M.B.E. awarded 1920

[Tickettyboo]

I have the list from the Gazette, I have a couple of lists from newspapers.
They tell me that in 1920 John Percy Henderson was awarded the M.B.E.
for "patriotic services at Lerwick, Shetland', his obit in the Shetland
newspapers in 1938 says he was awarded the M.B.E. for local services.

I know he was a member of the Shetland County Council for many years,
he was also, later, a member of the Parish Council for Burra Isle
(which he purchased in 1921)

Does anyone know if its possible to get details of what the 'patriotic
services' actually were? (nothing in local newspapers that I have been
able to find).
I'd guess this award would be related to his work for various
councils, but if I can get more detail that would be interesting.

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John Percy Henderson

The report in the P&J is a whole page of people honoured for "war work"
but his entry just has the wording you quote.

He only seems to have qualified as a dentist in 1921.

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John Percy Henderson

The report in the P&J is a whole page of people honoured for "war work"
but his entry just has the wording you quote.
He only seems to have qualified as a dentist in 1921.

If that info is from the Dentist Registers, I was confused by it as he
was listed as a dentist in Lewick in the 1901 census and his obit
(1938) says he started his dentistry business there in 1896.

This page
https://bda.org/museum/enquiries/PublishingImages/was-ancestor-dentist/researcher-guidelines-genealogists.pdf

Says that though the register was started in 1879, 'registration' did
not become compulsory till 1921, as the number of unregistered
practitioners had become larger than those of registered dentists
(perhaps because there was expenseinvolved in registration).
Those who had been practising dentistry prior to that date (even if
they didn't have the current recognised qualifications) would be
accepted on the register in 1921.
I have no idea what training he'd had, or where but as he been in
practice for 25 years by then he must have been reasonably proficient

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John Percy Henderson

The report in the P&J is a whole page of people honoured for "war
work" but his entry just has the wording you quote.
He only seems to have qualified as a dentist in 1921.

If that info is from the Dentist Registers, I was confused by it as he
was listed as a dentist in Lewick in the 1901 census and his obit (1938)
says he started his dentistry business there in 1896.
This page
https://bda.org/museum/enquiries/PublishingImages/was-ancestor-dentist/researcher-guidelines-genealogists.pdf
Says that though the register was started in 1879, 'registration' did
not become compulsory till 1921, as the number of unregistered
practitioners had become larger than those of registered dentists
(perhaps because there was expenseinvolved in registration).
Those who had been practising dentistry prior to that date (even if they
didn't have the current recognised qualifications) would be accepted on
the register in 1921.
I have no idea what training he'd had, or where but as he been in
practice for 25 years by then he must have been reasonably proficient

That explains it, I thought that it he only qualified in 1921 then he
would probably be quite young and called up in WWI. The pictures of him
on the Shetland Museum site show that he was older.

Someone has his tree online but no mention of the MBE.

It looks as if they dished out a lot of MBEs to people involved in
civilian organisations.

Shetland was quite busy in WWI, a booklet was published about its
involvement a few years ago.

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Post by Tickettyboo
I have the list from the Gazette, I have a couple of lists from newspapers.
They tell me that in 1920 John Percy Henderson was awarded the M.B.E.
for "patriotic services at Lerwick, Shetland', his obit in the Shetland
newspapers in 1938 says he was awarded the M.B.E. for local services.
I know he was a member of the Shetland County Council for many years,
he was also, later, a member of the Parish Council for Burra Isle
(which he purchased in 1921)
Does anyone know if its possible to get details of what the 'patriotic
services' actually were? (nothing in local newspapers that I have been
able to find).
I'd guess this award would be related to his work for various
councils, but if I can get more detail that would be interesting.

I've not looked at the obit so I'm not sure what's in there but it
appears he was a Lance Corporal Acting Corporal in the Royal
Engineers. Service number 19428. He was in France.

He seems to have been very involved in the community, presenting
a metal at a curling competition, judge at Borrowstounness races.
He is mentioned in meetings of the Lerwick Harbour Trust.
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I have the list from the Gazette, I have a couple of lists from newspapers.
They tell me that in 1920 John Percy Henderson was awarded the M.B.E.
for "patriotic services at Lerwick, Shetland', his obit in the Shetland
newspapers in 1938 says he was awarded the M.B.E. for local services.
I know he was a member of the Shetland County Council for many years,
he was also, later, a member of the Parish Council for Burra Isle
(which he purchased in 1921)
Does anyone know if its possible to get details of what the 'patriotic
services' actually were? (nothing in local newspapers that I have been
able to find).
I'd guess this award would be related to his work for various
councils, but if I can get more detail that would be interesting.

I've not looked at the obit so I'm not sure what's in there but it
appears he was a Lance Corporal Acting Corporal in the Royal
Engineers. Service number 19428. He was in France.

Please may I ask where you got that info? I couldn't find a service
record for him, nor a pension record and there is no mention in his
obit of service in WW1.
I could see 3 medal cards for a John P Henderson, but there was no
specific information on any of them for me to be able to decide which
of them, if any, were for the man I was looking for.

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He seems to have been very involved in the community, presenting
a metal at a curling competition, judge at Borrowstounness races.
He is mentioned in meetings of the Lerwick Harbour Trust.

Yes, his obit indicates that he was very active in the community.