Royal Warrant of 1917

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The Royal Warrant of 1917 is the formal decree by King George V that established the Order of the British Empire, creating its ranks and structure during World War I.

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Royal Warrant of 1917 canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf founding document ⓘ
legal instrument ⓘ
royal warrant ⓘ
appliesTo British honours system ⓘ
authority royal prerogative ⓘ
category 1917 in British law ⓘ
British royal warrants ⓘ
context First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I
country United Kingdom ⓘ
createdCivilDivision civil division of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ
createdHonoraryClass honorary membership for foreign nationals in the Order of the British Empire ⓘ
createdMilitaryDivision military division of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ
createdRank Commander of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ
Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ
linked to: Dame Grand Cross

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ
Member of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ
Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ
date 1917 ⓘ
defines conditions of appointment to the Order of the British Empire ⓘ
grades of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ
insignia of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ
structure of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ
effect brought the Order of the British Empire into existence ⓘ
established Order of the British Empire ⓘ
historicalPeriod reign of George V ⓘ
linked to: George V
honoursCivilianService yes ⓘ
honoursMilitaryService yes ⓘ
honoursScope services to the British Empire during World War I ⓘ
issuedBy British Crown ⓘ
George V ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalBasisFor appointments to the Order of the British Empire ⓘ
locationOfIssue United Kingdom ⓘ
monarchAtTime George V ⓘ
partOf British honours system ⓘ
purpose to establish the Order of the British Empire ⓘ
relatedOrder Order of the British Empire ⓘ
signatory George V ⓘ
typeOfChange creation of a new order of chivalry ⓘ
warTime World War I ⓘ

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