airways Corporation; of Lower Hutt
• Charles Henry Williams – of Wellington

Royal Victorian Medal

Silver (RVM)

• 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 – New Zealand Army; of Wellington
• Henry Richard Rump – of Wellington
• Horace Joseph Stevenson – of Wellington

Notes and References

1. Web site: Royal tour honours list . 25 February 1954 . New Zealand Gazette . 295 . 13.
2. Web site: Royal family – royal tours . Megan . Cook . 20 June 2012 . Te Ara – the encyclopedia of New Zealand . Ministry for Culture and Heritage . 29 September 2018.
3. Web site: The Royal Victorian Order . Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood . 12 March 2024.