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Equal recognition was to be given for services rendered in the UK and overseas. [4] Today the majority of recipients are UK citizens, though a number of Commonwealth realms outside the UK continue to make appointments to the order. [5] Honorary awards may be made to citizens of other nations of which the order's sovereign is not the head of state.
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Citizens of a country which was a full part of the British Empire or Commonwealth when they received the honour (i.e. who were British subjects at the time), were substantive knights or dames, not honorary. The knighthood does not become honorary, and the person may choose to use his or her title(s), after their country becomes a republic.
As the head of state, the Sovereign is the fount of honour, [1] but the system for identifying and recognising candidates to honour has changed considerably over time. Various orders of knighthood have been created (see below) as well as awards for military service, bravery, merit, and achievement which take the form of decorations or medals.
Member of the Council of the British Red Cross Society and of the Joint War Committee of the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England; Member of the V.A.D. Advisory Committee and of the V.A.D. Selection Board. "For services in connection with the War". [5] Sir Charles Blair Gordon: 3 June 1918
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE; Companion of the Imperial Service Order ISO; Member of the Royal Victorian Order MVO; Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE; Member of the Indian Order of Merit [note 1] IOM
Luke Dearden, lately Political Counsellor, UK Delegation to NATO, Brussels, Belgium. For services to British Foreign and Security Policy. Duncan Edwards, Chief Executive Officer, BritishAmerican Business, and Honorary Director, The St. George's Society, New York, United States of America. For services to UK/US Trade relations and to charity.
Post-nominal letters are used in the United Kingdom after a person's name in order to indicate their positions, qualifications, memberships, or other status. There are various established orders for giving these, e.g. from the Ministry of Justice, Debrett's, and A & C Black's Titles and Forms of Address, which are generally in close agreement.