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The Officer rank requires a minimum of eight years as a Knight, and the Commander, the highest civilian category for a non-French citizen, requires a minimum of five years as an Officer. The Grand Officer and the Grand Cross are awarded only to French citizens, and each requires three years' service in their respective immediately lower rank. [4]
Sometimes a holder of the highest class or grade are referred to as "Commander Grand Cross", [A 1] "Knight Grand Cross", or just "Grand Cross". In the United Kingdom, the rank of "Knight Grand Cross" or "Dame Grand Cross" allows the recipient to continue to use the honorific " Sir " (male) or " Dame " (female) as a style before his or her name.
The star of a Knight or Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order. The Royal Victorian Order is an order of knighthood awarded by the sovereign of the United Kingdom and several Commonwealth realms.
Honorary Major-General His Highness The Maharaja of Gwalior: 4 December 1917 "For Services in connection with the War". [2] Lieutenant-General His Highness The Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir: 1 January 1918 "In recognition of Services rendered by the Native States of India during the War". [3] Major-General His Highness The Maharaja of Jaipur: 1 ...
Queen Victoria appointed 19 Knights Grand Cross, plus an additional 28 honorary Knights Grand Cross, between the order's institution and her death on 22 January 1901; of those 19, six were to Princes of the United Kingdom—her own children, grandchildren or other close relatives—and a further seven to those already holding a peerage. [9]
The recipients of honours are displayed as styled before appointment to the honour awarded upon the advice of the King's ministers and arranged by country, precedence and grade (i.e. Knight/Dame Grand Cross, Knight/Dame Commander, etc.), and then by divisions (i.e. Civil, Diplomatic, and Military), as appropriate.
Knight/Lady Companion of the Order of the Garter KG/LG; Knight/Lady of the Order of the Thistle KT/LT; Knight of the Order of St Patrick [note 1] KP; Knight/Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath GCB; Member of the Order of Merit OM; Baronet's Badge Bt/Btss [note 2] Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India [note 1] GCSI
General Sir Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer, GCMG, KCB 14 July 1917 Appointed on the occasion of the King's visit to the Army in the Field. [33] General Sir Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 2nd Baronet, KCB, KCVO 14 July 1917 Appointed on the occasion of the King's visit to the Army in the Field. [33] Hon. Sir Lancelot Douglas Carnegie, KCMG, MVO