Template talk:British honours system

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I created this template, as I felt that the series of articles listed deserved such a template.

The Gundam Wing Universal Century template was used, as it was the first I could find.

Also, if anyone knows of a list of templates on Wikipedia, and could direct me to it, I would appreciate it.

-- Sasuke Sarutobi 18:17, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] Abbreviation

Order of St Patrick is on the front page right now, so I don't want to drastically alter the template. However, I find the current version hard to read, being simultaneously too large and overcrowded. I propose the following instead:

British honours system
Current Orders

Garter - Thistle - Bath - Sts Michael and George -
Distinguished Service - Royal Victorian - Merit - Imperial Service - British Empire - Companions of Honour
Old Orders

St Patrick - Royal Guelphic Order - Star of India - Indian Empire - Crown of India
Other Honours and Appointments

Hereditary peer - Life peer - Baronet - Knight - St John - Other orders and decorations

Melchoir 01:20, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Okay, changing now. Melchoir 01:48, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Order of Burma

I have added the Order of Burma to the old orders section. I did this since it was done by the Soverign in right of the British Empire (if the Indian Orders can be included why not this one?) Dowew 03:00, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Order of British India

I have added the Order of British India to this template —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Dowew (talk • contribs) 08:39, 14 December 2006 (UTC).

[edit] Royal Guelphic Order

This should not be on the list; although this was conferred on many Britons it was not a British order. It was conferred by the Crown of Hanover and continued to be so after 1837. Opera hat (talk) 22:24, 5 May 2008 (UTC)