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Distinguished Service Order
Distinguished Service Order
For those awarded the Distinguished Service Order - The Distinguished Service Order (DSO) is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other parts of the Commonwealth of Nations, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat. The order was established for rewarding individual instances of meritorious or distinguished service in war. It was a military order, until recently for officers only, and normally given for service under fire or under conditions equivalent to service in actual combat with the enemy, although it was awarded between 1914 and 1916 under circumstances which could not be regarded as under fire (often to staff officers, which caused resentment among front-line officers). After 1 January 1917, commanders in the field were instructed to recommend this award only for those serving under fire. (keyword - D.S.O.)
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Born 1881
Died 1972
British Army Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment
British Army Major Worcestershire Regiment
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Born 1890
Died 1972
British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery
British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery Won the D.S.O.
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Born 1881
Died 1951
British Army Temporary Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel Royal Engineers
British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Engineers
British Army Captain Royal Engineers
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Born 1885
Died 1967
British Army Lieutenant South Wales Borderers
British Army Second Lieutenant South Wales Borderers
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Born 1869
British Army Chaplain to the Forces, 3rd Class Army Chaplains' Department
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Born 1882
Died 1962
British Army Captain Royal Garrison Artillery
British Army Major Royal Garrison Artillery
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Born 1868
Died 1933
Royal Navy Engineer Commander HMS AJAX
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Born 1884
Died 1968
Air Force (RAF/RFC)
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Born 1875
British Army Major Royal Engineers
British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Engineers
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Born 1887
Died 1971
British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers
British Army Brevet Major Royal Engineers
British Army Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Royal Engineers
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Born 1893
Died 1918
Canadian Expeditionary Force Major Canadian Field Artillery 3rd Brigade
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Born 1883
British Army Captain Royal Garrison Artillery
British Army Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery
British Army Major Anti-Aircraft Group
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Born 1889
Died 1963
Royal Navy Temporary Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Royal Navy Temporary Lieutenant Royal Naval Division - Hood Battalion 7th (Hood) Battalion
British Army Colonel The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
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Born 1878
Died 1952
British Army Captain Royal Artillery
British Army Lieutenant Colonel Headquarters Cameron's Expeditionary Force
British Army Brigadier General Late Royal Artillery Headquarters Staff
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Born 1892
Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain 20th Canadian Battalion
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Born 1866
Died 1940
British Army Cadet Royal Military Collage Sandhurst
British Army Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment
Indian Army Lieutenant Colonel 22nd Punjabis
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Born 1880
Died 1973
British Army Captain Seaforth Highlanders 1st Battalion
British Army Brigadier General GOC 154th Brigade
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British Army Captain Royal Scots
British Army Major Royal Scots
British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Scots
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Born 1899
Died 1981
British Army Second Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regiment
British Army Brigadier The Malay Regiment
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Born 1888
Died 1948
Indian Army Second Lieutenant 29th Lancers (Deccan Horse)
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