State honours awarded to Britten included Companion of Honour (Britain) in 1953;[REF] Commander of the Royal Order of the Polar Star (Sweden) in 1962; the Order of Merit (Britain) in 1965;[REF] and a life peerage (Britain) in July 1976 [REF].
A memorial stone to Britten was unveiled in the north choir aisle of Westminster Abbey in 1978 [REF].