Order of Merit
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The Order of Merit (abbrev. OM, formally named the Most Distinguished Order of Merit) is one of the five Manticoran orders of chivalry. It is granted to military and civilian personnel for distinguished service. In the Honorverse canon, known recipients include Lady Dame Honor Harrington<ref>"Worlds of Honor" collection, ' What Price Dreams? '</ref> and Dame Stephanie Harrington.
TRMN Information
This order is awarded for distinguished service in the armed forces, but also for service to science, art, literature or the promotion of culture. The Monarch, through the First Lord of the Admiralty, accepts members into the order based on the advice of the Senior Officers. Those awarded this order are permitted to use the prefix ‘Sir’ or ‘Dame’ and the post nominal letters of ‘OM’. This order comes in only one class, Knight, and is not hereditary.<ref name="aman2014">TRMN Bureau of Personnel Awards Manual 2014 Edition</ref>
Honorees
- Dame Julie Chase, OM
- Sir William Knight, OM, Earl White Lion
- Sir Robb Hampson, OM
- Sir Brent Roeder, OM
- Sir Eric Schulman, OM
- Sir Ryan Gale, OM
- Sir Matthew Parker, OM, Earl Camera Stellata
- Sir Wayne Bruns, OM, Earl Cappanarrow
- Sir Sean Niemeyer, OM, Duke New Ulyanovsk
- Sir Josef Melech-Solomon, OM
- Sir David Westover, OM
- Sir Mike Romero, OM, Baron New Williamsburg
- Dame Katje van Kracht, OM, Baroness Grays Harbor
- Sir Geoffrey Zoeller, OM<ref name=FLAFall2020>Office of the First Lord of the Admiralty’s Fall 2022 Honors</ref>
- Sir Martin Lessem, OM, Grand Duke Lynx, Duke New Scania <ref name=1sl4th2022>Office of the First Space Lord’s 4th Quarter 2022 Honors</ref>
- Dame Cindy Van Wyhe, OM, Countess Long Beach
- Dame Kathryn Tewson, OM
- Sir Remy Green, OM
- Sir Michael Dunford, OM
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