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Swords of Honour are awarded by a number of military colleges and academies to the outstanding cadet of his or her class. Having formerly been supplied by Wilkinson Sword, Swords of Honour currently supplied by Pooley Sword include those for: The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst; The Duke of Westminster's Sword – Army Reserves
On 30 April 1746, Minister of the Navy Maurepas awarded such a sword to privateer Pierre Anguier for his intervention in the Jacobite rising of 1745. [ 1 ] Established on 25 December 1799 and issued by the French Consulate , weapons of honour were awarded as military awards for feats of arms.
Despite its name, the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst's address is located in Camberley; [1] the boundaries of the academy straddle the counties of Berkshire and Surrey.The county border is marked by a small stream known as the Wish Stream, after which the academy journal is named.
At the same ceremony, Robert Pooley, the CEO of Pooley Sword, presented him with a Knight Bachelor's Sword. [72] Cranfield University, near Moore's home in Bedfordshire, awarded him an Honorary Doctorate of Science. It was presented to him by Baroness Young, Chancellor of the university, and Sir Peter Gregson, Vice-Chancellor, in a video call. [73]
The Sword of Honour is a trilogy of novels by Evelyn Waugh which loosely parallel Waugh's experiences during the Second World War.Published by Chapman & Hall from 1952 to 1961, the novels are: Men at Arms (1952); Officers and Gentlemen (1955); and Unconditional Surrender (1961), marketed as The End of the Battle in the United States and Canada.
Sword of Honour is a 2001 British television film directed by Bill Anderson and starring Daniel Craig. Scripted by William Boyd , it is based on the Sword of Honour trilogy of novels by Evelyn Waugh , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] which loosely parallel Waugh's own experiences in the Second World War .
The actual sword he carried is exhibited in the Imperial War Museum, London. [citation needed] The design of the 1897 pattern has remained unchanged to the present day, and is now manufactured by various companies, including Weyersberg, Kirschbaum & Cie of Germany and Pooley Sword of the UK.
Sword of Honour (Cranwell), awarded to officer cadets at the Royal Air Force College Cranwell; Sword of Honour (Duntroon), awarded to cadets at the Royal Military College, Duntroon, Australia; Sword of Honour (New Zealand), an honour bestowed by Queen Victoria upon six Māori chieftains for service during the 1865–70 New Zealand Land Wars