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User:Necrothesp/List of recipients of the Distinguished Service Order, 1939–1947

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Name Rank Service etc Post Nationality Campaign/Incident Gazette[1]
Bryan, Donald Charles Seymour Major British 1939/09/15[2]
McGregor, Hector Douglas Squadron Leader Royal Air Force British Palestine Arab Revolt 1939/09/15[3]
Powell, Donald Lieutenant-Colonel 16th Punjab Regiment 3rd (Jhelum) Infantry Brigade British Waziristan Campaign 1939/10/17[4]
Elrington, Maxwell Major Border Regiment British Palestine Arab Revolt 1939/12/22[5]
Hamilton, Adrian Kelso, MC Major Black Watch 2nd Battalion British Palestine Arab Revolt 1939/12/22[5]
Ramsden, William Havelock Chaplin, MC Lieutenant-Colonel Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion British Palestine Arab Revolt 1939/12/22[5]
Ritchie, Alan MacDougall Lieutenant-Colonel Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 1st Battalion British Palestine Arab Revolt 1939/12/22[5]
Veasey, Harley Gerald Major Queen's Royal Regiment 2nd Battalion British Palestine Arab Revolt 1939/12/22[5]
Benson, Richard Stoddart Captain Royal Navy HMS Exmouth British World War II 1939/12/23[6]
Bickford, Edward Oscar Lieutenant-Commander Royal Navy HMS Salmon British World War II 1939/12/23[6]
Creswell, George Hector, DSC Captain Royal Navy HMS Afridi British World War II 1939/12/23[6]
Daniel, Charles Saumarez Captain Royal Navy HMS Faulknor British World War II 1939/12/23[6]
Gibbs, Edward Albert Commander Royal Navy HMS Fortune British World War II 1939/12/23[6]
Gregory, George David Archibald Lieutenant Royal Navy HMS Sturgeon British World War II 1939/12/23[6]
Lewis, Roger Curzon Lieutenant-Commander Royal Navy British World War II (minesweeping) 1939/12/23[6]
Nicholson, Randolph Stewart Gresham, DSC Captain Royal Navy HMS Somali British World War II 1939/12/23[6]
Ouvry, John Garnault Delahaize Lieutenant-Commander Royal Navy British World War II (minesweeping) 1939/12/23[6]
Sarell, Richard Iwan Alexander Lieutenant-Commander Royal Navy HMS Broke British World War II 1939/12/23[6]
Somerville, Phillip Lieutenant-Commander Royal Navy HMS Kingston British World War II 1939/12/23[6]
Spurgeon, Stanley Herbert King Commander Royal Australian Navy HMS Echo Australian 1939/12/23[6]
Talbot, Arthur George Captain Royal Navy HMS Inglefield British World War II 1939/12/23[6]
Woodhall, Eric Langton, MVO Lieutenant-Commander Royal Navy HMS Eclipse British World War II 1939/12/23[6]
Boswell, Lennox Albert Knox Commander Royal Navy HMS Pelican British World War II 1940/01/01[7]
Hamond, Charles Edward, DSC Commander Royal Navy HMS Vernon British World War II 1940/01/01[7]
Micklethwait, St John Aldrich Commander Royal Navy HMS Eskimo British World War II 1940/01/01[7]
Moloney, Bernard, DSC Lieutenant-Commander Royal Naval Reserve HMS California British World War II 1940/01/01[7]
Phillips, George Chesterman Lieutenant-Commander Royal Navy HMS Ursula British World War II 1940/01/01[7]
Stevens-Guille, George Frederick, OBE Commander Royal Navy HMS Bittern British World War II 1940/01/01[7]
Parkin, John Henry Devereux Major 11th Sikh Regiment British 1940/01/12[8]
Hallings-Pott, John Robert Squadron Leader Royal Air Force British World War II 1940/02/20[9]
Pearce, Frederick Laurence Wing Commander Royal Air Force British World War II 1940/02/20[9]
Staton, William Ernest, MC, DFC Wing Commander Royal Air Force British World War II 1940/02/20[9] **
De'Ath, Ian Dudley Lieutenant Royal Marines HMS Ajax British World War II (Battle of the River Plate) 1940/02/23[10]
Everett, Douglas H. Captain Royal Navy HMS Ajax British World War II (Battle of the River Plate) 1940/02/23[10]
Graham, Robert R. Commander Royal Navy HMS Exeter British World War II (Battle of the River Plate) 1940/02/23[10]
Neame, Douglas M. L. Commander Royal Navy HMS Achilles British World War II (Battle of the River Plate) 1940/02/23[10]
Simms, Charles E. Commander (E) Royal Navy HMS Exeter British World War II (Battle of the River Plate) 1940/02/23[10]
Washbourn, Richard E. Lieutenant Royal Navy HMS Achilles British World War II (Battle of the River Plate) 1940/02/23[10]
Hudson, Roland Keith Lieutenant-Commander Royal Navy British World War II (minesweeping) 1940/03/08[11]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ In format year/month/day. Note that some awards are backdated. In such instances, the actual date of the award is given first and the gazette date is given in parentheses.
  2. ^ "No. 34684". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 September 1939. p. 6329.
  3. ^ "No. 34683". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 September 1939. p. 6285.
  4. ^ "No. 34712". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 October 1939. p. 7019.
  5. ^ a b c d e "No. 34758". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 December 1939. p. 8529.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "No. 34759". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 December 1939. pp. 8546–8547.
  7. ^ a b c d e f "No. 34763". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1939. pp. 3–5.
  8. ^ "No. 34770". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 January 1940. p. 215.
  9. ^ a b c "No. 34795". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 February 1940. p. 1055.
  10. ^ a b c d e f "No. 34796". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 February 1940. pp. 1057–1058.
  11. ^ "No. 34808". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 March 1940. p. 1458.