Perhaps that is why there were so many posthumous awards.

And I won't get promotion, not even a posthumous award.

His vision has earned him a posthumous award from the organization.

Is it appropriate now to give her a posthumous award, voted for by the public?

Ray Charles holds the record for most posthumous awards won in one night.

This was changed in November 1977 to allow posthumous awards, several of which have been subsequently made.

One posthumous award is given each year as well.

It is a shame the next generation will know her mainly through a posthumous award.

It could so easily have been many more as the idea of a posthumous award was not realised until the early 20th century.

Later all but two of the other soldiers also received the medals, with posthumous awards to families for those who had been executed.