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Cecil was made a Companion of the Bath from the Queen on the 9 February 1960.
CB and ribbon

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (formerly the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath)
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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 previously existed as an Order, in the
sense of a body of knights who were governed by a set of statutes and whose numbers were
replenished when vacancies occurred.

Motto
TRIA IUNCTA IN UNO

ICH DIEN (Military Division)

The Order consists of the Sovereign, the Great Master, and three Classes of members

Knight Grand Cross (GCB) or Dame Grand Cross (GCB)

Knight Commander (KCB) or Dame Commander (DCB)

Companion (CB)