British Awards Bestowed On Red Army Personnel During World War II

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To all:

On 12 July 1945, Field Marshal Montgomery, acting on behalf of the King George Vi, presented honorary British knighthoods to the following Red Army officers:

Marshal of the Soviet Union Zhukov; Commander, 1st Belorussian Front - Knight Grand Cross of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (G.C.B.)

Marshal of the Soviet Union Rokossovskiy; Commander, 2nd Belorussian Front - Knight Commander of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (K.C.B.)

General of the Army Sokolovskiy; Deputy Commander, 1st Belorussian Front - Knight Commander of The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (K.B.E.)

Colonel General Malinin; Chief of Staff, 1st Belorussian Front - Knight Commander of The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (K.B.E.)

The ceremony took place in the heart of shattered Berlin directly underneath the Brandenburg Gate. The Kings Company of the Grenadier Guards formed the Guard of Honor with tanks of the Kings 8th Royal Irish Hussars drawn up on either side.


If you look closely at any M1945 Victory Parade uniform photo of MSU Vasilevskiy (Commander, 3rd Belorussian Front as well as Commander of one of the two fronts committed against the Japanese in August 1945) you will notice the breast star for the Knight Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (G.B.E.).

As Dave has pointed out, MSU Moskaleneko was awarded the Knight Commander of The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.

Regards,

slava1stclass