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The families of 8,000 servicemen and women who have been killed in combat since the Second World War are to be honoured. They will receive the Elizabeth Cross and a memorial scroll signed by the Queen.

The decision to make the award – the first given in the name of a reigning monarch since the George Cross in 1940 – was made to acknowledge the "lifetime grief" suffered by the relations of those who have died for their country.

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