JAKARTA - 1st Battalion Soldier Grenadier Guards of the United Kingdom, is proposed a medal and honorary title, having successfully performed a monumental task, carrying the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II from the funeral procession to the funeral, under the gaze of millions of people.
The British people praised the silence of the eight soldiers carrying the coffin of the late Queen at Westminster Abbey until she climbed the stairs of the St. Chapel. George at Windsor Castle.
Interestingly, they are said to be on duty in Iraq when the Queen died on September 8. They were repatriated to England, to prepare for the longest king's funeral in England.
Last week, those who brought the Queen's coffin were buried at the Westminster Hall upon arrival in London from Scotland.
They were led by a ninth soldier, Company Sergeant Major Dean Jones, a married father, with another guard behind the coffin.
"It's an honor to see him and he did a great job," said his mother, Gaynor, as reported by The National News September 21.
There was a call for troops to be rewarded for their efforts, with some suggesting they should be given a medal, while others said they deserved the official title.
Lord Dannatt, the former head of the British Army, backed calls for the men to be awarded medals.
"The Royal Victoria Order is given for personal services to the rulers. What can be more personal than bringing the governing body to burial, as well as state funerals?" said Lord Dannatt.
Meanwhile, Adrian Hilton, a political lecturer and political philosophy, said certificates would not be enough, given the great responsibility given.
"You get a certificate for a long swim," he wrote on Twitter.
"Of course the carriers deserve the MBE (Pleaseful Order of the British Empire), they are amazing."
"If the state honorary committee disagrees, Raja has his own and can appoint them all MVO (Member of the Royal Victorian Order) or LVO (Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order)," he wrote.
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