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.

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All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
Distinguished Service Order canonical 268
Distinguished Service Order and Bar 6
Distinguished Service Order and two Bars 3

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military decoration ⓘ
order ⓘ
awardedDuring Falklands War ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
surface form: First World War

Korean War ⓘ
Second Boer War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
awardedFor distinguished service in combat ⓘ
meritorious service in combat ⓘ
awardedTo British Commonwealth forces ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth forces

allied officers ⓘ
awardingBody UK government ⓘ
surface form: British government

British Armed Forces ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
The Victoria Cross ⓘ
surface form: Victoria Cross
jurisdiction British honours system ⓘ
surface form: 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 (287)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hugh Dowding → awardReceived → Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
British honours system → includes → Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Distinguished Service Order
Bernard Montgomery → awardReceived → Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
Claude Auchinleck → awardReceived → Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
Military Cross → higherAward → Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
Harold Alexander → awardReceived → Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
Roy Urquhart → awardReceived → Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
Philip Vian → awardReceived → Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
Philip Vian → awardReceived → Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
this entity surface form: Distinguished Service Cross
Bertram Ramsay → awardReceived → Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
Miles Dempsey → awardReceived → Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
Arthur Tedder → awardReceived → Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque → militaryAward → Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
Lawrence Moore Cosgrave → awardReceived → Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
Monty → honour → Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
Lord Gort → awardReceived → Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
Sholto Douglas → awardReceived → Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
Sir Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt → awardReceived → Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
Lord Trenchard → awardReceived → Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory → awardReceived → Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
subject surface form: Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Air Marshal Sir Basil Embry → awardReceived → Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
subject surface form: Basil Embry
Air Marshal Sir Basil Embry → awardReceived → Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
subject surface form: Basil Embry
this entity surface form: Distinguished Service Order and Two Bars
Air Marshal Sir John Grandy → awardReceived → Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
subject surface form: John Grandy
Frederick Rutland → awardReceived → Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
William Slim → awardReceived → Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
Douglas Haig → awardReceived → Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
Bernard Freyberg → awardReceived → Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
Alan Brooke → awardReceived → Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
Billy Bishop → awardReceived → Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
Frederick Browning → awardReceived → Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander → awardReceived → Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
Alphonse Juin → awardReceived → Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
Oliver Leese → awardReceived → Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
Maltby, Christopher Michael → hasHonor → Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
subject surface form: Christopher Michael Maltby
this entity surface form: Companion of the Distinguished Service Order
1st Earl Alexander of Tunis → awardReceived → Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
Henry Maitland Wilson → awardReceived → Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
Roderic Dallas → awardReceived → Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
Bernard Warburton-Lee → awardReceived → Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
Admiral Sandy Woodward → awardReceived → Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
subject surface form: Sandy Woodward
Guy Gibson → awardReceived → Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
Guy Gibson → awardReceived → Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
this entity surface form: Distinguished Service Order and Bar
Arthur Harris → awardReceived → Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
Major-General Roy Urquhart → awardReceived → Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
subject surface form: Roy Urquhart
Admiral Bertram Ramsay → awardReceived → Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
subject surface form: Bertram Ramsay
James McCudden → awardReceived → Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
James McCudden → awardReceived → Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
this entity surface form: Distinguished Service Order with Bars
Group Captain Peter Townsend → awardReceived → Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
subject surface form: Peter Townsend
Albert Ball → awardReceived → Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
Captain Philip Vian → awardReceived → Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
subject surface form: Philip Vian
Captain Philip Vian → awardReceived → Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
subject surface form: Philip Vian
this entity surface form: Distinguished Service Order with bars