Category: Distinguished Service Order

Categories: British Isles and Ireland, Military Decorations

This category contains profiles of persons who have received the DSO.

DSO

The Distinguished Service Order (DSO) is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other parts of the Commonwealth of Nations and British Empire, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat.

Instituted on 6 September 1886 by Queen Victoria in a Royal Warrant published in the London Gazette on 9 November, the first DSOs awarded were dated 25 November 1886. It is typically awarded to officers ranked Major (or its equivalent) or higher, but the honour has sometimes been awarded to especially valorous junior officers. 8,981 DSOs were awarded during the First World War, each award being announced in the London Gazette.

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Charles Ilderton 1841 Retford, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom - 25 Jan 1905

William Ironside 06 May 1880 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom - 23 Sep 1959

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Donald Jackson 12 Oct 1915 Sunningdale, Surrey, England - 12 Jan 1986

Oliver Jackson 24 Nov 1919 Wandsworth, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - 07 May 2004

Robert Jackson 01 Jan 1886 Crows Nest, Queensland (Australia) - 24 Nov 1948

Cecil Jarvis 01 Jan 1883 Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom - 18 Mar 1919

Peter Jeffrey 06 Jul 1913 Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia - 06 Apr 1997

George Jellicoe 04 Apr 1918 Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom - 22 Feb 2007

William Jennings 21 Jul 1892 Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand - 23 Jun 1982

Carl Jess 16 Feb 1884 Sandhurst, Victoria (Australia) - 16 Jun 1948

Alexander Jobson 02 Apr 1875 Clunes, Victoria (Australia) - 07 Nov 1933

Charles Johnston 29 May 1878 South Kensington, London, England - 27 Aug 1922

Loftus (Jones) Peyton Jones 07 Oct 1918 Sevenoaks, Kent, England - 14 Dec 2000

Arthur Jopp 01 May 1890 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Jul 1970

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Charles Kavanagh 25 Mar 1864 Carlow, County Carlow, Ireland - 11 Oct 1950

Campbell Keenan 01 Oct 1867 Nepean, Carleton, Ontario, Canada - 17 May 1953

Paul Kenna 16 Aug 1862 Everton, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 30 Aug 1915

Donald Kennedy 12 Mar 1898 Winton, Southland, New Zealand - 12 Jul 1976

Frank Kerr 05 Apr 1889 Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia - 03 May 1977

Owen Kessels 04 May 1903 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Gordon King 22 Sep 1918 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 30 Dec 2009

William King abt 13 Jan 1878 Port Colborne, Niagara, Ontario, Canada - abt 23 Jun 1950

Howard Kippenberger 28 Jan 1897 Ladbrooks, Canterbury, New Zealand - 05 May 1957

Edwards Kirke 27 Jan 1883 Reading, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom - 12 Nov 1957

Kenneth Kirke 05 Jan 1875 Gibraltar - 02 Oct 1955

Walter Kirke 19 Jan 1877 Southsea, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom - 02 Sep 1949

John Kitcat 31 Jul 1902 Leap, Co. Cork, Ireland - 20 Jul 1959

Henry Knight 1874 Yoxall, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom - 28 Mar 1945

Leslie Knight 07 Mar 1921 Camberwell, Victoria, Australia - 16 Sep 1943

James Knox 1878 Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England - 23 Sep 1918

Wallace Kyle 22 Jan 1910 Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia - 31 Jan 1988

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Michael Lakin 24 Nov 1881 Warwick, Warwickshire, England - 18 Oct 1960

Richard Lakin 08 Oct 1914 Warwick, Warwickshire, England - 01 Mar 2011

Geoffrey Lance 09 May 1913 Northfleet, Strood, Kent, England - 10 Jul 1944

Edward Lascelles 28 Jul 1887 Goldsborough, North Yorkshire, England - 18 Aug 1935

Henry Lascelles 09 Sep 1882 London, Middlesex, England - 24 May 1947

Claude Laurie 25 Nov 1855 - 19 Feb 1930

John Laurie 12 Aug 1892 Hertingfordbury, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom - 10 Jan 1983

John Lavarack 19 Dec 1885 Kangaroo Point, Queensland (Australia) - 04 Dec 1957

Walter Law 1876 Kensington, Middlesex, England

William Lawless 29 Sep 1867 London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada - 10 Nov 1947

Thomas (Lawrence) Shaw 16 Aug 1888 Tremadog, Caernarfonshire, Wales - 19 May 1935

James Lawson 16 Feb 1884 Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 29 Sep 1965

Joseph Laycock 12 Jun 1867 Northumberland, England, United Kingdom - 10 Jan 1952

Robert Laycock 18 Apr 1907 London, England, United Kingdom - 10 Mar 1968

Raymond Leane 12 Jul 1878 Prospect, South Australia (Australia) - 25 Jun 1962

Bertram Leatham 02 Mar 1881 Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 26 Sep 1915

George Lee 25 Jun 1860 Maitland, New South Wales (Australia) - 13 Apr 1939

Oliver Leese 27 Oct 1894 Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom - 22 Jan 1978

Henry Lempriere 30 Jan 1867 Leicester, Leicestershire, England - 23 Dec 1914

Hubert Lenox-Conyngham 18 Oct 1869 Moneymore, County Londonderry, Ireland - 15 Mar 1918

Edwin Leonard 23 Nov 1883 London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada - 09 Apr 1917

Elton Leonard 1882 London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada - 1974

Richard Lewis 07 Jan 1862 Hobart, Tasmania (Australia)

Martin Lindsay 22 Aug 1905 London, England - 05 May 1981

John Linton 15 Oct 1905 Malpas, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom - 17 Apr 1943

Herbert Lloyd 18 Nov 1883 South Yarra, Victoria (Australia) - 10 Aug 1957

John Lloyd 13 Apr 1894 Ascot Vale, Victoria (Australia) - 24 Dec 1965

Cromwell Lloyd-Davies 22 Nov 1903 Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales - 1998

Arthur Looker 05 Sep 1880 Oakleigh, Victoria (Australia) - 07 Apr 1926

Austin Low 25 May 1914 England - 07 Dec 2000

Percy Lucas 02 Sep 1915 Sandwich, Kent, England, United Kingdom - 20 Mar 1998

John Luce 23 Jan 1906 Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom - 06 Jan 1971

Edward Lugard 23 Mar 1865 Worcester, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom - 03 Jan 1957

Frederick Lugard 22 Jan 1858 Madras, India - 11 Apr 1945

Noel Luxmoore 28 Dec 1871 Torquay, Devon, England - 06 Feb 1949

Hilliard Lyle 21 Dec 1879 Arran, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada - 21 May 1931

Reginald Lynch-Staunton 09 Apr 1880 Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 07 Nov 1918

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Francis Lyon 10 Jul 1867 Northwich, Cheshire, England - 21 Feb 1953

Ivan Lyon 17 Aug 1915 Sevenoaks, Kent, England, United Kingdom - 16 Oct 1944

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Denzil Macarthur-Onslow 05 Mar 1904 Whataupoko, Poverty Bay, New Zealand - 30 Nov 1984

Edward Macarthur-Onslow 01 Oct 1909 Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia - 06 Feb 1980

Walter MacCallum 03 Apr 1895 Sydney, New South Wales (Australia) - 1959

Donald Macdonald 25 Jul 1889 Williamstown, Charlottenburg, Glengarry, Ontario, Canada - 03 Dec 1951

Archibald MacDonell 06 Oct 1864 Windsor, Essex, Canada West - 23 Dec 1941

Thain MacDowell 16 Sep 1890 Lachute, Argenteuil, Quebec, Canada - 28 Mar 1960

Duncan MacInnes 1870 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada - 23 May 1918

Duncan MacIntyre 10 Nov 1915 Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand - 08 Jun 2001

Huntley Mackay 14 Mar 1858 Kingston, Frontenac, Canada West - 16 Apr 1891

Iven Mackay 07 Apr 1882 Grafton, New South Wales (Australia) - 30 Sep 1966

William MacKenzie 07 Jan 1872 Sydney, New South Wales (Australia) - 03 Jun 1952

Archibald Mackenzie-Kennedy 07 Nov 1904 London, England - 07 Nov 1987

Daniel MacKinnon 12 Nov 1876 Highfield, Charlottetown, Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada - 22 Dec 1964

Geoffrey Mackworth 20 Jun 1879 - 04 Mar 1952

Harry Mackworth 17 Mar 1878 - 18 Nov 1952

Ronald Maclachlan 24 Jul 1872 Newton Valence, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom - 11 Aug 1917

Ewen (MacLagan) Sinclair-MacLagan 24 Dec 1868 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland - 24 Nov 1948

Colin MacLean bef 07 Nov 1876 Anakullee, Bengal, India

William (MacNeece) Foster 21 Aug 1889 Aldershot, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom - 28 Mar 1978

Herbert Magniac 1859 London, England, United Kingdom - 24 Mar 1909

George Maitland 20 Nov 1882 London, England, United Kingdom - 01 Nov 1960

Alfred Mansel 1852 St. Feock, Cornwall, England. - 07 Jul 1918

Raymond Marker 18 Apr 1867 Up Cerne, Dorset, England - 13 Nov 1914

William Markwell 23 Dec 1889 Beaudesert, Queensland (Australia) - 31 Oct 1917

Horace Martelli 17 Jul 1877 Multan, Punjab, Bengal, India - 11 Mar 1959

Arthur Martin 26 Mar 1876 Milton, Otago, New Zealand - 17 Dec 1916

Cyril Martin 19 Dec 1891 Fuzhou, Fujian, China - 1980

Edward Martin 22 Aug 1875 Launceston, Tasmania (Australia) - 22 Sep 1950

Harold Martin 27 Feb 1918 Edgecliff, New South Wales, Australia - 03 Nov 1988

Lawrence Martin 11 Jun 1884 Arnprior, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada - 11 Dec 1949

Herbert Massey 19 Jan 1898 Hilton, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom - 29 Feb 1976

Paul Mathieu 1907 Ville de Québec, Québec, Canada - 1976

Geofrey Matthews 12 Oct 1910 Stepney, South Australia, Australia - 02 Aug 1987

Harold Matthews 22 May 1877 Naunton, Gloucestershire, England - 12 May 1940

George Maxted 1874 Newcastle, New South Wales (Australia) - 1954

Arthur Maxwell 08 Jun 1888 Hobart, Tasmania (Australia) - 17 Jun 1966

John Maxwell 19 Nov 1907 Hendon, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 24 Mar 1972

Edgar Maygar 27 May 1868 Kilmore, Victoria (Australia) - 31 Oct 1917

Ashton Mayne 24 Apr 1889 Bruton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom - 17 Dec 1955

Anthony McAuliffe 03 Jul 1898 Washington, District of Columbia, United States - 11 Aug 1975

William McCann 19 Apr 1892 Glanville, South Australia, Australia - 14 Dec 1957

David McConaghy 05 Apr 1887 Cootamundra, New South Wales (Australia) - 09 Apr 1918

Bruce McDonald 23 Mar 1925 Geelong, Victoria, Australia - 23 Mar 1993

Archibald McKenzie 21 Jan 1878 Campbellton, Restigouche, New Brunswick, Canada - 28 Aug 1918

John McKie - 19 Aug 1934

Andrew McNaughton 25 Feb 1887 Moosomin, Northwest Territories - 11 Jul 1966

Edward (McNaughton) Leslie abt Oct 1918 Somerset, England, United Kingdom - 03 Aug 1979

Neil McNeile 20 Oct 1918 England, United Kingdom - 1998

Walter McNicoll 27 May 1877 Emerald Hill, Victoria (Australia) - 24 Dec 1947

Terence McSharry 09 Aug 1880 Curracuringa, Queensland (Australia) - 06 Aug 1918

Richard Meinertzhagen 03 Mar 1878 London, England, United Kingdom - 17 Jun 1967

Harry Melville 24 Mar 1869 Kettle, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom - 07 Dec 1918

Stewart Menzies 30 Jan 1890 London, England, United Kingdom - 29 May 1968

John Meredith 11 Nov 1864 Derrylough, Queen's County, Ireland - 01 Jan 1942

Stephen Midgley 29 May 1871 - 25 Oct 1954

Edward Milford 10 Dec 1894 Prahran, Victoria (Australia) - 10 Jun 1972

Alfred Miller 01 Mar 1864 Cowden, Kent, England, United Kingdom - 05 Dec 1933

John Miller 04 Feb 1919 Wheatley, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom - 17 May 2006

Edmund Milne 08 Nov 1886 Bundanoon, New South Wales, Australia - 11 Apr 1963

Charles Minchin 22 Sep 1862 Madras, India - 07 Dec 1943

Frederick (Minchin) Reilly-Minchin 17 Mar 1860 Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland - 12 Jul 1922

Frederick Minchin 16 Jun 1890 Madras, India - 31 Aug 1927

James Minchin 15 Jun 1894 Sandalford, Western Australia, Australia - 01 Nov 1936

William Mirrlees 03 Oct 1892 London, England, United Kingdom - 22 Oct 1964

Charles (Moke-Norrie) Norrie 26 Sep 1893 London, England, United Kingdom - 25 May 1977

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George Monckton-Arundell 24 Mar 1882 England - 27 Mar 1943

Edward Montagu-Stuart-Wortley 31 Jul 1857 St George Hanover Square, London, England, United Kingdom - 19 Mar 1934

James Moore 1905 Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia

George More-Molyneux 06 May 1851 Compton, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - 21 Nov 1903

Basil Morris 19 Dec 1888 East Melbourne, Victoria (Australia) - 05 Apr 1975

Alan Morrison 15 Aug 1927 Haberfield, New South Wales, Australia - 09 May 2008

Edward Morrison 06 Jul 1867 London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada - 28 May 1925

James Morrison 18 Sep 1873 Fonthill Gifford, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom - 27 Oct 1934

Arthur Morrow 12 Jul 1903 East Maitland, New South Wales, Australia - 22 Aug 1977

Leslie Morshead 18 Sep 1889 Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia - 26 Sep 1959

Godfrey Mundy 11 Aug 1860 Portsea, Hampshire, England - 07 Oct 1928

Thomas Murdoch 16 Apr 1876 Milawa, Victoria (Australia) - 13 Jul 1961

Bertie Murray 10 May 1881 Kent, England, United Kingdom - 14 Sep 1960

Henry Murray 01 Dec 1880 Evandale, Tasmania (Australia) - 07 Jan 1966

John Murray 26 Apr 1892 Sydney, New South Wales (Australia) - 08 Sep 1951

Ronald Murray 27 Jan 1874 Grahamstown, Cape Colony - 29 Jun 1920

Arthur Musgrave 10 Mar 1874 Adelaide, South Australia (Australia) - 12 Sep 1931

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Charles Newbold 12 Jan 1881 Frant, Sussex, England, United Kingdom - 26 Oct 1946

Patteson Nickalls 1876 North Weald, Essex, England - aft 10 Sep 1946

Manners Nightingale 15 Apr 1871 Sidmouth, Devon, England - 09 Apr 1956

Norman Noble 02 Mar 1881 Lucknow, India - 23 Sep 1955

Frank Norris 25 Jun 1893 Lillydale, Victoria (Australia) - 01 May 1984

Alfred Norton 13 Jun 1869 Atcham, Shropshire, England - 08 Jun 1922

Arthur Nothhcote 15 Oct 1881 Sydenham, Surrey, England - 1949

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Murrough O'Brien abt 08 Nov 1866 Binstead, Isle of Man - 06 Sep 1934

Lyulph Ogilvy 25 Jun 1861 - Apr 1947

Edwin Olding abt 1889 Queensland (Australia) - 1967

William O'Neill abt 1855 Pisa, Tuscany

George (Onslow) Macarthur-Onslow 02 May 1875 Camden, New South Wales (Australia) - 12 Sep 1931

Rex Osborne abt 1883 Sydney, New South Wales (Australia) - 11 Oct 1962

Leonard Outerbridge 06 May 1888 Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States - 06 Sep 1986

Edward Owen 1856 Prestbury, Gloucestershire, England - 11 Jul 1896

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Brian Paddon 24 Aug 1908 Carshalton, Surrey, England - 21 Feb 1967

Robert Page 21 Jul 1920 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 07 Jul 1945

Richard Palmer abt 1892 Dorset, England - abt 1956

Philip Parbury 16 Sep 1910 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 09 Jan 1988

Frederick Parham 09 Jan 1901 Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom - abt 1991

Francis Parker 18 Sep 1876 Perth, Western Australia, Australia - 18 Mar 1915

Allan Peachey 23 May 1896 Béal Átha Conaill, County Cavan, Ireland - 15 Mar 1967

George Pearkes 28 Feb 1888 Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom - 30 May 1984

Cedric Pearson 24 Aug 1918 Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, Australia - 07 Nov 2012

Thomas Pearson 01 Jul 1914 Queenstown, Ireland - 15 Dec 2019

Wilfred Peek 09 Oct 1884 Surrey, England - 12 Oct 1927

Sidney Peel 03 Jun 1870 Westminster, Middlesex, England - 19 Dec 1938

Arthur Percival 27 Dec 1887 Aspenden, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom - abt 31 Jan 1966

Alfred Perkins abt 1869 Kerachi, India - abt 1935

Robert Perry 04 May 1909 Stareton nr. Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England - 1987

Frederick Peters 17 Sep 1889 Charlottetown, Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada - 13 Nov 1942

Chesley Peterson 10 Aug 1920 Salmon, Lemhi, Idaho, United States - 28 Jan 1990

William Peyton 1866 India - 1931

Ivor Philipps 09 Sep 1861 Warminster, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom - 15 Aug 1940

Owen Phillips 09 Jun 1882 Warwick, Queensland (Australia) - 15 May 1966

Daniël Pienaar 27 Aug 1893 Bosduivenkop, Ladybrand, Natal, South Africa - 19 Dec 1942

Arthur Pirie 03 May 1869 Stoneywood, Aberdeen City, Scotland - 21 Nov 1917

Eric Plant 23 Apr 1890 Charters Towers, Queensland (Australia) - 17 May 1950

Reginald (Plunkett) Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax 28 Aug 1880 Marylebone, London, England - 16 Oct 1967

Reginald Pollard 20 Jan 1903 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia - 09 Mar 1978

Hugh Pollock 29 Jul 1888 Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 06 Nov 1971

William Poole 08 Oct 1902 Caledon, Cape Colony, South Africa - 09 Mar 1969

John Portal 13 Apr 1886 England - 20 Jul 1980

Selwyn Porter 23 Feb 1905 Tintaldra, Victoria, Australia - 09 Oct 1963

Arnold Potts 16 Sep 1896 Peel, Isle of Man - 01 Jan 1968

William Powell 28 Feb 1868 Madras, India - 18 Aug 1940

Reginald Pratt 29 Sep 1914 Ireland - 1989

Norman Prendergast 07 Nov 1886 Bengal, India - 29 Apr 1950

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