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May 7th 2008 marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Frank Foley, a British spy who used his role as passport control officer at the British Embassy in Berlin to rescue thousands of Jewish people from the Holocaust. While Frank Foley received a CMG for his service as a diplomat, and has been recognised as 'Righteous Amongst the Nations' at Yad Vashem Israel's Holocaust Museum, he was never formally honoured by the British nation during his lifetime for his actions. We therefore call on the Government to review the current statutes governing the honours system, so that the Honours Committee can consider awarding a posthumous knighthood to Frank Foley. We hope that this will open the way for the Honours Committee to consider recognition for other British heroes of the Holocaust, including Randolph Churchill, Sergeant Charles Coward, Jane Haining, Tommy Noble and Robert Smallbones, who risked and in some cases gave their own lives to save others. We further propose that these honours are awarded as a special exercise, so they do not reduce the numbers of deserving individuals who would normally receive recognition in the New Year’s and Birthday honour’s lists.

Current signatories

The Holocaust Educational Trust, the Petition Creator, joined by:

• Anna Glowacka
• Tom Jackson
• Jennifer Ray
• Yvonne Mortimer
• Janice Ronsano
• John Neil Davis
• Kay Andrews
• Stephen Black
• Ruth Barnett nee Michaelis
• Harold Paisner
• Mark Holder
• Jillian Stottor
• Anita Manuel
• Mark Wardil
• Carol Lee Martin
• Jill Mitchell-Field
• Mairi Houstoun
• karen pollock
• Andrew Pakes
• Julian Holland
• David Elman
• Robert Fritchley-Simpson
• Kathryn Dempsey
• seamus toman
• David L Cooke
• Chris Logan
• Louise Cramp
• Angela Parry
• Nicholas Hall
• John Holden
• Joseph Iredon
• Alison Woollard
• Mrs June Simm
• Harriet Clarkson
• Jayne Balsom
• Harry Bibring
• Danny Stone
• Rachel North
• Joanne Duggan
• Howard McWilliam
• Graham Russell
• Catherine Rouse
• Paul Salver
• Emma Blows
• ros sandhu
• Martin McMahon
• Louise Heilbron
• Patricia Martin
• Jane Breen
• richard prais
• Derek Hotchkiss
• Clare Smith
• Catherine Old
• Dr Stewart Bennett
• Joanne Croll
• Kenneth Dawson
• Zachary Newman
• Rob Levy
• Rosalind Preston OBE
• Andrew Martin
• Lawrence Weiss
• Jonathan Hart
• David Gimson
• Paul Hedworth
• Philip Glover
• Matthew Dell
• Jacqueline Rhodes
• Chris Nichols
• N.Needham
• Julian Grant
• Walter Kammerling
• Andrew Westlake
• warren margolis
• Abigail Wharton
• mark atherton
• Paula Kinsella
• tommy docherty
• Emma Bridger
• Deirdre McCann
• Richard Lewis
• Luisa Klint
• Mary M Miller
• Mike Paddick
• Nancy Tenenbaum
• Heidi Jamieson
• David Cook
• Dr David McHardy
• john chillag
• Laura McGowan
• kathleen Murphy
• Elena Rowntree
• charles fawcett
• AMANDA PORTLOCK-WHITE
• Jayne Davison
• Clive King
• Elizabeth Hanwell
• Paul Higginson
• Donna Morton
• Sharon Scott
• Paul Evans
• Alison Seller
• Nick Laitner
• Fiona Malcolm
• Simon Cooney
• Michael Livingston
• David Gifford
• Michael Gerson
• Andrea Hopkinson
• Arshad Choudry
• John Barter
• Michael Gladstone
• Jo Gladstone
• sara pearman
• Martyn Beer
• Samantha White
• Marie Conroy
• Emma Klapsia
• Marion Storey
• Alison Clark
• Marion Anderson
• Margaret Owens
• Garry Clarkson
• Elaine MacMillan
• Rupert Tobin
• Janis Pye
• Michael da Costa
• Elizabeth Vallance
• Cllr Alan Lafferty
• Romie Ridley
• Agi Erdos
• Sam Colborne
• Kate Fallan
• Lord Janner of Braunstone Q.C.
• Kirsty Young
• Jessica Asato
• Olivia Lichfield
• Vicki Nash
• Mike Katz
• Jake Hayman
• Barry Jones
• Victoria Mitchell
• Zoe Payman
• Stephen Hickling
• Andrew Sleeth
• Catherine Norman
• Richard Angell
• Alexandra Feachem
• len fendick
• Karen Louise Shore
• Mandy Bendel
• Siobhan McMahon
• Simon Pollock
• Josh Feldberg
• bernard pellegrinetti
• Jack Nilsen
• Diana Brodowska
• Carly Bennett
• Catherine McCormack
• kay morton
• Danielle
• carol newton
• Philip Ginnings
• Katie Anderson
• Mr Partis (petitions.pm.gov.uk/europensions/)
• Paul Abbiss
• Rebecca Mugridge
• David Sparkhall
• Michael Kernan
• lila obuchowicz
• Joe Hayman
• Rebecca Morley
• paul young
• Rev Len Collings
• Jonathan Greenbury
• Roger Ryan
• Phil Rees
• Christopher Lessware
• Sandra Barwick
• Michael Phillips
• Deborah Robbins
• Joanna Bunt
• Henry Wilkins
• Louise Young
• Alf Dubs
• Thomas PEach
• shabana marshall
• Eva Clarke
• michael Jenkins <
• David Britton
• Abdullah Rhodes-Taylor
• Ronald N Webb
• alex stewart
• Stephen Ward
• David Romain
• Jennifer Weston
• Sarah Martin
• Janine Young
• Laurie Johnston
• Angela Bates
• Penny Dale
• Jenny Scoot
• Jane Tenenbaum
• Susan Yates
• Liz Duraisingh
• Seema McArdle
• MARTIN BENNETT
• andrew johnson
• Gloria Goldstein
• Karen Van Coevorden
• Linda Payman
• Angela E Mayne
• Amy Harrison
• Shoshana Bloom
• melissa richardson
• Peter Grant
• Laura Smith
• Victoria Carrell
• Sean McArdle
• Graham Mustin
• Emily Todd
• sue cronin
• Dean Lubin
• Nicole Donoghue
• d porritt
• Beth Munro
• chloe skae
• Sharon Metcalfe
• elma brown
• Edward Gill
• Mary Fenton
• Robert Carr
• Lembit Opik MP
• irene yona
• Frank Warrington
• Fred Wooding
• Lawrie Boarer
• Anita Parmar
• Ed Lewin
• Kathryn Yates
• Shirley Boarer
• Gary Collins
• C J Kelly
• Paul Thomson
• John Darbyshire
• Gerry Lewis
• Daniel coles
• Jeremy Leigh
• Daniel Taylor
• Tomek Glowacki
• Keith Farrell
• Professor Clawed S. Taylor
• vanessa hopkinson
• Liam Packham
• Mr M Manning
• Shelagh Ward
• Joanne Courtney
• Mark Campbell
• Val Berwin
• Jayne Diggles
• Simon Hickling
• Judith Buck
• dale lowe
• Julia Kendall
• judy pears
• Tony Laycock
• Jonathan Howard
• Mark Davies
• Emma Smith
• Kate Cleary
• Gail Holmes
• Angela Somerton
• john halliday
• Nicola Miller
• Chris Walters
• Ken Findlay
• martin compton
• Jane Marshall
• Jessica Bastow
• Gulzreen Ashraf
• Tami Goodman
• Iain Mckenna
• michele sutton
• Bruce Stafford
• Kathleen Ashington
• Jessica Ainsworth
• Jim Fox
• Jacqui Ambler
• geraldine mccallum
• MATTHEW ASHBEE
• Richard Hill
• Jacki Mason
• Saudagar Singh Jagdev
• Glen Powell
• HEATHER LEVENE
• Gayle Willington
• Anthony Cheetham-Hudson
• Natalie Smith
• jonathan taylor
• Jacqueline Bailey
• Sonia Andjelkovic
• Anne Freund
• Barry Cusack
• Carolyn Speare
• Patrick Courtown
• Dan Wilson Craw
• Paula Cowan
• judy Ballard7J
• haedeh abbasi
• Emily Kraus
• Rachel Turgel
• Lord Dholakia
• David Angel
• Wendy Howell
• duncan toms
• Trude Levi
• Ann Marshall
• Emma Shaw
• Jerold Gotel
• Graham Griffiths
• Joan Kearton-Jones
• Tony Julius
• Tony Fox
• Alistair Seddon
• graeme sands
• Aaron Kliner
• Flora Hoori
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• Salome Shina
• David Arnold
• Jodie Cohen
• Nikki Littma
• Alfred Austin
• Karen Benveniste
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• Bernard Redhouse
• Michael Harris
• carly whyborn
• Hannah Ashleigh
• Stephen Twigg
• Judith Fryman
• Peter Tenenbaum
• David Hass
• SIDNEY AUSTIN
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• Sue Godley
• richard schneiderman
• Maurice Kindler
• Philip M. Cohen
• Mark S Mishon
• Hannah Knott
• Sheila Wechsler
• Danielle Manson
• Michael J. Byrne
• Marjory Morris
• Alison Pemberton
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• Sylvia C Crompton
• ann taverner
• Deborah Allin
• Debbie Lewis
• Rowena Wolfe
• Michael Olsen
• Edward Danon
• Virginia Abrams
• Mary Mc Reynolds
• Jane Morgan
• Joy Geary
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• Lucy Aitkens
• Pauline Hadaway
• Robert Rinder
• Janet Hughes
• Nicola Sunshine-Harris
• Kim Nihill
• Richard Cannon
• Graham Clark
• Jessica Prince
• Martha Jo Lambert
• Richard Tyrrell
• Brenda Davison
• Liam Smith
• Diana Bronson