Distinguished Service Order

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military decoration order

The Distinguished Service Order is a British military decoration awarded to officers for meritorious or distinguished service in combat.

Aliases (9)

Distinguished Service Order and Bar ×3
Companion of the Distinguished Service Order ×2
Distinguished Service Cross ×1
Distinguished Service Order (when awarded for gallantry in combat) ×1
Distinguished Service Order and Two Bars ×1
Distinguished Service Order and two Bars ×1
Distinguished Service Order with Bars ×1
Distinguished Service Order with bars ×1
The Distinguished Service Order ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military decoration → order →
awardedDuring	Falklands War → First World War → Korean War → Second Boer War → Second World War →
awardedFor	distinguished service in combat → meritorious service in combat →
awardedTo	Commonwealth forces → allied officers →
awardingBody	British government → United Kingdom Armed Forces →
centralDevice	imperial crown → royal cypher →
claspAwardedFor	subsequent awards of the DSO →
country	United Kingdom →
criteriaChange	post-1993 emphasis on leadership under fire →
dateOfEstablishment	1886-09-06 →
eligibility	military officers →
establishedBy	Queen Victoria →
establishedInYear	1886 →
hasClasps	yes →
hasComponent	insignia → ribbon →
higherAward	Conspicuous Gallantry Cross → Victoria Cross →
jurisdiction	United Kingdom honours system →
languageOfName	English →
lowerAward	Distinguished Conduct Medal → Military Cross →
militaryBranch	British Army → Royal Air Force → Royal Navy →
monarchAtInstitution	Victoria →
namedAfter	distinguished service →
orderOfWearInUK	above Military Cross → below Conspicuous Gallantry Cross →
originalCriteria	distinguished service during war in the field →
postNominalLetters	DSO →
ribbonColor	blue → red →
ribbonPattern	red ribbon with narrow blue edges →
shape	gold cross →
status	currently awarded →
typeOfAward	gallantry award → leadership award →

Referenced by (80)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
1st Earl Alexander of Tunis → Alan Brooke → Albert Ball → Alphonse Juin → Andrew Cunningham → Arthur Asquith → Arthur Harris → Arthur Tedder → Basil Embry → Basil Embry ("Distinguished Service Order and Two Bars") → Bernard Freyberg → Bernard Montgomery → Bernard Warburton-Lee → Bertram Ramsay → Bertram Ramsay → Billy Bishop → Brian Horrocks → Bruce Fraser → Charles Portal → Charles Rumney Samson → Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend → Claude Auchinleck → David Beatty → Douglas Bader → Douglas Bader ("Distinguished Service Order and Bar") → Douglas Haig → Frederick Browning → Frederick Rutland → Gerald Templer → Glyn Hughes → Guy Gibson → Guy Gibson ("Distinguished Service Order and Bar") → Harold Alexander → Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander → Henry Maitland Wilson → Hugh Alexander Pollock → Hugh Dowding → James McCudden → James McCudden ("Distinguished Service Order with Bars") → John Grandy → Lawrence Moore Cosgrave → Leslie Morshead → Lord Gort → Lord Trenchard → Lord Wavell → Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma → Max Horton → Miles Dempsey → Nevil Macready → Oliver Leese → Oliver Leese → Orde Charles Wingate → Orde Charles Wingate ("Distinguished Service Order and two Bars") → Peter Harding → Peter Townsend → Philip Vian → Philip Vian ("Distinguished Service Cross") → Philip Vian → Philip Vian ("Distinguished Service Order with bars") → Raymond Collishaw → Raymond Collishaw ("Distinguished Service Order and Bar") → Richard McCreery → Roderic Dallas → Roy Urquhart → Roy Urquhart → Sandy Woodward → Sholto Douglas → Sir Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt → Sir Thomas Blamey ("Companion of the Distinguished Service Order") → Stanley Goble → Trafford Leigh-Mallory → William Birdwood → William Marshall (British Army officer) → William Slim →	awardReceived
Christopher Michael Maltby ("Companion of the Distinguished Service Order") →	hasHonor
Military Cross →	higherAward
Monty →	honour
British honours system ("The Distinguished Service Order") →	includes
Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque →	militaryAward
Conspicuous Gallantry Cross ("Distinguished Service Order (when awarded for gallantry in combat)") →	replaced