More than 200 honours for acts of bravery and distinguished service have been awarded to Marines during the conflict.
The sale of honours has been illegal for the best part of a century.
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Suffolk resident Peter John Luther Beaumont, Recorder of London, was also appointed CBE in the New Year Honours list for services to the administration of justice.
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In fact, it is one of the highest honours for downhill or slalom specialists to win.
Among the candidates for the stockmarkets top honours is a raft of former Footsie members, among them Shire Pharmaceuticals, Associated British Foods, Rolls-Royce, Hanson and Psion.
Other sporting honours include a CBE for the chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board Giles Clarke and an OBE for services to cricket and charity for retired international umpire Harold "Dickie" Bird.
Sunny Varkey himself has been honoured by the Government of India for his contributions to Education with the Padmashri Award, one of the highest civilian honours of the country.
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Approaching greatness, for sure, but in need of even more honours if they are to join the elite.
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Dunne was on the pitch for every minute of every game that season, both league and cup, and went on to land fans' player-of-the-season honours for the third successive time.
One of the most poignant honours is for Ripley, who played rugby for England and the British Lions, ran the 400m at the UK athletics championships and nearly made it into the Boat Race crew at the age of 50.
His book was also shortlisted for the Dingle Prize, which honours publications about the history of science.
Other sporting honours include a CBE for Rodney Carr , lately chief executive of the Royal Yachting Association and one of the main driving forces for Britain's Olympic sailing successes.
Mr Mayr did well in America, ending up in the Alexander Agassiz chair of zoology at Harvard, showered with honours, and proving the fitness of his own genes by living for more than a century.
Get a Nobel and get a knighthood as well: as the two Russian immigrants who got the Physics Prize this year for graphene have just found out (a full list of the New Year Honours is here).
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The Toscars, which annually honours parodies of Oscar-nominated films, provides light-hearted relief for Hollywood's hopefuls during awards season.
Federer, who won Wimbledon but lost the Olympic final last year, may be vying for the top honours with Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray but his chances of success are threatened by being nearly five years more senior than the next oldest.
It is the latest award for the explorer who has an Order of the British Empire (OBE) among his honours.
The announcement of the award of the Prize to Asma Jahangir on 16 November - International Day for Tolerance - honours her commitment and important contribution to fostering interreligious and intercultural dialogue, tolerance, mutual understanding and cooperation for peace.
North's stunning return on a turning track - which earns him a place on the Lord's honours board - doubled his career tally of Test wickets in his 16th five-day appearance for the baggy greens.
The police investigation will focus on whether the Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925 was abided by and whether honours were given by Labour in return for loans or donations.
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SNP, which opposes the honours system, and might even have diminished Mr Connery in the eyes of nationalist-minded Scots for whom titles are the epitome of what is wrong with Britain.
Miss Blackman completed a first-class honours degree in education studies shortly before she died, and had spent much of her spare time caring for autistic children.
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But he insists he will put Chelsea's bid for silverware ahead of his personal ambition of adding an FA Cup winner's medal to his remarkable haul of honours.
Other people from Suffolk who received recognition in the New Year Honours list were Eva Loeffler, from Aldeburgh, vice-president of Wheelpower, who became an OBE for her services to disability sport.
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