 He was awarded the Russian Order of St. Anna 1st class (with swords) on 5 June 1917, given the Japanese Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun on 29 August 1917 and appointed a Grand Officer of the Belgian Order of Leopold on 29 November 1918 as well as being awarded the French Croix de Guerre on 15 February 1919 and the Chinese Order of the Striped Tiger on 22 January 1920.He was also advanced to Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath on 1 January 1919 and promoted to full admiral on 19 February 1919.When Admiral Sir David Beatty hauled down his flag as commander-in-chief of the Grand Fleet in 1919 and the war organization of the navy was broken up, Madden was appointed to the command of the newly constituted Atlantic Fleet with his flag in the battleship .