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The brave and intelligent expect to leave to their posterity the splendour of their public services, embodied in rank and honours. A country that prohibits such a legacy destroys one of the chief sources of its greatness, and blasts the vital principle of public virtue.
A New Trend on an Old Subject , Dallas, 1791
Copyright Christopher McCreery, 2015
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise (except for brief passages for purpose of review) without the prior permission of Dundurn Press. Permission to photocopy should be requested from Access Copyright.
Editor: Michael Carroll
Designer: Courtney Horner
Front cover images: top Chancellor of the Order of Canada insignia (Library and Archives Canada); bottom from left to right Victoria Cross (Department of National Defence, Directorate of Honours and Recognition); General Campaign Star South-West Asia (Department of National Defence, Directorate of Honours and Recognition); Order of Merit, Queen Elizabeth II issue (Library and Archives Canada); Queen Elizabeth IIs Diamond Jubilee Medal (Department of National Defence, Directorate of Honours and Recognition); Sacrifice Medal (Department of National Defence, Directorate of Honours and Recognition)
Back cover images: group photo credit Sgt Ronald Duchesne, Rideau Hall, Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada represented by the Office of the Secretary to the Governor General, 2015; Polar Medal credit Dix Noonan Webb Ltd.
Author photo: Paul Darrow
Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
McCreery, Christopher, author
The Canadian honours system / Christopher McCreery ; foreword
by General John de Chastelain. -- second edition.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in print and electronic formats.
ISBN 978-1-4597-2415-0 (bound).--ISBN 978-1-4597-2416-7 (pdf).-
ISBN 978-1-4597-2417-4 (epub)
1. Decorations of honor--Canada. I. Title.
CR6257.M32 2015 929.8171 C2015-904690-4
C2015-904691-2
We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council for our publishing program. We also acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund and Livres Canada Books, and the Government of Ontario through the Ontario Book Publishing Tax Credit and the Ontario Media Development Corporation.
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To my friends,
Joyce Bryant and Bruce Beatty,
builders of what is herein
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II,
Queen of Canada
A nations custom of conferring honours on its citizens to reward or to recognize service or merit has existed for hundreds if not thousands o of years. Regarded by some as unnecessary and by others as an important symbol of nationhood, a national honours system says much about the nation itself, including its approach to egalitarianism and merit and its belief in the importance of recognizing performance, professionalism, excellence, courage, and sacrifice.
In 2005, Christopher McCreery published The Canadian Honours System , and in the foreword to that book I noted that it was: an important and comprehensive account that should be of interest to all Canadians, as well as a valuable addition to Canadian historical literature. On a subject that is still developing, it will surely need updating from time to time.
That time has come, given that much has happened in the Canadian honours system during the past eight years, and in this second edition, McCreery brings the original up to date. Fifty percent longer than the first, this volume includes a section on the Canadian use of British honours up until 1967 when Canada introduced its own system. Previously, and for more than a century, Commonwealth honours were Canadas honours, something worth remembering and of which many Canadians will be unaware.
This second edition also includes descriptions of new Canadian honours such as the Sacrifice Medal, General Campaign Star, General Service Medal, and Operational Service Medal. Included also are names of Canadians recently admitted to the rare Order of the Companions of Honour and to the even rarer Order of Merit. Included, as well, is the 2012 Queens Diamond Jubilee Medal, a commemorative medal awarded to considerably more Canadians than in the past, fittingly so perhaps, given that a monarchs celebration of sixty years on the throne is a rare event, indeed.
This book, like its predecessor, remains an important and comprehensive account that should be of interest to all Canadians, as well as a valuable addition to Canadian historical literature. As it demonstrates, national honours and awards are constantly developing to meet the nations changing needs, and no doubt it, too, will need updating again sometime. But for now, the fact that it is both authoritatively and entertainingly written should ensure that it has a wide readership.
General John de Chastelain, CC, CMM, CD, CH
Ottawa
E diting and expanding upon a pre-existing work is no easy task, and I am indebted to an extended cadre of friends and colleagues who encouraged me throughout this process. First, thanks are owed to Dundurn Press and its presi-dent and publisher, Kirk Howard, for continuing to show confidence in my writing.
Two friends in particular were central to the development of this edition. Major Carl Gauthier from the Department of National Defences Directorate of Honours and Recognition provided regular encouragement, editorial comments, and overall insight into many elements of the modern Canadian honours system. The deputy chief herald of Canada, Bruce Patterson, is thanked for his diligence and assistance. He possesses patience beyond measure and tremendous editorial skill for which I am most grateful. This is quite aside from the 290 comments many which were most amusing and invaluable direction on not only questions related to heraldry and honours but the general content of this work. One is hard-pressed to think of anyone who suffered through reading such a large quantity of McCreery screed as Gauthier and Patterson.
Thanks are owed to General John de Chastelain for his continuing friendship and support. His provision of an insightful foreword for this edition is greatly appreciated. My parents, Paul and Sharon, along with Joyce Bryant and Peter Galloway, provided constant encouragement and professed interest in my work.
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