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It was instituted in 1857 as the <b>Arctic Medal</b>, and renamed the <b>Polar Medal</b> in 1904.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polar_Medal&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Arctic_Medal">Arctic Medal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polar_Medal&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Arctic Medal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first medal was awarded in 1857, named the Arctic Medal. The Admiralty issued the medal for several expeditions,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including the expedition to discover the fate of <a href="/wiki/John_Franklin" title="John Franklin">Sir John Franklin</a> and his crew, who were lost <a href="/wiki/Franklin%27s_lost_expedition" title="Franklin's lost expedition">while looking for the Northwest Passage in 1847</a>: </p> <blockquote><p>Her Majesty having been graciously pleased to signify her commands that a Medal be granted to all persons, of every rank and class, who have been engaged in the several Expeditions to the <a href="/wiki/Arctic" title="Arctic">Arctic</a> Regions, whether of discovery or search, between the years 1818 and 1855, both inclusive.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>The second presentation of the Arctic Medal was to the crews of three ships <a href="/wiki/British_Arctic_Expedition" title="British Arctic Expedition">exploring the Arctic</a> in 1875–76. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Polar_Medal">Polar Medal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polar_Medal&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Polar Medal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1904, the medal was awarded to the members of <a href="/wiki/Robert_Falcon_Scott" title="Robert Falcon Scott">Captain Robert Falcon Scott's</a> <a href="/wiki/Discovery_Expedition" title="Discovery Expedition">first expedition</a> to <a href="/wiki/Antarctica" title="Antarctica">Antarctica</a>, and therefore renamed the Polar Medal.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was also awarded to the crews of both rescue ships, <i><a href="/wiki/Terra_Nova_(ship)" title="Terra Nova (ship)">Terra Nova</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/SY_Morning" title="SY Morning">Morning</a></i>. Subsequent medals were awarded to members of <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Shackleton" title="Ernest Shackleton">Ernest Shackleton</a>'s expeditions in <a href="/wiki/Nimrod_Expedition" title="Nimrod Expedition">1907–09</a> and <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Trans-Antarctic_Expedition" title="Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition">1914–17</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Eligibility">Eligibility</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polar_Medal&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Eligibility"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Polar Medal is awarded to individuals for outstanding service to the field of polar research.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Until 1968, the Polar Medal was presented to anyone who participated in a polar expedition endorsed by the governments of any <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_realm" title="Commonwealth realm">Commonwealth realms</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, since 1968 the rules governing its presentation have been revised with greater emphasis placed on personal achievement.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> Since 1998, the criteria for being awarded a Polar Medal are:</p><blockquote><p>The period of service living and working in the arduous conditions of a Polar environment required to be considered for this Medal shall normally be not less than twelve months, shorter periods of service may be aggregated to meet this criterion. Service in the support of the acquisition of knowledge of Polar regions shall normally be at least ten years' such service in order to be considered for the Medal, although, in exceptional cases, a shorter period of outstanding service may be considered.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote><p>The award is primarily given to citizens of the United Kingdom. However, citizens of Commonwealth countries can be honoured. Nominees for the Polar Medal are made on the advice of the Polar Medal Assessment Committee, who make recommendations to the monarch via the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Defence" title="Secretary of State for Defence">Secretary of State for Defence</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Medals_awarded">Medals awarded</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polar_Medal&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Medals awarded"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_recipients_of_the_Polar_Medal" title="List of recipients of the Polar Medal">List of recipients of the Polar Medal</a></div> <p>By 2005, a total of 880 silver had been issued for Antarctic expeditions<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>. Another 73 silver medals had been issued for service in the Arctic. The character Private Frazer in the BBC series <i><a href="/wiki/Dad%27s_Army" title="Dad's Army">Dad's Army</a></i> was a recipient of the medal for his participation in Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition of 1904–1907.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prior to all awarded medals becoming silver in 1939,<sup id="cite_ref-mills_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mills-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 271 bronze medals and clasps were awarded. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Female_recipients">Female recipients</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polar_Medal&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Female recipients"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1986, the London Gazette announced <a href="/wiki/Ginny_Fiennes" title="Ginny Fiennes">Ginny Fiennes</a> as the first woman to be awarded the Polar Medal.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The medal had also in 1953 been awarded to Ivan Mackenzie Lamb,<sup id="cite_ref-Llano_1991_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Llano_1991-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who <a href="/wiki/Gender_transition" title="Gender transition">transitioned</a> and took the name <a href="/wiki/Elke_Mackenzie" title="Elke Mackenzie">Elke Mackenzie</a> in 1971.<sup id="cite_ref-Johnston_2022_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Johnston_2022-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other female Polar Medal recipients include: </p> <ul><li>Elizabeth Harland, 1997;<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jane_Francis" title="Jane Francis">Jane Francis</a>, 2002;<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Bradshaw" title="Margaret Bradshaw">Margaret Bradshaw</a>, 2003;<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Morris_(glaciologist)" title="Elizabeth Morris (glaciologist)">Elizabeth Morris</a>, 2003;<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tavi_Murray" title="Tavi Murray">Tavi Murray</a>, 2006;<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Victoria Auld, 2007 and 2024;<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Penelope Granger, 2008;<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Felicity_Aston" title="Felicity Aston">Felicity Aston</a>, 2015;<sup id="cite_ref-:1_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sally_Poncet" title="Sally Poncet">Sally Poncet</a>, 2015;<sup id="cite_ref-:1_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kim_Crosbie" title="Kim Crosbie">Kim Crosbie</a>, 2016;<sup id="cite_ref-:2_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agnieszka_Fryckowska" title="Agnieszka Fryckowska">Agnieszka Fryckowska</a>, 2016;<sup id="cite_ref-:2_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myrtle_Simpson" title="Myrtle Simpson">Myrtle Simpson</a>, 2017;<sup id="cite_ref-:3_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Isabelle Gerrard, 2017;<sup id="cite_ref-:3_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catrin_Thomas" title="Catrin Thomas">Catrin Thomas</a>, 2019;<sup id="cite_ref-:4_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Sophie Fielding, 2019;<sup id="cite_ref-:4_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Alison Massey, 2020;<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and</li> <li>Melody Clark, 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design">Design</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polar_Medal&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Design"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The medal is octagonal in shape with a white ribbon.<sup id="cite_ref-mills_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mills-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The reverse of the original Arctic Medal showed a three-masted ship surrounded by ice floes.<sup id="cite_ref-mills_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mills-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The die for the medal was engraved by <a href="/wiki/Leonard_Charles_Wyon" title="Leonard Charles Wyon">Leonard Charles Wyon</a>. A new design by <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Gillick" title="Ernest Gillick">Ernest Gillick</a> was used from 1904, showing <a href="/wiki/RRS_Discovery" title="RRS Discovery">RRS <i>Discovery</i></a>, with a sledging party in the foreground.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The obverse bears a portrait of the reigning monarch. It is accompanied by a clasp that is placed on the ribbon of the medal in order to signify which region or regions service was completed.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The medal was originally struck in both silver and bronze. Since 1939, all awarded medals have been silver;<sup id="cite_ref-mills_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mills-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> bronze medals were presented to personnel on relief ships for Antarctic expeditions, but not awarded to participants of Arctic expeditions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Clasps">Clasps</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polar_Medal&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Clasps"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Additional <a href="/wiki/Medal_bar" title="Medal bar">clasps</a> can be awarded for further service to polar research and exploration.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Several people have been awarded additional clasps, including <a href="/wiki/Ranulph_Fiennes" title="Ranulph Fiennes">Sir Ranulph Fiennes</a>, who is the only person to have received a clasp each for both the Arctic and Antarctica.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2024 Captain Victoria Auld was the first women to receive a clasp. <a href="/wiki/Frank_Wild" title="Frank Wild">Frank Wild</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Joyce" title="Ernest Joyce">Ernest Joyce</a> hold the joint record of four clasps on their Polar Medal.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Australia">Australia</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polar_Medal&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Australia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Australia">Government of Australia</a> replaced the Polar Medal with its own <a href="/wiki/Australian_Antarctic_Medal" title="Australian Antarctic Medal">Australian Antarctic Medal</a> in 1987.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Canada">Canada</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polar_Medal&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Canada"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The medal was awarded to members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police ship <i><a href="/wiki/St._Roch_(ship)" title="St. Roch (ship)">St. Roch</a></i>, who patrolled extensively in the western Arctic (1940) and completed a west-to-east passage of the Arctic in 1942. Although several Canadians had received this medal,<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it was not included in the Canadian Honours System that was promulgated in 1967. Subsequently, a Canadian decoration intended to honour explorers of Canada's polar regions and defenders of the country's sovereignty in the north was initially conceived by Governor General <a href="/wiki/Adrienne_Clarkson" title="Adrienne Clarkson">Adrienne Clarkson</a> as the Governor General's Northern Medal and created on 15 September 2005, to award those who serve with distinction in northern Canada. It was replaced on 23 June 2015 by Canada's own <a href="/wiki/Polar_Medal_(Canada)" title="Polar Medal (Canada)">Polar Medal</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="New_Zealand">New Zealand</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polar_Medal&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: New Zealand"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1996, when <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a> revised its royal honours system, New Zealanders ceased to receive the Polar Medal. It was proposed that the medal would be preserved, with a new name, under New Zealand regulations: the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Antarctic_Medal" title="New Zealand Antarctic Medal">New Zealand Antarctic Medal</a>. The rationale for the renaming was that it is in relation to Antarctica that New Zealand's endeavours and achievements have been made. The report on honours that recommended the change contained the inaccurate claim that the medal was named after the North Pole.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The new medal was formally instituted by the <a href="/wiki/Queen_of_New_Zealand" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen of New Zealand">queen</a> on 1 September 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polar_Medal&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_geography_awards" title="List of geography awards">List of geography awards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_recipients_of_the_Polar_Medal" title="List of recipients of the Polar Medal">List of recipients of the Polar Medal</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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(1968). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=xQF-QgAACAAJ&q=the+white+ribbon"><i>The White Ribbon: A Medallic Record of British Polar Expeditions</i></a>. B.A. Seaby, London. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-900652-00-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-900652-00-4"><bdi>0-900652-00-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+White+Ribbon%3A+A+Medallic+Record+of+British+Polar+Expeditions&rft.pub=B.A.+Seaby%2C+London&rft.date=1968&rft.isbn=0-900652-00-4&rft.aulast=Poulsom&rft.aufirst=Neville+W.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DxQF-QgAACAAJ%26q%3Dthe%2Bwhite%2Bribbon&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APolar+Medal" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Poulsom, Neville, W, and Myres, J.A.L., (2000). 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class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">British Empire</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Service_Order" title="Imperial Service Order">Imperial Service</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Companions_of_Honour" title="Order of the Companions of Honour">Companions of Honour</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Saint_John_(chartered_1888)" title="Order of Saint John (chartered 1888)">St John</a></span></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Family_Orders_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Royal Family Orders of the United Kingdom">Royal family orders</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Family_Order_of_George_VI" title="Royal Family Order of George VI">George VI</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Family_Order_of_Elizabeth_II" title="Royal Family Order of Elizabeth II">Elizabeth II</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Family_Order_of_Charles_III" title="Royal Family Order of Charles III">Charles III</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Dormant</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_St_Patrick" title="Order of St Patrick">St Patrick</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Crown_of_India" title="Order of the Crown of India">Crown of India</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Star_of_India" title="Order of the Star of India">Star of India</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Indian_Empire" title="Order of the Indian Empire">Indian Empire</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Order_of_Merit" title="Indian Order of Merit">Indian Merit</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_British_India" title="Order of British India">British India</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Burma" title="Order of Burma">Burma</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Guelphic_Order" title="Royal Guelphic Order">Royal Guelphic</a></span></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Royal family orders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Family_Order_of_George_IV" title="Royal Family Order of George IV">George IV</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Order_of_Victoria_and_Albert" title="Royal Order of Victoria and Albert">Victoria & Albert</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Family_Order_of_Edward_VII" title="Royal Family Order of Edward VII">Edward VII</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Family_Order_of_George_V" title="Royal Family Order of George V">George V</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Victorian_Chain" title="Royal Victorian Chain">Royal Victorian Chain</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hereditary_peer" title="Hereditary peer">Hereditary peerage</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Life_peer" title="Life peer">Life peerage</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_(United_Kingdom)" title="Privy Council (United Kingdom)">Privy counsellor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Baronet" title="Baronet">Baronet</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Knight_Bachelor" title="Knight Bachelor">Knight Bachelor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Aide-de-camp" title="Aide-de-camp">Aide-de-camp</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current<br />decorations<br />and medals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Level 1</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Cross</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Cross" title="George Cross">George Cross</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Level 2A</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Order" title="Distinguished Service Order">Distinguished Service Order</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Conspicuous_Gallantry_Cross" title="Conspicuous Gallantry Cross">Conspicuous Gallantry Cross</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Red_Cross" title="Royal Red Cross">Royal Red Cross (class I)</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Level 2B</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Medal" title="George Medal">George Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Police_Medal" title="King's Police Medal">King's Police Medal, for Gallantry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Fire_Service_Medal" title="King's Fire Service Medal">King's Fire Service Medal, for Gallantry</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Level 3A</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Cross_(United_Kingdom)" title="Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom)">Distinguished Service Cross</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Military_Cross" title="Military Cross">Military Cross</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Flying_Cross_(United_Kingdom)" title="Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)">Distinguished Flying Cross</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Cross_(United_Kingdom)" title="Air Force Cross (United Kingdom)">Air Force Cross</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Red_Cross" title="Royal Red Cross">Royal Red Cross (class II)</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Level 3B</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sea_Gallantry_Medal" title="Sea Gallantry Medal">Sea Gallantry Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Gallantry_Medal" title="King's Gallantry Medal">King's Gallantry Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Victorian_Medal" title="Royal Victorian Medal">Royal Victorian Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/British_Empire_Medal" title="British Empire Medal">British Empire Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Police_Medal" title="King's Police Medal">King’s Police Medal, for Distinguished Service</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Fire_Service_Medal" title="King's Fire Service Medal">King's Fire Service Medal, for Distinguished Service</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Ambulance_Service_Medal" title="King's Ambulance Service Medal">King's Ambulance Service Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Volunteer_Reserves_Medal" title="King's Volunteer Reserves Medal">King's Volunteer Reserves Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Polar Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Service_Medal" title="Imperial Service Medal">Imperial Service Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Overseas_Territories_Police_Medal" title="Overseas Territories Police Medal">Overseas Territories Police Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Merchant_Navy_Medal_for_Meritorious_Service" title="Merchant Navy Medal for Meritorious Service">Merchant Navy Medal for Meritorious Service</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Level 4</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mentioned_in_dispatches#United_Kingdom,_British_Empire,_and_Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Mentioned in dispatches">Mentioned in Despatches</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Commendation_for_Bravery" title="King's Commendation for Bravery">King's Commendation for Bravery</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Commendation_for_Bravery" title="King's Commendation for Bravery">King's Commendation for Bravery in the Air</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Commendation_for_Valuable_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service">King's Commendation for Valuable Service</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Badge_of_Honour" title="Badge of Honour">Badge of Honour</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Cross" title="Elizabeth Cross">Elizabeth Cross</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Obsolete<br />decorations<br />and medals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Level 1</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Order_of_Merit" title="Indian Order of Merit">Indian Order of Merit (1st class)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Albert_Medal_for_Lifesaving" title="Albert Medal for Lifesaving">Albert Medal (1st class)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Medal" title="Edward Medal">Edward Medal (1st class)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Empire_Gallantry_Medal" title="Empire Gallantry Medal">Empire Gallantry Medal</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Level 2A</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Order_of_Merit" title="Indian Order of Merit">Indian Order of Merit (2nd class)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Conduct_Medal" title="Distinguished Conduct Medal">Distinguished Conduct Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Conspicuous_Gallantry_Medal" title="Conspicuous Gallantry Medal">Conspicuous Gallantry Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Conspicuous_Gallantry_Medal" title="Conspicuous Gallantry Medal">Conspicuous Gallantry Medal (Flying)</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Level 2B</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Albert_Medal_for_Lifesaving" title="Albert Medal for Lifesaving">Albert Medal (2nd class)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Medal" title="Edward Medal">Edward Medal (2nd class)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Union_of_South_Africa_King%27s_Medal_for_Bravery,_Gold" title="Union of South Africa King's Medal for Bravery, Gold">Union of South Africa King's Medal for Bravery, Gold</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Level 3A</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_British_India" title="Order of British India">Order of British India (1st class)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_British_India" title="Order of British India">Order of British India (2nd class)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Order_of_Merit" title="Indian Order of Merit">Indian Order of Merit (3rd class)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Title_Badge_(India)" title="Title Badge (India)">Title Badge (India) (1st class)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Title_Badge_(India)" title="Title Badge (India)">Title Badge (India) (2nd class)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Title_Badge_(India)" title="Title Badge (India)">Title Badge (India) (3rd class)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/African_Distinguished_Conduct_Medal" title="African Distinguished Conduct Medal">Royal West African Frontier Force Distinguished Conduct Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/African_Distinguished_Conduct_Medal" title="African Distinguished Conduct Medal">King's African Rifles Distinguished Conduct Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Distinguished_Service_Medal" title="Indian Distinguished Service Medal">Indian Distinguished Service Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Medal_(United_Kingdom)" title="Distinguished Service Medal (United Kingdom)">Distinguished Service Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Military_Medal" title="Military Medal">Military Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Flying_Medal" title="Distinguished Flying Medal">Distinguished Flying Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Medal" title="Air Force Medal">Air Force Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Burma_Gallantry_Medal" title="Burma Gallantry Medal">Burma Gallantry Medal</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Level 3B</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Constabulary_Medal_(Ireland)" title="Constabulary Medal (Ireland)">Constabulary Medal (Ireland)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Union_of_South_Africa_King%27s_Medal_for_Bravery,_Silver" title="Union of South Africa King's Medal for Bravery, Silver">Union of South Africa King's Medal for Bravery, Silver</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kaisar-i-Hind_Medal" title="Kaisar-i-Hind Medal">Kaisar-i-Hind Medal (Gold, Silver, Bronze)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Police_Medal" title="Indian Police Medal">Indian Police Medal, for Gallantry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Police_Medal" title="Ceylon Police Medal">Ceylon Police Medal, for Gallantry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Leone_Police_Medal" class="mw-redirect" title="Sierra Leone Police Medal">Sierra Leone Police Medal, for Gallantry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Leone_Fire_Brigades_Medal" class="mw-redirect" title="Sierra Leone Fire Brigades Medal">Sierra Leone Fire Brigades Medal, for Gallantry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mauritius_Police_Long_Service_and_Good_Conduct_Medal#Other_Mauritius_police_medals" title="Mauritius Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal">Mauritius Police Medal for Meritorious Service</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Overseas_Territories_Police_Medal" title="Overseas Territories Police Medal">Colonial Police Medal, for Gallantry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Canada_Medal" title="Canada Medal">Canada Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Medal_for_Chiefs" title="Queen's Medal for Chiefs">Queen's Medal for Chiefs</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Police_Medal" title="Indian Police Medal">Indian Police Medal, for Meritorious Service</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Police_Medal" title="Ceylon Police Medal">Ceylon Police Medal, for Merit</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Leone_Police_Medal" class="mw-redirect" title="Sierra Leone Police Medal">Sierra Leone Police Medal, for Meritorious Service</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Leone_Fire_Brigades_Medal" class="mw-redirect" title="Sierra Leone Fire Brigades Medal">Sierra Leone Fire Brigades Medal, for Meritorious Service</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Level 4</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Commendation_for_Brave_Conduct" title="Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct">Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Commendation_for_Valuable_Service_in_the_Air" title="Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air">Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <dl><dt><span class="nowrap">See also</span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_Honours_Order_of_Wearing" class="mw-redirect" title="United Kingdom Honours Order of Wearing">Order of Wear</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/British_campaign_medals" title="British campaign 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class="mw-redirect" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Australia">Former decorations of Australia</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Wearing_of_honours_awarded_prior_to_6_October_1992" class="mw-redirect" title="Order of Wearing of honours awarded prior to 6 October 1992">Australian Honours Order of Precedence prior to 6 October 1992</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Orders of chivalry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Bath" title="Order of the Bath">Most Honourable<br />Order of the Bath</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Order_of_the_Bath_UK_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Order_of_the_Bath_UK_ribbon.svg/35px-Order_of_the_Bath_UK_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Order_of_the_Bath_UK_ribbon.svg/53px-Order_of_the_Bath_UK_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Order_of_the_Bath_UK_ribbon.svg/70px-Order_of_the_Bath_UK_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> Knight/Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Order_of_the_Bath_UK_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Order_of_the_Bath_UK_ribbon.svg/35px-Order_of_the_Bath_UK_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Order_of_the_Bath_UK_ribbon.svg/53px-Order_of_the_Bath_UK_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Order_of_the_Bath_UK_ribbon.svg/70px-Order_of_the_Bath_UK_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> Knight/Dame Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB/DCB)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Order_of_the_Bath_UK_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Order_of_the_Bath_UK_ribbon.svg/35px-Order_of_the_Bath_UK_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Order_of_the_Bath_UK_ribbon.svg/53px-Order_of_the_Bath_UK_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Order_of_the_Bath_UK_ribbon.svg/70px-Order_of_the_Bath_UK_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George" title="Order of St Michael and St George">Most Distinguished<br />Order of St Michael<br />and St George</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:UK_Order_St-Michael_St-George_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/UK_Order_St-Michael_St-George_ribbon.svg/35px-UK_Order_St-Michael_St-George_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/UK_Order_St-Michael_St-George_ribbon.svg/53px-UK_Order_St-Michael_St-George_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/UK_Order_St-Michael_St-George_ribbon.svg/70px-UK_Order_St-Michael_St-George_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> Knight/Dame Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:UK_Order_St-Michael_St-George_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/UK_Order_St-Michael_St-George_ribbon.svg/35px-UK_Order_St-Michael_St-George_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/UK_Order_St-Michael_St-George_ribbon.svg/53px-UK_Order_St-Michael_St-George_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/UK_Order_St-Michael_St-George_ribbon.svg/70px-UK_Order_St-Michael_St-George_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> Knight/Dame Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG/DCMG)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:UK_Order_St-Michael_St-George_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/UK_Order_St-Michael_St-George_ribbon.svg/35px-UK_Order_St-Michael_St-George_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/UK_Order_St-Michael_St-George_ribbon.svg/53px-UK_Order_St-Michael_St-George_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/UK_Order_St-Michael_St-George_ribbon.svg/70px-UK_Order_St-Michael_St-George_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">Most Excellent Order<br />of the British Empire</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Order_of_the_British_Empire_(Civil)_Ribbon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Civil%29_Ribbon.png/35px-Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Civil%29_Ribbon.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Civil%29_Ribbon.png/53px-Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Civil%29_Ribbon.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Civil%29_Ribbon.png/70px-Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Civil%29_Ribbon.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="30" /></a></span>/<span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Order_of_the_British_Empire_(Military)_Ribbon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Military%29_Ribbon.png/35px-Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Military%29_Ribbon.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Military%29_Ribbon.png/53px-Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Military%29_Ribbon.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Military%29_Ribbon.png/70px-Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Military%29_Ribbon.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> Knight/Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Order_of_the_British_Empire_(Civil)_Ribbon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Civil%29_Ribbon.png/35px-Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Civil%29_Ribbon.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Civil%29_Ribbon.png/53px-Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Civil%29_Ribbon.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Civil%29_Ribbon.png/70px-Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Civil%29_Ribbon.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="30" /></a></span>/<span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Order_of_the_British_Empire_(Military)_Ribbon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Military%29_Ribbon.png/35px-Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Military%29_Ribbon.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Military%29_Ribbon.png/53px-Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Military%29_Ribbon.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Military%29_Ribbon.png/70px-Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Military%29_Ribbon.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> Knight/Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE/DBE)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Order_of_the_British_Empire_(Civil)_Ribbon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Civil%29_Ribbon.png/35px-Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Civil%29_Ribbon.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Civil%29_Ribbon.png/53px-Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Civil%29_Ribbon.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Civil%29_Ribbon.png/70px-Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Civil%29_Ribbon.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="30" /></a></span>/<span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Order_of_the_British_Empire_(Military)_Ribbon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Military%29_Ribbon.png/35px-Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Military%29_Ribbon.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Military%29_Ribbon.png/53px-Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Military%29_Ribbon.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Military%29_Ribbon.png/70px-Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Military%29_Ribbon.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Order_of_the_British_Empire_(Civil)_Ribbon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Civil%29_Ribbon.png/35px-Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Civil%29_Ribbon.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Civil%29_Ribbon.png/53px-Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Civil%29_Ribbon.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Civil%29_Ribbon.png/70px-Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Civil%29_Ribbon.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="30" /></a></span>/<span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Order_of_the_British_Empire_(Military)_Ribbon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Military%29_Ribbon.png/35px-Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Military%29_Ribbon.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Military%29_Ribbon.png/53px-Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Military%29_Ribbon.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Military%29_Ribbon.png/70px-Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Military%29_Ribbon.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Order_of_the_British_Empire_(Civil)_Ribbon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Civil%29_Ribbon.png/35px-Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Civil%29_Ribbon.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Civil%29_Ribbon.png/53px-Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Civil%29_Ribbon.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Civil%29_Ribbon.png/70px-Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Civil%29_Ribbon.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="30" /></a></span>/<span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Order_of_the_British_Empire_(Military)_Ribbon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Military%29_Ribbon.png/35px-Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Military%29_Ribbon.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Military%29_Ribbon.png/53px-Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Military%29_Ribbon.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Military%29_Ribbon.png/70px-Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Military%29_Ribbon.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Service_Order" title="Imperial Service Order">Imperial Service Order</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ribbon_Imperial_Service_Order_100x30.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Ribbon_Imperial_Service_Order_100x30.jpg/35px-Ribbon_Imperial_Service_Order_100x30.jpg" decoding="async" width="35" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Ribbon_Imperial_Service_Order_100x30.jpg/53px-Ribbon_Imperial_Service_Order_100x30.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Ribbon_Imperial_Service_Order_100x30.jpg/70px-Ribbon_Imperial_Service_Order_100x30.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="150" /></a></span> Companion of the Imperial Service Order (ISO)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Companions_of_Honour" title="Order of the Companions of Honour">Order of the<br />Companions of Honour</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Order_of_Companions_of_Honour_ribbon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Order_of_Companions_of_Honour_ribbon.png/35px-Order_of_Companions_of_Honour_ribbon.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Order_of_Companions_of_Honour_ribbon.png/53px-Order_of_Companions_of_Honour_ribbon.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Order_of_Companions_of_Honour_ribbon.png/70px-Order_of_Companions_of_Honour_ribbon.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Miscellaneous</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hereditary_peer" title="Hereditary peer">Hereditary peer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Life_peer" title="Life peer">Life peer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Baronet%27s_Badge_ribbon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Baronet%27s_Badge_ribbon.png/35px-Baronet%27s_Badge_ribbon.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Baronet%27s_Badge_ribbon.png/53px-Baronet%27s_Badge_ribbon.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Baronet%27s_Badge_ribbon.png/70px-Baronet%27s_Badge_ribbon.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Baronet" title="Baronet">Baronet</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:200px_ribbon_bar_of_the_Knight_Bachelor_medal_(UK).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/200px_ribbon_bar_of_the_Knight_Bachelor_medal_%28UK%29.svg/35px-200px_ribbon_bar_of_the_Knight_Bachelor_medal_%28UK%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/200px_ribbon_bar_of_the_Knight_Bachelor_medal_%28UK%29.svg/53px-200px_ribbon_bar_of_the_Knight_Bachelor_medal_%28UK%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/200px_ribbon_bar_of_the_Knight_Bachelor_medal_%28UK%29.svg/70px-200px_ribbon_bar_of_the_Knight_Bachelor_medal_%28UK%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Knight_Bachelor" title="Knight Bachelor">Knight Bachelor</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Military<br />gallantry/bravery<br />decorations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">In the face<br />of the enemy</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:UK_Victoria_Cross_ribbon_bar.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/UK_Victoria_Cross_ribbon_bar.svg/35px-UK_Victoria_Cross_ribbon_bar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/UK_Victoria_Cross_ribbon_bar.svg/53px-UK_Victoria_Cross_ribbon_bar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/UK_Victoria_Cross_ribbon_bar.svg/70px-UK_Victoria_Cross_ribbon_bar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Cross</a> (VC)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:UK_Distinguished_Service_Cross_BAR.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/UK_Distinguished_Service_Cross_BAR.svg/35px-UK_Distinguished_Service_Cross_BAR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/UK_Distinguished_Service_Cross_BAR.svg/53px-UK_Distinguished_Service_Cross_BAR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/UK_Distinguished_Service_Cross_BAR.svg/70px-UK_Distinguished_Service_Cross_BAR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Cross_(United_Kingdom)" title="Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom)">Distinguished Service Cross</a> (DSC)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Military_Cross_ribbon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Military_Cross_ribbon.png/35px-Military_Cross_ribbon.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Military_Cross_ribbon.png/53px-Military_Cross_ribbon.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Military_Cross_ribbon.png/70px-Military_Cross_ribbon.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Military_Cross" title="Military Cross">Military Cross</a> (MC)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:United_Kingdom_Distinguished_Flying_Cross_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/United_Kingdom_Distinguished_Flying_Cross_ribbon.svg/35px-United_Kingdom_Distinguished_Flying_Cross_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/United_Kingdom_Distinguished_Flying_Cross_ribbon.svg/53px-United_Kingdom_Distinguished_Flying_Cross_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/United_Kingdom_Distinguished_Flying_Cross_ribbon.svg/70px-United_Kingdom_Distinguished_Flying_Cross_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Flying_Cross_(United_Kingdom)" title="Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)">Distinguished Flying Cross</a> (DFC)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CGM_UK_ribbon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/CGM_UK_ribbon.png/35px-CGM_UK_ribbon.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/CGM_UK_ribbon.png/53px-CGM_UK_ribbon.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/CGM_UK_ribbon.png/70px-CGM_UK_ribbon.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Conspicuous_Gallantry_Medal" title="Conspicuous Gallantry Medal">Conspicuous Gallantry Medal</a> (CGM)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:UK_Distinguished_Conduct_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/UK_Distinguished_Conduct_Medal_ribbon.svg/35px-UK_Distinguished_Conduct_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/UK_Distinguished_Conduct_Medal_ribbon.svg/53px-UK_Distinguished_Conduct_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/UK_Distinguished_Conduct_Medal_ribbon.svg/70px-UK_Distinguished_Conduct_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Conduct_Medal" title="Distinguished Conduct Medal">Distinguished Conduct Medal</a> (DCM)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CGM_(Flying)_UK_ribbon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/CGM_%28Flying%29_UK_ribbon.png/35px-CGM_%28Flying%29_UK_ribbon.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/CGM_%28Flying%29_UK_ribbon.png/53px-CGM_%28Flying%29_UK_ribbon.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/CGM_%28Flying%29_UK_ribbon.png/70px-CGM_%28Flying%29_UK_ribbon.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Conspicuous_Gallantry_Medal" title="Conspicuous Gallantry Medal">Conspicuous Gallantry Medal (Flying)</a> (CGM)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:UK_Distinguished_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/UK_Distinguished_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg/35px-UK_Distinguished_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/UK_Distinguished_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg/53px-UK_Distinguished_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/UK_Distinguished_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg/70px-UK_Distinguished_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Medal_(United_Kingdom)" title="Distinguished Service Medal (United Kingdom)">Distinguished Service Medal</a> (DSM)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:UK_Military_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/UK_Military_Medal_ribbon.svg/35px-UK_Military_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/UK_Military_Medal_ribbon.svg/53px-UK_Military_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/UK_Military_Medal_ribbon.svg/70px-UK_Military_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Military_Medal" title="Military Medal">Military Medal</a> (MM)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Distinguished_Flying_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Distinguished_Flying_Medal_ribbon.svg/35px-Distinguished_Flying_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Distinguished_Flying_Medal_ribbon.svg/53px-Distinguished_Flying_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Distinguished_Flying_Medal_ribbon.svg/70px-Distinguished_Flying_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Flying_Medal" title="Distinguished Flying Medal">Distinguished Flying Medal</a> (DFM)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:UK_MID_1920-94.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/UK_MID_1920-94.svg/35px-UK_MID_1920-94.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/UK_MID_1920-94.svg/53px-UK_MID_1920-94.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/UK_MID_1920-94.svg/70px-UK_MID_1920-94.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="710" data-file-height="260" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Mentioned_in_dispatches" title="Mentioned in dispatches">Mentioned in despatches</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Not the face<br />of the enemy</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:UK_AFC_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/UK_AFC_ribbon.svg/35px-UK_AFC_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/UK_AFC_ribbon.svg/53px-UK_AFC_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/UK_AFC_ribbon.svg/70px-UK_AFC_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Cross_(United_Kingdom)" title="Air Force Cross (United Kingdom)">Air Force Cross</a> (AFC)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:UK_AFM_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/UK_AFM_ribbon.svg/35px-UK_AFM_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/UK_AFM_ribbon.svg/53px-UK_AFM_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/UK_AFM_ribbon.svg/70px-UK_AFM_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Medal" title="Air Force Medal">Air Force Medal</a> (AFM)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Commendation_for_Brave_Conduct" title="Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct">Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Distinguished<br />service<br />decorations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">In the face<br />of the enemy</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dso-ribbon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Dso-ribbon.png/35px-Dso-ribbon.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Dso-ribbon.png/53px-Dso-ribbon.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Dso-ribbon.png/70px-Dso-ribbon.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Order" title="Distinguished Service Order">Distinguished Service Order</a> (DSO)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Not the face<br />of the enemy</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Queens_Police_Medal_for_Merit.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Queens_Police_Medal_for_Merit.png/35px-Queens_Police_Medal_for_Merit.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Queens_Police_Medal_for_Merit.png/53px-Queens_Police_Medal_for_Merit.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Queens_Police_Medal_for_Merit.png/70px-Queens_Police_Medal_for_Merit.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/King%27s_Police_Medal" title="King's Police Medal">King's Police Medal for Distinguished Service</a> (KPM)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Queens_Fire_Service_Medal_UK.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Queens_Fire_Service_Medal_UK.png/35px-Queens_Fire_Service_Medal_UK.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Queens_Fire_Service_Medal_UK.png/53px-Queens_Fire_Service_Medal_UK.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Queens_Fire_Service_Medal_UK.png/70px-Queens_Fire_Service_Medal_UK.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/King%27s_Fire_Service_Medal" title="King's Fire Service Medal">King's Fire Service Medal for Distinguished Service</a> (KFSM)</span></li></ul> 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typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:UK_Albert_Medal_1st_class_(Land).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/UK_Albert_Medal_1st_class_%28Land%29.png/35px-UK_Albert_Medal_1st_class_%28Land%29.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/UK_Albert_Medal_1st_class_%28Land%29.png/53px-UK_Albert_Medal_1st_class_%28Land%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/UK_Albert_Medal_1st_class_%28Land%29.png/70px-UK_Albert_Medal_1st_class_%28Land%29.png 2x" data-file-width="112" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Albert_Medal_for_Lifesaving" title="Albert Medal for Lifesaving">Albert Medal, First Class</a> (AM)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:UK_Albert_Medal_1st_class_(Sea).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/UK_Albert_Medal_1st_class_%28Sea%29.png/35px-UK_Albert_Medal_1st_class_%28Sea%29.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/UK_Albert_Medal_1st_class_%28Sea%29.png/53px-UK_Albert_Medal_1st_class_%28Sea%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/UK_Albert_Medal_1st_class_%28Sea%29.png/70px-UK_Albert_Medal_1st_class_%28Sea%29.png 2x" data-file-width="112" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Albert_Medal_for_Lifesaving" title="Albert Medal for Lifesaving">Albert Medal, First Class (Sea)</a> (AM)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:UK_Albert_Medal_2nd_class_(Land).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/UK_Albert_Medal_2nd_class_%28Land%29.png/35px-UK_Albert_Medal_2nd_class_%28Land%29.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/UK_Albert_Medal_2nd_class_%28Land%29.png/53px-UK_Albert_Medal_2nd_class_%28Land%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/UK_Albert_Medal_2nd_class_%28Land%29.png/70px-UK_Albert_Medal_2nd_class_%28Land%29.png 2x" data-file-width="103" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Albert_Medal_for_Lifesaving" title="Albert Medal for Lifesaving">Albert Medal, Second Class</a> (AM)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:UK_Albert_Medal_2nd_class_(Sea).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/UK_Albert_Medal_2nd_class_%28Sea%29.png/35px-UK_Albert_Medal_2nd_class_%28Sea%29.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/UK_Albert_Medal_2nd_class_%28Sea%29.png/53px-UK_Albert_Medal_2nd_class_%28Sea%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/UK_Albert_Medal_2nd_class_%28Sea%29.png/70px-UK_Albert_Medal_2nd_class_%28Sea%29.png 2x" data-file-width="104" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Albert_Medal_for_Lifesaving" title="Albert Medal for Lifesaving">Albert Medal, Second Class (Sea)</a> (AM)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:UK_George_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/UK_George_Medal_ribbon.svg/35px-UK_George_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/UK_George_Medal_ribbon.svg/53px-UK_George_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/UK_George_Medal_ribbon.svg/70px-UK_George_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/George_Medal" title="George Medal">George Medal</a> (GM)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Queens_Police_Medal_(Gallantry)_UK.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Queens_Police_Medal_%28Gallantry%29_UK.png/35px-Queens_Police_Medal_%28Gallantry%29_UK.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Queens_Police_Medal_%28Gallantry%29_UK.png/53px-Queens_Police_Medal_%28Gallantry%29_UK.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Queens_Police_Medal_%28Gallantry%29_UK.png/70px-Queens_Police_Medal_%28Gallantry%29_UK.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/King%27s_Police_Medal" title="King's Police Medal">King's Police Medal for Gallantry</a> (KPM)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Queens_Fire_Service_Medal_(Gallantry)_UK.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Queens_Fire_Service_Medal_%28Gallantry%29_UK.png/35px-Queens_Fire_Service_Medal_%28Gallantry%29_UK.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Queens_Fire_Service_Medal_%28Gallantry%29_UK.png/53px-Queens_Fire_Service_Medal_%28Gallantry%29_UK.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Queens_Fire_Service_Medal_%28Gallantry%29_UK.png/70px-Queens_Fire_Service_Medal_%28Gallantry%29_UK.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/King%27s_Fire_Service_Medal" title="King's Fire Service Medal">King's Fire Service Medal for Gallantry</a> 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height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Queens_Gallantry_Medal_UK_ribbon.png/53px-Queens_Gallantry_Medal_UK_ribbon.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Queens_Gallantry_Medal_UK_ribbon.png/70px-Queens_Gallantry_Medal_UK_ribbon.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Gallantry_Medal" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen's Gallantry Medal">Queen's Gallantry Medal</a> (QGM)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Edward_Medal.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Edward_Medal.png/35px-Edward_Medal.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Edward_Medal.png/53px-Edward_Medal.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Edward_Medal.png/70px-Edward_Medal.png 2x" 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