Originally Posted by
rolling20
I can never understand why he was never given a Knighthood or some other title,other than a CBE. He must have saved countless thousands of lives.
He was made a Companion of Honour.
The Order of the Companions of Honour is an order of the Commonwealth realms. It was founded in June 1917 by King George V as a reward for outstanding achievements and is "conferred upon a limited number of persons for whom this special distinction seems to be the most appropriate form of recognition, constituting an honour disassociated either from the acceptance of title or the classification of merit. The order consists of the Sovereign plus no more than 65 members.
Lord Coe was awarded it as was Stephen Hawking, Paul McCartney and David Hockney. In the pecking order of honours it is quite high. It ranks higher than a KB.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_...ions_of_Honour