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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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

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

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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

Bartholomew Price 07 May 1870 Headington, Oxfordshire, England - 30 Nov 1947

Charles Price 16 Jun 1862 Āgra, United Provinces, India - 22 Feb 1942

Muir Purser 07 Jan 1887 New South Wales, Australia - 1970

Cecil Pye 13 Jul 1890 Windsor, New South Wales (Australia) - 04 Oct 1917

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Samuel Radcliffe 1885 - 30 Aug 1918

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Alan Ramsay 12 Mar 1895 Windsor, Victoria (Australia) - 19 Sep 1973

Alexander Ramsay 29 May 1881 London, England, United Kingdom - 09 Oct 1972

Frank Ramsay 29 Jun 1897 Bournemouth, Dorset, England - 30 Oct 1942

George Rankin 01 May 1887 Bamawm, Victoria (Australia) - 28 Dec 1957

Haldane Rattray bef 13 May 1870 Tunbridge, Kent, England - 01 Feb 1917

Malcolm Rattray 21 Sep 1869 8 Brigtton Place, Portobello, Edinburghshire, Scotland, - 27 Nov 1919

Martin Redmayne 16 Nov 1910 Woking, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - 28 Apr 1983

John Reeve 19 Apr 1891 Grantham, Lincolnshire, England - 25 Jun 1983

Alexander Reid 18 Jul 1884 Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom - 21 Mar 1948

Ambrose Ricardo 21 Nov 1866 Gatcombe, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom - 09 Jul 1923

Charles Rich 05 May 1883 India - 16 Aug 1917

Arthur Rickard 18 Sep 1895 Waverley, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 09 Mar 1949

Claude Ridley 15 Nov 1896 Sunderland, County Durham, England, United Kingdom - 27 Jun 1942

Robert Risson 20 Apr 1901 Ma Ma Creek, Queensland, Australia - 19 Jul 1992

Harold Ritchie 30 Oct 1876 London, England, United Kingdom - 28 Oct 1918

Brian Robertson 22 Jul 1896 Simla, Punjab, India - 29 Apr 1974

Horace Robertson 29 Oct 1894 Warrnambool, Victoria (Australia) - 28 Apr 1960

James Robertson 1878 Toowoomba, Queensland (Australia) - 22 Jan 1951

Charles Roe 26 Apr 1882 Plymouth, Devon, England - 23 Sep 1960

Francis Romilly 1879 India - 25 Sep 1915

Joachim Rønneberg 30 Aug 1919 Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal, Norge - 21 Oct 2018

Alvord Rosenthal 16 Jan 1901 Lewisham, New South Wales, Australia - 20 Jul 1975

Charles Rosenthal 12 Feb 1875 Berrima, New South Wales (Australia) - 11 May 1954

Charles Ross 10 Mar 1864 Bengal, India - 21 Dec 1930

Robert Ross 29 May 1888 Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom - 30 Dec 1963

Hubert Rouse 22 Aug 1864 London, England, United Kingdom - 1945

John Royston 29 Apr 1860 Durban, South Africa - 25 Apr 1942

John Russell 11 Nov 1904 Twyford, Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand - 06 Sep 1942

Rupert Ryan 06 May 1884 Melbourne, Victoria (Australia) - 25 Aug 1952

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Aubrey Saint Clair-Ford 29 Feb 1904 England - 08 Apr 1991

Peter Saint Clair-Ford 25 Nov 1905 Ashford, Kent, England - 14 May 1989

Reginald Salmon 1871 Little Bredy, Dorset, England, United Kingdom - 17 Feb 1940

John Salmond 17 Jul 1881 London, England, United Kingdom - 16 Apr 1968

William Salmond 19 Aug 1878 Hougham Without, Kent, England, United Kingdom - 27 Apr 1933

Stanley Savige 26 Jun 1890 Morwell, Victoria (Australia) - 15 May 1954

Charles Scherf 17 May 1917 Emmaville, New South Wales, Australia - 13 Jul 1949

Frederick Scherger 18 May 1904 Ararat, Victoria, Australia - 16 Jan 1984

Victor Scratchley abt 1870 Woolwich, Kent, England, United Kingdom - 1936

Vincent Scully 02 Jul 1881 Ireland - 13 Dec 1941

Henry Settle abt 27 Jan 1847 Lewes, Sussex, England, United Kingdom - 22 Apr 1923

Michael Shanahan 31 Mar 1870 Roma, Queensland, Australia - 12 Oct 1964

Samuel Sharpe 13 Mar 1873 Zephyr, Uxbridge, North Riding, York, Ontario, Canada - 25 May 1918

John Shea 17 Jan 1869 Saint John's, Newfoundland, Canada - 01 May 1966

Willington Shelton 14 May 1849 Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom - 14 Jun 1909

Alfred Shepherd 13 Apr 1893 Nowra, New South Wales (Australia) - 20 Jul 1917

David Shoup 30 Dec 1904 Battle Ground, Indiana, United States - 13 Jan 1983

Charles Simmons 1881 Dover, Kent, England, United Kingdom - 06 Oct 1918

Noel Simpson 22 Feb 1907 Balmain, New South Wales, Australia - 18 Nov 1971

James Sinclair 29 Sep 1906 Hempstead, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom - 08 May 1965

William (Sinclair) Sinclair-Burgess 18 Feb 1880 Longsight, Lancashire, England - 03 Apr 1964

Robert Sink 03 Apr 1905 Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States - 13 Dec 1965

Geoffrey (Skeffington-Smyth) FitzPatrick 11 Dec 1873 42 Portman Square, London, England, United Kingdom - 11 Mar 1939

Geoffrey Sladen 03 Aug 1904 Reigate, Surrey, England - 04 Oct 1985

William Slim 06 Aug 1891 Bishopston, Gloucestershire, England - 14 Dec 1970

Edward Smart 23 May 1891 Kew, Victoria (Australia) - 02 May 1961

Walter Smiles 08 Nov 1883 Belfast, Ireland - 31 Jan 1953

Bertram Smith 06 Feb 1879 London, England - 21 Sep 1947

Humphrey Smith abt 1876 Putney, Surrey, England - abt 27 Sep 1940

John Smith 26 Dec 1914 Lexington, Oklahoma, United States - 09 Jun 1972

Julian Smith 11 Sep 1885 Elkton, Maryland - 05 Nov 1975

Robert Smith 04 Sep 1881 Richmond, Victoria, Australia - 14 Jul 1928

Arthur Smith-Dorrien-Smith 28 Jan 1876 Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom - 30 May 1955

Clive Sommerville abt 11 Sep 1881 - 19 Aug 1943

Frederick Sommerville 21 Feb 1883 Bitton, Gloucestershire, England - 15 Jul 1962

Gunnar Sønsteby 11 Jan 1918 Rjukan, Tinn, Telemark, Norge - 10 May 2012

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