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The order was established to recognise individual instances of meritorious or distinguished service in war. It is a military order, and was, until recently, typically awarded to officers in command above the rank of major (or equivalent), with awards to lower ranks usually being for a high degree of gallantry, just short of deserving the ...
Pages in category "Companions of the Distinguished Service Order" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 2,353 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. (previous page)
The Distinguished Service Order is a military decoration of the United Kingdom. Distinguished Service Order may also refer to: Distinguished Service Order (Argentina) Distinguished Service Order (Vietnam) Distinguished Service Order (Singapore), Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang, Singapore
Distinguished Service Order. For his leadership during these operations, Delves was awarded the Distinguished Service Order. His citation, published in the London Gazette, reads: Major Delves commanded D Squadron Special Air Service Regiment during a brilliantly successful series of operations carried out in South Georgia and the Falkland Islands.
The Distinguished Service Cross is awarded to a person who, while serving in any capacity with the Army (or in the Air Force, before 1960), distinguishes themselves by extraordinary heroism not justifying the award of a Medal of Honor; while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United States; while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing/foreign force; or ...
The Order of Merit (French: Ordre du Mérite) [n 1] is an order of merit for the Commonwealth realms, recognising distinguished service in the armed forces, science, art, literature, or the promotion of culture.
The Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) [2] is a military decoration of the United States Army that is presented to soldiers who have distinguished themselves by exceptionally meritorious service to the government in a duty of great responsibility. The performance must be such as to merit recognition for service that is clearly exceptional.
The Army Distinguished Service Order (Vietnamese: Lục-Quân Huân-Chương), Air Force Distinguished Service Order (Vietnamese: Không-Lực Huân-Chương), and Navy Distinguished Service Order (Vietnamese: Hải-Quân Huân-Chương) was a military decoration of South Vietnam which was awarded throughout the years of the Vietnam War. The ...