Honours and Tributes
| Victoria Cross (VC) | July 1944 | |
| Member of the Order of Merit (OM) | 1981 | |
| Companion of the Distinguished Service Order and Two Bars (DSO & 2 Bars) | ||
| Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) | ||
| 1939–45 Star | ||
| Air Crew Europe Star | With 1 clasp Atlantic | |
| Burma Star | ||
| Defence Medal | ||
| War Medal 1939–1945 with Palm for Mentioned in Dispatches | ||
| Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal | (1953) | |
| Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal | (1977) |
- In 1991, he was given a life peerage as Baron Cheshire of Woodhall in the County of Lincolnshire, sitting as a cross-bencher.
- Queen Elizabeth II paid personal tribute to him in her Royal Christmas Message in December 1992. In the 2002 BBC poll to find the 100 Greatest Britons, Cheshire attained position number 31. His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Imperial War Museum, London.
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