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Hace 4 días · The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, British order of knighthood instituted in 1917 by King George V to reward both civilian and military wartime service, although currently the honour is bestowed for meritorious service to the government in peace as well as for gallantry in wartime.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Hace 2 días · Order of the British Empire Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) Military Division Royal Navy. Admiral of the Fleet Sir James Fownes Somerville, GCB, KBE, DSO. Admiral Sir Charles Edward Kennedy-Purvis, KCB. Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur John Power, KCB, CVO. Army
Hace 2 días · Beginning in the 16th century, the monarch was the nominal head of what came to be the vast British Empire, which covered a quarter of the world's land area at its greatest extent in 1921. The title Emperor of India was added to the British monarch's titles between 1876 and 1948.
Hace 2 días · Empire Maximum land area Million km 2 Million sq mi % of world Year British Empire: 35.5: 13.71 26.35% 1920: Mongol Empire: 24.0: 9.27 17.81% 1270 or 1309: Russian Empire: 22.8: 8.80 16.92% 1895: Qing dynasty: 14.7: 5.68 10.91% 1790: Spanish Empire: 13.7: 5.29 10.17% 1810: Second French colonial empire: 11.5
Hace 5 días · Hepworth was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1965. A Pictorial Autobiography was published in 1970 and reissued in 1993. She died in a fire in her home at St. Ives, Cornwall, in 1975; her home was preserved as the Barbara Hepworth Home and Sculpture Garden and is run by the Tate St. Ives, a branch of the Tate galleries.
Hace 6 días · The King and Queen attended a service at St Paul’s Cathedral wearing the striking pink robes of the Order of the British Empire, which had been recycled. Their Majesties smiled and waved to the ...
Hace 2 días · During the 18th and 19th centuries, as Britain consolidated its colonial empire, the army grew in size and developed as an effective fighting force. The army established standing forces in the colonies and distinguished itself during the Napoleonic Wars (1800–15).
