The Distinguished Service Order was instituted by Queen Victoria in 1886, and it is awarded to officers for meritorious or distinguished service in war. In most instances it is given to officers with senior command responsibilities, typically upwards of Major, however it can be bestowed upon junior officers, usually in cases of conspicuous valour. The decoration features a gold Imperial Crown and a green laurel leaf, centred upon a gold cross enamelled white and hung from a blue-edged red ribbon.
DSO = Distinguished Service Order
MBE = Member of the British Empire
MC = Military Cross
MiD = Mentioned in Despatches
OBE = Officer of the British Empire
1st Airborne Division
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Name |
Unit |
Remarks |
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2nd South Staffords |
Evacuated |
|
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Glider Pilot Regiment |
Wounded, POW, Escaped |
|
|
Light Regiment |
Evacuated |
|
|
2nd Battalion |
Wounded, POW |
|
|
4th Para Brigade HQ |
Wounded, POW, Escaped, MID |
|
|
Maj/Rev A. W. H. Harlow |
Divisional HQ |
POW |
|
163 Field Amb (att. Corps HQ) |
POW |
|
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Light Regiment |
Evacuated |
|
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11th Battalion |
Wounded, Evacuated |
|
|
Divisional HQ |
Evacuated |
|
|
181 Field Ambulance |
POW |
|
|
1st Border |
Wounded, Evacuated |
|
|
7th KOSB |
Evacuated |
|
|
1st Battalion |
- |
|
|
7th KOSB |
Wounded, POW, Escaped |
|
|
2nd Battalion |
Wounded, POW, Escaped |
|
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10th Battalion |
Wounded, POW |
|
|
Divisional HQ |
POW, Escaped, OBE |
|
|
1st Battalion |
Wounded |
|
|
Independent Company |
Wounded, Evacuated, Lt-Col |
1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade Group
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Name |
Unit |
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Brigade HQ |
Royal Air Force
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Name |
Unit |
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Wing Cdr R. H. Bunker DFC |
620 Squadron |
|
Wing Cdr W. E. Coles DFC AFC |
233 Squadron |
