Order of the Founder


In 1917, five years after the death of the founder of the Salvation Army William Booth, his son, General Bramwell Booth, inaugurated the Order of the Founder to recognise Salvationists who had rendered distinguished service, such as would have specially commended itself to the Founder.
The first awards were made in 1920 to 15 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 and, to date, 104 officers and 106 lay Salvationists have been recognised with the Army's highest honour, a mere 210 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. A few senior leaders like Commissioner T. Henry Howard, General Evangeline Booth and Commissioner Catherine Bramwell-Booth have been picked out but. much more commonly, faithful and devoted service by less well known personalities has been acknowledged.
Some of the early awards went to people in the United Kingdom, Australia, Indonesia, Russia, France and the United States, but very quickly recipients from Japan, Guyana, Switzerland, Denmark, The Netherlands, China and Norway were picked out. New Zealand has probably had a higher than average recognition for the size of its population, but other territories such as Korea, South America West and Zimbabwe have also been featured.
The honour is rarely given because every nomination is carefully and painstakingly scrutinised by a panel of senior leaders at IHQ. Salvationists have every reason to be proud of those who have been awarded this outstanding recognition for meritorious Christian example, witness and service.
The recipients of the order are:
NameRankRegionDate
ADAMS BernardColonelBritish Territory1975
ALEXANDER AlexMajorBritish Territory1926
ANDERSON MaryMajorAustralia Southern1944
BECQUET Henri LLt-CommissionerBelgium1955
BEEK Anna M. J. AColonelThe Netherlands1990
BENACK GeorgeCaptainUSA Eastern1920
BENJAMIN Ruth MajorBermuda1982
BLANCO AtanasioEnvoySouth America East1971
BLOWERS Arthur RCommissionerBritish Territory1937
BOIJE HelmyStaff-CaptainFinland1920
BOMAN Gustaf ESweden1924
BURROWS EvaGeneral Australia2015
BOOTH Evangeline CCommander - in - ChiefUSA1930
BOOTH-HELLBERG Lucy CommissionerBritish Territory1933
BOOTH-TUCKER FrederickCommissionerIndia1920
BOSSHARDT Alida MMajorThe Netherlands1962
BOURN Herbert JBritish Territory1920
BOYD John British Territory1981
BRADWELL CyrilCorps Sergeant Major New Zealand and Fiji1993
BRAMWELL- BOOTH CatherineCommissionerBritish Territory1983
BRAUND Ralph CYPSMCanada1940
BRENGLE Samuel LCommissionerUSA Eastern1935
BROKENSHIRE NoraBrigadierCanada1964
BROUWER Jacob GLt-ColonelThe Netherlands1931
BROWN Jean EnvoyCanada and Bermuda1978
BROWN CecilMajorUSA Southern1947
BROWN JeanMajorCanada and Bermuda1988
BUICK StevenEnvoyNew Zealand1925
BURROWS EvaGeneral Australia Southern2015
BURTON KennethCSMUSA Eastern2004
BYWATERS StellaBrigadierAustralia Southern1978
CANNELL Thomas HCorps SecretaryBritish Territory1932
CARLETON John A.CommissionerBritish Territory1920
CARREL FrancoiseAdjutantFrance1920
CARROLL Mary JaneCorps Sergeant MajorBritish Territory1955
CASTILLO AmbroseSergeantSouth America East1965
CHANDLER W. GeorgeCorps Sergeant MajorBritish Territory1949
CHU Suet-KingEnvoyHong Kong1976
CLÉMENT PhilippeSergeantFrance & Belgium Territory2019
CODOY Carolina The Philippines2000
COLLETT RichardEnvoyAustralia2007
COLLEY WilliamEnvoyNew Zealand1943
COLLIER Delilah Home League SecretaryUSA Eastern2002
COOK A. Bramwell Lt-CommissionerNew Zealand and Fiji1983
COX Sydney WBandmasterBritish Territory1942
COX KathrynMajorUSA Southern2000
COXHEAD Frederick JCorps Sergeant MajorBritish Territory1931
CROCKER JamesEnvoyAustralia Eastern1960
CROCKER TomSenior-CaptainUSA Central1952
DALZIEL GeoffreyAustralia2005
DARTHUAMA PuIndia Eastern2000
DAVIDOVITCH NinaEastern Europe2005
DAVIES Bessie British Territory1927
de NESFIELD Odessa MarshallCorps Sergeant MajorLatin America North1991
DeARMAN Billie JeanMajorUSA Southern1992
DEGOUMOIS LydiaSergeantFrance1967
DEWE HerbertCorps Sergeant MajorNew Zealand1969
DINSDALE GeorgeCorps Sergeant MajorCanada1944
DOCTER Robert Corps Sergeant MajorUSA Western1992
DUNLAP EvaSisterUSA Eastern1946
FAGERLIE MartinBrigadierNorway1953
FITCH PollySisterCanada1943
FLINN WilliamBandmasterUSA Western2015
FOSTER GeorgeBandmasterUSA Eastern1951
FRASER Jeannie Corps Treasurer Scotland1979
FULLER George WColonelBritish Territory1943
FULLER Rebecca Corps SecretarySouth Africa1966
FURSENKO Vladimir MikhailovichRussia1993
GALE LauraBrigadierBritish Territory1976
GARIEPY HenryColonelUSA Eastern2007
GAUGLER LucieCaptainFrance1920
GEBBIE EleanorBrigadierBritish Territory1973
GEDDES Charles MBrigadierAustralia Eastern1976
GERMANY PatYPSMUSA South2003
GOGIBUS GeorgetteMajorFrance1958
GOKSOYR JorunMajorNorway, Iceland & Færoes2001
GOODING EdwardCorps Sergeant MajorUSA Eastern1980
GORDON AnnieMajorNew Zealand1945
GORE JohnAdjutantAustralia Southern1924
GORSKA MarijaMajorSweden and Latvia1991
GOVAARS Gerrit JColonelHolland1947
GREEN JackBandmasterCanada and Bermuda1978
GREEN ThomasEnvoyBritish Territory1923
GREEN StellaMajorAustralia Eastern2018
GUERRERO RaulUSA Western2001
HARTMAN KarinLt-ColonelSweden2001
HAZELL GeorgeEnvoyAustralia Eastern1993
HED PerBrigadierSweden1920
HERJE Anne KristineMajorNorway2004
HIGGINS Ernest DLt-ColonelUSA Western1954
HILE KennethCorps Treasurer Australia Eastern1980
HIMES William FBandmasterUSA Central2000
HINE CatherineAdjutantBritish Territory1920
HODGE ThomasCorps Sergeant MajorAustralia Eastern1925
HODGEN JeanettaMajorUSA Western1944
HOLLAND ArthurCommissionerBritish Territory1991
HOLZ E. R. BrigadierUSA Southern1987
HOPPER KeithEnvoyAustralia Eastern1978
HUDSON BramwellYPSMNewfoundland East1970
HOWARD T. HenryCommissionerBritish Territory1920
IRWIN JohnBrigadierAustralia Eastern1970
IWASA Rin AdjutantJapan1923
JENSON Henry KraghBandmasterDenmark1962
JEWKES Frederick EColonelBritish Territory1961
JOHANSSON GustafSweden1924
JOHNSON WarrenCorps Sergeant MajorUSA Western Territory2012
JONES IrisDivisional EnvoyBritish Territory2015
JONES NoelBandmasterAustralia Southern2014
JONSSON HuldaBrigadierSweden1977
JOSEPH Hendrik MangindaanEnvoyIndonesia1970
KHUMA KawlLt-ColonelIndia North Eastern1966
KHUMALO MzilikaziSouth Africa2001
KIM Hyun-SookEnvoyKorea1990
KIRBY LeonardColonelCanada and Bermuda1982
KIRBY LeonardMajorCanada and Bermuda1972
KIVINIEMI JuliaCorps SecretaryFinland1972
KJØLNER EgilCorps Sergeant MajorNorway1984
KNIGHTLEY BrianLt-ColonelUK2004
KNIGHTLEY DorothyLt-ColonelUK2004
KORBEL JosefBrigadierCzechoslovakia1990
KRIDER GeorgeCorps TreasurerUSA Eastern1985
KRISTANO AjubCorps Sergeant MajorIndonesia1974
KROEKER LevinaLt-ColonelCanada and Bermuda1990
KUNZ Victor Corps Sergeant MajorSwitzerland1953
LALZUALACorps Sergeant MajorIndia Eastern1993
LAMB David CCommissionerScotland and Ireland1939
LARSSON KarlCommissionerSweden1949
LAUDUN Ferraez SoldierUSA Southern1983
LAUTIER MargueriteMajorFrance2000
LEWIS Mother IdaUSA Central1944
LJUNGQVIST ErikCorps Sergeant MajorSweden1952
LORD OliveEnvoyNew Zealand1969
LUCAS BramwellColonelAustralia Eastern2001
McArthur Robert and ShirleyCanada and Bermuda2010
McBRIDE Donald GCorps Sergeant MajorCanada and Bermuda1988
McBRIDE H. Joan Canada and Bermuda1988
McCLINTOCK WalterEnvoyUSA Central1988
MacFARLANE JamesCorps Sergeant MajorCanada and Bermuda1975
McILVEEN Arthur WBrigadierAustralia Eastern1967
McKENZIE WilliamLt-ColonelAustralia Southern1920
McLEOD NormanStaff BandmasterAustralia Southern1955
MANSON WilliamCaptainBritish Territory1920
MARSDAL BårdCorps Sergeant MajorNorway1972
MARSHALL GeorgeBandmasterBritish Territory1951
MATSUDA Sanya Japan1924
MATUNJWA Joel MbamboMajorSouth Africa1942
MEECH AliceCorps TreasurerBritish Territory1961
MERRITT VioletBrigadierBritish Territory2000
MILANS Henry FUSA1942
MOORE May Senior Field-CaptainCanada1971
MORGAN HaroldBandmaster Australia Eastern1981
NDODA David Elijah ZenzeleniEnvoyZimbabwe1997
NELANDER EricCorps Sergeant MajorSweden1974
NERY JorgeLt-ColonelSouth America West1978
NEWTON CharlesField-AdjutantCanada1946
NGUGI JoshuaCommissionerEast Africa1998
NHARI Lilian BrigadierRhodesia1976
NISIEWICZ MaryBrigadierUSA Eastern1979
NKU IMBIE David D.R. Congo2018
NOBLE William A ColonelUSA Southern1957
OHARA TamokichiEnvoyJapan1961
ORELLANA LuisEnvoySouth America West1962
OSBORNE JamesCommissionerUSA Southern2014
OSBORNE RuthCommissionerUSA Southern2014
OUCHTERLONY HannaCommissionerSweden1923
OVESEN EmilStaff-CaptainNorway1925
OZANNE MarieMajorBritish Territory1947
PACQUETTE CatherineMajorCaribbean2006
PAIGE ClaraYPSMUSA Southern1989
PALMER Robert HenryEnvoyAustralia Southern1952
PARSELL Lily May Corps Sergeant MajorAustralia Southern1984
PATHAM Yesu Lt-ColonelIndia Western1923
PEACOCKE ElizabethBrigadierCanada and Bermuda2000
PEDERSEN Victor BarrettBrigadierAustralia Southern1999
PEDLAR Edwin ClendennamEnvoyCanada1945
PEETERMAN Gerardus CEnvoyHolland1940
PERIESWAMI SarathaLt-ColonelBurma1989
PESATORI MarioStaff-CaptainItaly1928
POTTINGER HesterGuard LeaderUSA Central1974
PUNCHARD Alfred WNational BandmasterBritish Territory1937
PURDUE GertrudeBrigadierUSA South2005
PURKIS DanielEnsignBritish Territory1920
RADER DamonLt-ColonelUSA Eastern2002
RADER LyellLt-ColonelUSA Eastern1984
RANDALL Edward GEnvoyAustralia Eastern1981
RASMUSSEN Tora EMajorDenmark1992
READ HarryCommissionerBritish Territory2019
RICE R. EugeneLieut-ColonelUSA West2004
RICHES LucySisterBritish Territory1976
RIDGERS Pamela Over-60 Club SecretaryBritish Territory1981
RIVE FayeLieut-ColonelNew Zealand and Fiji2004
RIVE LanceLieut-ColonelNew Zealand and Fiji2004
RIVE PhilipLt-ColonelNew Zealand and Fiji1988
RIVITT DoloresMajorUSA Western2000
ROBB Anita ColonelUSA Central2001
RODIN BertilCSMLatvia2003
RÖMHILD EYPSMDenmark1939
ROSTETT Henry TLt-ColonelUSA Central1976
RUSSELL MinaLt-ColonelUSA Eastern1992
SATTERFIELD Julius MBrigadierUSA Southern1954
SAULNIER MaryCanada and Bermuda2000
SCHOCH RuthMajorSwitzerland1996
SCHRALE Ids KlaasEnvoyThe Netherlands1956
SEGAWA YasowaColonelJapan1968
SEILS Else ColonelGermany1986
SERVAIS Muilton EliCorps Sergeant MajorUSA Southern1991
SHEPHERD WilliamEnvoyAustralia Eastern1925
SIBILIN MarieCorps Sergeant MajorSwitzerland1939
SIGLEY HildaMajorAustralia2004
SIGSWORTH AliceSenior - MajorBritish Territory1956
SIMMONS Cyril JCorps Sergeant Major Canada and Bermuda1981
SINCLAIR JohnCorps Sergeant MajorScotland1968
SIPLEY CliftonBrigadierUSA Eastern1996
SLATER RichardLt-ColonelBritish Territory1923
SMITH J. AllisterColonelBritish Territory1923
SMITH Jane SisterScotland1959
SORENSON Helen J Corps TreasurerUSA Central1972
SOUTER GeorgeColonelBritish Territory1929
STAIGER Frank OCorps Sergeant Major USA Central1981
STAINES AlanEnvoyAustralia2007
STEADMAN-ALLEN RayLt-ColonelBritish Territory2006
STEVENS Arthur JamesDivisional BandmasterAustralia Southern1949
STEWART ChristineEnsignBritish Territory1920
STICKELLS Elizabeth Jane SisterCanada1923
STILLWELL Harry BBandmaster USA Western1983
STIMPSON AlfredCorps TreasurerBritish Territory1933
STYLES MaryBrigadierSouth Africa1965
SU Chien-ChiMajorNorthern China1946
SUGHANANTHAM GraceMrs CommissionerIndia South Eastern1988
THAIN AlexBandmasterScotland1968
THANGKIMA C.Corps Sergeant MajorIndia Northern1990
THOMAS PeggyDeputy BandmasterUSA Central2019
THOMPSON JosephSisterNew Zealand1951
THÖRNKVIST HubertBrigadierSweden1960
TOFT Ester ColonelSweden1920
TURNER John WilliamBandmasterAustralia Southern1946
TWITCHIN Herbert WBandmasterBritish Territory1939
VALLENTGOED, Helena DehaasHolland1949
VENABLES LilyYPSMBritish Territory1979
VICTOR N. L.Corps Sergeant MajorIndia Central Territory2013
VIVANTE Armand EnvoySouth America East1980
von WATTENWYL ChristineLt-ColonelSwitzerland1964
WALKER WilburEnvoyAustralia Eastern1990
WALKLEY Maud Home League SecretaryBritish Territory1963
WARREN MarySisterBritish Territory1960
WEBB Joy
MajorBritish Territory2004
WELLS BertramAdjutantBritish Territory1923
WHANG Sook HyunEnvoyKorea1971
WHITE PollySisterBritish Territory1940
WILLCOX Harvey StanleySgtBritish Territory1944
WILLE VilhelmMajorDenmark1920
WILLIAMS HarryCommissionerUK2005
YAMAMURO GunpeiCommissionerJapan1937
YEE CheckLt-ColonelUSA Western1997
YIN Hung-ShunMajorChina1990
ZIMMERMAN EmmaMajorCaribbean2000