SUPPLEMENT TO THE

CEYLON GOVERNMENT GAZETTE PART I.

No. 8,779—FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1941.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATIONS. The Cross is intended primarily for civilians and award m Our military services is to be confined to actions for which purely military A copy of His Majesty’s Warrart dated September 24, 1940, Honours are not normally granted embodying the Statutes for the governance of “ The ” F o u rth ly —It is ordained that awards shall be made only on a is herewith published for general information. recommendation to Us, for civilians by Our Prime Munster and First Lord of the Treasury, and for Officers and members of Our By His Excellency’s command, Naval, Military or Air Forces, as described m the previous Clause E, R. Sudbury, of this Our Warrant, only on a recommendation by Our First Lord Colombo, August 2, 1941. ' Secretary to the Governor of the Admiralty. Our Secretary of State for War or Our Secretary of State for Air, as the ease may bo F ifth ly It is ordained that the Cross shall be awarded only for THE GEORGE CROSS. acts of the greatest heroism or of the most conspicuous courage GEORGE R.I. m circumstances of extreme dangor, and that the Cross may be GEORGE THE SIXTH, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, awarded posthumously. Ireland and the British Dominions bevond the Sea,, King, Defender S ix th ly It is ordained that every recommendation for the award of the Faith, , to all to whom these Presents shall of the Cross shall he submitted with such description and conclusive come, proof as the circumstances of the ease will allow, and attestation of the act as the Minister or Ministers concerned may think requisite. GREETING 1 S even th ly It is ordamed that the Cross shall be worn by recipients WHEREAS We hai e taken into Our Royal consideration the o n the left breast suspended fiom a ribbon one and a quarter inches many acts of heroism performed both by male and by female m width, of dark blue, that it shall bo worn immediately after the persons, especially during the present war . and m front, of the Insignia of all British Orders o f And whereas We are desirous of honouring those who perform Chivalry, and that on those occasions when only the ribbon is worn, such deeds a replica m silver of the Cross in miniature shall be affixed to the We do by these presents for TTs, Onr Heirs and Successors institute centre of the ribbon and create a new Decoration which we desire shoo’d he highly Provided that when the Cross is worn by a woman, it may be prized and eagerly sought after. worn on the left shoulder, suspended from a ribbon of the same • Xt is oi darned that the Decoration shall be designated and width and colour fashioned into a bow styled “ The George Cross ” E i'jh lhly • It is ordamed that the award of the George Cross Secondly It is ordained that the Decoration shall consist o f a shall entitle the recipient on all occasions when the use of such plain cross with four equal limbs, the cross having m the centre a letters is customary, to have placed after his or h6r names the letters circular medallion bearing a design showing St George and the “ G C.” Dragon, that the inscription “ For Gallantry ” shall appear round N in th ly It is oidamed that an aetion which is worthy of recog­ this medallion, and m the angle of each limb of the cross the Royal nition by the award of th i Cross, but is performed by one upon cypher “ G VI ” forming a circle concentric with the medallion, that whom the Decoration has been conferred, may he recorded by the the reverse of the Cross shall be plain and bear the name of the award of a Bar to be attached to the ribbon by which the Cross recipient and the date of the award, that the Cross shall be sus­ is suspended, that for each such additional award an additional pended by a ring from a bar adorned with laurel leaves, and that Bar shall be added, and that for each Bar awarded a replica m sdver the whole shall be m sdver of the Cross in immature, in addition to the emblem already worn, T hird ly It is ordained that the persons eligible for the Decora­ shall be added to the ribbon when worn alone tion of the Cross shall be T en th ly It is ordamed that the names of all those upon or on (1) Our faithful subjects and persons under Our protection m account of whom we may be pleased to confer or present the Cioss, civil life, male and female/ of Our of Great or a Bar to the Cross, shall be published m the London' Gazette, Britain and Northern Ireland, Tndia, Burma, Our Colonies, and and that a Register of such names shall be kept m tne Central of Territories under Our Suzerainty, Protection or Jurisdiction, Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood. (2) Persons of any rank m the Naval, Military or Air Forces E leven th ly It is ordained that from the date of this Our Warrant, of Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the grant of the of the of the British Empire, for Gallan­ of India, of Burma, of Our Colonies, and of Territories under try which was instituted and created by His late Majesty King Our Suzerainty, Protection or Jurisdiction, Including the Home George the Fifth shall cease, and a recipient, of that Medal, living at - Guard and m India members of Frontier Corps and Military the date of this Our Warrant, shall return it to the Central Chancery Police and members of Indian States’ Forces and in Burma of the Orders of Knighthood and become mstead a holder of the members of the Burma Frontier Force and Military Police,’ and Georee Cross : provided that there shall be a similar change m relation including also the military Nursing Services and the \\ omen s to any posthumous grant of the Medal of the Order of the British Auxiliary. Services, . , . . Empire, for Gallantry, made since the commencement of the present (3) Our faithful subjects and persons under Our protection, in war. civil l,fe, male and female, within, and members of the Naval, Military or Air Forces belonging to. any othei part of Our Domi­ T w elfth ly It is ordamed that reproductions of the Cross, known nions, Our Government whereof has signified its desire that the as a Miniature Cross, which may be'worn on certain occasions by , Cross should bo awarded under the provisions of this Our Warrant those to whom the -Deeoiation is awarded shall be half the size of and any Territory being administered by Us in such Government. the George Cross. J. N. A 5551 (8/41) 2

Thu teenthly It is ordained that it shall bo competent for Us, E ig h th ly It is ordainod that the award of the Medal shall entitle Our Heirs and Successors by an Order under Our Sign Manual the recipient, on all occasions when the use of such letters is and on a recommendation to that offoct by or through Our Prime customary to have placed after his or her names the letters G M ” Minister and First Lord of the Tioasiuy, Our First Lord of the N in th ly It is ordained that an action which is worthy of Admiralty, Our Secretary of Stato for Wai, or Our Secretary of State recognition by the award of the Medal, but is performed by one for Air, as tho case may be, to cancel and annul tho award to any upon whom the Modal has been conferred, may be recorded by the person of tho Georgo Cross and that theioupon tho name of such award of a Bar to be attached to the ribbon by which the Medal is person m tho Rogistor shall bo orasod , piovidod that it shall be suspended, that for each such additional award an additional Bar competent for Us, Our Boirs and Successors to restore tho Deco­ shall be added, and that for each Bar awarded a silver shall ration so forfeited whon such roconunondation has boon withdrawn be added to the ribbon when worn alone L a s tly Weresorvoto Ourself, our IToirs and Successors, full power T en th ly It is ordained that, the names of all those upon whom of annulling, altering, abiogating, augmenting, interpreting, or We may be pleased to confer or present the Medal, or a Bai to the dispensing with thsso rules and ordinances, or any part thereof, Medal, shall bo published m the London Gazette, and that a Register by a notification under Our Sign Manual of such namos shall be kept m the Central Chancery of the Orders of Given at Our Court of St James’s, tho twonty-fourth of Sep­ Knighthood tember, one thousand nmo liundiod and foity, in the fourth year of E leven th ly It is ordained that reproductions of the Medal, Our Reign known as a Miniature Medal, which may be worn on certain occasions By His Majesty’s command, by those to whom the Medal is awarded shall be half the size of the Winston S Churchill T w elfth ly It is ordained that it shall be competent for Us, Our Heirs and Successors by an Order under Our Sign Manual and on a recommendation to that effect by or through Our Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury, Our First Lord of the Admiralty, A copy of His Majesty’s Warrant dated September 24, 1940, Our Secretary of State for War, or Our Secretary of State for Air. ombodymg tho Statutes for tho governance of “ The George Medal ” as the case may be, to cancel and annul the award to any person of is herewith published for goneral information the George Medal and that thereupon the name of such person m the Register shall be erased provided that it shall be competent By His Excellency’s command, for Us, Our Hen's and Successors to restore the Medal so forfeited E R Sudbury, when such recommendation has been withdrawn Colombo, August 2, 1941 ' Societaiy to tho Govornor L a stly We resorvo to Ourself, Our Heirs and Successors, full power of annulling, altering, abrogating, augmenting, interpreting, or dispensing with these rules and ordinances, or any part thereof, THE GEORGE MEDAL. by a notification under Our Sign Manual GEORGE R I Given at Our Court at St. James’s, the twenty-fourth of Sep­ GEORGE THE SIXTH, by the Grace of God, of Creat Bntam, tember, one thousand nine hundred and forty, m the fourth year Ireland and tho British Dominions beyond the Seas King, Defender of Our Reign of the Faith, Emperor of India, to all to whom these Piescnts shall By His Majesty’s command, come, W inston S. Churchill GREETING ' WHEREAS We have taken mto Our Royal consideration the many Acts of great bravery performed both by male and by female persons especially during the present war And whereas We are desuous of honouring those who perform A copy of an Additional Statute of the Order of the British such deeds Empire is herewith published for general information Wo do by those Presents for Us, Our Heirs and Successors institute and create a now Medal By His Excellency’s command, F irst • Tt is o'rdained that the Medal shall be designated and styled , E R Sudbury, “ The George Medal ” Colombo, August 2, 1941 Secretary to the Governor S econ d ly Tt is ordainod that the Medal shall be circular m form and m silver, that it shall'bear on the obverse tho Crowned Effigy of the Sovereign, and on tho reverse a representation of St George slaying the Dragon on tho ooast of England, the design being CENTRAL CHANCERY OF THE ORDERS OF circumscribed by the words “ Tho George Medal ” KNIGHTHOOD, T h iid ly . It is ordained that the porsons eligible for the Medal St James’s Palace, S W 1 , shall be— . 22nd April, 1941 (1) Our faithful subjects and persons under oui protection m ADDITIONAL STATUTE OF THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER civil lifo, male and fomale, of Our United Kingdom of Great OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. Britain and Northern Ireland, India, Burma, Our Colonies, and of Territories under Our Suzerainty, Protection or Jurisdiction , . GEORGE R I (2) Porsons of any rank in the Naval, Military or Air Forces of GEORGE THE SIXTH, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas King, Defender India, of Burma, of Our Colonies, and of Territories under Our of the Faith, Emperor of India and Sovereign of the Most Excellent Suzerainty, Protection or Jurisdiction, including the Home Guard Order of the iBritish Empire, to all to whom these Presents shall and in India members of Frontier Corps and Military Police and come. membors of Indian States’ Forces and in Burma membeis of the Greeting! Burma Fiontier Force and Military Police, and including also !:he Military Nursing Services and the Women’s Auxiliary Services , WHEREAS by the Fifty-second Clause of the Statutes of the MOST (3) Our faithful sublets and persons under Our protection m EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH 'EMPIRE bearing civil life, male and female, within, and members of the Naval, date the Thirtieth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and Military oi Air Forces belonging to, any other part of Our thu ty-seven, power was reserved to the Sovereign o f annulling, Dominions, Our Government whereof has signified its desire that altering, abrogatmg, augmenting, interpreting or dispensing with the Medal should be awarded under the provisions of this Our the same or any part thereof by a notification under the Royal Sign Warrant and any Territory being administered by Us m such Manual Government -And whereas We have ordained m Our Warrant instituting the George Cross that as from the institution of the said Cross the grant The Medal is intended primarily for civilians and award m Our of the Medal of the Order of the British Empire, for Gallantry, military services is to be confined to actions for which purely military shall cease, and a recipient of that Medal living on the Twenty- Honours are not normally granted fourth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and forty, F ou rth ly It is ordained that awards shall be made only on a shall return it to the Central Chancery of Our Orders of Knighthood recommendation to Us, for civilians by our Prime Mmister and First and become instead a holder of the George Gross Provided that Lord of the Treasury, and for Officers and members of Our Naval, there shall be a similar change m relation to any posthumous grant Military or Air Forces, as described m the previous Clause of this of the Medal of the Order of the British Empire, for Gallantry, Our Warrant, only on a recommendation by Our First Lord of the made since the commencement of the present war. Admiralty, Our Secretary of State for War or Our Secretary of State We now, m pursuance and m exercise of the power thus vested for Air, as the case may be m Us, do annul the Thirty-seventh, Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth F ifth ly . It is ordained that the Medal shall be awarded only for of the aforesaid Statutes .of this Order and the same are hereby acts of great bravery annulled accordmgly, and m lieu of the Thirty-seventh, Thirty- eighth and Thirty-ninth of the said Statutes, We do make, ordain S ixth ly It is ordained that foreign persons shall be eligible for and establish, by these Presents sealed with the Seal of the Order the award of the Medal and that awards to such persons not included the following Statutes and ordinances, namely ••— under the Third Clause of this Our Warrant shall be made only on a recommendation to Us for civilians by Our Secretary of State for XXXVII It is’ Ordained that a Military and Civil Medal of Foreign Affairs and for Officers and members of foreign military this Order shall be awarded to persons who render meritorious Forces, by Our First Lord of the Admiralty," Our Secretary of State service warranting such mark of Our Royal appreciation. Such for War or Our Secretary of State for Air, as the case may be Civil Medal shall not be awarded to Members of any of the five Classes of the Order or to persons eligible for appointment thereto, S ev en th ly It is ordained that the Medal shall be worn by and such shall only be awarded to persons subordinate recipients on the left breast suspended from a ribbon one-and-a- to those who are eligible for the Military Division of the various quarter inches in width, of red, with five equidistant narrow vertical stripes of blue, and that it shall be worn immediately after the Classes of the Order, but a recipient of the Medal, whether Military King’s Police and Fire Services Medal, for gallantry. or, Civil, who may subsequently be appointed a Member of one of ■ Provided that when the Medal is worn by a woman, it may be j j ^VS ^ asses fh® Order, may continue to wear the Medal in worn on the left shoulder, suspended from a ribbon of the same addition to the Insignia of the Order. It is further Ordained that width and colour, fashioned mto a bow. the said Medal, including the Medal awarded prior to 29th December, 1922, shall be known as “ THE ” ( 3 )

X X X V lil. It is Ordained that the said Medal for men and for Distinguished Flying Cross women shall consist of a circular medal in silver, having on the Air Force Cross obverse a representation of Britannia with the motto of the (Class II). Order, and, upon the exergue, the words “ FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE, ” and on the reverse the Royal and Imperial Cypher of the ORDERS GIVEN ONLY IN INDIA. Soveieign, and the words “ INSTITUTED BY KING ,” . and shall be worn on the left side, immediately after the Burma ‘ “ Indian (Military) Gallantry Medal, suspended from a clasp ornamented with oak Kaisar-i-Hind Medal leaves, attached to a rose pink riband edged with pearl grey of one inch and one-quarter in width, with the addition, m the case of recipients of the Military Medal of the Ordei, of a vertical pearl grey ORDER OF ST JOHN stripe m the centie of the riband of about one-sixteenth of an inch Provided that when the Medal is worn by a woman, it may be ALBERT MEDAL worn on the left shoulder, suspended fiom a riband of the same FOR GALLANTRY AND DISTINGUISHED width and colour, fashioned into a bow It is further Ordained CONDUCT. that on occasions when miniature decorations aie worn, reproductions Medal for Distinguished Conduct in the Field. of the Medal m immature may be worn by those to whom the Medal Conspicuous Gallantry Medal. is awarded Distinguished Seivire Medfil. XXX IX It is Ordained that services or acts deemed woithy of The Royal West African Fiontier Force Distinguished Conduct recognition by the awaid of the Medal, but rendered by a person Modal upon whom the Medal has already been conferred, may be recorded The King’s Afncan Rifles Distinguished Conduct Modal. by a Bar or Bars attached, for men, to the riband, and for women, Military Medal to the centre of the bow, from which the Medal is suspended It Distinguished Flying Medal is further Ordained that when the riband is worn alone, the award of a Bar is to be indicated by the placing of a small silver rosette King’s Police and Fire Services Medal, foi Gallantry. on the riband, a further rosette being added for each Bar George Medal And it is Our Will and Pleasure that these Statutes, sealed with the Seal of the said Order, shall be taken and received as part and Indian Distinguished Service Medal parcel of the Statutes thereof Constabulary Medal (Ireland). Given at Our Court at Saint James’s under the Seal of the said Medal for Saving Life at Sea Order, this fourteenth day of Maich, one thousand nine hundred ‘ “ Indian Ordei of Ment (Civil) and forty-one, in the fifth year of Our Reign. , for Gallantry. Burma Police Medal, for Gallantry Colonial Police Medal, for Gallantry. By His Majesty’s command, Burma Gallantry Modal - Berbe.it M orrison fBRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL. Life Saving Medal of the Order of St John JWAR MEDALS (IN ORDER OF DATE) THE following list issued from the Central Chancery of the Orders o f Knighthood, showing the order m which Orders, Decorations, POLAR. MEDALS (IN ORDER OF DATE) and Medals should bo worn, is published for geneial information JUB1T.EE, CORONATION AND DURBAR MEDALS. ’s Jubilee Medal, 1887 (Gold, Silvor and Bronze) By His Excellency’s command, Queen Victona’s Police Jubilee Medal, 1887 E R. Su m up.y, Queen Victoria’s Jubilee Medal, 1897 (Gold, Silver and Bronze) Colombo, August 2, 1941 Secretary to the Governor Queen Victoria’s Police Jubilee Medal, 1897 Queen Victoria’s Commemoration Medal, 1900 (Ireland) King Edward VII’s Coronation Medal, 1902 King Edward VII’s Police Coronation Medal, 1902 To be substituted foi list dated 24lh April, 19CG. King Edward VII’s Durbar Medal, 1903 (Gold, Silver and Bronze) King Edward VII’s Police Medal, 1903 (Scotland) CENTRAL CHANCERY OF THE ORDERS OF King’s Visit Commemoration'Medal, 1903 (Ireland). KNIGHTHOOD. King George V’s Coronation Medal, 1911 St James's Palace, S W. 1. King George V’s Police Coronation Medal, 1911 22nd April, 1941 King’s Visit Police Commemoration Medal, 1911 (Ireland) King George V’s Durbar Medal, 1911 (Goldf, Silver and Bronze). The following list shows the order m which Orders, Decorations King Geoige V’s Silver Jubilee Medal, 1935 and Medals should be worn, but it in no way affects the precedence Kong George V i’s Coronation Medal, 1937 conferred by the Statutes of certain Ordei s upon the Members thereof. POLICE MEDALS FOR VALUABLE SERVICES VICTORIA CROSS. King’s Police and Firo Services Medal, for Distinguished Service. GEORGE CROSS. Indian Police Medal, for Meritorious Service BRITISH ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD, &c Burma Police Medal, for Meritorious Service. Colonial Police Medal, for Meritorious Service * ‘ . EFFICIENCY AND LONG SERVICE DECORATIONS AND ‘ Order of St. Patrick MEDALS Long Service and Good Conduct Medal “ Order of Merit (immediately after Knights Grand Cross of the Naval Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. Order of the Bath) Medal for Meritorious Service. Order of the Star of India. Indian Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (for Europeans Order of St. Michael and St George of Indian Army) Order of the Indian Empne Indian Meritorious Service Medal (for Europoans of Indian Army). Order of the Crown of India. Royal Marine Meritorious Service Medal (Classes I, II and III) Royal Air Force Meritorious Service Medal ^ Order of the British Empire (Classes I, II and III) Royal Air Force Long Service and Good Conduct. Medal Order of the Companions of Honour (immediately after Knights Indian Long Seri ice and Good Conduct Medal (for Indian Army) and Dames Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire). The Royal West African Frontier Force Long Service and Good Distinguished Service Order. Conduct Medal Royal Victorian Order (Class TV). The King’s African Rifles Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. Order of the British Empire (Class TV} Indian Meritorious Service Medal (for Indian Aimy) Rnpenal Service Order Volunteer Officers’ Decoration Royal Victorian Order (Class V) Volunteer Long Service Medal Order of the British Empire (Class V) Volunteer Officers’ Decoration (for India and the Colonies) Volunteer Long Service Medal (for India and the Colonies) —The above applies to those Orders of similar grades When the immature or riband of a higher grade of a junior Order is worn with that of a lower Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration. grade of a senior Order, the higher grade lminatuie or riband should come Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal mst, e g , the miniature or riband of a K C I E will come before a C B , Medal for Good Shooting (Naval) and a Gt c M G before a K 0 B Not more than four Stars of Orders and not more than three Neck Badges may be worn at any one time m Full Militia Long Service Medal -Dress Uniform ^ Imperial Yeomanry Long Service Medal Territorial Decoration ’S BADGE. (The Badge is worn suspended round the. _ Efficiency Decoration neck by the Riband m the same manner as the neck badge Territorial Efficiency Medal of an Order and takes precedence immediately after the Efficiency Medal Badge of the Order of Merit The -Badge is not worn m Special Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal miniature and the Riband is not worn with Undress Decoration for Officers,of the Royal Naval Reserve Uniform ) Decoration for Officers of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. KNIGHTS BACHELORS’ BADGE (The Badge to be worn Royal Naval Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal after the Star of a Knight Commander of the Order of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct British Empire. It is not worn in miniature and is not Medal worn with Undress Uniform ) Board of Trade Rocket Apparatus Volunteer Long Service Medal. The African Police Medal for Meritorious Service. DECORATIONS. Special Constabulary Medal. Royal Red Cross (Class I) Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve Long Service and Good Distinguished Service Cross - Conduct Medal. .. ( : ) Royal Fleet Reserve Long Sorvioe and Good Conduct Medal FOREIGN MEDALS (IN ORDER OF DATE OF AWARD). The Kuig’s Medal (for Champion Shots in the Military Forces) Colonial Police and Fire Brigados Long Servico Medal * These Orders are not worn m miniature and the Ribands of Royal Naval Wiroless Auxiliary Resorve Long Service and Good the Ordeis are not worn with Undress Uniform Conduct Medal ** These Orders arc not worn in miniature, but are worn round the Trans-Jordan Frontier Forco Long Sorvice and Good Conduct nock on all occasions except with Service Dress and certain Orders Medal o f Undress Uniform. *** The (Military and Civil) is distinct UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA COMMEMORATION MEDAL from the Order o f Merit instituted m 1902 MEDALS BELONGING TO ORDERS f Formerly the Medal'of the Older of the British Empire, for Meritorious Service , also includes the Medal of the Order awarded Royal Victorian Medal (Gold and Silver) prior to 29th December, 1922 J Medals awarded for services durmg the Great War (1914-1919) Royal Victorian Medal (Bronzo) should be worn m the following Order •—1914 Star, 1914 19.1.1 Star, Service Medal o f the Ordor o f St John British War Medal, Mercantile Marine War Medal, Victory Medal, Badge of the Order of the League o f Moi cy Territorial Force War Medal, India General Service Medal (for Volunteer Medical Servico Medal operations in Afghanistan, 1919) FOREIGN ORDERS (IN ORDER OF DATE OF AWARD). 1[ King George V ’s Durbar Medal, 1911, m Gold can be worn in the United Kingdom by Ruling Chiefs o f India only FOREIGN DECORATIONS (IN ORDER OF DATE OF AWARD). Dated 14th March, 1941

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