Order Of The Founder
From Sawiki
In 1917, five years after the death of William Booth, his son, General Bramwell Booth, inaugurated the Order of The Founder 'to mark outstanding service rendered by officers and soldiers such as would in spirit or achievement have been specially commended by the Founder'.
The first awards were made in 1920 to fifteen officers and one soldier. Three years later, seven officers and one local officer were honoured, but since then the awards have been made much more sparingly. As of 2005 140 officers and 86 lay Salvationists have been recognized with the Army's highest honour, a mere 226 in total over 83 years.
The first presentation was to a soldier, Private Herbert Bourne, for outstanding Christian witness and service during military service in the First World War. In the same year pioneer officers Commissioner Frederick Booth-Tucker, who started the work in India, and Commissioner T. Henry Howard, General Bramwell Booth's Chief Of The Staff, were similarly honoured. A few other senior leaders, such as General Evangeline Booth and Commissioner Catherine Bramwell-Booth, have been recipients but much more commonly,faithful and devoted service by less well-known personalities has been acknowledged.
The honour is rarely given because every nomination is carefully scrutinised by a panel of senior leaders at International Headquarters. Salvationists have every reason to be proud of those who have been awarded this outstanding recognition for meritorious Christian example, witness and service.
Recipients of the Order of the Founder
A
ADAMS Bernard, Colonel, British Territory, 1975
ALEXANDER Alex, Major, British Territory, 1926
ANDERSON Mary, Major, Australia Southern, 1944
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BECQUET Henri L, Lt-Commissioner, Belgium, 1955
BEEK Anna M. J. A, Colonel, The Netherlands, 1990
BENACK George, Captain, USA Eastern, 1920
BENJAMIN Ruth (Mrs), Major, Bermuda, 1982
BLANCO Atanasio, Envoy, South America East, 1971
BLOWERS Arthur R, Commissioner, British Territory, 1937
BOIJE Helmy, Staff-Captain, Finland, 1920
BOMAN Gustaf E, Sweden, 1924
BOOTH Evangeline C, Commander - in - Chief, USA 1930
BOOTH-HELLBERG Lucy (Mrs), Commissioner, British Territory, 1933
BOOTH-TUCKER Frederick, Commissioner, India, 1920
BOSSHARDT Alida M, Major, The Netherlands, 1962
BOURN Herbert J, British Territory, 1920
BOYD John (Sir), British Territory, 1981
BRADWELL Cyril, Corps Sergeant Major (Rtd ), New Zealand and Fiji, 1993
BRAMWELL-BOOTH Catherine, Commissioner, British Territory, 1983
BRAUND Ralph C, YPSM, Canada, 1940
BRENGLE Samuel Logan, Commissioner, USA Eastern, 1935
BROKENSHIRE Nora, Brigadier, Canada, 1964
BROUWER Jacob G, Lt-Colonel, The Netherlands, 1931
BROWN Jean ( Mrs), Envoy, Canada and Bermuda, 1978
BROWN Cecil, Major, USA Southern, 1947
BROWN Jean, Major, Canada and Bermuda, 1988
BUICK Steven, Envoy, New Zealand, 1925
BYWATERS Stella, Brigadier, Australia Southern, 1978
C
CANNELL Thomas H, Corps Secretary, British Territory, 1932
CARLETON John A., Commissioner, British Territory, 1920
CARREL Francoise, Adjutant, France, 1920
CARROLL Mary Jane, Corps Sergeant Major, British Territory, 1955
CASTILLO Ambrose, Sergeant, South America East, 1965
CHANDLER W. George, Corps Sergeant Major, British Territory, 1949
CHU Suet-King, Envoy, Hong Kong, 1976
CODOY Carolina (Mrs), The Philippines, 2000
COLLEY William, Envoy, New Zealand, 1943
COOK A. Bramwell (Dr), Lt-Commissioner, New Zealand and Fiji, 1983
COX Sydney W, Bandmaster, British Territory, 1942
COX Kathryn, Major, USA Southern, 2000
COXHEAD Frederick J, Corps Sergeant Major, British Territory, 1931
CROCKER James, Envoy, Australia Eastern, 1960
CROCKER Tom, Senior-Captain, USA Central, 1952
D
DARTHUAMA Pu, India Eastern, 2000
DAVIES Bessie (Mrs), British Territory, 1927
de NESFIELD Odessa Marshall, Corps Sergeant Major, Latin America North, 1991
DeARMAN Billie Jean, Major, USA Southern, 1992
DEGOUMOIS Lydia, Sergeant, France 1967
DEWE Herbert, Corps Sergeant Major, New Zealand, 1969
DINSDALE George, Corps Sergeant Major, Canada, 1944
DOCTER Robert (Dr), Corps Sergeant Major, USA Western, 1992
DUNLAP Eva, USA Eastern, 1946
F
FAGERLIE Martin, Brigadier, Norway, 1953
FITCH Polly, Canada, 1943
FOSTER George, Bandmaster, USA Eastern, 1951
FRASER Jeannie (Mrs), Corps Treasurer (Rtd), Scotland 1979
FULLER George W, Colonel, British Territory, 1943
FULLER Rebecca (Mrs), Corps Secretary, South Africa, 1966
FURSENKO Vladimir Mikhailovich, Russia, 1993
G
GALE Laura, Brigadier, British Territory, 1976
GAUGLER Lucie, Captain, France, 1920
GEBBIE Eleanor, Brigadier, British Territory, 1973
GEDDES Charles M, Brigadier, Australia Eastern, 1976
GOGIBUS Georgette, Major, France,1958
GOKSOYR Jorun, Major, Norway, Iceland & Færoes, 2001
GOODING Edward, Corps Sergeant Major, USA Eastern, 1980
GORDON Annie, Major, New Zealand, 1945
GORE John, Adjutant, Australia Southern, 1924
GORSKA Marija, Major, Sweden and Latvia, 1991
GOVAARS Gerrit J, Colonel, Holland, 1949
GREEN Jack, Bandmaster, Canada and Bermuda, 1978
GREEN Thomas, Envoy, British Territory, 1923
GUERRERO Raul, USA Western, 2001
H
HAZELL George, Envoy, Australia Eastern, 1993
HED Per, Brigadier, Sweden, 1920
HIGGINS Ernest D, Lt-Colonel, USA Western, 1954
HILE Kenneth, Corps Treasurer (Rtd), Australia Eastern, 1980
HIMES William F, Bandmaster, USA Central, 2000
HINE Catherine, Adjutant, British Territory, 1920
HODGE Thomas, Corps Sergeant Major, Australia Eastern, 1925
HODGEN Jeanetta, Major, USA Western, 1944
HOLLAND Arthur,Commissioner, British Territory, 1991
HOLZ E. R. (Mrs), Brigadier, USA Southern, 1987
HOPPER Keith, Envoy, Australia Eastern, 1978
HOWARD T. Henry, Commissioner, British Territory, 1920
I
IRWIN John, Brigadier, Australia Eastern, 1970
IWASA Rin (Dr), Adjutant, Japan, 1923
J
JENSON Henry Kragh, Bandmaster, Denmark, 1962
JEWKES Frederick E, Colonel, British Territory, 1961
JOHANSSON Gustaf, Sweden, 1924
JONSSON Hulda, Brigadier, Sweden, 1977
JOSEPH Hendrik Mangindaan, Envoy, Indonesia, 1970
K
KHUMA Kawl, Lt-Colonel, India North Eastern, 1966
KIM Hyun-Sook, Envoy, Korea, 1990
KIRBY Leonard, Colonel, Canada and Bermuda, 1982
KIRBY Leonard, Major, Canada and Bermuda, 1972
KIVINIEMI Julia, Corps Secretary, Finland, 1972
KJØLNER Egil, Corps Sergeant Major, Norway, 1984
KORBEL Josef, Brigadier, Czechoslovakia 1990
KRIDER George, Corps Treasurer, USA Eastern, 1985
KRISTANO Ajub, Corps Sergeant Major, Indonesia, 1974
KROEKER Levina, Lt-Colonel, Canada and Bermuda, 1990
KUNZ Victor (Dr), Corps Sergeant Major, Switzerland, 1953
L
LALZUALA, Corps Sergeant Major, India Eastern, 1993
LAMB David C, Commissioner, Scotland and Ireland, 1939
LARSSON Karl, Commissioner, Sweden, 1949
LAUNDUN Ferraez (Mrs), USA Southern, 1983
LAUTIER Marguerite, Major, France, 2000
LEWIS Mother Ida, USA Central, 1944
LJUNGQVIST Erik, Corps Sergeant Major, Sweden, 1952
LORD Olive, Envoy, New Zealand, 1969
LUCAS Bramwell, Colonel, Australia Eastern, 2001
M
MacFARLANE James, Corps Sergeant Major, Canada and Bermuda 1975
MANSON William, Captain, British Territory, 1920
MARSDAL Bård, Corps Sergeant Major, Norway, 1972
MARSHALL George, Bandmaster, British Territory, 1951
MATSUDA Sanya (Dr), Japan, 1924
MATUNJWA Joel Mbambo, Major, South Africa, 1942
McBRIDE Donald G, Corps Sergeant Major, Canada and Bermuda, 1988
McBRIDE H. Joan (Mrs), Canada and Bermuda, 1988
McCLINTOCK Walter, Envoy, USA Central, 1988
McILVEEN Arthur W, Brigadier, Australia Eastern, 1967
McKENZIE William, Lt-Colonel, Australia Southern, 1920
McLEOD Norman, Staff Bandmaster, Australia Southern, 1955
MEECH Alice, Corps Treasurer, British Territory, 1961
MERRITT Violet, Brigadier, British Territory, 2000
MILANS Henry F, USA, 1942
MOORE May (Mrs), Senior Field-Captain, Canada, 1971
MORGAN Harold, Bandmaster (Rtd), Australia Eastern 1981
N
NDODA David Elijah Zenzeleni, Envoy, Zimbabwe, 1997
NELANDER Eric, Corps Sergeant Major, Sweden, 1974
NERY Jorge, Lt-Colonel, South America West, 1978
NEWTON Charles, Field-Adjutant, Canada, 1946
NGUGI Joshua, Commissioner, East Africa, 1998
NHARI Lilian (Mrs), Brigadier, Rhodesia, 1976
NISIEWICZ Mary, Brigadier, USA Eastern, 1979
NOBLE William A (Dr), Colonel, USA Southern 1957
O
OHARA Tamokichi, Envoy, Japan, 1961
ORELLANA Luis, Envoy, South America West, 1962
OUCHTERLONY Hannah, Commissioner, Sweden, 1923
OVESEN Emil, Staff-Captain, Norway, 1925
OZANNE Marie, Major, British Territory, 1947
P
PAIGE Clara, YPSM, USA Southern, 1989
PALMER Robert Henry, Envoy, Australia Southern, 1952
PARSELL Lily May (Mrs), Corps Sergeant Major, Australia Southern, 1984
PATHAM Yesu (Walter Keil), Lt-Colonel, India Western, 1923
PEACOCKE Elizabeth, Brigadier, Canada and Bermuda, 2000
PEDERSEN Victor Barrett, Brigadier, Australia Southern, 1999
PEDLAR Edwin Clendennam, Envoy, Canada, 1945
PEETERMAN Gerardus C, Envoy, Holland, 1940
PERIESWAMI Saratha, Lt-Colonel, Burma, 1989
PESATORI Mario, Staff-Captain, Italy, 1928
POTTINGER Hester, Guard Leader, USA Central, 1974
PUNCHARD Alfred W, National Bandmaster, British Territory, 1937
PURKIS Daniel, Ensign, British Territory, 1920
R
RADER Lyell, Lt-Colonel, USA Eastern, 1984
RANDALL Edward G, Envoy, Australia Eastern, 1981
RASMUSSEN Tora E, Major, Denmark, 1992
RICHES Lucy, British Territory, 1976
RIDGERS Pamela (Mrs), Over-60 Club Secretary, British Territory, 1981
RIVE Philip, Lt-Colonel, New Zealand and Fiji, 1988
RIVITT Dolores, Major, Canada and Bermuda 2000
ROBB Anita (Mrs), Colonel, USA Central, 2001
RÖMHILD E, YPSM, Denmark, 1939
ROSTETT Henry T, Lt-Colonel, USA Central, 1976
RUSSELL Mina, Lt-Colonel, USA Eastern, 1992
S
SATTERFIELD Julius M, Brigadier, USA Southern,1954
SAULNIER Mary, Canada and Bermuda, 2000
SCHOCH Ruth, Major, Switzerland, 1996
SCHRALE Ids Klaas, Envoy, The Netherlands, 1956
SEGAWA Yasowa, Colonel, Japan, 1968
SEILS Else (Mrs), Colonel, Germany, 1986
SERVAIS Muilton Eli, Corps Sergeant Major, USA Southern, 1991
SHEPHERD William, Envoy, Australia Eastern, 1925
SIBILIN Marie, Corps Sergeant Major, Switzerland,1939
SIGSWORTH Alice, Senior - Major, British Territory, 1956
SIMMONS Cyril J, Corps Sergeant Major (Rtd), Canada and Bermuda, 1981
SINCLAIR John, Corps Sergeant Major, Scotland, 1968
SIPLEY Clifton, Brigadier, USA Eastern, 1996
SLATER Richard, Lt-Colonel, British Territory, 1923
SMITH J. Allister, Colonel, British Territory, 1923
SMITH Jane (Mrs), Scotland, 1959
SORENSON Helen J (Mrs), Corps Treasurer, USA Central, 1972
SOUTER George, Colonel, British Territory, 1929
STAIGER Frank O, Corps Sergeant Major (Rtd), USA Central, 1981
STAINES Alan, Envoy, Sydney Congress Hall, Australia Eastern 2007
STEADMAN-ALLEN Ray (Dr.), Lt.-Colonel, United Kingdom 2006
STEVENS Arthur James, Divisional Bandmaster, Australia Southern, 1949
STEWART Christine, Ensign, British Territory, 1920
STICKELLS Elizabeth Jane (Mrs), Canada, 1923
STILLWELL Harry B, Bandmaster (Rtd), USA Western, 1983
STIMPSON Alfred, Corps Treasurer, British Territory, 1933
STYLES Mary, Brigadier, South Africa, 1965
SU Chien-Chi, Major, Northern China, 1946
SUGHANANTHAM Grace, Mrs Commissioner, India South Eastern, 1988
T
THAIN Alex, Bandmaster, Scotland 1968
THANGKIMA C., Corps Sergeant Major, India Northern, 1990
THOMPSON (Mrs) Joseph, New Zealand, 1951
THÖRNKVIST Hubert, Brigadier, Sweden, 1960
TOFT Ester (Mrs), Colonel, Sweden, 1920
TURNER John William, Bandmaster, Australia Southern, 1946
TWITCHIN Herbert W, Bandmaster, British Territory, 1939
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VALLENTGOED, Helena Dehaas, Holland, 1949
VENABLES Lily, YPSM, British Territory, 1979
VIVANTE Armand (Dr), Envoy, South America East, 1980
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von WATTENWYL Christine, Lt-Colonel, Switzerland, 1964
WALKER Wilbur, Envoy, Australia Eastern, 1990
WALKLEY Maud (Mrs), Home League Secretary, British Territory, 1963
WARREN Mary, British Territory, 1960
WEBB Joy, Major, United Kingdom Territory with the Republic of Ireland, 2005
WELLS Bertram, Adjutant, British Territory, 1923
WHANG Sook Hyun, Envoy, Korea, 1971
WHITE Polly, British Territory, 1940
WILLCOX Harvey Stanley, Sgt, British Territory, 1944
WILLE Vilhelm, Major, Denmark, 1920
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YAMAMURO Gunpei, Commissioner, Japan, 1937
YEE Check, Lt-Colonel, USA Western, 1997
YIN Hung-Shun, Major, China, 1990
ZIMMERMAN Emma, Major, Caribbean, 2000
