[GreenLanternCorps]

"Fine, Tony. Rescorla deserves it. But why hasn't England Knighted Rescorla? He was the very epitome of a knight. He lived by the honorable code - He slew dragons on many battlefields. He rescued thousands of damsels in distress.

If that ain't a Knight, what is? Elton John?"

Because Knighthoods are never given posthumously. In fact the insignia of knighthoods are returned after death to the Crown. However. Mr. Rescola is deserving of a George Cross, the Crown's highest decoration for civilian bravery.

It is given for: "acts of conspicuous gallantry performed by men or women when not in the face of the enemy".

A GC takes precedence over a mere knighthood anyway.

http://www.gc-database.co.uk/

[Lexington Green]

''Knighthoods are never given posthumously. In fact the insignia of knighthoods are returned after death to the Crown. However. Mr. Rescola is deserving of a George Cross, the Crown's highest decoration for civilian bravery.

It is given for: "acts of conspicuous gallantry performed by men or women when not in the face of the enemy".

A GC takes precedence over a mere knighthood anyway.''

Thanks for this info.