Order of the Bath
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (formerly the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath) is a Britsh order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediaeval ceremony for creating a Knight, which involved bathing (as a symbol of purification) as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as “Knights of the Bath”. George I “erected the Knights of the Bath into a regular Military Order”. He did not (as is commonly believed) revive the Order of the Bath, since it had never previously existed as an Order, in the sense of a body of knights who were governed by a set of statutes and whose numbers were replenished when vacancies occurred.
The Order consists of the Sovereign (currently Queen Elizabeth II), the Great Master (currently The Prince of Wales), and three Classes of members:
Knight Grand Cross (GCB) or Dame Grand Cross (GCB)
Knight Commander (KCB) or Dame Commander (DCB)
Companion (CB)
Members belong to either the Civil or the Military Division. Prior to 1815, the order had only a single class, Knight Companion (KB), which no longer exists. Recipients of the Order are now usually senior military officers or senior civil servents. Commonwealth citizens not subjects of the Queen and foreigners may be made Honorary Members.
The Order of the Bath is the fourth-most senior of the British Orders of Chivalry, after The Most Noble Order of the Garter, The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, and The Most Illustrious Order of St Patrick ( dormant). The last of the aforementioned Orders, which relates to Ireland, still exists but has been in disuse since the formation, in December 1922, of the Irish Free State.
Regimental Orders of the Bath
Gen Sir John Mogg – GCB
Gen Sir Roland Gibbs -GCB
Lt Gen Sir David House – GCB
Gen Sir Edwin Bramall – GCB
Gen Sir Roland Guy – GCB
Gen Sir Richard Worsley – GCB
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Lt Gen Sir John Mogg – KCB
Lt Gen Sir Antony Read – KCB
Lt Gen Sir Roland Gibbs – KCB
Lt Gen Sir Edwin Bramall – KCB
Maj Gen DG House – KCB
Lt Gen RE Worsley – KCB
Lt Gen P Hudson – KCB
Maj Gen FE Kitson – KCB
Lt Gen JM Glover – KCB
Lt Gen RK Guy – KCB
Lt Gen JDF Mostyn – KCB
Maj Gen RA Pascoe – KCB
Maj Gen DJ Ramsbotham – KCB
Maj Gen CEW Jones – KCB
Maj Gen GD Johnson – KCB
Maj Gen JP Foley – KCB
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Maj Gen DL Darling – CB
Maj Gen HDG Butler – CB
Maj Gen GH Mills – CB
Maj Gen DB Alexander-Sinclair – CB
Maj Gen JP Foley – CB
Maj Gen CGC Vyvyan – CB
Maj Gen ARD Pringle – CB
Lt Gen AMD Palmer – CB
Lt Gen RV Brims – CB-CBE-DSO Late LI
Maj Gen NJ Cottam -CB-OBE Late RGJ
Sourced from Wikipedia and RGJRA http://www.rgjassociation.info/
original source from www.thegazette.co.uk