Order of the Bath Order of the Bath The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (formerly the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath) is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate medieval ceremony for appointing a knight, which involved bathing (as a symbol of purification) as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as "Knights of the Bath". George I "erected the Knights of the Bath into a regular Military Order". He did not (as is commonly believed) revive the Order of the Bath, since it had never
George Honour George Honour George Butler Honour DSC (10 October 1918 – 16 May 2002), was a British submariner during the Second World War. Honour was captain of HMS X23, one of the X-Craft (midget submarines) responsible for guiding landing craft on during Operation Neptune (part of the Normandy landings). His particular role was to aid the navigation of ships heading for one of the British invasion areas, codenamed Sword. Honour was born on 10 October 1918 in Bristol, England. Honour joined the Royal Navy when war broke out in 1939, serving in small ships in the Mediterranean. He married Naomi Celia