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==Freedom of the City== The following people and military units have received the [[Freedom of the City]] of Sheffield.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/parks-sport-recreation/civic-honours |title=Civic Honours |publisher=Sheffield City Council |access-date=18 October 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Richard Caborn awarded city's highest honour, Freedom of the City |url=https://sheffnews.com/news/richard-caborn-awarded-city-s-highest-honour-freedom-of-the-city |website=Sheff News |date=14 December 2022 |access-date=18 December 2022 }}</ref> {{Incomplete list|date=December 2022}} ===Individuals=== * [[Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk]]: 25 October 1899. * [[Frederick Mappin|Sir Frederick Mappin]]: 25 October 1899. * Sir Henry Stephenson: 25 October 1899. * [[Field marshal (United Kingdom)|Field Marshal]] [[Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener|1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum]]: 13 August 1902. * [[Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted|Sir Marcus Samuel]]: 10 June 1903. * [[Billy Hughes|William Morris Hughes]]: 26 May 1916. * [[Field marshal (United Kingdom)|Field Marshal]] [[Jan Smuts|Jan Christian Smuts]]: 10 October 1917. * [[Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy)|Admiral of the Fleet]] [[John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe|Sir John Jellicoe]]: 10 October 1917. * [[David Lloyd George]]: 13 August 1919. * [[Field marshal (United Kingdom)|Field Marshal]] [[Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig|Sir Douglas Haig]]: 13 August 1919. * [[Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy)|Admiral of the Fleet]] [[David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty|Sir David Beatty]]: 13 August 1919. * [[William Massey|William Ferguson Massey]]: 10 August 1921. * [[William Clegg (footballer)|Sir William Edwin Clegg]]: 21 April 1922. * [[William Lyon Mackenzie King]] : 9 November 1923. * [[Stanley Bruce]]: 9 November 1923. * [[Sir Samuel Roberts, 1st Baronet|Sir Samuel Roberts]]: 30 July 1924. * [[List of mayors of Sheffield|Robert Styring]]: 30 July 1924. * [[List of mayors of Sheffield|William Farewell Wardley]]: 30 July 1924. * [[Henry Coward|Sir Henry Coward]]: 24 March 1926. * [[Gordon Coates|Joseph Gordon Coates]]: 30 November 1926. * [[Ramsay MacDonald|James Ramsay MacDonald]]: 4 December 1929. * [[John George Graves]]: 4 December 1929. * [[Sir Henry Stephenson, 1st Baronet|Sir Henry Stephenson]]: 4 December 1929. * [[Cecil Wilson (politician)|Cecil Henry Wilson]]: 4 December 1929. * [[R. B. Bennett|Richard Bedford Bennett]]: 29 October 1930. * [[James Scullin|James Henry Scullin]]: 29 October 1930. * [[Leonard Hedley Burrows]]: 6 June 1939. * [[Robert Hadfield|Sir Robert Abbott Hadfield]]: 6 June 1939. * [[Harry Brearley]]: 6 June 1939. * [[Winston Churchill|Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill]]: 6 October 1943. * [[List of mayors of Sheffield|Frank Thraves]]: 7 March 1945. * [[Harold Warters Jackson]]: 7 March 1945. * [[Alfred James Bailey]]: 7 March 1945. * [[List of mayors of Sheffield|Arthur James Blanchard]]: 7 March 1945. * [[A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough]]: 1 October 1947. * [[Derek Dooley (footballer)|Derek Dooley]]: 7 April 1993. * [[Richard Caborn]]: 9 May 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=Freedom of the City ceremony for Richard Caborn |url=https://sheffnews.com/news/freedom-of-the-city-ceremony-for-richard-caborn |website=Sheff News |date=9 May 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023 }}</ref> ===Military Units=== * [[A Battery (The Chestnut Troop) Royal Horse Artillery]] [[1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery]]: 7 November 2001. * [[38th (City of Sheffield) Signal Regiment]] ([[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)|Volunteers]]): 7 November 2001. * [[212 (Yorkshire) Field Hospital]] [[Royal Army Medical Corps|RAMC]] ([[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)|Volunteers]]): 7 November 2001. * The [[Duke of Wellington's Regiment]] ([[West Riding of Yorkshire|West Riding]]): 7 November 2001. * 106 (West Riding) Field Squadron [[103 (Tyne Electrical Engineers) Field Squadron]]: 6 March 2002. * The [[Yorkshire Regiment]]: 6 September 2006. * 64 (City of Sheffield) Signal Squadron [[37th Signal Regiment (United Kingdom)|37th Signal Regiment]]: 18 October 2014.
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