The Warrant is dated 25th July 1948. The petitioners were Rt Hon Harry Frederick Comfort Crookshank MP, Rev Canon John Richard Nicholas Daniels, Jack Alfred Pumphrey, Frederick George Melville Stennett, Richard Wisman, Thomas Leonard Goulton, Harry Douglas Mitchell, Joseph Henry Curry QBE, Lt Col Stanley Ford Thomas, Frank Smith, Carl Morrisey, Arnold William Edgar Taylor, and John Gerald Turton Eccles.
The First Preceptor was Rt Hon Harry Frederick Comfort Crookshank MP, the First Constable Rev Canon John Richard Nicholas Daniels and the Second Constable Jack Alfred Pumphrey.