Beam Detection in the Battle of Britain

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Originally Posted by roving

He was made a Companion of Honour.



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

Not until 1994 apparently. It says a lot for this country, whilst men and women were dying for our freedom, the powers that be decided that the Status Quo must be kept and a relatively lowly, but brilliant civil servant should not be allowed to be promoted or given official recognition above his station. These days Knighthoods are tossed around like confetti for all kind of worthless individuals