1929 New Year Honours
The 1929 New Year Honours were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the United Kingdom and British Empire. They were announced on 26 February 1929. The announcement of the list was delayed two months by the health of the king, who fell ill with septicaemia in November 1928. There were no recipients of the Royal Victorian Order and only two recipients in the military division of the Order of the British Empire. The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled  before their new honour, and arranged by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, "etc.") and then divisions (Military, Civil, "etc.") as appropriate. United Kingdom and Colonies. Privy Councillor. The King appointed the following to His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council: King's Police Medal (KPM). "His Majesty has also graciously consented to the King's Police Medal being handed to the next-of-kin, of the undermentioned officer, who was killed on duty on the 4th April, 1928, and would have received the decoration had he survived:"