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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 1885
Died 1947
British Army Second Lieutenant Coldstream Guards 1st Battalion
British Army Lieutenant Coldstream Guards 1st Battalion
British Army Captain Coldstream Guards 1st Battalion
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Born 1865
Died 1935
British Army Gordon Highlanders 6th Battalion
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Born 1870
British Army Lieutenant The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 6th Battalion
British Army Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel Special Reserve/Royal Fusiliers
British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Fusiliers
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Born 1880
Died 1918
Royal Navy Commander HMS Comet
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Born 1890
Died 1968
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British Army Lieutenant and Adjutant 2nd Life Guards
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Born 1885
Died 1943
Royal Navy Naval Cadet Britannia
Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Magnificent
Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant
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Born 1896
Died 1944
Royal Navy Naval Cadet
Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Ajax
Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant HMS Mermaid
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Born 1880
Died 1917
British Army Second Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment 3rd Volunteer Battalion
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Died 1960
Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant
Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain
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Born 1878
Died 1914
British Army Captain Lancashire Fusiliers 2nd Battalion
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Born 1873
Died 1943
British Army Lieutenant Colonel Northamptonshire Regiment 8th Battalion
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Born 1900
Died 1942
Royal Navy Midshipman
Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant
Royal Navy Lieutenant
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Born 1890
Died 1951
British Army Captain and Adjutant Lincolnshire Regiment 5th Battalion
British Army Major Lincolnshire Regiment
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Born 1890
Died 1953
British Army Reverend Royal Army Chaplain's Department
British Army Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class Royal Army Chaplin’s Department
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British Army Major Highland Light Infantry 1/6th Battalion
British Army Lieutenant Colonel Highland Light Infantry 1/6th Battalion
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Died 1917
British Army Captain Dragoons
British Army Brigadier General 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)
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Born 1886
Died 1976
Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Colonel 72nd Battalion
Canadian Expeditionary Force Brigadier General GOC 7th Canadian Infantry Brigade
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Born 1885
Died 1916
Royal Navy Midshipman
Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant
Royal Navy Lieutenant
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Born 1882
Died 1919
British Army Major West Lancashire Divisional Engineers Royal Engineers
British Army Major (Temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) Royal Engineers Staff
British Army Major (Temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) Royal Engineers Staff
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Born 1884
Died 1917
Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander
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