List of honorary British knights and dames
Military

List of honorary British knights and dames

Section Title: Military
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Name	Nationality	Honour	Year	Category	notes

Jean-Marie Charles Abrial	France	KCB	1940	Military	(Admiral) Commandant-en-Chef des Forces Maritimes du Nord, for his services in connexion with the withdrawal of the Allied forces from Dunkirk

Alfredo Acton	Italy	KCB	tbd	Military	(Admiral)

Christian Henrik Arendrup	Denmark	GCVO	1904	Military	(Major General)

Gustav Carl Heinrich Ferdinand Emil von Arnim	German Empire	GCVO	1900	Military	(General)

Henry H. Arnold	United States	GCB	1945	Military	(General of the Army) Chief of Staff, United States Army Air Force

Felice Avogadro dei Conti di Quinto	Italy	GCVO	1904	Military	(Lieutenant-General) Inspector of Cavalry, Italian Army

Viktor Balck	Sweden	KCMG	tbd	Military

Edouard Barrera	France	KCVO	1897	Military	(Vice-Admiral) Commander-in-Chief and Maritime Prefect of Brest

José de Bascaran y Federico	Spain	GCVO	1905	Military	(General) Chief of the Military Household

Friedrich Count von Baudissin	German Empire	KCVO	1904	Military	(Rear-Admiral, Imperial German Navy) Aide-de-Camp to the German Emperor, attached to King Edward VII

Anton Baron von Bechtolsheim	Austria-Hungary	GCVO	1903	Military	(General of Cavalry) Captain of the Tranbenten and Infantry Companies of the Life Guards, attached to King Edward VII

Prince Konstantin Belosselsky-Belozersky	Russia	GCVO	1909	Military	(Lieutenant General) Adjutant General to the Czar of Russia

John Biddle	United States	KCB	1918	Military	(Major-General) Commanding United States troops in the United Kingdom

Georges Blanchard	France	KCB	1940	Military	(General) in recognition of distinguished service in operations in Belgium and Northern France

Tasker H. Bliss	United States	GCMG	1918	Military	(General) Chief of Staff of the United States Army and United States representative at Versailles

Leopoldo Boado y Montes	Italy	KCVO	1905	Military	(Rear Admiral)

Friedrich von Bock und Polack	German Empire	GCVO	1904	Military	(Lieutenant-General) Commander 9th Army Corps

Petar Bojović	Serbia	GCMG	1918	Military	(Field Marshal) Chief of the General Staff of the Serbian Army

Augustin Boué de Lapeyrère	France	KCB	1915	Military	(Admiral) Commander of French naval forces in the Mediterranean

Omar Bradley	United States	KCB	tbd	Military	(General of the Army) Commander of the 12th Army Group, Chief of Staff of the United States Army and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Guilherme Augusto de Brito Capello	Portugal	KCVO	1902	Military

Hermenegildo de Brito Capello	Portugal	KCVO	1903	Military	(Rear-Admiral) Aide-de-Camp to His Majesty the King of Portugal. Attached to His Majesty King Edward VII.

Hermenegildo de Brito Capello	Portugal	GCVO	1904	Military	(Rear-Admiral) Aide-de-Camp to His Majesty the King of Portugal.

Herrmann von Broizem	German Empire	GCVO	1904	Military	(General) Commander of XIIth Army Corps, German Army

Karl Baron von Bronn	Austria-Hungary	KCVO	1909	Military	(Colonel) Aide-de-Camp to the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary

Charles George, Baron von Bronn	Austria-Hungary	KCVO	1909	Military	(Lieutenant-Colonel) Equerry to the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary

Ugo Brusati	Italy	GCVO	1903	Military	(General) First Aide-de-Camp to the King of Italy

Wilhelm Büchsel	German Empire	GCVO	1904	Military	(Vice-Admiral) Chief of Staff Imperial German Navy

Karl von Bülow	German Empire	GCVO	1909	Military	(General) Commander 3rd Army Corps

Luigi Cadorna	Italy	GCB	1915	Military	(Marshal of Italy) Chief of Staff of the Italian Army

François Certain Canrobert	France	GCB	tbd	Military	(Marshal of France) Commander of French forces in the Crimean War

Luis Gomez Carreño	Chile	KCVO	1919	Military	(Admiral) Chilean Special Mission

Ivan Chaghin	Russia	KCVO	1909	Military	(Rear Admiral) Commander of the Imperial yacht Standart

Chiang Kai-shek	China	GCB	1942	Military	(Generalissimo) Leader of Nationalist China

Mark W. Clark	United States	KBE	1944	Military	(General) Commander 5th Army and 15th Army Group

Wesley Clark	United States	KBE	2000	Military	(General) NATO Supreme Allied Commander

Henri de la Croix	France	GCVO	1903	Military	(General) Attached to King Edward VII

Martin Dempsey	United States	KBE	2016	Military	(General) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Alphons, Count zu Dohna	German Empire	KCVO	1909	Military	(Major-General) Commander of the Cavalry Division of the Guards.

William Joseph Donovan	United States	KBE	tbd	Military	(Major General) Head of the OSS, precursor to the CIA

James Doolittle	United States	KCB	1944	Military	(Lieutenant-General) Commander 8th US Army Air Force

A. M. J. Dor de Lastours	France	KCMG	1915	Military

Antonio Duartt e Silva	Portugal	KCVO	1903	Military	(Colonel) Commanding Portuguese Cavalry Regiment No. 3

Émile Dubois	France	GCVO	1903	Military	Chief of the Military Household of the President of France

Charles John George von Eisendecher	German Empire	GCVO	1904	Military	(Vice-Admiral)

Dwight D. Eisenhower	United States	GCB	1945	Military	(General of the Army) Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force and President of the United States

Dwight D. Eisenhower	United States	OM	1945	Military	(General of the Army) Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force.

Maximilian von Engelbrechten	German Empire	KCVO	1904	Military	(Colonel) Commander 36th Infantry Brigade

François Ernest Fournier	France	GCVO	1903	Military	(Admiral) Attached to King Edward VII

Prince Louis Esterházy	Spain	GCVO	1902	Military	Lieutenant-General

Marie-Pierre de Fauque de Jonquières	France	KCMG	1915	Military

Francisco Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral	Portugal	KCVO	1903	Military	(Rear-Admiral) President of the Royal Geographical Society, Lisbon

Max Fischel	German Empire	KCVO	1904	Military	(Rear-Admiral, Imperial German Navy) Admiral Superintendent of the Dockyard, Kiel

Ferdinand Foch	France	GCB	1914	Military	(Marshal of France) Commander-in-Chief of Allied Forces

Ferdinand Foch	France	OM	1918	Military	(Marshal of France) Commander-in-Chief of Allied Forces

Benoit de Formel de la Laurencie	France	KBE	1940	Military	(General) in recognition of distinguished service in operations in Belgium and Northern France.

Tommy Franks	United States	KBE	2004	Military	(General) Commander of United States Central Command

Giovanni Frigerio	Italy	GCVO	1903	Military	(Vice-Admiral) Commander-in-Chief of the Italian Mediterranean Squadron, Naples

Fukushima Yasumasa	Japan	KCB	tbd	Military	(General)

William C. Gorgas	United States	KCMG	1920	Military	(Major General) Surgeon General of the United States Army

Emile Guépratte	France	KCB	1916	Military

Albert Guérisse	Belgium	KBE	tbd	Military	(Major General) Leader of the Belgian Resistance

Alexis Hagron	tbd	KCVO	1898	Military

Henry Kent Hewitt	United States	KCB	1945	Military	(Admiral) Commander of Allied Amphibious Forces at the Normandy Invasion

William F. Halsey, Jr.	United States	KBE	tbd	Military	(Fleet Admiral) Commander of the 3rd Fleet

Olaf M. Hustvedt	United States	KBE	tbd	Military	(Vice Admiral) Commander of US Navy forces in Operation Leander

Leopold Ritter von Jedina	tbd	KCVO	1903	Military	(Rear-Admiral) attached to King Edward VII.

Joseph Joffre	France	GCB	tbd	Military	(Marshal of France) Chief of the French General Staff

Joseph Joffre	France	GCVO	1914	Military	(Marshal of France) Chief of the French General Staff

Joseph Joffre	France	OM	1919	Military	(Marshal of France) Chief of the French General Staff

Kamio Mitsuomi	Japan	GCMG	1915	Military	(General) Commander of allied land forces at the Siege of Tsingtao

Kato Sadakichi	Japan	GCMG	1915	Military	(Admiral) Commander of Japanese naval forces at the Siege of Tsingtao

Gustav von Kessel	German Empire	GCVO	1901	Military

Alan Goodrich Kirk	United States	KCB	1943	Military	(Admiral) Commander of US Naval Amphibious Forces in the Mediterranean and at the Normandy Invasion

Hans von Koester	German Empire	GCVO	1904	Military	(Admiral) Commander-in-Chief and Inspector General of the Imperial German Navy

Wenzel Freiherr Kotz von Dobrz	Austria-Hungary	GCVO	1904	Military	Privy Councillor and Chamberlain to His Imperial Majesty The Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary

Marian Kukiel	Poland	KCB	tbd	Military	(Major General) Commander of the 1st Polish Corps

Johan Laidoner	Estonia	KCMG	tbd	Military	(General) Commander-in-Chief of the Estonian Army

Jean de Lattre de Tassigny	France	GCB	1952	Military	(Général d'Armée) Commander of the First French Army and the French Far East Expeditionary Corps

J. M. E. G. Lefevre	France	KCMG	1915	Military

André Lemonnier	France	KCB	tbd	Military

Waldemar Edward Lemvigh	Denmark	KCVO	1904	Military	Colonel

Milans del Bosch y Carrio Joaquin Mario Leon	Spain	KCVO	1905	Military	(Colonel) Aide-de-Camp to the King of Spain

Edward Mann Lewis	United States	KCMG	1919	Military	(Major General) Commanded 30th Infantry Division in WWI

Rudolf Prince von und zu Liechtenstein	Austria-Hungary	GCVO	1903	Military	First Lord Steward and Acting Master of the Horse to the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary.

Alfred von Loewenfeld	German Empire	KCVO	1902	Military	Subsequently, promoted GCVO in 1905.

Alfred von Loewenfeld	German Empire	GCVO	1905	Military

Douglas MacArthur	United States	GCB	1943	Military	(General of the Army)

Comte de Maigret	France	KCVO	1899	Military

Pio Carlo di Majo	Italy	KCVO	1903	Military	(Major-General) Aide-de-Camp to King of Italy, attached to King Edward VII.

Mikhail Malinin	Soviet Union	KBE	1945	Military	(Colonel-General)

Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim	Finland	GBE	1938	Military	(Marshal of Finland)

Peyton March	United States	GCMG	1918	Military	(General) Chief of the General Staff, United States Army

Nogi Maresuke	Japan	GCB	1911	Military

Peter Markoff	tbd	GCVO	1905	Military

Wolf, Baron Marschall	German Empire	KCVO	1909	Military	(Major-General) Attached to King George VII

George Marshall	United States	GCB	1945	Military	(General of the Army) Chief of Staff, United States Army

Rodolphe Maton	Belgium	KBE	1955	Military

Hugo Graf Mensdorff-Pouilly	German Empire	KCVO	1904	Military

Roberto Miranda Moreno	Mexico	KBE	2015	Military

Živojin Mišić	Serbia	KCB	1915	Military	(Field Marshal) Chief of the Supreme Command of the Serbian Army

Živojin Mišić	Serbia	GCMG	1916	Military	(Field Marshal) Chief of the Supreme Command of the Serbian Army

Helmuth von Moltke the Younger	German Empire	KCVO	1901	Military	(Colonel General) Chief of the German General Staff

Anne de Montmorency	France	KG	1532	Military	(Marshal of France)

François, Duke of Montmorency	France	KG	1572	Military	(Marshal of France)

Enrico Morin	Italy	GCVO	1903	Military	(Vice-Admiral) Minister for Foreign Affairs

Edward von Müller	German Empire	GCVO	1897	Military

François de Négrier	France	GCVO	1898	Military

Chester W. Nimitz	United States	GCB	1945	Military	(Fleet Admiral) Commander of the Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Area

Hély d'Oissel	France	KCB	1915	Military

Kuwashi Okazawa	Japan	GCVO	tbd	Military

Oyama Iwao	Japan	OM	1906	Military

Eduard Graf Paar	Austria-Hungary	GCVO	1903	Military	(General of Cavalry) Senior Aide-de-Camp to the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary

Adolf Palander	German Empire	GCVO	1908	Military

Alexander Papagos	Greece	GBE	1941	Military	(General) Commander-in-chief allied forces in Greece during the Albanian campaign

George S. Patton	United States	KBE	tbd	Military	(General) Commander of the United States 3rd Army

Ettore Pedotti	Italy	GCVO	1903	Military	(General) Commander Xth Army Corps, attached to King Edward VII

John J. Pershing	United States	GCB	1918	Military	(General of the Armies of the United States) Commander-in-Chief United States Expeditionary Force in France

Philippe Pétain	France	GCMG	tbd	Military	(Marshal of France)

Johan Pitka	Estonia	KCMG	1920	Military	(Rear Admiral) Commander-in-Chief of the Estonian Navy

Nobile Porro	Italy	GCMG	1915	Military

Colin Powell	United States	KCB	1993	Military	(General) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, National Security Advisor and Secretary of State

Karl Freiherr von Röder	German Empire	KCVO	1904	Military

Hugh Rodman	United States	KCB	1918	Military	(Admiral) Commander of Battleship Division Nine and the United States Pacific Fleet

Konstantin Rokossovsky	Soviet Union	KCB	1945	Military	(Marshal of the Soviet Union)

Tomás António Garcia Rosado	Portugal	KCMG	tbd	Military

Sa Zhenbing	Qing Dynasty	KCMG	1909	Military

Dedo Charles Henry von Schenck	German Empire	GCVO	1909	Military	(Lieutenant-General) Commander 2nd Division of the Guards

Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr.	United States	KCB	1993	Military	(General) Commander of United States Central Command and coalition forces during Operation Desert Storm

Brent Scowcroft	United States	KBE	1993	Military	(Lieutenant General) National Security Advisor

Baron von Seckendorff	German Empire	GCVO	1904	Military	(Vice-Admiral) Master of the Household to Prince Henry of Prussia

Antonin de Selliers de Moranville	Belgium	KCB	tbd	Military	Commander-in-Chief

Fernando de Serpa Pimentel	Portugal	KCVO	1909	Military	(Captain)

William Hood Simpson	United States	KBE	1945	Military	(Lieutenant General) Commanding General, 9th United States Army

William S. Sims	United States	GCMG	1918	Military	(Admiral) Commander of United States Naval Forces in Europe

Rudolf Carl von Slatin	Austria-Hungary	KCMG	1900	Military	Lieutenant-General (Egyptian Army)

Rudolf Carl von Slatin	Austria-Hungary	KCVO	1909	Military	Inspector-General of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan

Leighton W. Smith, Jr.	United States	KBE	1997	Military	(Admiral) Commander of NATO Forces in Southern Europe

Levering Smith	United States	KBE	1962	Military	(Vice Admiral) Led the Polaris Missile effort to win the Cold War

Walter Bedell Smith	United States	KCB	1944	Military	(General) Chief of Staff of Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force

Walter Bedell Smith	United States	GBE	1945	Military	(General) Chief of Staff of Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force and Director of the CIA

Carl Spaatz	United States	KBE	1944	Military	(General) Commander of United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe, Strategic Air Command and Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force

Carl Spaatz	United States	GBE	1945	Military	(General) Commander of the 8th Air Force, Strategic Air Command and Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force

George Owen Squier	United States	KCMG	1919	Military	(Major General) Chief of the Signal Corps

Stepa Stepanović	Serbia	GCMG	1918	Military

Joseph Strauss	United States	KCMG	1918	Military

Tamemoto Kuroki	Japan	GCMG	tbd	Military

Tanaka Giichi	Japan	KCMG	tbd	Military

Tanaka Giichi	Japan	GBE	tbd	Military

William L. Timlin	tbd	KBE	1990	Military

Alfred von Tirpitz	German Empire	GCVO	1904	Military	(Admiral) Minister of Marine

Togo Heihachiro	Japan	GCVO	tbd	Military	Admiral

Togo Heihachiro	Japan	OM	1906	Military	Admiral

Guido von Usedom	German Empire	KCMG	1906	Military	Imperial German Navy

Guido von Usedom	German Empire	GCVO	1909	Military	Vice-Admiral, Imperial German Navy

Emilio Vaglia	Italy	GCVO	1903	Military	(General) Lord Steward to the King of Italy

Frederick Otto Wahle	Saxony	KCVO	1904	Military	(Major-General) Commanding Royal Saxon Field Engineers

Yamagata Aritomo	Japan	OM	1906	Military

Nikolai Yermoloff	Russia	KCVO	1905	Military	(Major-General) Military Attache to the Imperial Russian Embassy, London

George Zachariae	Denmark	KCVO	1901	Military	(Rear-Admiral) Royal Danish Navy

Georgy Zhukov	Soviet Union	GCB	1945	Military	(Marshal of the Soviet Union) Commander of the 1st Belorussian Front

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Anne de Montmorency, the honorary Knight of the Garter, was a French soldier.

final_sentence: Anne de Montmorency, the honorary Knight of the Garter, was a French soldier.