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The following is a non-exhaustive list of recipients of the Legion of Honour awards, since the first ceremony in July 1804. [ 3 ] 2,550 individuals can be awarded the insignia every year. [ 5 ] The total number of awards is close to 1 million [ 6 ] (estimated at 900,000 in 2021, [ 5 ] including over 3,000 Grand Cross recipients [ 7 ] ), with ...
The following is a list of notable foreign members of the Legion of Honor by their country of origin. The Legion of Honor is the highest decoration in France. and is divided into five degrees (lower to higher): Chevalier (Knight), Officier (Officer), Commandeur (Commander), Grand Officier (Grand Officer) and Grand Croix (Grand Cross).
Awarded Légion d'honneur at Hillingdon Hospital's Beaconsfield East Ward on Thursday, 3 November 2016, aged 92. James Edward Clarke (19/01/1925-13/04/2020), Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur, awarded 25 August 2016 for his part in the liberation of France on D-Day 6 June 1944, Royal Marine. Landing Craft. Juno Beach.
State awards; Year Country Honour Citation Ref. 2000 UK Order of the British Empire (OBE) Services to children's literature [38] 2003 Spain Prince of Asturias Award for Concord: Children's literature [c] [39] 2008 UK Edinburgh Award Contributions to Edinburgh [40] 2009 France Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur [6] 2012 UK Freedom of the City of ...
Awards of the Légion d'Honneur to members of the British Armed Forces during the Crimean War were made in two lots, with awards first announced in the Le Moniteur of 16 and 19 July 1856 (with a consolidated list appearing in the London Gazette of 4 August 1856) and again on 22 April 1857 (which was republished in the London Gazette on 1 May 1857).
Macron presented a Legion d'Honneur award to Christian Lamb, a 103-year-old member of the wartime British female naval service who helped plan the landings, describing her as "a hero in the shadows".
The following is a non-exhaustive list of recipients of the Legion of Honour awards, since the first ceremony in May 1803. [ 3 ] 2,550 individuals can be awarded the insignia every year. [ 5 ] The total number of awards is close to 1 million [ 6 ] (estimated at 900,000 in 2021, [ 5 ] including over 3,000 Grand Cross recipients [ 7 ] ), with ...
The National Order of the Legion of Honour (French: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur [ɔʁdʁ nɑsjɔnal də la leʒjɔ̃ dɔnœʁ] ⓘ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre impérial de la Légion d'honneur), is the highest and most prestigious French order of merit, both military and civil.