The ''Sun'' Military Awards (televised as ''A Night of Heroes: The Sun Military Awards'' since 2009) is an annual

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which honours members of the British armed forces and

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involved with the forces. The awards are organised and sponsored by '' The Sun'' newspaper. The award trophies are designed and hand-made by British Silversmith and porcelain designer Kerry O'Connor. During the televised ceremony, awards known as "Millies" are given out. The awards and their recipients are chosen by a select panel of ten judges, made up of national figures and military chiefs. Nominees of all but one of the categories are selected by the

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, with the remaining category winner chosen by the judges. The first ceremony aired on Sky1 and was hosted by

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, but from 2009 until 2014, the awards were televised on ITV and are presented by

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and

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. It currently airs on

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Ceremonies

2008

The 2008 award ceremony was presented by

, taking place on 16 December at Hampton Court Palace and was aired on Sky1 before Christmas that year.

2009

The 2009 award ceremony took place on 15 December 2009, and was broadcast on ITV on 21 December at 9pm.

and

were the presenters for the first time. The judges included

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Jeremy Clarkson Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson (born 11 April 1960) is an English broadcaster, journalist, game show host and writer who specialises in motoring. He is best known for the motoring programmes '' Top Gear'' and '' The Grand Tour'' alongside R ...

Kelly Holmes Dame Kelly Holmes (born 19 April 1970) is a retired British middle distance athlete. Holmes specialised in the 800 metres and 1,500 metres events and won gold medals for both distances at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She set British ...

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and four ex-Service chiefs.

2010

The 2010 award ceremony was televised on ITV, on 20 December 2010. The ceremony was presented by

and

2011

The 2011 award ceremony took place at the Imperial War Museum on 19 December 2011 and was televised on ITV, on 21 December 2011, at 8.30pm. It was hosted by

and

. The winners were:

2012

The 2012 award ceremony was again held at the Imperial War Museum on 6 December 2012 and was televised on ITV, on 15 December 2012 at 9pm and were hosted by

and

2013

The 2013 award ceremony took place at the

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on 11 December and was televised on ITV on 16 December from 9pm. The ceremony was once again hosted by

and

2014

The 2014 award ceremony took place at the

on in December and was televised on ITV on 18 December from 8.30pm. The ceremony was hosted by

and

. Four specially created awards marked the end of combat operations in Afghanistan, with the recipients chosen from previous winners of awards.

2015

The 2015 awards took place at Guildhall, London and were presented by

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2016

The 2016 awards were presented by

Lorraine Kelly Lorraine Kelly, (born 30 November 1959) is a Scottish journalist and television presenter. She has presented various television shows for ITV, including '' Good Morning Britain'' (1988–1992), '' GMTV'' (1993–2010), ''This Morning'' (2003 ...

on 14 December. They were televised on Forces TV.

2017

The 2017 awards were presented by

for the second time. The event took place on 13 December and were televised on Forces TV.

2018

The 2018 awards were presented by

for the third time. The event took place on 13 December and were televised on Forces TV.

2019

The 2019 awards were presented by

for the fourth time. The event was televised on Forces TV.

References

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