Britain - The Official Thread

[sirjim73]

I salute you Sir.
(which reminds me, why WASN'T he knighted!!! He did more for this country than almost all of those on the list every year).

John Hemingway: Last surviving Battle of Britain pilot dies aged 105

Mr Hemingway, who is originally from Dublin, joined the RAF as a teenager before World War Two.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[MatskiMonk]

(which reminds me, why WASN'T he knighted!!! He did more for this country than almost all of those on the list every year).

I'd imagine because he's Irish. I'd also argue that he was awarded for his service record, and a knighthood for simply being the last person living that faught in a battle is not worthy alone of a knighthood, given those he faught alongside who also survived may well not have received the honour.