Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother received numerous decorations and honorary appointments during and after her time as consort to King George VI. Each is listed below; where two dates are shown, the first indicated the date of receiving the award or title, and the second indicates the date of its loss or renunciation follows: Titles and styles 4 August 190016 February 1904: The Honourable Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon 16 February 1904 – 26 April 1923: Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon 26 April 192311 December 1936: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of York 11 December 19366 February 1952: Her Majesty The Queen 6 February 195230 March 2002: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Her British honours were read out at her funeral, held in the United Kingdom, by Sir Peter Gwynn-Jones, Garter Principal King of Arms, as follows: In the memorial service held in Canada, her Canadian honours, the Canadian Forces Decoration and Order of Canada, were read out. British Commonwealth and Commonwealth of Nations honours Foreign honours Honorary military positions Australia 195330 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps Canada 193830 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Toronto Scottish Regiment (Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's Own) 194730 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada 19531974: Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps 197730 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Canadian Forces Medical Service New Zealand 193930 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the New Zealand Scottish Regiment 197730 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps South Africa 19471961: Colonel-in-Chief of the Witwatersrand Rifles 19471961: Colonel-in-Chief of the Queen's Own Cape Town Highlanders 19561961: Colonel-in-Chief of the Transvaal Scottish Southern Rhodesia 1955–1965: Honorary Commissioner of the British South Africa Police Rhodesia 1965–1970: Honorary Commissioner of the British South Africa Police United Kingdom 19271968: Colonel-in-Chief of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 19301961: Honorary Colonel the Hertfordshire Regiment 19301959: Colonel-in-Chief of the Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 193530 March 2002: Royal Honorary Colonel The London Scottish 193730 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) 19471958: Colonel-in-Chief of the 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars 194730 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment 194730 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Manchester Regiment 194930 March 2002: Commandant-in-Chief of the Women's Royal Army Corps 195230 March 2002: Royal Honorary Colonel of the City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders) 195330 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the 9th Queen's Royal