Order of the British Empire Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Recommendations by Commonwealth countries== [[File:Countries awarding the Order of the British Empire (2020).svg|thumb|Countries making recommendations to the Order of the British Empire (2020)]] {{Main|Orders, decorations, and medals of the Commonwealth realms}} Since the Second World War, several [[Commonwealth realm]]s have established their own national system of honours and awards and have created their own unique orders, decorations and medals. Recommendations for appointments to the Order of the British Empire continue to be made by some Commonwealth realms. In 2019, [[Antigua and Barbuda]], [[The Bahamas]], [[Barbados]], [[Belize]], [[Grenada]], [[Papua New Guinea]], [[Saint Christopher and Nevis]], [[Saint Lucia]], [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]], the [[Solomon Islands]], and [[Tuvalu]], as well as the [[New Zealand]] associated state of the [[Cook Islands]] all included Order of the British Empire awards in their New Year's or Queen's Birthday honours lists.<ref>[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/awards-and-accreditation/content/100138|Commonwealth New Year and Birthday Honours]{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. The Gazette, Retrieved 19 May 2020.</ref> Canada seldom made recommendations for appointments to the Order of the British Empire except for the Second World War and Korea but continued to recommend gallantry awards for both military and civilians until the creation of the [[Order of Canada]].<ref>However, there were awards of the related British Empire Medal for Gallantry, whose recipients are affiliated with, but not members of the Order of the British Empire, after the creation of the Order of Canada. see {{London Gazette|issue=44630|page=7607|date=9 July 1968}}</ref> Australian recommendations for the Order of the British Empire continued to be submitted for 15 years after the creation of the [[Order of Australia]]. The last Australian Federal recommendations were for the 1983 New Year honours and the last [[Australian State|Australian state]] recommendations were for the 1989 Queen's Birthday honours.<ref>''London Gazette'' 51778, Sat, 17 June 1989, p. 45</ref> The New Zealand Government ceased to recommend the Order in 1996, upon the establishment of the [[New Zealand Order of Merit]], but the Government of the Cook Islands continues to do so.<ref>[https://dpmc.govt.nz/our-programmes/new-zealand-royal-honours/new-zealand-royal-honours-system/history|The New Zealand Royal Honours System: History], Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Retrieved on 19 May 2020</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page