The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable...

as part of the Order of the British Empire. The British Empire Medal is granted by the monarch of the United Kingdom in recognition of meritorious civil...

Victoria, the first Empress of India. The Order is the junior British order of chivalry associated with the British Indian Empire; the senior one is The Most...

of dames commander of the Order of the British Empire from the order's creation in 1917 until the present day. Honorary dames commander of the Order of...

The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its...

a list of knights grand cross of the Order of the British Empire from the Order's creation in 1917 to the present day. The names and titles of recipients...

is a list of current honorary knights and dames of the Order of the British Empire. Military ranks listed denotes the awarded being in the military division...

was founded on the same date as the Order of the British Empire. The order was originally intended to be conferred upon a limited number of persons for whom...

citizens of those realms by government policy. Prior to the close of the 19th century, most general honours within the British Empire were bestowed by the sovereign...

decoration (order) in the British system of military decorations. Instituted on 6 September 1886 by Queen Victoria in a royal warrant published in The London...

personalities. For example, the British Queen Elizabeth II regularly appointed new members to the Order of the British Empire in the 21st century. In Central...

The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince of Wales (the...

After the defeat of France in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (1792–1815), the British Empire emerged as the principal naval and imperial power of the...

Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire. Wives of Knights Companion of the Order of the Garter, Knights of the Order of the Thistle, and Knights...

Cross of the Royal Victorian Order GCVO Knight/Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire GBE Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour...

Order Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Wives of Companions of the following orders: Order of the Bath Order of the Star of India Order of...

Queen of Australia, on the advice of then prime minister Gough Whitlam. Before the establishment of the order, Australians could receive British honours...

The King of Arms of the Order of the British Empire is the herald of the Order of the British Empire, established in 1917 and effective since 1918. "Central...

The territorial evolution of the British Empire is considered to have begun with the foundation of the English colonial empire in the late 16th century...

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by King George I on 18 May 1725. Recipients of the Order are usually senior...

(KCVO / DCVO) Order of the British Empire (KBE / DBE) Knights (and Dames) Commander rank behind the most senior rank in each order, that of Knights (or...

of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE). None of them would be entitled to use the honorific "Sir" by virtue of their membership of the...

list of dames grand cross of the Order of the British Empire from the Order's creation in 1917 until the present day: 1931: The Marchioness of Aberdeen...

time. Orders relating to the British Raj or the British Indian Empire are also dormant. The senior order, the Order of the Star of India, was divided into...

sometimes called the Indian Empire, though not officially. The area of British India contained much of the present-day states of Pakistan, India, Bangladesh...

directly on the coat after any medal ribbons. In the British Armed Forces, the despatch is published in the London Gazette. Prior to 1914, no decoration existed...

Wiktionary, the free dictionary. CBE is the initialism for Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, a grade within the British order of chivalry...

by the British crown. There are also those that have been appointed to two comparable orders, the Order of Merit and the Order of the Companions of Honour...

of British India, was also used as the basis of a series of flags to represent the Indian Empire. The order was the fifth most senior British order of...

The Medal of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for Gallantry, known as the Empire Gallantry Medal (EGM), was a British medal awarded for...