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The following battle honours were awarded to units of the British Army and the armies of British India and the Dominions of the British Empire. [1] From their institution until the end of the Second World War , awards were made by, or in consultation with, the British government, [ 2 ] but, since 1945, the individual countries of the former ...
The Battle Honours of the British and Indian Armies, 1662–1982, Leo Cooper. ISBN 0-85052-082-7; Rodger, Alexander. 2003 Battle Honours of the British Empire and Commonwealth Land Forces 1662–1991, The Crowood Press. ISBN 1-86126-637-5; Singh, Sarbans Battle Honours of the Indian Army 1757 – 1971.(1993) Vision Books (New Delhi) ISBN 81 ...
Reforms of the system occur from time to time. In the last century notable changes to the system have included a Royal Commission in 1925 following the scandal in which Prime Minister David Lloyd George was found to be selling honours. The sale of British Honours, including titles, is now prohibited by the Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925.
From 14 January 1958, any individual made a member of the Order of the British Empire for gallantry (in the grades of Commander, Officer, Member), or awarded the British Empire Medal for gallantry, could wear an emblem of two crossed silver oak leaves on the same riband, ribbon or bow as the badge. [57] Medal bar
Battle Honours of the British Empire and Commonwealth Land Forces 1662-1991. Ramsbury: The Crowood Press. ISBN 1-86126-637-5; Thatcher, WS. (1932). The Fourth Battalion, Duke of Connaught's Own, Tenth Baluch Regiment in the Great War. Cambridge: The University Press. ISBN 1-84734-752-5; Thatcher, WS. (1980). The Tenth Baluch Regiment in the ...
It was previously awarded to service personnel in the broader British Empire (later Commonwealth of Nations), with most successor independent nations now having established their own honours systems and no longer recommending British honours. It may be awarded to a person of any military rank in any service and to civilians under military command.
The Order of the British Empire. Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood. ISBN 978-0-907605-65-2. Hood, Frederic (1967). The Chapel of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. With a foreword by Prince Philip. Weatherly, Cecil (1911). "Knighthood and Chivalry" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.).
World War I [16] Also stripped of KG and honorary GCB: 1915: Ernst Ludwig, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine: 1892: World War I [16] Also stripped of KG and honorary GCB 1915: Wilhelm, German Crown Prince and Crown Prince of Prussia: 1901: World War I [16] Also stripped of KG 1941: Vittorio Emanuele, King of Italy: 1891: World War II [16] Also ...