Col Kevin Williams gets knighted
Colonel Williams could have chosen to be knighted in the United Kingdom but he elected to have this honour performed within his community.
An Investiture ceremony for the Order of St John took place at the Bedfordview Methodist Church on Saturday, August 2.
Colonel Kevin Williams was promoted to Knight by the Prior of the Order, the Most Reverend Desmond Tutu, Archbishop Emeritus Of Cape Town.
This ceremony was as a result of Colonel Williams having been recognized by the Order of St John for outstanding service.
The Sovereign Head of the Order is Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth. Colonel Williams could have chosen to be knighted in the United Kingdom but he elected to have this honour performed within his community. The Investiture ceremony took place at 6pm with the participation of Archbishop Tutu as Prior.
The Sword of the Order, the symbol of the temporal jurisdiction of HM Queen Elizabeth II, was held aloft by Archbishop Tutu to touch the shoulder of Colonel Williams and thereby pronounce him a Knight of the Order of St John.
The Order of St John is a working Order and a major international charity with special consultative status at the United Nations. Its organisations provide a wide variety of health care services and programmes for the training and development of young people.
The members of the Order and those who support them are organised into national groupings, known as Priories, Commanderies or St John Associations, together with the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem. There are organisations of the Order in 42 countries around the world. @BedfordJourno
