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Companion of Honour

British order of knighthood (see knighthood, order of) founded in 1917 by George V. It is of one class only, and carries no title, but Companions append CH to their names, next to and after the initials GBE (Knight or Dame Grand Cross). The number is limited to 65 and the award is made to both men and women for conspicuous national service.

The gold oval badge bears a mounted knight beside an oak tree from which hangs a shield of the royal arms; the motto is ‘In action faithful and in honour clear’, and the ribbon is carmine in colour.



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Companions of Honour are respectable enough but unequivocally second eleven.
The greatest honour of all by Philip Ziegler / Spectator, The London
They didn't win the main Biennale prize this year, but having represented their country so seriously and so humorously, and having foreseen by 1970 that art could be anything and vice versa, they do now deserve to be made Companions of Honour at the very least - with a single knighthood, Sir Gilbert and George, perhaps, to follow in due course.
Singular dualism by Mark Glazebrook / Spectator, The London
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