British military families plan London protest in response to Tony Blair's knighthood

Furious relatives of fallen British troops have vowed to hand their medals back in disgust at Tony Blair’s knighthood, as a petition to strip the former prime minister of the honour passed 750,000 signatures. 

A group of military parents have started discussing plans for a protest in London to return their Elizabeth Crosses, which are given to the next of kin of those killed in action. 

Families are enraged that Mr Blair has been knighted, having started the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that left their children among more than 600 British servicemen dead. 

In Iraq, an estimated 800.000 children were orphaned as a result of the conflict, which was started in 2003 when Tony Blair was prime minister of Great Britain and George W. Bush was president of the USA.