The soldiers were named as recipients of honours under the Royal Victorian Order (RVO) in recognition of their service to the Queen, as part of a special set of Demise awards.
Military leaders, politicians and celebrities have backed calls for the Queen ‘s faultless pallbearers to receive medals, but the pallbearers could be given a certificate rather than a medal.
According to General The Lord Dannatt, the UK’s former Chief of the General Staff, the soldiers’ final task were the ones to finally lay the Queen’s body to rest – 11 days after her death in Balmoral.