Editing Bernard Cribbins (section)

==Honours==
Cribbins was awarded the [[General Service Medal (1918)|General Service Medal]], with clasp "Palestine 1945–48", for his [[Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine|service in Palestine]] with 2/3 Battalion, the Parachute Regiment, on 30 May 1948, under Army Order 146 of 1947.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/history/article/last-post-for-veterans-of-palestine-revolt-30hdkl3hq|title=Last Post for veterans of Palestine revolt|first=Michael|last=Hodges|date=14 October 2018|newspaper=The Times|url-access=subscription|access-date=11 December 2019|archive-date=11 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211194325/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/last-post-for-veterans-of-palestine-revolt-30hdkl3hq|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Bernard Cribbins in 2013.jpg|thumb|271x271px|Cribbins signing autographs at the ''Doctor Who'' 50th Anniversary Celebration Weekend in 2013]]
In 2009, Cribbins was honoured for his work in children's television with a Special Award at the [[British Academy Children's Awards]]<ref name="bbc2022"/> which was presented by former co-star [[Catherine Tate]], who portrayed his character's granddaughter in ''[[Doctor Who]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=2009 Children's Special Award |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2009/childrens/special-award |website=[[BAFTA]] |access-date=30 April 2013 |archive-date=12 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112190048/http://awards.bafta.org/award/2009/childrens/special-award |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bernard Cribbins recalls his classics |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8381207.stm |website=BBC News |date=27 November 2009 |access-date=30 April 2013 |archive-date=22 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130122032848/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8381207.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> He was appointed Officer of the [[Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in the [[2011 Birthday Honours]] for services to drama.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=59808 |date=11 June 2011 |page=9 |supp=y}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13728375 |title=Bruce Forsyth Knighthood heads Queen's Birthday Honours |website=BBC News |date=11 June 2011 |access-date=20 June 2018 |archive-date=18 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018125541/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13728375 |url-status=live }}</ref> He received his OBE from the [[Anne, Princess Royal|Princess Royal]] at an [[investiture]] in the [[Waterloo Chamber]] at [[Windsor Castle]] on 3 November 2011.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bernard Cribbins collects OBE from Princess Royal |work=BBC News |date=3 November 2011 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-15577822 |access-date=28 July 2022 |language=en |archive-date=28 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728220401/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-15577822 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2014, he was awarded the [[J. M. Barrie]] award for his "lasting contribution to children's arts".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2014/bernard-cribbins-award |title=Veteran BBC Star Bernard Cribbins awarded J M Barrie Award |website=BBC News |date=10 December 2014 |access-date=20 December 2019 |archive-date=25 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425061313/https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2014/bernard-cribbins-award |url-status=live }}</ref>

Cribbins was named "British Icon of the Week" on 23 December 2020 by [[BBC America]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=British Icon of the Week: 'Doctor Who' and 'The Wombles' Favorite Bernard Cribbins {{!}} Anglophenia|url=https://www.bbcamerica.com/blogs/british-icon-of-the-week-doctor-who-and-the-wombles-favorite-bernard-cribbins--52289|access-date=29 March 2021|website=BBC America|language=en|archive-date=26 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126230830/https://www.bbcamerica.com/blogs/british-icon-of-the-week-doctor-who-and-the-wombles-favorite-bernard-cribbins--52289|url-status=live}}</ref>