During the commemorations of the 80th anniversary of the Appeal of 18 June, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that the last four Companions of the Liberation, Edgard Tupët-Thomé, Pierre Simonet, Daniel Cordier and Hubert Germain, would become Honorary Members of the Order of the British Empire.

[4] The decoration was presented to Germain by Ed Llewellyn, Ambassador of the United Kingdom to France.

After the death of Daniel Cordier on 20 November 2020, Germain became the last surviving Companion of the Order of Liberation.

[8] His funeral was held on 11 November 2021 (Remembrance Day), starting with a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe.

[9] He has been buried in the crypt of the Mémorial de la France combattante, where vault 9 was reserved for the last living Companion of the Liberation since the post-war years.