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DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER X – DSO - 2016 UPDATED: 03 FEBRUARY 2016 PAGES: 53 ================================================================= Created by:
Surgeon Captain John Blatherwick, CM, CStJ, OBC, CD, MD, DPH, FRCP(C), LLD(Hon)
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SECOND BAR to the DSO Awarded to the CANADIAN ARMY for KOREA (DSO**)
CG DATE NAME RANK CORPS REGIMENT DECORATIONS /
12/04/52 STONE, James Riley LCol CIC - 2 PPCLI (CM) DSO** MC
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DSO Awarded to the ROYAL CANADIAN ARMY for KOREA (DSO)
CG DATE NAME RANK CORPS REGIMENT DECORATIONS /
28/03/53 BINGHAM, Peter Richard LCol CIC - 1 RCR DSO
15/03/52 GEORGE, John Herbert Bothwell Major CIC - 1 PPCLI DSO
08/11/52 JEWKES, Victor Wilfred Major CAC - LSH(RC) DSO MC
09/02/52 LIBOIRON, Real Major CIC - 2 R22eR DSO
28/03/53 McNAUGHTON, Edward Dalziel LCol RCA - 1 RCHA DSO
13/02/54 POULIN, Jean Louis Gaston LCol CIC - 3 R22eR DSO CD
13/02/54 STERNE, Henry William LCol RCA - 81 FR (4 RCHA) DSO MBE CD
08/03/53 WILSON-SMITH, Norman George LCol CIC - 1 PPCLI DSO MBE
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SECOND BAR to DSO to CANADIAN ARMY WW2 (DSO**)
CG DATE NAME RANK CORPS DECORATIONS /
10/11/45 ALLARD, Jean Victor A/BGen Commander - 6 CIB (CC CBE) DSO**
29/07/44 HOFFMEISTER, Bertram Meryl A/MGen Commander - 5 CAD (OC CBE) DSO**
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FIRST BAR to the DSO to CANADIAN ARMY WW2 (DSO*)
CG DATE NAME RANK CORPS REGIMENT DECORATIONS /
20/01/45 ALLARD, Jean Victor LCol CIC - R22eR (CC CBE) DSO*(*)
30/06/45 BELL-IRVING, Henry Pybus LCol CIC - SHC (OC OBC) DSO* OBE
06/05/44 BOOTH, Eric Leslie LCol CAC - RTR DSO* ED
22/09/45 CABELDU, Frederick Norman BGen CIC - CSR DSO* ED
20/01/45 CAMERON, Donald LCol CIC - H&PER DSO*
11/08/45 DEXTRAZE, Jacques Alfred LCol CIC - FMR (CC CMM CBE) DSO* (OBE)
20/01/45 FORBES, Donald Frederick LCol CIC - NNSHD DSO* ED
18/03/44 GRAHAM, Howard Douglas BGen Cmd - 01 CIB (CVO OC CBE) DSO* ED
18/03/44 HOFFMEISTER, Bertram Meryl BGen Cmd - 02 CIB (OC CB CBE) DSO*(*)
18/03/44 JEFFERSON, James Curry LCol CIC - LER DSO* ED
20/01/45 JOHNSTON, Ian Strachan A/BGen Cmd - 11 CIB DSO* ED
02/06/45 ROCKINGHAM, John Meredith BGen Cmd - 09 CIB (CBE) DSO*
20/01/45 ROWLEY, Roger LCol CIC - SD&GHC DSO*
10/11/45 STONE, James Riley LCol CIC - LER (CM) DSO*(*) MC
06/05/44 WELSH, George Arthur Major RCA - 90 CATB DSO*
12/05/45 WHITAKER, William Denis LCol CIC - RHLI (CM) DSO*
10/11/45 YOUNG, McGregor LCol RCA - 4 CFR DSO*
LCol James Riley STONE received a 2nd Bar to his DSO in Korea
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DSO Awarded to the CANADIAN ARMY for WW2 (DSO)
CG DATE NAME RANK CORPS - REGIMENT DECORATIONS /
15/O7/44 ADAMS, Fred Dean LCol CAC - 4th PLDG DSO
14/04/45 AKEHURST, John Fenton R. LCol CIC - 1st SSF (AR) DSO
22/11/45 ANDREW, Maurice William LCol CIC - PR DSO
13/01/45 ALLAN, Michael H.C.W. A/Major RCE DSO
30/09/44 ALLAN, James Chalmers A/Major CIC - SHC (Korea MBE) DSO
18/03/44 ALLARD, Jean Victor A/LCol CIC - R22eR (CC CBE) DSO (**)
16/06/45 ALWAY, Bruce Mowbray LCol CAC - CH DSO
17/03/45 ARMSTRONG, John Gordon Major CIC - A&SHC DSO
20/01/45 AMY, Edward Alfred Charles Major CAC - CGG (Korea OBE) DSO MC
22/09/45 ANDREW, Maurice William LCol CIC - PR DSO
07/04/45 ANGLE, Harry Herbert LCol CAC - BCD DSO
27/01/45 ANDERSON, Earle Howard Major RCAMC - BWC DSO
09/12/44 ANDERSON, James Ernest A/LCol CIC - NS(NB)R DSO
20/01/45 ARMSTRONG, Gordon Edward Major CIC - A&SHC DSO
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DSO Awarded to the CANADIAN ARMY for WW2 (DSO)
CG DATE NAME RANK CORPS - REGIMENT DECORATIONS /
10/11/45 BAERMAN, Charles Alexander LCol RCA - 17th H DSO
10/11/45 BAILEY, Anthony John Beswick LCol RCA - 3rd CFR (Korea OBE) DSO MBE
10/11/45 BAIRD, James Douglas Major RCA - 13 CFR DSO
16/06/45 BAIRD, John Gordon A/Major CIC - RRR DSO
30/09/45 BALLARD, Norman Alexander Lieutenant CIC - 48th H DSO
07/10/44 BASTEDO, George McClelland Major RCAMC DSO
22/09/45 BASTIN, Leslie George Lee Major CIC - 4th CAB DSO
10/11/44 BAYLAY, George Taylor Major CAC - GGFG DSO
10/10/42 BEGG, John Major CAC - CR DSO ED
25/09/43 BELL-IRVING, Henry Pybus Major CIC - SHC (OC OBE) DSO (*)
11/03/44 BERNATCHEZ, Joseph Paul E. LCol CIC - R22eR (CMM) DSO OBE
02/06/45 BIBEAU, Julien LCol CIC - RdMais DSO
28/04/45 BIRKS, Arthur Henry LCol RCA - 8th CFR DSO
06/04/46 BISHOP, Wells Arnold Major CIC - RRC DSO ED
04/11/44 BLACK, Dudley Kingdon LCol RCE DSO
19/08/44 BLACKADER, Kenneth Gault BGen CIC - 8th CIB (CBE) DSO MC
11/03/44 BOGERT, Mortimer Patrick LCol CIC - WNSR DSO (OBE)
25/09/43 BOOTH, Eric Leslie LCol CAC - RTR DSO (*)
10/11/44 BOOTHE, Frederick Parker Major RCA - 52nd ATB DSO
27/01/45 BOYDEN, Raymond Wilfred Major RCAMC - CPH DSO
11/09/45 BRADEN, James Wallace Major CIC - SD&GHC DSO
17/01/45 BRADY, Allen Lucien Major CAC - RCD DSO
21/04/45 BRADY, Edward John A/Major CIC - L&WRC DSO
19/08/44 BRAY, William Roy Major CAC - FGH DSO
20/01/45 BRIGHT, William James Major RCE DSO
21/04/45 BROOKS, Edward Geoffrey Major RCA (Korea OBE) DSO
19/08/44 BROOKS, William Dudley Major CAC - 1st H DSO
22/09/45 BROWN, Douglas Gordon Major CIC - RRR DSO
10/11/45 BROWN, Lindsay Hugh Major RCE - 7th CF Coy DSO
04/11/44 BROWN, Malcolm Corsan S. Major RCE DSO
13/03/43 BROWNE, George Alleyne Captain RCA DSO
19/08/44 BUELL, Donald Bowie LCol CIC - NS(NB)R DSO
21/10/44 BURNS, Edson Louis Millard A/LGen RCE - 1st CCCmd (OC) DSO OBE MC
26/08/44 BURTON, (George) Allan Major CAC - GGHG (CM) DSO
25/12/43 BURY, William Gladstones Major CIC - LER DSO ED
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DSO Awarded to the CANADIAN ARMY for WW2 (DSO)
CG DATE NAME RANK CORPS - REGIMENT DECORATIONS /
19/08/44 CABELDU, Frederick Norman LCol CIC - CSR DSO (*) ED
30/09/44 CAMERON, Donald A/LCol CIC - H&PER DSO (*) ED
27/01/45 CAMERON, Robert Burns Major RCE (OC) DSO
23/06/45 CAMPBELL, Colin Alexander A/BGen RCE - HQ 1CC DSO OBE
30/06/45 CARON, Fernand Ludger LCol CAC - RTR DSO
22/09/45 CASSIDY, George Lawrence Major CIC - AR DSO
09/02/46 CATTO, Douglas Ellison LCol CIC - RRC DSO ED
02/12/44 CHAMBERS, Alan A/Major CIC - Plans for Sicily DSO (OBE)
10/11/45 CHARLEBOIS, Gilles Francois Major CIC - RdMais DSO
10/11/45 CHUBB, Arthur Gerald LCol CAC - BCR DSO
20/10/45 CHURCHILL, Gordon Minto LCol CAC - 1st CACR DSO ED
07/04/45 CLARK, Reginald Perry LCol CIC - PPCLI DSO
20/01/45 CLARK, Robert Charles LCol CIC - IRC DSO
10/11/45 CLARKE, Francis Herbert Major CIC - CH DSO
26/05/45 CLARKE, Gordon Emerson A/Major CIC - SD&GHC DSO
06/05/44 CLARKE, John Cullen A/Major CIC - 48th H DSO
10/11/45 CLENNETT, Maurice G. Major CIC - NNSH DSO
31/03/45 CLIFT, Frederick Alexander LCol CIC - SSR DSO
10/11/45 COFFIN, Albert Frank A/LCol CIC - A&SHC DSO
19/08/44 COLDWELL, Ray John LCol CAC DSO ED
24/02/45 COLE, Robert A/Major CIC - PR DSO
11/08/45 COLEMAN, Rowan Curry LCol CIC - L&WRC DSO MC
04/08/45 CONRON, Alfred Brandon Major CAC - 1st H DSO
20/10/45 CORBEAU, Francis Stanley Major CAC - CACR DSO
23/09/44 CORBOULD, Gordon Charleson A/LCol CAC - WR(M) (Korea OBE) DSO
07/10/44 CORRIGAN, Cecil Edwin Major RCAMC - PPCLI DSO
12/05/45 COWLEY, Edward Graham Major RCHA DSO
30/09/45 COUNSELL, James Ronald O. A/Major CIC - 48th H DSO
10/11/45 CROCKER, Clarence Randolphe Major RCA - CSurR DSO
16/06/45 CROMB, William Taylor LCol CIC - L&WRC DSO
10/11/45 CROSBIE, Alexander Harris Major CAC - GGHG DSO
23/06/45 CUMBERLAND, Ian Hugh BGen Cmd - 5th CAB DSO OBE ED
10/10/42 CUNNINGHAM, Douglas Gordon Major CIC - QOCHC (CBE) DSO ED
12/05/45 CURRY, Jack Owen Major CIC - TSR DSO
27/01/45 CUTBILL, Edward William Major CIC - PPCLI DSO
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DSO Awarded to the CANADIAN ARMY for WW2 (DSO)
CG DATE NAME RANK CORPS - REGIMENT DECORATIONS /
09/06/45 D'ARTOIS, Guy Lieutenant CIC - SOE \ R22eR DSO (GM)
19/08/44 DALTON, Charles Osborne Major CIC - QORC DSO
10/11/45 DALTON, Home Elliot Major CIC - QORC DSO
30/09/44 DANBY, Ernest Deighton A/LCol CIC - C&YR (Korea OBE) DSO
10/11/45 DANDY, James Lorne Major CIC - L&WRC DSO
20/01/45 DARLING, William Warren LCol CAC - 4th PLDG DSO ED
17/03/45 DARE, Michael Reginald Major CIC - RCR (CMM) DSO
19/08/44 DAUGHNEY, Ralph Herman Major CIC - NS(NB)R DSO
20/01/45 DAWSON, Herbert George Major CIC - LSR(M) DSO
26/05/45 DENISON, Latimer Hugh A/Major CIC - RWR DSO
30/12/44 DEXTRAZE, Jacques Alfred Major CIC - FMR (CC CMM CBE) DSO (*)
17/03/45 DOBELL, Sidney Hope LCol RCA - 6th CFR DSO
25/12/43 DONALD, Archie Scott Major CIC - LER DSO
12/05/45 DREWRY, John Lesley Major RCA DSO
04/11/44 DRURY, Charles Mills A/LCol RCA (OC CBE) DSO MBE
16/06/45 DUNKELMAN, Benjamin A/Major CIC - QORC DSO
24/03/45 DURNFORD, Roy Charles H. Major CCS - SHC DSO
10/11/45 EADIE, George Fraser A/LCol CIC - 1st CPB DSO
10/11/45 EATON, John Wallace LCol CAC - 8th H DSO OBE
30/12/44 ELDER, Herbert Munro Colonel RCAMC - 5 CAD DSO ED
29/09/45 ELLIS, Harold Robertson S. Major CAC - 8th H DSO
22/09/45 ELLIS, Ross Laird LCol CIC - CH DSO
22/09/45 ENGLISH, Earl Grey Major CIC - CSR DSO
03/03/45 ENSOR, Jack Parks A/LCol CIC - C&YR DSO MBE
30/06/45 EVERS, Donald Herbert A/Major RCE DSO
24/03/45 FARMER, John Armstrong Major CIC - A&SHC DSO ED
10/11/45 FLAWN, George Roy Major RCA - 3rd CMR DSO
30/12/44 FORBES, Donald Frederick A/LCol CIC - NNSH DSO (*) ED
19/08/44 FORBES, Robert Borden Major CIC - NS(NB)R DSO
10/11/45 FORMAN, Jack Arthur Major CIC - SD&GHC DSO
23/12/44 FOULKES, Charles A/MGen Cmd - 2nd CID (CC CB CBE) DSO
23/12/44 FOSTER, Harry Wickwire BGen GOC - 7th CIB (CBE) DSO
10/10/42 FRASER, Arthur Hayward Major CIC - RRC DSO
11/03/44 FRASER, Robin Bothwell Major RCE - 3rd CFCoy DSO
10/11/45 FROGGETT, Elbert Louis Major CIC - RHLI DSO
19/08/44 FULTON, Lockhart Ross Major CIC - RWR DSO
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DSO Awarded to the CANADIAN ARMY for WW2 (DSO)
CG DATE NAME RANK CORPS REGIMENT DECORATIONS /
10/10/42 GARNEAU, Marie Edmond Paul A/Major CIC - R22eR DSO
11/08/45 GAUTHIER, Jean Prosper Major CAC - RCD DSO
20/01/45 GAUVIN, Marie Charles M. A/Major CIC - RdlC (CVO OC) DSO
04/11/44 GAUVREAU, Joseph Guy LCol CIC - FMR DSO
22/09/45 GEMMELL, Neil Morrison LCol CIC - SD&GHC DSO
28/04/45 GIBSON, Thomas Graeme BGen Cmd - 2nd CIB DSO
29/04/44 GILBRIDE, William Preston LCol RCASC - 1st CID DSO OBE
14/04/45 GILDAY, Thomas Pope A/LCol CAC - 1st SSF (CGG) DSO
17/03/45 GOLDIE, Alexander Gibson Major RCA - 12th CFR DSO
17/03/45 GORDON, George William A/Major CAC - 1st H DSO
10/11/45 GORDON, James Neil A/LCol CIC - NS(NB)R DSO
04/11/44 GORDON, Melville Burgoyne LCol CAC - SFR DSO ED
20/01/45 GLENDINNING, Haworth Lang Major CIC - SHC DSO
25/09/43 GRAHAM, Howard Douglas BGen GOC - 1st CIB (CVO OC CBE) DSO (*) ED
10/11/45 GRAHAM, Robert James Major CAC - LSH(RC) DSO
21/10/44 GRANT, Ian MacDonald Captain CAC - RTR DSO
22/09/45 GRAY, Charles Train Major RCE - 4th CFCoy DSO
11/08/45 GREGORY, Allan Stuart LCol CIC - RRR DSO
23/12/44 GRIFFIN, Harry Seaman LCol RCHA - D-Day DSO
29/07/44 GRIFFIN, Phillip George LCol CAC - LSR(RC) DSO
04/11/44 GRIFFITHS, Franklyn McCallum LCol CIC - HLIC DSO
25/12/43 HAGUE, Harry McLeod LCol RCA - 2nd CFR DSO ED
12/05/45 HALE, George Robert Major CAC - CGG DSO
10/11/45 HALPENNY, William Walton LCol CAC - CGG DSO ED
22/09/45 HARRIS, Robert Baldwin Dale LCol RCA - 6th CFR DSO
09/12/44 HENDERSON, Lawrence S. Major CIC - CSR DSO
22/09/45 HENSELWOOD, Edward Wilton Major RCE - 18th CFCoy DSO
10/11/45 HEYLAND, William Dalton Major CIC - CH DSO
22/09/45 HILL, Lloyd Bertram Major CAC -8th H DSO
06/04/46 HODKINSON, Ernest Major CIC - WG Hong Kong DSO
10/11/45 HODSON, Edward Maurice Major RCHA - 8th CFR DSO
13/11/43 HOFFMEISTER, Bertram Meryl LCol CIC - SHC (OC CB CBE) DSO (**)
22/09/45 HOGARTH, Robert Ernest LCol RCA - 23rd CFR DSO
03/03/45 HORSEY, Rowland McDonald Major CIC - C&YR DSO
14/04/45 HOSKIN, Herbert Francis Major CAC - WR(M) DSO
22/09/45 HOUSTON, Ross Melvin Major CAC - SFR DSO
10/11/45 HUDSON, Edward Wallace Major CIC - BWC DSO
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DSO Awarded to the CANADIAN ARMY for WW2 (DSO)
CG DATE NAME RANK CORPS REGIMENT DECORATIONS /
10/11/45 JAMES, William George Major CAC - CR DSO
09/02/46 JASPERSON, Frederick Kent LCol CIC - ESR DSO ED
25/09/43 JEFFERSON, James Curry LCol CIC - LER (CBE) DSO(*) ED
16/06/45 JOHNSON, Ernest George LCol CIC - TSR DSO OBE
11/08/45 JOHNSON, Frank William Major CAC -RTR DSO
11/03/44 JOHNSTON, Ian Strachan LCol CIC - 48th H (CBE) DSO (*)
16/06/45 JONES, John Robert Blakely LCol CAC - 4th CAD DSO OBE
23/06/45 JORDEN, Allan Kitchener LCol CAC - GGHG DSO ED
22/09/45 JOYCE, William Anderson Major CAC - FGH DSO
16/06/45 KEANE, Robert Angus LCol CAC - LSR(M) (Korea OBE) DSO
13/01/45 KEEFLER, Ralph Helley BGen RCA - Cmd 6th CIB CBE DSO ED
18/03/44 KENNEDY, Albert Arnett A/LCol CIC - H&PER DSO
11/08/45 KING, Joseph Charles Major CIC - HLIC DSO
10/10/42 KING, Robert Douglas LCol HQ CD - 4th PLDG DSO
10/11/45 KIRKPATRICK, Lesmere Forest A/Major RCA - 12th CFR DSO
13/11/43 KITCHING, George LCol GSO1 - 1st Cdn Division (CBE) DSO
10/11/45 KLUGMAN, Erwin Frank Major CIC - HLIC DSO
09/02/46 LABATT, Robert Ridley LCol CIC - RHLI DSO ED
10/11/45 LACE, Frank Dwyer A/BGen RCA - 13th CFR DSO OBE
22/09/45 LAHAIE, Marcelin Louis Major RCA - 4th CMR DSO
10/11/45 LAMOUREAUX, Charles Roch Major CIC - RdlC DSO
29/09/45 LANDELL, Keith Dalhousie LCol CAC - RCD DSO
11/03/44 LANE, John Napier LCol RCHA - 1st CFR DSO
22/09/45 LaPRATRIE, Adolphe Joseph Major CIC - IRC DSO
10/10/42 LAW, Andrew Thomson Major CIC - QOCHC DSO
09/02/46 LAZAIR, Harold Franklin Major CIC - RHLI DSO ED
06/10/45 LEARMENT, John Donald Major CIC -NNSH DSO
22/09/45 LEGGAT, Walter Creighton A/BGen RCA - 2nd Cdn AGRA DSO
21/07/45 LENDRUM, Richard M. LCol CIC - RRC DSO
10/10/42 LETT, Sherwood BGen CIC - QORC (CBE) DSO MC ED
09/12/44 LETT, Stephen MacLeod A/LCol CIC - QORC DSO
04/11/44 LEWIS, Thomas Cripps LCol CAC - 17thH DSO
21/07/45 LILLEY, Ledford George C. LCol RCE DSO
26/08/44 LIND, John Skiffington H. LCol CIC - PR DSO
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DSO Awarded to the CANADIAN ARMY for WW2 (DSO)
CG DATE NAME RANK CORPS REGIMENT DECORATIONS /
23/06/45 MACARTNEY, George Charles Major CIC - IRC DSO
09/12/44 MacDONALD, Donald Cameron Major RCA DSO
16/06/45 MacDONALD, Bruce Fraser Major CAC - FGH DSO
14/04/45 MacDOUGALL, John Taylor Major RCAMC DSO
12/05/45 MacDUFF, Robert Major CIC - BWC DSO
21/07/45 MacINTYRE, Douglas William Major CIC - ESR DSO
24/03/45 MacKENZIE, Donald Alexander+ LCol CIC - 48th H DSO
10/11/45 MACKENZIE, Robert Donald Major CIC - A&SHC DSO
10/11/45 MacKINNON, Sylvester Major CIC - CBH DSO
04/11/44 MacLAUCHLAN, Donald George LCol CIC - CH DSO
11/08/45 MacPHERSON, Alexander D. LCol RCAMC DSO
10/11/45 MacLEAN, Charles Wesley Major CAC - 17th H DSO
27/09/45 McAVITY, James Malcolm LCol CAC - LSH(RC) DSO MBE
04/11/44 McCALLUM, Douglas Harvey+ Major RCE DSO
04/08/45 McCARTHY, Dalton A/Major RCA DSO
23/06/45 McDOUGALL, Colin Malcolm Major CIC - PPCLI DSO
20/01/45 McDOUGALL, Francis Henry Major CIC - LER DSO
23/06/45 McEWEN, Clifford Austin Major CAC - 8th H DSO
11/08/45 McGURRAN, Leonard Vincent Major CIC - RRR DSO
23/06/45 McINDOE, Douglas Haig Major CAC - OR DSO
12/05/45 McINTYRE, Kenneth Wilfred Major CIC - ESR DSO
13/01/45 McKENZIE, Bruce Major CIC - CH DSO
10/11/45 McLEAN, Charles Milton A/LCol CAC - 17th H DSO
18/03/44 McLEAN, John Franklin A/Capt CIC - SHC DSO
10/10/42 McRAE, James Earl Major CIC - SSR DSO
16/06/45 McTAGGART, Allan Kerr A/Major CIC - HLIC DSO
19/08/44 McTAVISH, Frank Alexander Major RCE DSO
22/09/45 McWHIRTER, Samuel Jones Major RCA - 6th CFR DSO ED
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DSO Awarded to the CANADIAN ARMY for WW2 (DSO)
CG DATE NAME RANK CORPS REGIMENT DECORATIONS /
29/09/45 MACE, Oliver Herbert Major CIC - SHC DSO
11/08/45 MAIN, Hardy Laurence Major RCE DSO
10/10/42 MANN, Clarence Churchill BGen GSO1 - 1st Cdn Army (CBE) DSO
10/11/45 MARTIN, John Eardley Wilmot Major CIC - L&WRC DSO
19/08/44 MATHESON, Forster Martin LCol CIC - RRR DSO ED
17/03/45 MATHIEU, Joseph Etienne G. LCol CIC - RdlC DSO ED
13/11/43 MATTHEWS, Albert Bruce BGen CAC - HQ RCA 1st CD (CBE) DSO
26/05/45 MEDLAND, Richard Dillon Major CIC - QORC DSO
17/03/45 MEGILL, William Jemmett BGen Cmd - 1st CIB (FMR) DSO
10/10/42 MENARD, Dollard LCol CIC - FMR DSO
06/05/44 MILLS, John Charles Patrick Major CAC - RTR DSO
10/11/45 MILROY, William Alexander Major CAC - LSH(RC) DSO
23/12/44 MINGAY, John Donald LCol GL - 3rd CID GSO1 DSO MBE
12/05/45 MONCEL, Robert William A/BGen CAC - 4th CAB (OC) DSO OBE
23/12/44 MORTON, Ronald Edward A. LCol CAC - FGH DSO
21/10/44 MURPHY, William Cameron A/BGen CAC - 1st CAB (CBE) DSO ED
04/11/44 MURRAY, Harry Everett LCol RCA DSO ED
20/01/45 MURRAY, Thomas Hunter A/Major CAC - LSR(M) DSO
10/11/45 NASH, Thomas Boyd Major CAC - SAR DSO
22/09/45 NEILL, William James Major CIC - WR(M) DSO
21/07/45 NELSON, William Bryan Major RCE DSO
11/03/44 NEROUTSOS, Cyrill Houlton LCol CAC - CR DSO
23/09/45 NICKERSON, Orsan Allen Major CIC - QORC DSO
10/11/45 NIGHSWANDER, Eric David LCol RCA - 5th CFR DSO OBE
09/02/46 ORME, David Claude Major CIC - SSR DSO
10/11/45 ORR, Robert James Major CIC - RRR DSO
07/10/44 OSTIGUY, Joseph Paul E.J.W. A/Major CIC - RdMais (OC) DSO
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DSO Awarded to the CANADIAN ARMY for WW2 (DSO)
CG DATE NAME RANK CORPS REGIMENT DECORATIONS /
12/05/45 PANGMAN, John Edward A/BGen CIC - ESR DSO ED
10/11/45 PEAKE, George Goodwin King LCol RCA - 3rd CLAAR DSO ED
23/09/44 PERKINS, Edward James Lieutenant CAC - LSH DSO
17/03/45 PETERSON, John Frederick Major CIC - SD&GHC DSO
30/12/44 PIGOTT, Joseph Michael Major CIC - RHLI DSO
28/04/45 PLOW, Edward Chester BGen RCHA - 1st CC CCRA CBE DSO
30/12/44 PORTEOUS, Charles Richard Major CAC - 14th CH DSO
10/11/45 POTTS, Robert William Major CIC - PPCLI DSO
07/07/45 POWELL, John Wilson Major CAC - 1st H DSO MC
22/09/45 POWIS, Alfred LCol RCA - 2nd CMR DSO
19/08/44 PROCTER, Henry Archibald Major CIC DSO
25/11/44 PURVES, Robert Lloyd LCol CAC - OR DSO
10/11/45 RADLEY-WALTERS, Sydney V. Major CAC - SFR (CMM) DSO MC
22/09/45 RANKIN, Glen Avon LCol RCA - 17th CFR DSO
20/01/45 REID, William Wright A/LCol CIC - PR (CM) DSO ED
10/11/45 REINER, Milton Eckhart Major RCA - 5th CMR DSO
10/11/45 RENISON, George Everett B. A/LCol CIC - H&PER DSO
17/02/45 RHODES, John Keble Major CIC - WNSR DSO
29/09/45 RICHARDSON, Clinton Argue LCol CAC - CR DSO
10/03/45 ROACH, William David Louis Lieutenant CIC - PPCLI DSO
10/11/45 ROBERTS, Francois de Sales Major CIC - RdMais DSO
09/12/44 ROBERTS, James Allan LCol CAC - 12th Man D DSO
10/10/42 ROBERTS, John Hamilton MGen GOC - 2nd CID (CB) DSO MC
26/05/45 ROBINSON, William Arthur Major CAC - 1st H DSO
07/10/44 ROCKINGHAM, John Meredith LCol CIC - RHLI (Korea CB) DSO (*)
07/07/45 RODGERS, David Munce A/Major CIC - QOCHC DSO
10/11/45 ROLPH, Frank Bernard Major RCA - 3rd CFR DSO ED
09/02/46 ROLPH, Gordon MacDonald Major RCCS DSO (MBE)
20/01/45 ROSS, George Allen Major CIC - H&PER DSO
20/05/44 ROSS, John Stewart LCol RCH - 3rd CFR DSO
10/11/45 ROSS, Joseph Armand Major CIC - RdlC (CM) DSO
23/12/44 ROSS, Norman Hugh LCol CIC - QOCHC DSO
30/12/44 ROWLEY, Roger LCol CIC - SD&GHC DS0 (*)
26/05/45 ROWLEY, John William Horsley A/LCol CIC - NS(NB)R DSO
10/11/45 RYALL, Eric John Humphreys Major CIC - RCR DSO
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DSO Awarded to the CANADIAN ARMY for WW2 (DSO)
CG DATE NAME RANK CORPS REGIMENT DECORATIONS /
10/11/45 SAVAGE, Gordon Cassils Major RCHA - 4 CFR DSO
05/05/45 SCHJELDERUD, Vilhelm Roger A/Major CIC - CSR DSO MC*
07/04/45 SELLERS, Richard Bartley Captain CAC - BCD DSO MC
19/08/44 SEVIGNY, Joseph George Major CIC - RdlC (Korea MBE) DSO
25/09/43 SIMONDS, Guy Granville MGen GOC - 1st CD (CC CB) CBE DSO
10/11/45 SIMMONS, William John Eric Major CAC - OR DSO
20/01/45 SMITH, Edward Marshall A/LCol CAC - GGFG DSO
22/09/45 SMITH, Hershell Allister LCol CAC - CGG DSO MC
26/08/44 SMITH, James Desmond Blaise BGen Cmd - 5th CAB (CBE) DSO OBE
04/11/44 SMITH, Norman Jason Winder LCol RCE DSO
29/09/45 SOMMERVILLE, Robert Boyd LCol CIC - CBH DSO
09/02/46 SOUTHAM, William Wallace BGen Cmd - 1st CID DSO ED
25/09/43 SOUTHERN, Kenneth James+ Major RCE DSO
10/11/45 SPARKS, Frederick Arthur Major CIC - NNSH DSO
28/04/45 SPARLING, Herbert Alan BGen Cmd - 5th CAD Art (CBE DSO
19/08/44 SPRAGGE, John Godfrey LCol CIC - QORC DSO OBE ED
29/07/44 SPRY, Daniel Charles A/BGen Cmd - 1st CIB (CBE) DSO
09/12/44 STEWERT, John David LCol CIC - A&SHC DSO ED
12/05/45 STOCK, Robert Burns Major CIC - AR DSO
21/07/45 STOCKDALE, William Oscar A/Major CIC - H&PER DSO
27/01/45 STONE, James Riley A/LCol CIC - LER (CM) DSO (*) MC
30/12/44 STOTHART, John Gilmour Major CIC - SD&GHC DSO
21/04/45 STOTT, Vernon LCol CIC - SSR DSO
20/01/45 STRICKLAND, Philip Wheaton A/LCol CIC - HLIC DSO
10/11/45 STYFFE, Roy Major CAC - LSR(M) DSO
25/09/43 SUTCLIFFE, Bruce Albert LCol CIC - H&PER DSO ED
23/12/44 SUTTIE, Earle Ritchie BGen RCA - HQ 2nd ACRA (CBE) DSO
21/07/45 SWEETING, Dennis Dickens Major CIC - QOCHC DSO
10/11/45 SWAYZE, James Fletcher Major CIC - L&WRC DSO
26/05/45 TASCHEREAU, Gustave O. LCol CIC - RdlC DSO
10/11/45 TAYLOR, Robert Richard Major CAC - CR DSO
12/05/45 TEDLIE, Alfred James Major CAC - BCR DSO
10/11/45 TELFORD, Robert Denzil A/LCol RCA - 23rd CFR DSO
10/11/45 TELLIER, Henri Major CIC - R22eR (CM) DSO
20/01/45 THOMPSON, Ernest Payton A/LCol CIC - QOCHC DSO
18/03/44 THOMSON, Sydney Wilford Major CIC - SHC DSO
14
DSO Awarded to the CANADIAN ARMY for WW2 (DSO)
CG DATE NAME RANK CORPS REGIMENT DECORATIONS /
28/04/45 TODD, Duncan Kent LCol RCHA - 1st CMR DSO
23/12/44 TODD, Percy Arthur Stanley BGen RCA - 2nd CC (CBE) DSO OBE ED
17/03/45 TREMBLAY, Edouard Wilfrid Major RCA - 1st Polish DSO
27/01/45 TRUDEAU, Louis Fremont Major CIC - R22eR (Korea OBE) DSO
23/12/44 TUBB, Charles Stuart Thorne Major CIC - RRR DSO
10/11/45 TUCKER, Michael Lovett Major RCE - 23rd CF Coy DSO
11/08/45 TURNER, Harold Richard Major RCA DSO ED
03/03/45 VEITCH, William John Major CAC - RCD DSO
17/02/45 VICKERS, Charles Victor Major CAC - RCD DSO
25/09/43 VOKES, Christopher BGen Cmd - 2nd CIB (CB CBE) DSO
23/06/45 WADE, George Kenneth Major RCE - 12th CF Coy DSO
06/05/44 WALKER, Drayton Ernest Major CIC - SLI DSO
10/11/45 WALKER, Robert Harold Earle LCol RCA - 15th CFR DSO
25/09/43 WALSH, Geoffrey LCol RCE DSO
19/08/44 WALSH, Vincent Owen Major CAC - SFR DSO
11/03/44 WARE, Cameron Bethel A/LCol CIC - PPCLI DSO
30/09/44 WATERMAN, Roland Stephen LCol CIC - WNSR DSO
30/09/44 WATSON, William de Norban Major CIC - PPCLI DSO MC
28/04/45 WEBB, Edward Howard LCol RCE - 1st CID DSO
23/12/44 WEBB, Roland Humphreys LCol RCHA - D-Day DSO
22/09/45 WEBBER, Kenneth Nelson A/Major CIC - NNSH DSO
25/09/43 WELSH, George Arthur Major RCA - 90th CATB DSO (*)
22/09/45 WESTCOTT, Ernest Edward Major RCA - 6th CATR DSO
10/10/42 WHITAKER, William Denis Captain CIC - RHLI (CM) DSO (*)
17/03/45 WHITE, Franklyn Everhart A/LCol CAC - 1stH DSO
12/05/45 WIGLE, Frederick Ernest LCol CIC - A&SHC DSO (OBE)
10/11/45 WILLIAMS, Kenneth Ashton Major CIC - SSR DSO
16/06/45 WILSON, Eric MacKay LCol CAC - FGH DSO ED
11/08/45 WINHOLD, Lloyd Christian Major CIC - NNSH DSO
09/12/44 WOTHERSPOON, Gordon D. de S. LCol CAC - SAR DSO ED
10/11/45 WRIGHT, John Eardley Wilmot Major CIC - NNSH DSO
11/03/44 WYMAN, Robert Andrew BGen Cmd - 2nd CIB (CBE) DSO ED
07/10/44 YOUNG, Hugh Andrew BGen Cmd - 6th CIB DSO
19/08/44 YOUNG, McGregor Major RCA - 14th CFR DSO (*)
29/07/44 ZIEGLER, William Smith A/BGen RCA - 1st CID CCRA DSO
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DSOs WORLD WAR ONE
SECOND BAR to the DSO Awarded to the CANADIAN ARMY in WW1 (DSO**)
CG DATE NAME RANK UNIT DECORATIONS /
18/01/19 CLARK, John Arthur LCol 72nd Battn BC Reg (CMG) DSO**
17/01/20 DAVIES, Reginald Danbury LCol 44th Battn Manitoba Reg DSO**
20/09/19 EDWARDS, Cameron Macpherson LCol 38th Battn Cdn Infantry DSO**
18/01/19 FOSTER, William Wasbrough LCol 52nd Battn Manitoba Reg (CMG) DSO**
03/05/19 GILSON, William Forbes LCol 07th Battn BC Regiment DSO**
18/01/19 KIRKCALDY, James LCol 78th Battn Manitoba Reg (CMG) DSO**
18/01/19 LATTA, William Smith LCol 29th Battn BC Regiment DSO**
16/11/18 MacDONALD, Donald John LCol Canadian Cavalry DSO** MC
03/05/19 MacDONALD, Eric Whidden LCol 10th Battn Alberta Reg DSO** MC
15/11/19 MacFARLANE, Robert Alexander LCol 58th Battn 2nd Cent Ont Reg DSO**
17/01/20 MACKENZIE, John Percival LCol 01st Bde Cdn Engineers DSO**
03/05/19 McLAUGHLIN, Lorne Talbot LCol 02nd Battn East Ont Reg (CMG) DSO**
18/01/19 PAGE, Lionel Frank LCol 50th Battalion (WW2 CB) DSO**
15/11/19 RILEY, Harold James LCol 27th Battn Manitoba Reg DSO**
03/05/19 SPARLING, Albert Walker LCol 01st Battn Western Ont Reg DSO**
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FIRST BAR to the DSO Awarded to the CANADIAN ARMY in WW1 (DSO*)
CG DATE NAME RANK UNIT DECORATIONS /
13/03/20 ANDERSON, Peter LCol 3rd Battn - For Escaping DSO*
21/06/19 ARNOLDI, Frank Farquier Major CFA - for North Russia DSO*
29/03/19 BENT, Charles Edward LCol 15th Battn 1 Cent Ont Reg CMG DSO*
20/09/19 BICKERDIKE, Robert Major 87th Battn Quebec Regiment DSO*
17/01/20 BROWN, Walter Richard LCol 26th Battn New Brunswick Reg DSO*
21/12/18 CAREY, Alfred Blake LCol Central Ontario Reg (CMG) DSO*
15/11/19 CARMICHAEL, Dougall LCol 116 CIB 2 Cent Ont Reg DSO* MC
13/10/17 CLARK, John Arthur LCol Canadian Infantry DSO*(*)
29/03/19 CLARK-KENNEDY, William Hew LCol 24th Battn Quebec Reg VC CMG DSO*
31/08/18 CLARKE, Frederick Fieldhouse LCol Canadian Railway Troops DSO*
08/02/19 CONNOLLY, Charles Edward Major Lord Strathcona's Horse DSO*
15/11/19 CONSTANTINE, Charles Francis LCol 5th Brigade - CFA (WW2 CB) DSO*
01/06/18 COSGRAVE, Lawrence Vincent Major Canadian Field Artillery DSO*
21/12/18 CRAWFORD, Ian Laurie Major Canadian Infantry DSO*
16
FIRST BAR to the DSO Awarded to the CANADIAN ARMY in WW1 (DSO*)
CG DATE NAME RANK UNIT DECORATIONS /
18/01/19 DAVIES, Reginald Danbury LCol 44th CIB Manitoba Reg DSO*(*)
18/01/19 DAWSON, Herbert John LCol 46th CIB Saskatchewan Reg (CMG) DSO*
29/03/19 DONALDSON, Anson Scott LCol 3rd Field Ambulance CAMC DSO*
18/01/19 DOUGHTY, Edward Spencer LCol 31st Battn Alberta Reg DSO*
10/08/18 DRAPER, Denis Colburn LCol Canadian Mounted Rifles (CMG) DSO*
29/03/19 DUBUC, Arthur Edouard Major 22nd Battn Quebec Reg DSO*
22/09/17 DYER, Hugh Marshal LCol Canadian Infantry (CB CMG) DSO*
06/07/18 EDWARDS, Cameron Macpherson LCol Canadian Infantry DSO*(*)
20/09/19 ELKINS, William Henry Perfin. LCol RCHA (WW2 CB CBE) DSO*
15/11/19 ELLIOTT, Orvil Ard Major Cdn Army Dental #5 CFA DSO*
03/05/19 EWING, Royal Lindsay Hamilton Major 42nd Battn Quebec Reg DSO* MC
01/06/18 FOSTER, William Wasbrough LCol Canadian Infantry (WW2 CMG) DSO*(*)
21/12/18 GILSON, William Forbes LCol Canadian Infantry DSO*(*)
15/11/19 GIRVIN, John Pollands A/LCol 15th CIB 1 Cent Ont Reg DSO*
17/01/20 GRIESBACH, William Antrobus BGen GOC 1st Cdn Inf Brig (CB) CMG DSO*
18/01/19 GROSVENOR, Francis Egerton Major 29th Battn B.C. Reg DSO* MC*
21/12/18 HARBOTTLE, Colin Clark LCol Canadian Infantry DSO*
06/07/18 HILLIAM, Edward T/BGen Nova Scotia Regiment DSO*
29/03/19 JOHNSTON, George Chalmers LCol 2nd Cdn Mount Rif 1 Cent Ont DSO* MC
22/06/18 JONES, Elmer Watson LCol Canadian Infantry DSO*
29/03/19 JONES, Louis Elgin LCol 18th CIB West Ont Reg (CMG) DSO*
17/01/20 JONES, Terence Percival Major 04th CIB 1 Cent Ont Reg DSO*
15/11/19 KAPPELE, Daniel Paul LCol 5th CFA CAMC DSO*
06/07/18 KIRKCALDY, James LCol Canadian Infantry (CMG) DSO*(*)
06/07/18 LATTA, William Smith LCol Canadian Infantry DSO*(*)
15/11/19 LEASK, Thomas McCrae LCol 10th CFA CAMC DSO*
20/09/19 LINDSEY, Charles Bethune Major A/GSO II 4th Cdn Div DSO(*)
17/01/20 LOOMIS, Frederick Oscar W. MGen GOC 2nd CIB (KCB/CB) CMG DSO*
18/01/19 MacBRIEN, James Howden T/BGen GOC 12 CIB (KCB/CB) CMG DSO*
20/07/18 MACDONALD, Donald John LCol Canadian Cavalry DSO*(*) MC
21/12/18 MacDONALD, Eric Whidden A/LCol Canadian Infantry DSO*(*) MC
29/03/19 MacFARLANE, Robert Alexander LCol 58 CIB 2 Cent Ont Reg DSO*(*)
22/09/17 MACKENZIE, John Percival Major Canadian Infantry (WW2 CB) DSO*(*)
01/06/18 MACLEOD, George Walkers Major Canadian Infantry DSO*
17
FIRST BAR to the DSO Awarded to the CANADIAN ARMY in WW1 (DSO*)
CG DATE NAME RANK UNIT DECORATIONS /
21/12/18 McCUAIG, George Eric LCol Canadian Infantry CMG DSO*
03/05/19 McDONALD, John Angus LCol 3rd Bde CFA DSO*
03/05/19 McEACHERN, Norman Angus Lieut 10 CIB Alberta Regiment DSO*
29/03/19 McKENZIE, Archibald Ernest LCol 26 CIB New Brunswick Reg DSO*
17/08/18 McLAUGHLIN, Lorne Talbot LCol Canadian Infantry (CMG) DSO* (*)
15/09/17 McMILLAN, Alexander A/Major Cdn Infantry (DSO in 1902) DSO*
18/01/19 MASON, Douglas Herbert C. Major 03rd Battn 1 Cent Ont Reg DSO* OBE
29/03/19 MILLEN, Lionel Herbert LCol 19th Battn 1 Cent Ont Reg DSO*
29/03/19 MURPHY, Thomas Joseph F. LCol 06 CFA CAMC DSO*
18/01/19 NELLES, Lafayette Harry LCol 04 CIB 1 Cent Ont Reg DSO* MC
01/06/18 NIVEN, Hugh Wilderspin Major Canadian Infantry DSO* MC
18/01/19 ODLUM, Victor Wentworth T/BGen GOC 11th CIB (CB) CMG DSO*
13/04/18 ORMOND, Daniel Mowat LCol Canadian Infantry (CMG) DSO*
06/07/18 PAGE, Lionel Frank LCol 50 CIB Alberta Regiment DSO* (*)
29/03/19 PATERSON, Alexander Thomas Major D/23rd Batt 5th Brigade CFA DSO*
29/03/19 PECK, Cyrus Wesley LCol 16 CIB Manitoba Regiment VC DSO*
20/09/19 PERRY, Kenneth Meikle LCol 87 CIB Quebec Regiment DSO*
15/11/19 PHILPOT, David Major 07 CIB BC Regiment DSO* (OBE)
26/01/18 PROWER, John Mervyn LCol Canadian Infantry DSO*
03/05/19 PYMAN, Colin Keith Lee Major 05 CIB Saskatchewan Reg DSO*
20/09/19 RALSTON, James Layton Major 85 CIB Nova Scotia Reg (CMG) DSO*
03/05/19 RANKIN, James Sabiston Major 46 CIB Saskatchewan Reg DSO*
29/03/19 RHOADES, William LCol 05 CIB Quebec Regiment DSO* MC
29/03/19 RILEY, Harold James LCol 27 CIB Manitoba Reg DSO* (*)
18/01/19 ROGERS, Joseph Bartlett LCol 03 CIB (CMG) DSO* MC
09/11/18 ROSS, Alexander LCol Canadian Infantry (SM CMG) DSO*
26/01/18 ROSS, John Munro T/BGen Canadian Infantry (CMG) DSO*
20/09/19 ROSS, Malcolm Nugent LCol 4th Brigade CFA DSO*
05/07/19 SAVAGE, Harold Murchison Major 24th Battery 8th Bde CFA DSO*
03/05/19 SHEARER, George Wyman Major 11th Battery 3rd Bde CFA DSO*
18/01/19 SPARLING, Albert Walker LCol 01 CIB 1st Cent Ont Reg DSO* (*)
20/09/19 STEVENSON, Herbert Irving LCol Fort Garry Horse DSO*
29/03/19 STEWART, Charles James T. LCol PPCLI - East Ontario Reg DSO*
18/01/19 STOCKWELL, Cecil Valentine Major 3rd Battery 1st Bde CFA DSO*
18
FIRST BAR to the DSO Awarded to the CANADIAN ARMY in WW1 (DSO*)
CG DATE NAME RANK UNIT DECORATIONS /
03/05/19 TUDOR, Lorn Paulet Owen LCol 05 CIB Saskatchewan Regiment DSO*
08/02/19 TUXFORD, George Stuart BGen Commanding 03 CIB CB CMG DSO*
29/03/19 URQUHART, Hugh Macintyre LCol 43 CIB Man Regiment (1948 CVO) DSO* MC
21/12/18 WALKER, William Keating LCol Cdn Machine Gun Corps DSO* MC
13/10/17 WANSBROUGH, Cuthbert Cole Major Canadian Infantry DSO*
03/05/19 WORRALL, Richard LCol 14 CIB Quebec Regiment DSO* MC*
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DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER Awarded to the CANADIAN ARMY in WW1 (DSO)
CG DATE NAME RANK UNIT DECORATIONS /
01/07/16 ADAMSON, Agar Stuart Allan Major PPCLI DSO
01/06/18 AIKINS, Gordon Harold Major Cdn Mounted Rifles DSO
26/01/18 ALDERSON, Frederick Jackson Major Cdn Field Artillery DSO
03/02/17 ALEXANDER, Ronald Okeden Major Cdn Infantry (WW2 CB) DSO
01/07/16 ALLAN, William Donald LCol 03 CIB DSO
26/01/18 ALLEN, Carleton Woodford LCol Cdn Pioneer Battn DSO
15/11/19 ALLEN, Evelyn Prestwood Seym'r Captain 116 CIB 2nd Cent Ont Reg DSO
03/02/17 ALLEN, Merrill Vincent Major Cdn Mounted Rifles DSO
26/01/18 ANDERSON, Alexander Alderson Major Cdn Engineers DSO
30/08/19 ANDERSON, Peter Major Alberta Reg North Russia DSO (*)
28/07/17 ANDERSON, Samuel Boyd LCol Cdn Field Artillery (CMG) DSO
25/09/15 ANDERSON, Stanley John Captain 05 CIB (Western Cavalry) DSO
26/01/18 ANDERSON, Thomas Victor A/LCol Cdn Engineers DSO
03/02/17 ANDERSON, William Beaumont Br LCol Royal Cdn Engineers (CMG) DSO
03/05/19 ANDERSON, William Harold Kerr LCol 13th CFA CAMC DSO
03/02/17 ANDREWES, William Major Cdn Infantry DSO
12/02/16 ANDREWS, George William Major 08 CIB DSO
03/02/17 ANDROS, Ralph Craven LCol Cdn Mounted Rifle Battalion DSO
15/09/17 ARCHAMBAULT, Joseph Pierre A/Major Cdn Infantry DSO MC
05/07/19 ARMOUR, Stuart Douglas Major British Columbia Regiment DSO
08/02/19 ARNOLD, Florent Georges Major Cdn Army Service Corps DSO
03/02/17 ARNOLDI, Frank Farquier Major Cdn Field Artillery DSO (*)
17/07/15 ARTHUR, Christopher Geoffrey Captain 10 CIB DSO
12/02/16 ASHTON, Edward James Lieutenant 09 CIB DSO
19
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER Awarded to the CANADIAN ARMY in WW1 (DSO)
CG DATE NAME RANK UNIT DECORATIONS /
13/04/18 BAILEY, Charles Edward A/Capt Cdn Infantry DSO MC*
08/02/19 BAILEY, John Beswick Major 54 CIB DSO
20/09/19 BAKER, Edwin Godfrey Phipps Major 47 CIB West Ont Regiment DSO MC
03/02/17 BALFOUR, Walter Mackie Major Cdn Mounted Rifle Battn DSO
03/02/17 BALL, John Clement Major Cdn Field Artillery DSO (OBE)
17/07/15 BALLANTYNE, James Major 04 CIB DSO
09/11/18 BARBER, Horace Greely Major Cdn Railway Troops DSO
05/07/19 BARKER, Louis William Major 4th Siege Batt Garrison Art DSO
18/01/19 BASEVI, James Major 2 Battn Cdn Mach Gun Corps DSO
03/05/19 BAULD, William Alfred Gordon A/LCol 7 Cdn Cav Field Amb CAMC DSO
03/05/19 BAYNES-REED, William Leonard Rev Cdn Chaplains' Svc (75th) DSO
26/01/18 BAZIN, Alfred Turner A/LCol Cdn Army Medical Corps DSO
03/02/17 BEEMAN, William Gilbert Major Cdn Artillery DSO
03/02/17 BELL, Arthur Henry LCol Cdn Infantry (CMG) DSO
29/03/19 BELL, James Stark Major 18 CIB Western Ont Reg DSO MC
26/01/18 BELL, Percy George A/LCol Cdn Army Medical Corps DSO
05/07/19 BELL, Walker LCol Royal Cdn Dragoons Tank Corps DSO
08/02/19 BELL-IRVING, Roderick Ogle Major 16 CIB DSO MC
26/01/18 BENNETT, Charles Corbishley Major Cdn Infantry DSO
31/08/18 BENSON, Frederick Merrett Major Royal Cdn Horse Artillery DSO
03/02/17 BENT, Charles Edward LCol Cdn Infantry (CMG) DSO (*)
03/02/17 BERTRAM, William Robert Major Cdn Infantry (CMG) DSO
08/02/19 BICK, Arthur Hardie Major Cdn Field Artillery DSO
26/01/18 BICKERDIKE, Robert Major Cdn Infantry DSO (*)
10/08/18 BIRDS, Samuel Buttrey A/Major Cdn Infantry DSO MC
09/11/18 BLACKBURN, Reginald Vernon Captain Cdn Infantry DSO MC
03/05/19 BLACKSTOCK, George Grant Major 04 CIB 1st Cent Ont Reg DSO
17/01/20 BLAIR, John Freeman Major Cdn Army Dental Corps (4 CFA) DSO
29/03/19 BLISS, Robert Hamilton A/Major 19 CIB 1st Cent Ont Reg DSO
15/09/17 BLOIS, Arthur Osborne A/Major Cdn Infantry DSO
05/07/19 BLUE, Walter Edward Major 58th (Howitzer) Battery CFA DSO
03/02/17 BOAK, Henry Eversley Major Royal Cdn Horse Artillery DSO
23/12/16 BODWELL, Howard Lionel Major Canadian Pioneers (CMG) DSO
05/07/19 BOGART, John Laurance Haslett LCol 07 CIB Cdn Engineers DSO
05/07/19 BOND, Frank Lorn Campbell Major 10 CIB Cdn Railway Troops DSO
15/11/19 BOND, George Federick Daniels Major 28 CIB - Saskatchewan Reg DSO MC
15/11/19 BONNER, Arthur Bernard Lieutenant 116 CIB 2nd Central Ont Reg DSO MM
10/08/18 BORDEN, Allison Hart LCol Cdn Infantry DSO
15/11/19 BOWERBANK, George Scott S. Major 21 CIB - Eastern Ontario Reg DSO MC
11/05/18 BOWIE, Douglas Bain Major Royal Cdn Dragoons DSO
06/07/18 BOYCE, George Joseph LCol Cdn Army Medical Corps DSO
05/07/19 BOYLE, Joseph Whiteside LCol Cdn Militia - Eastern Russia DSO
20
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER Awarded to the CANADIAN ARMY in WW1 (DSO)
CG DATE NAME RANK UNIT DECORATIONS /
29/03/19 BRADBROOKE, George Howard Major 1st Battn CMR Sask Reg DSO MC
03/05/19 BRADFIELD, Reginald Henderson Captain 75 CIB 1st Cent Ont Reg DSO MC
23/12/16 BREDIN, Charles Edgar Atheling Captain Cdn Infantry DSO
03/05/19 BRITTON, James Capell Major 04 CIB Cdn Mach Gun Corps DSO
03/02/17 BRITTON, Russell Hubert LCol Cdn Field Artillery DSO
05/07/19 BROCK, Frederick Freer Major Cdn Heavy Artillery DSO
01/07/16 BROOK, Reginald James Major 03 CIB (CBE) DSO
03/05/19 BROOKS, Allan Major 07 CIB BC Regiment DSO
17/08/18 BROWN, Archie Fairburn A/Major Cdn Infantry DSO
12/02/16 BROWN, James Sutherland Major Royal Cdn Regiment (CMG) DSO
23/06/17 BROWN, John Hector Innes Major Cdn Infantry DSO
03/05/19 BROWN, Robert Captain 46 CIB Saskatchewan Reg DSO
13/04/18 BROWN, Walter Richard A/LCol Cdn Infantry DSO (*)
08/02/19 BROWNE, Beverly Woon Major 16 CIB (WW2 CB) DSO MC
05/07/19 BROWNE, George Sackville Major 53rd Batt 13th Bde CFA DSO
01/07/16 BRUTINEL, Raymond LCol Motor Mach Gun Bde (CB CMG) DSO
01/07/16 BUCHANAN, Victor Carl LCol 13 CIB DSO
06/07/18 BULL, Jeffrey Harper Major Cdn Infantry DSO
24/03/17 BULLOCK, Lawrence Newsam B. T/Major Cdn Engineers DSO
20/07/18 BURBANK, Maurice Augustus Major Cdn Railway Troops DSO
01/06/18 BURGESS, Walter Hartley Lieutenant Cdn Infantry DSO
17/07/15 BURLAND, William Watt LCol 14 CIB DSO
13/01/17 BURNETT, Philip Major Cdn Army Medical Corps DSO
13/04/18 BURNHAM, Sydney Smith Major Cdn Infantry DSO
08/02/19 BURNS, William James Gordon Major 32nd Battery 8th Bde CFA DSO
08/02/19 BURRITT, Royal Colonel Manitoba Regiment DSO
26/01/18 BUTTENSHAW, Alfred Sidney Major Cdn Ordnance Corps DSO
21
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER Awarded to the CANADIAN ARMY in WW1 (DSO)
CG DATE NAME RANK UNIT DECORATIONS /
05/07/19 CAMERON, Alexander Douglas LCol Lord Strathcona's Horse DSO MC
01/07/16 CAMERON, Alexander George Major 13 CIB DSO
06/07/18 CAMERON, George Lynch Major Cdn Infantry DSO
01/06/18 CAMERON, John Angus Lieutenant Cdn Infantry DSO
26/01/18 CAMPBELL, Glen LCol Pioneer Battalion DSO
03/02/17 CANTLIE, George Stephen LCol Cdn Infantry DSO
28/07/17 CAPE, Edmund Graves Meredith Major Cdn Artillery DSO
13/10/17 CAREY, Alfred Blake Major Cdn Infantry (CMG) DSO (*)
29/03/19 CARMICHAEL, Dougall Major 58 CIB 2nd Cent Ontario Reg DSO(*) MC*
03/02/17 CARSCALLEN, Henry Gurney LCol Cdn Field Artillery DSO
05/07/19 CARTER, Robert Stewart Major 13 CIB Cdn Railway Troops DSO
06/07/18 CHANDLER, William Kellman Major Cdn Infantry DSO
05/07/19 CHARLES, Allen Hughes Major Quebec Regiment DSO
15/11/19 CHARLES, John Leslie Major 13 CIB Cdn Railway Svc DSO (OC)
29/03/19 CHARLTON, Bartholomew A/Major 43rd Battn Manitoba Reg DSO
15/11/19 CHASSE, Henri Major 22nd Battn Quebec Reg DSO MC
06/07/18 CHATTELL, Arthur Paul A/Major Cdn Infantry DSO
17/07/15 CHISHOLM, Hugh Alexander T/Major Cdn Army Medical Corps (CMG) DSO
05/07/19 CHIVERS, Cyril William Upton Major HQ 3rd Bde Cdn Engineers DSO MC
21/12/18 CHRISTIE, William Davidson Lieutenant Cdn Infantry DSO
05/07/19 CHURCHILL, Clifford Earl Major 10th Battery 3rd Bde CFA DSO
28/07/17 CLARK, John Arthur LCol Cdn Infantry (CMG) DSO (**)
26/01/18 CLARK, Robert Percy LCol Cdn Infantry (CMG) DSO MC
12/02/16 CLARK-KENNEDY, William Hew Major 13 CIB (VC CMG) DSO (*)
26/01/18 CLARKE, Frederick Fieldhouse LCol Cdn Railway Troops DSO (*)
06/07/18 CLEARY, Edward John Major Cdn Army Service Corps DSO
26/01/18 CLINE, George Alton Major Cdn Engineers DSO
13/04/18 COCKERAM, Alan Lieutenant Cdn Infantry DSO
26/01/18 COGHLAN, Frederick Thomas A/LCol Cdn Field Artillery DSO
06/07/18 COLE, Frederick Minden LCol Garrison Artillery DSO
15/09/17 COLEMAN, Thomas Roy T/Major Cdn Infantry DSO MC
20/04/18 COLLIER, Ernest Victor Major Cdn Infantry DSO
05/07/19 COLMAN, Percy Edward A/LCol 1st Battn CMR Sask Reg DSO MC
12/02/16 COLQUHOUN, Malcolm Alexander LCol 04 CIB (CMG) DSO
20/10/17 CONNOLLY, Charles Edward Captain Canadian Cavalry DSO (*)
03/02/17 CONSTANTINE, Charles Francis Major RCHA (WW2 CB) DSO (*)
03/05/19 COOK, George Harold Major 9th Batt 3rd Bde CFA DSO
25/05/18 COOKE, William Forrest T/Major Cdn Forestry Corps DSO
26/01/18 CORNWALL, James Kennedy LCol Cdn Railway Troops DSO
08/02/19 CORRIGALL, David James Major 1st Central Ontario Reg DSO MC
03/02/17 CORRIGAN, Charles Arthur T/Major Cdn Army Service Corps DSO
22
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER Awarded to the CANADIAN ARMY in WW1 (DSO)
CG DATE NAME RANK UNIT DECORATIONS /
13/01/17 COSGRAVE, Lawrence Vincent Major Cdn Field Artillery DSO (*)
15/11/19 COSGROVE, John Robert Major 08 CIB Cdn Railway Troops DSO MC
22/01/16 COSTIGAN, Charles Telford Captain 10 CIB DSO MC
05/07/19 COSTIGAN, Richard LCol 5th Div Ammunition Column CFA DSO
05/07/19 COX, Henry William Darling A/LCol Alberta Reg att East Lanc DSO
05/07/19 CRAIG, Charles Stuart Major 30th Battery 8th Brigade CFA DSO MC
06/07/18 CRAIG, John Cormack Major Cdn Railway Troops DSO
26/01/18 CRAWFORD, Ian Laurie Major Cdn Infantry DSO (*)
17/08/18 CRAWFORD, John Knox Captain Cdn Infantry DSO
03/02/17 CREELMAN, John Jennings LCol Cdn Field Artillery DSO
01/09/17 CRERAR, Henry Duncan Graham Major CFA (WW2 CH CB) DSO
01/07/16 CRITCHLEY, Alfred Cecil Major Lord Strathcona's Horse (CMG) DSO
22/09/17 CRITCHLEY, Walter Ramsay Major Cdn Infantry DSO
28/07/17 CROSS, James Albert Major Cdn Infantry (WW2 CMG) DSO
08/02/19 CURRIE, George Selkirk A/Major PPCLI (WW2 CMG) DSO MC
06/07/18 CUTCLIFFE, Ashton Bluett T/LCol Cdn Army Veterinary Corps DSO
26/01/18 DAVEY, James Edgar LCol Cdn Army Medical Corps DSO
02/06/17 DAVIES, Reginald Danbury LCol Cdn Infantry DSO (*)
24/03/17 DAVIS, Angus Ward T/Major Cdn Engineers DSO
20/09/19 DAVIS, William Edgar Major 11 CIB Cdn Railway Troops DSO
28/07/17 DAWSON, Herbert John LCol Cdn Infantry (CMG) DSO (*)
08/02/19 DE BALINHARD, John Carnegy Major Saskatchewan Regiment DSO
05/07/19 DE GRAVE, William Alexander Major 3rd Divisional Train CASC DSO
16/09/16 DENISON, Walter Walbridge Major Cdn Mounted Rifles DSO
05/07/19 DESROSIERS, Marie Joseph R. LCol 22 CIB Quebec Regiment DSO
26/01/18 DICKSON, Charles Harold LCol Cdn Army Medical Corps DSO
08/02/19 DOBBIE, Wallace Hugh Major 1st Siege Batt Cdn Garr Art DSO
01/07/16 DOCHERTY, Malcolm Major Lord Strathcona's Horse DSO
08/02/19 DODDS, William Okell Holden BGen Cdn Field Artillery CMG DSO
08/02/19 DONALD, Alexander Stuart Major 20th Battery 5th Bde CFA DSO
06/07/18 DONALDSON, Anson Scott LCol Cdn Army Medical Corps DSO (*)
26/01/18 DONALDSON, Robert Loggie M. Major Cdn Ordnance Corps DSO
26/01/18 DONNELLY, John Badenoch LCol Cdn Forestry Corps DSO
09/11/18 DOUGHTY, Edward Spencer LCol Cdn Infantry DSO (*)
16/09/16 DRAPER, Denis Colburn T/LCol Cdn Mounted Rifles (CMG) DSO (*)
10/02/17 DREW, George Lemuel Major Cdn Field Artillery DSO
03/02/17 DUBUC, Arthur Edouard Major Cdn Infantry DSO (*)
06/07/18 DUGUID, Archer Fortescue Major Cdn Field Artillery DSO
08/02/19 DUNCANSON, Andrew Eastman Major 123rd Battalion DSO
20/09/19 DUNWOODY, James Moore Lieutenant Fort Garry Horse DSO DCM
05/07/19 DURKEE, Adelbert Augustus Major 38th Batt 10th Bde CFA DSO
12/02/16 DYER, Hugh Marshal Major 05 CIB (CB CMG) DSO (*)
23
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER Awarded to the CANADIAN ARMY in WW1 (DSO)
CG DATE NAME RANK UNIT DECORATIONS /
06/07/18 EARCHMAN, Archibald LCol Cdn Railway Troops DSO (OBE)
08/02/19 EARNSHAW, Philip Major 1st Cdn Div Sig Coy CE DSO MC
21/06/19 EASTHAM, Alfred Captain Cdn MGC - for North Russia DSO MC
06/07/18 EDGETT, Charles Edgar T/LCol Cdn Army Veterinary Corps DSO
10/02/17 EDWARDS, Cameron Macpherson LCol Cdn Infantry DSO (*)
26/01/18 ELKINS, William Henry Peringer LCol RCHA (WW2 CB CBE) DSO (*)
20/09/19 ELLIOTT, Orvil Ard Major Cdn Army Dental 5 CFA DSO (*)
06/07/18 ELLIS, Douglas Stewart Major Cdn Engineers DSO
26/01/18 ELMITT, Thomas Francis Major Cdn Infantry DSO
01/07/16 ELMSLEY, James Harold BrLCol Royal Cdn Dragoons (CB CMG) DSO
28/07/17 EVANS, William Barnard A/LCol Cdn Infantry DSO
05/07/19 EVELEIGH, Wesley John T/Major 50 CIB - Alberta Regiment DSO
03/05/19 EWART, Cecil Major 8 CIB Cdn Railway Troops DSO
26/01/18 EWING, Royal Lindsay Hamilton T/Major Cdn Infantry DSO (*) MC
23/12/16 FAIRWEATHER, Charles Edward T/Major Cdn Infantry DSO
15/09/17 FEARMAN, Herbert Douglas A/Major Cdn Infantry DSO
22/09/17 FERGUSON, Hugh Cameron A/Major Cdn Infantry DSO
03/02/17 FINDLAY, William Henry LCol Cdn Army Service Corps DSO (OBE)
05/07/19 FISKE, Robert Walter Major 08 CIB - Manitoba Regiment DSO
08/02/19 FLEXMAN, Ernest Major D/22nd Battery 6th Brig CFA DSO
06/07/18 FLINT, Charles Major Railway Construction Corps DSO
03/02/17 FOLGER, Karl Creighton Major Cdn Ordnance Corps (CMG) DSO
03/02/17 FORBES, James Wallace Major Cdn Infantry DSO
28/07/17 FORBES-MITCHELL, William Joes. A/Major Cdn Infantry DSO
01/07/16 FORD, Elroyd Major 1st Cdn Div Signal Coy DSO
28/04/17 FOSTER, Harold William Alex. A/Major Cdn Infantry DSO MC
13/01/17 FOSTER, William Wasbrough Major Cdn Mounted Rifles (WW2 CMG) DSO (*)
08/02/19 FOULKES, John Fortescue Major Cdn General List DSO
13/10/17 FRANCIS, Milton John Major Cdn Infantry DSO
08/02/19 FRASER, Daniel William Major 06 CIB Cdn Railway Troops DSO
26/01/18 FRASER, James Johnston A/LCol Cdn Army Medical Corps DSO
06/07/18 FRENCH, Rev Francis Laurence A/LCol Cdn Chaplains' Service DSO
22/09/17 FRENCH, John Poyntz A/Major Cdn Mounted Rifles DSO
10/02/17 FROST, Reginald William LCol Cdn Infantry DSO
24
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER Awarded to the CANADIAN ARMY in WW1 (DSO)
CG DATE NAME RANK UNIT DECORATIONS /
08/02/19 GARNER, Albert Coleman LCol 12 CIB Cdn Railway Troops DSO
03/02/17 GASCOIGNE, Frederick Arthur LCol Cdn Infantry DSO
22/07/16 GAULT, Andrew Hamilton Major PPCLI DSO (OBE)
03/02/17 GENET, Harry Augustus LCol Cdn Infantry DSO
06/07/18 GENTLES, Norman Major Cdn Infantry DSO
06/07/18 GIBSON, George Herbert Rae Major Cdn Army Medical Corps DSO
05/07/19 GIBSON, John McIntyre Major 02 Battn Cdn Railway Troops DSO
26/01/18 GIBSON, Thomas Major Labour Battalion (CMG) DSO
03/02/17 GIBSONE, William Waring P. T/LCol Cdn Divisional HQ (CMG) DSO (OBE)
06/07/18 GILDAY, Archibald Lorne Campb. LCol Cdn Army Medical Corps DSO
06/07/18 GILLMORE, Edward Theodore B. LCol Cdn Field Artillery DSO
28/07/17 GILMAN, Frederick Major Royal Cdn Dragoons DSO
13/04/18 GILSON, William Forbes A/LCol Cdn Infantry DSO (**)
03/05/19 GIRVIN, John Pollands A/LCol 15 CIB 1st Cent Ont Reg DSO (*) MC
17/07/15 GODSON-GODSON, Gilbert Major 16 CIB DSO
26/01/18 GOLDIE, Edward Crosby Major Cdn Engineers DSO
12/02/16 GOODEVE, Leslie Charles Major 1st Battery Cdn Artillery DSO
18/01/19 GORDON, Alexander MacLennan Rev Cdn Chaplains' Service DSO MC
05/07/19 GORDON, Beaumont Andrew Major 11 CIB - Cdn Engineers DSO
03/02/17 GORDON, Harry Duncan Lockhart LCol Cdn Mounted Infantry DSO
28/07/17 GORSSLINE, Raymond Meyers Major Cdn Army Medical Corps DSO
29/03/19 GRAHAM, Charles Milton R. Major 18 CIB Western Ont Reg DSO
03/05/19 GRAHAM, Edwin Ernest Rev Cdn Chaplains' Svc Quebec Reg DSO MC
03/05/19 GRAHAM, Gordon A/Capt 10 CIB Alberta Regiment DSO
10/08/18 GRANT, Alexander Major Cdn Infantry DSO
28/07/17 GRASSIE, William LCol Cdn Infantry DSO
01/07/16 GRAY, Donald Favilie Branson Major PPCLI DSO
08/02/19 GREENE, Elliot Anson Major 61st Battery 14th Bde CFA DSO
06/07/18 GREER, William David A/LCol Cdn Army Service Corps DSO
29/07/16 GRIESBACH, William Antrobus LCol 49th Battalion (CB CMG) DSO (*)
26/01/18 GRIFFIN, Atholl Edwin LCol Cdn Railway Troops (CBE) DSO
26/01/18 GROSVENOR, Francis Egerton T/Major Cdn Infantry DSO(*) MC*
03/02/17 GUNN, John Alexander LCol Cdn Infantry (CMG) DSO
06/07/18 GUNN, John Nisbet LCol Cdn Army Medical Corps DSO
17/01/20 GYLES, Richard Walter Captain 46 CIB - Saskatchewan Reg DSO MC*
25
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER Awarded to the CANADIAN ARMY in WW1 (DSO)
CG DATE NAME RANK UNIT DECORATIONS /
18/11/16 HAGARTY, William Grasett Major Royal Cdn Artillery DSO
05/07/19 HAHN, James Emanuel Major 1st Battn - West Ontario Reg DSO MC
01/07/16 HAINES, Leslie Earls Major 7 CIB DSO
03/05/19 HALL, George William Major 12th Field Ambulance CAMC DSO
05/07/19 HALL, Patterson Lindsay Major 24 CIB - Quebec Regiment DSO MC
26/01/18 HANSON, Edwin Gerald LCol Cdn Field Artillery DSO
03/05/19 HANSON, Harold Stuart Lieutenant 43rd Battn Man Reg (WW2 MBE) DSO MC
03/02/17 HARBORD, Hugh Walter Major Cdn Mounted Rifles DSO
06/07/18 HARBOTTLE, Colin Clark LCol Cdn Infantry DSO (*)
05/07/19 HARDING, Ralph Price Major 5th Battery 2nd Brigade CFA DSO MC
05/07/19 HARDISTY, Richard Henry Moore A/LCol CAMC - 6th Field Ambulance DSO MC
23/12/16 HARDY, Ethelbert Brown LCol Cdn Army Medical Corps DSO
08/02/19 HARKNESS, Robert Dickson Major 1st Mounted Machine Gun Brig DSO MC
26/01/18 HARRIS, Edward Montgomery Major Cdn Army Service Corps DSO
26/01/18 HARRISON, William Henry LCol Cdn Field Artillery DSO
23/12/16 HARSTONE, John Brunton T/Major Cdn Infantry DSO (OBE)
10/02/17 HARVEY, Valentine Vivian Major Cdn Infantry DSO
26/01/18 HATCH, Harry Cecil Major Cdn Infantry DSO
06/07/18 HAYES, Joseph LCol CAMC DSO
22/07/15 HAYTER, Ross John Finnis Major Cheshire R Att 1 Cdn Div(CB CMG) DSO
06/07/18 HEASLEY, Hugh James Major CASC (OC) DSO
24/07/20 HENDRIE, William Ian Strath'n Major 18th Battery Cdn Field Art DSO
28/07/17 HENDRY, William Belfry LCol Cdn Army Medical Corps DSO
08/02/19 HENNESSY, Patrick Major Cdn Army Service Corps DSO MC
23/12/16 HERON, Lionel Dalziel Captain Cdn Infantry DSO MC
15/11/19 HERRIDGE, William Duncan Captain Cdn Cyclist Corps 2 Brig DSO MC*
26/01/18 HERTZBERG, Halfdan Fenton H. Major Cdn Engineers (WW2 CB) CMG DSO MC
26/01/18 HERVEY, Chilion Longley LCol Cdn Railway Troops DSO
02/10/15 HESKETH, James Arthur Major LSH (RC) (CMG) DSO
08/02/19 HIBBERT, Arthur Major 3rd Cdn Tunnel Co Cdn Eng DSO MC
26/01/18 HILL, Charles Rapelje LCol Cdn Infantry DSO
16/09/16 HILL, Claude Hardinge LCol Cdn Infantry DSO
12/02/16 HILL, Frederick William LCol 01 CIB (CB CMG) DSO
12/02/16 HILLIAM, Edward T/LCol 05 CIB (CB CMG) DSO (*)
06/07/18 HILLMAN, Daniel Major Cdn Engineers DSO
16/09/16 HOBBINS, Albert Keefe Major Cdn Infantry DSO
29/07/16 HOBBS, Henry T/Lt 49 CIB DSO MC
03/02/17 HODGINS, Frederick Owen Major Royal Cdn Engineers DSO
28/07/17 HODSON, George Cuthbert LCol Cdn Infantry DSO
26
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER Awarded to the CANADIAN ARMY in WW1 (DSO)
CG DATE NAME RANK UNIT DECORATIONS /
28/07/17 HOGARTH, Donald McDonald LCol Cdn Army Service Corps (CMG) DSO
22/01/16 HOLMES, William Dumbledom+ Lieutenant 07 CIB KIA 13/06/16 DSO (MC)
28/07/17 HOLMES, William Josiah Hartley LCol Cdn Pioneer Battn DSO
03/02/17 HOMER-DIXON, Thomas Fraser LCol Lord Strathcona's Horse DSO
29/03/19 HOOPER, Bertram Osmer A/LCol 20 CIB 1st Cent Ont Reg DSO MC
18/01/19 HOPE, John Andrew Major 46 CIB Saskatchewan Reg DSO MC
08/02/19 HOULISTON, John LCol Cdn Engineers DSO
17/07/15 HUGHES, Garnet Burk LCol 01 CIB-Cdn Div Staff (CB CMG) DSO
05/07/19 HUGHES, Henry Thoresby Colonel Cdn Engineers CMG DSO
03/02/17 HUGHES, William St. Pierre T/BGen Cdn Infantry DSO
06/07/18 HUMPHREY, Albert Ernest Major Cyclist Corps DSO
03/02/17 HUMBLE, Bernard Maynard Major Cdn Infantry (CMG) DSO
06/07/18 HURDMAN, William George LCol Cdn Field Artillery DSO
22/09/17 HUTCHISON, Harry A/Major Cdn Infantry DSO MC
26/01/18 HYDE, Walter Court Major Cdn Field Artillery DSO
05/07/19 INCHES, Cyrus Fiske Major 1st Heavy Battery Cdn Gar Art DSO MC
20/09/19 INGLES, Charles James Major 20 CIB - 1st Cent Ont Reg DSO
01/07/16 IRVING, Thomas Craik Major Cdn Engineers DSO
15/11/19 ISBESTER, Colin John Fraser Major 10 CIB Quebec Regiment DSO
19/02/16 JACKSON, Ernest Charles T/Capt 5 CIB DSO
23/12/16 JACQUES, Harry Merville LCol Cdn Army Medical Corps DSO
01/06/18 JAMIESON, William Francis Lieutenant Cdn Infantry DSO
28/07/17 JENKINS, John Stephen Major Cdn Army Medical Corps DSO
21/12/18 JENNINGS, Douglas Cecil Major Cdn Infantry DSO
26/07/19 JOHNSON, Walter Wallace A/Capt 58 CIB 2nd Cent Ont Reg DSO MC**
26/01/18 JOHNSTON, George Chalmers LCol Cdn Mounted Rifles DSO (*) MC
15/11/19 JOHNSTON, Hugh Alston Captain 13 CIB Quebec Regiment DSO MC
03/02/17 JONES, Elmer Watson LCol Cdn Infantry DSO (*)
13/04/18 JONES, Louis Elgin A/LCol Cdn Infantry (CMG) DSO (*)
03/02/17 JONES, Terence Percival Major Cdn Infantry DSO (*)
03/05/19 JUCKSCH, Arnold Homer A/Major 58 CIB 2nd Cent Ont Reg DSO MC*
08/04/16 JUKES, Andrew Henry Captain 6th Inf Bde - 9th Gurka Reg DSO
27
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER Awarded to the CANADIAN ARMY in WW1 (DSO)
CG DATE NAME RANK UNIT DECORATIONS /
06/07/18 KAPPELE, Daniel Paul LCol Cdn Army Medical Corps DSO (*)
18/01/19 KEEGAN, Herbert Leo LCol 47 CIB West Ontario Reg DSO
17/01/20 KELLY, Burnet Elmer Major 9th CFA CAMC DSO
10/02/17 KEMBALL, Arnold Henry Grant LCol Cdn Infantry DSO
17/07/15 KEMMIS BETTY, Hubert LCol 1st Cdn Division Staff DSO (OBE)
17/01/20 KEMP, Frederick Garfield A/Capt 4 CIB 1st Cent Ont Reg DSO
05/07/19 KEMP, James Colin Major 5 CIB CMR Quebec Regiment DSO MC
03/02/17 KEMP, Walter Frederick Major Cdn Infantry DSO
01/06/18 KENNEDY, Hector Lieutenant Cdn Infantry DSO
05/07/19 KETTERSON, Andrew Robert Major 01st Battn Cdn Railway Troops DSO
18/01/19 KILBORN, Arthur Rubin Lieutenant 78 CIB Manitoba Regiment DSO MC MM
26/01/18 KILLAM, George Knight Major Cdn Infantry DSO
21/10/16 KILMER, Charles Edward Captain Cdn Infantry DSO
03/05/19 KILPATRICK, George Gordon D. Rev Cdn Chaplains' Svc Quebec Reg DSO
26/01/18 KING, Charles Ernest Major Cdn Infantry DSO
17/07/15 KING, William Birchall M. Major 10th Batt CFA (CMG) DSO
20/04/18 KING, William Hope Lieutenant Cdn Infantry DSO
06/07/18 KINGSMILL, Walter Bernard LCol Cdn Pioneers DSO
18/01/19 KIPPEN, William Harold A/Major 3rd Battn 1st Cent Ont Reg DSO MC*
03/02/17 KIRKCALDY, James LCol Cdn Infantry (CMG) DSO (**)
03/05/19 KIRKPATRICK, Guy Hamilton LCol 72nd Battn B.C. Regiment DSO
28/07/17 LAFLECHE, Leo Richer Major Cdn Infantry DSO
20/01/17 LAMP, Henry John LCol Local Forces Infantry DSO
28/07/17 LATTA, William Smith Major Cdn Infantry DSO (**)
01/06/18 LAWLESS, William Thewles Major Cdn Infantry DSO
14/04/17 LAWS, Burnett Major Cdn Mounted Rifle Battn DSO
28/07/17 LE FEVRE, Alfred Tully T/LCol Railway Construction Corps DSO
05/07/19 LEADER, Charles Clinton Major 5 CIB - Cdn Railway Troops DSO
26/01/18 LEASK, Thomas McCrae T/LCol Cdn Army Medical Corps DSO (*)
06/07/18 LEIGHTON, Gordon Ernest Major Cdn Infantry DSO
15/09/17 LEONARD, Charles Franklin A/Major Cdn Infantry DSO
12/02/16 LEONARD, Edwin Woodman Major 12th Battery Cdn Artillery DSO
06/07/18 LEONARD, Ibbotson LCol Cdn Cavalry DSO
26/01/18 LINDSAY, William Bethune T/BGen Cdn Engineers (CB) CMG DSO
28/07/17 LINDSEY, Charles Bethune Major 19 CIB 1st Cent Ont Reg DSO (*)
13/10/17 LINNELL, Henry Rupert Major Cdn Infantry DSO
20/10/17 LISTER, Fred A/Major Cdn Infantry DSO MC
17/07/15 LISTER, Frederick Alexander Major Cdn Division Signal Coy (CMG) DSO
06/07/18 LOMER, Theodore Adolf Major Cdn Army Medical Corps DSO
17/07/15 LOOMIS, Frederick Oscar Warren LCol 15 Battn Quebec Reg (KCB CMG) DSO (*)
20/09/19 LOUGH, John Robertson Stewart Captain 72 CIB - BC Regiment (WW2 CBE) DSO MC
28/07/17 LYLE, Hilliard A/Major Cdn Infantry DSO
26/01/18 LYNN, Edison Franklin Major Cdn Engineers DSO MC
28
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER Awarded to the CANADIAN ARMY in WW1 (DSO)
CG DATE NAME RANK UNIT DECORATIONS /
08/02/19 MACAULAY, Norman Holliday Major Cdn Field Artillery DSO
17/07/15 MacBRIEN, James Howden Major Royal Cdn Dragoons (CB CMG) DSO (*)
26/01/18 MACDONALD, Donald John Major Canadian Cavalry (WW2 CBE) DSO(**) MC
03/02/17 MacDONALD, Eric Whidden Major Cdn Infantry DSO (**)
26/01/18 MACDONALD, James Brodie Lauder LCol Cdn Railway Troops DSO
05/07/19 MACDONALD, Ronald Hugh LCol 4th CFA CAMC DSO MC
03/02/17 MACDONELL, James Alexander Major Cdn Infantry DSO
10/02/17 MACDOWELL, Thain Wendell Captain 38 CIB East Ont Reg (VC) DSO
28/07/17 MacFARLANE, Robert Alexander Major Cdn Infantry DSO (**)
08/04/16 MacINTYRE, Duncan Eberts Captain 28th Cdn Infantry Battn DSO (MC)
06/07/18 MACKAY, Atwood Talbot Major Cdn Field Artillery DSO
13/01/17 MACKAY, John Keiler Major Cdn Field Artillery DSO (SM)
26/01/18 MACKENDRICK, William Gordon A/LCol Cdn Engineers DSO
03/02/17 MACKENZIE, John Percival Major Cdn Infantry (WW2 CB) DSO (**)
21/06/19 MACKENZIE, Lawrence Howard Major NS Reg-for North Russia DSO
06/07/18 MACKENZIE, Robert Carlyle Major Cdn Infantry DSO
28/07/17 MACKINNON, Daniel Albert Major Cdn Infantry DSO
12/02/16 MacLAREN, Charles Henry LCol 1st CFA Bde (CMG) DSO
06/07/18 MACLEAN, Neil Bruce Major Heavy and Siege Artillery DSO
23/12/16 MACLEOD, George Walkers Major Cdn Infantry DSO (*)
17/01/20 MACLEOD, John Phee Gordon Lieutenant 46 CIB - Saskatchewan Reg DSO
01/06/18 MACNAGHTEN, Ronald Frederick Lieutenant Cdn Infantry DSO
17/07/15 MacPHAIL, Alexander Captain 1st Field Coy Cdn Engin (CMG) DSO
17/08/18 MACPHERSON, John Ross T/Capt Cdn Infantry DSO
05/07/19 MACPHERSON, Kenneth Plumb Major 07 CIB Cdn Engineers DSO
01/07/16 McAVITY, Thomas Malcolm Major 05 CIB (CBE) DSO
29/03/19 McCAGHEY, Norman Fraser Major 52 CIB Manitoba Regiment DSO MC
16/09/16 McCALLUM, Eric Edward Napier Lieutenant Cdn Infantry RCR DSO
28/07/17 McCOMBE, Gault A/LCol Cdn Infantry DSO
08/02/19 McCONNELL, Walter Adam LCol 10 CIB Cdn Railway Troops DSO
05/07/19 McCORKELL, Joseph Edward Major 2nd Battn Cdn Mach Gun Corps DSO
20/04/18 McCORMICK, James Lieutenant Cdn Infantry DSO
15/09/17 McCRIMMON, Kenneth Howard A/Major Cdn Infantry DSO
31/07/15 McCUAIG, Douglas Rykart Major 13 CIB DSO
03/02/17 McCUAIG, George Eric LCol Cdn Infantry (CMG) DSO (*)
23/12/16 McDONALD, Harold French Major Cdn Infantry (CMG) DSO
03/02/17 McDONALD, John Angus Major Cdn Field Artillery DSO (*)
25/05/18 McDOUGALL, Kenneth Hamilton T/Major Cdn Forestry Corps DSO
13/04/18 McEACHERN, Norman Angus Lieutenant Cdn Infantry DSO (*)
23/12/16 McELLIGOTT, Arnold Lieutenant Cdn Infantry DSO
08/02/19 McEWAN, Cuthbert Finnie Major Cdn Light Horse DSO
10/08/18 McEWAN, John Alexander Major Cdn Infantry DSO
03/02/17 McEWEN, Alan Bretell Major Cdn Divisional Artillery DSO
29
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER Awarded to the CANADIAN ARMY in WW1 (DSO)
CG DATE NAME RANK UNIT DECORATIONS /
28/07/17 McFARLANE, George Whitlock Major Cdn Infantry DSO
05/07/19 McGREGOR, James Major 3rd Battn Cdn Railway Troops DSO
28/07/17 McGUFFIN, Chester Fish LCol Cdn Army Medical Corps DSO
22/01/16 McILLREE, John Raymond Lieutenant 07 CIB DSO
08/02/19 McINTOSH, John Alexander Major 18 CIB Cdn Infantry DSO
26/01/18 McKEAN, Frederick Thomas Major Cdn Army Service Corps DSO
03/02/17 McKENZIE, Archibald Ernest LCol Cdn Infantry DSO (*)
18/01/19 McKENZIE, David William Captain 6 Field Ambulance CAMC (X) DSO
03/02/17 McKENZIE, John Allen Major Cdn Infantry DSO
17/07/15 McKILLIP, Thomas Henry Captain Cdn Army Medical Corps DSO
03/11/17 McKINERY, John William Herbert LCol Labour Battalion DSO (OBE)
23/12/16 McLAUGHLIN, Lorne Talbot Major Cdn Infantry (CMG) DSO (**)
17/01/20 McLEAN, Charles Herbert Major 4th Mounted Rifles DSO
03/02/17 McLENNAN, Bartlett Major Cdn Infantry DSO
16/09/16 McMORDIE, Stewart Percival Major Cdn Pioneers DSO
18/01/19 McMURTRY, Alexander Ogilvie Major 4th Battery 1st Bde CFA DSO
10/08/18 McNAUGHTON, Andrew George L. LCol CFA (WW2 CH CB) (CMG) DSO
26/01/18 McPARLAND, James Frederick Major CFA DSO
28/07/17 McQUEEN, John Douglas LCol Cdn Army Medical Corps DSO
08/02/19 McSLOY, James Ivan Major 4th Brigade Cdn Field Artill DSO
26/01/18 McTAGGART, William Broder Major Cdn Field Artillery DSO
03/05/19 MADDEN, Ambrose Rev Cdn Chaplains' Svc BC Reg DSO MC
08/02/19 MAGEE, Allan Angus T/LCol Quebec Regiment DSO
12/02/16 MAGEE, Frank Cormack Major Heavy Battery Cdn Artillery DSO
22/09/17 MAHAFFY, Kenneth Arnold A/Major Cdn Infantry DSO MC*
05/07/19 MAITLAND, Oliver Mowat Major Sask Reg attached Cdn Eng DSO
03/02/17 MANHARD, William Edward Captain Cdn Engineers DSO
28/07/17 MARSHALL, Kenric Rud T/Major Cdn Infantry Corps (CMG) DSO
17/07/15 MARSHALL, W.R. + Major 15 CIB KIA 20/05/16 DSO
26/01/18 MARTIN, Charles Kirwan C. T/Capt Cdn Field Artillery DSO
26/01/18 MARTIN, Lawrence Thomas LCol Cdn Railway Troops DSO
18/01/19 MARTYN, Donald Bruce Major 44 CIB New Brunswick Reg DSO MC
16/09/16 MASON, Douglas Herbert C. Major Cdn Infantry DSO(* OBE)
28/07/17 MASSIE, Albert Edward LCol Cdn Army Service Corps DSO
26/01/18 MASSIE, Robert Frank Major Cdn Field Artillery DSO
18/01/19 MATHESON, Guy McLean A/Major 25 CIB Nova Scotia Reg DSO MC MM
17/07/15 MATHEWS, Harold Halford Major 8 CIB (CMG) DSO
05/07/19 MATHEWSON, Frank Stanton Major 13 CIB Quebec Regiment DSO
{X} = CG 29/03/19 Amended name from McKechnie to McKenzie
30
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER Awarded to the CANADIAN ARMY in WW1 (DSO)
CG DATE NAME RANK UNIT DECORATIONS /
26/01/18 MAUND, Arthur Clinton A/Major Cdn Infantry / RFC DSO
06/07/18 MAXFIELD, Walter Edward Major Cdn Mounted Rifles DSO
15/09/17 MEREDITH, Alan Picton Osler Major Cdn Infantry DSO
15/11/19 MERSEREAU, Chalvers Jack Major 25 CIB Nova Scotia Reg DSO
08/02/19 MEURLING, Harry Frederick V. A/LCol 2nd Mounted Machine Gun Bde DSO MC
20/09/19 MIDDLEMAST, Edward Liddell Major Fort Garry Horse DSO
05/07/19 MIEVILLE, Arthur Leonard A/LCol 06 CIB Cdn Engineers DSO MC
17/01/20 MILLAR, John Macintosh Major 85 CIB Nova Scotia Reg DSO MC
26/01/18 MILLEN, Lionel Herbert LCol Cdn Infantry DSO (*)
13/04/18 MILLER, Albert Peter A/Major Cdn Infantry DSO MC
06/07/18 MILLER, Lawrence Walter Major Cdn Mounted Rifles DSO
15/11/19 MILLER, Thomas Easson Lieutenant 08 CIB Manitoba Regiment DSO MM
03/02/17 MILLIGAN, Henry Linton LCol Cdn Infantry DSO
15/09/17 MILLS, Arthur Lennox Stanley A/Major Cdn Infantry DSO
13/04/18 MILLS, Arthur Samuel A/Major Cdn Infantry DSO
01/07/16 MILLS, James Edgar Major Royal Cdn Horse Artillery DSO
26/01/18 MINCHIN, Frederick Frank T/Major Cdn Infantry/attach RFC DSO MC
01/07/16 MITCHELL, Charles Hamilton LCol Cdn Forces (CB CMG) DSO
28/07/17 MITCHELL, James Henry T/BGen Cdn Field Artillery DSO
26/01/18 MONTAGUE, Percival John T/LCol Cdn Infantry (WW2 CB) (CMG) DSO MC
26/01/18 MOODIE, Walter Hill LCol Cdn Railway Troops DSO
18/01/19 MOORE, Roger Stevenson Captain 29 CIB, B.C. Regiment DSO
08/02/19 MOORHOUSE, Walter Norwood LCol 3rd Battn CMGC DSO
06/07/18 MORDY, Arnott Grier Major Cdn Infantry DSO
25/09/15 MORISON, Frank Captain 16 CIB (CMG) DSO
26/01/18 MORPHY, John Aubrey Major Cdn Pioneer Battn DSO
08/02/19 MORRIS, Ernest Russell Major 1st Battn CMGC DSO
01/07/16 MORRISEY, Thomas Sydney Major 13th CIB DSO
03/02/17 MORRISON, Frank Stanley Major Royal Cdn Dragoons (CMG) DSO
03/02/17 MORRISON, Gordon Fraser Major Cdn Infantry DSO
26/01/18 MOTHERSILL, George Sidney Major Cdn Army Medical Corps DSO
20/07/18 MOYER, Leslie Clare Major Cdn Railway Troops DSO
08/02/19 MUNRO, William Aird LCol 11 CIB Cdn Railway Troops DSO
26/08/16 MURDIE, Robert Captain 05 CIB DSO
26/01/18 MURPHY, Thomas Joseph Francis LCol Cdn Army Medical Corps DSO (*)
09/11/18 MUSGROVE, George Henry Major Cdn Infantry DSO
31
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER Awarded to the CANADIAN ARMY in WW1 (DSO)
CG DATE NAME RANK UNIT DECORATIONS /
25/09/15 NASH, John Foster Paton Captain 5th Cdn Infantry Battn DSO
26/01/18 NEELAND, Robert Henry A/LCol Labour Corps DSO
06/07/18 NEILSON, William Major Cdn Infantry DSO
06/07/18 NELLES, Lafayette Harry LCol 4 CIB - 1st Cent Ont Reg DSO (*) MC
31/08/18 NICHOLSON, William Cedric Captain Cdn Machine Gun Corps DSO MC
16/09/16 NIVEN, Hugh Wilderspin Captain Cdn Infantry DSO (*) MC
23/12/16 NORRIS, Herbert Lieutenant Cdn Infantry DSO
22/09/17 NORSWORTHY, Stanley Counter Major Cdn Infantry DSO MC
26/01/18 O'DONAHOE, Daniel Jerome Major Cdn Infantry DSO
28/07/17 O'DONAHOE, James Vincent Pat. Major Cdn Infantry DSO
22/01/16 ODLUM, Victor Wentworth LCol 7th CIB BC Reg (CB CMG) DSO (*)
20/09/19 OGILVIE, Alexander Thomas LCol 14th Bde Cdn Field Art DSO
08/02/19 OLIVER, Edward Albert Major 38 CIB (Quartermaster) DSO
26/01/18 ORD, Garnet Lehrle A/Major Cdn Pioneer Battn DSO
01/09/17 ORMOND, Daniel Mawat LCol Cdn Infantry (CMG) DSO (*)
13/03/20 OSBORNE, J. Ewart T/LCol 15 CIB Cdn Infantry DSO
28/07/17 OSLER, Stratton Harry T/LCol Cdn Engineers (CMG) DSO
08/02/19 OUTERBRIDGE, Leonard Cecil Major 75 CIB Cdn Inf (CC WW2 Kt CBE) DSO
03/02/17 PAGE, Lionel Frank Major 5 CIB (WW2 CB) DSO (**)
03/02/17 PALMER, Robert Henry Major Cdn Infantry DSO
12/02/16 PANET, Edouard de Bellefeuild Major Royal Cdn Artillery (CB CMG) DSO
26/01/18 PARKINSON, Richard Francis Major Cdn Infantry DSO
17/07/15 PARKS, John Hegan Captain 1st Battn DSO
03/05/19 PARRY, James Lewis Rowan Major 50 CIB Alberta Regiment DSO
03/02/17 PARSONS, Johnson Lindsay R. Major Cdn Infantry (CMG) DSO
06/07/18 PATERSON, Alexander Thomas Major Cdn Field Artillery DSO (*)
03/11/17 PATERSON, Robert Walter LCol Cdn Cavalry (CMG) DSO
13/01/17 PATTERSON, William Reginald T/Major Cdn Mounted Rifles DSO
20/09/19 PAULIN, Stanley LCol 11th CFA CAMC DSO
03/05/19 PAWLETT, Francis LCol Saskatchewan Reg DSO
20/09/19 PEARCE, Leslie Frank Major 4 CIB CMGC DSO MC
29/03/19 PEARKES, George Randolph LCol 116 CIB (CC) (WW2 CB) VC DSO MC
01/06/18 PEARSON, Ronald Wilfred Captain Cdn Infantry DSO MC
22/09/17 PEASE, Edson Raymond A/Major Cdn Infantry DSO
28/07/17 PECK, Cyrus Wesley LCol Cdn Infantry (VC) DSO (*)
06/07/18 PENHALE, John Jenkin LCol Cdn Field Artillery DSO
06/07/18 PENSE, Henry Edward Major Cdn Infantry DSO
26/01/18 PEPLER, Eric Major Cdn Engineers DSO
32
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER Awarded to the CANADIAN ARMY in WW1 (DSO)
CG DATE NAME RANK UNIT DECORATIONS /
16/09/16 PERRY, Kenneth Meikle Major Cdn Infantry DSO (*)
06/07/18 PERRY, Norman Dundas Major Central Ontario Regiment DSO
26/01/18 PETERS, Charles Ayre T/Col Cdn Army Medical Corps DSO
06/07/18 PETERSON, William Gordon Major Quebec Regiment DSO
08/02/19 PHELAN, Frederick Ross Major 87 CIB (WW2 CB) DSO MC
15/09/17 PHILPOT, David A/Major Cdn Infantry DSO(* OBE)
06/07/18 PIERCEY, John George LCol Cdn Field Artillery DSO
26/01/18 PITMAN, John Downey A/Major Cdn Ordnance Corps DSO
17/01/20 PLUMMER, Maurice Vernon Major 51st (Howitzer) Batt 13 CFA DSO
28/07/17 PORTER, Cecil George A/Major Cdn Infantry DSO
28/07/17 POUPORE, Albert Genelle Major Cdn Infantry DSO
26/01/18 POWELL, Alan Torrence Major Cdn Infantry DSO
03/02/17 POWERS, Thomas Edward Major Cdn Divisional Signal Coy DSO
17/07/15 PRAGNELL, G.S.T. Major 5 CIB DSO
03/05/19 PRATT, Arthur William Major 116 CIB 2nd Cent Ont Reg DSO
20/09/19 PRESTON, Ebenezer Menzies Lieutenant 87 CIB - Quebec Regiment DSO MM*
15/11/19 PRICE, Charles Basil Major 14 CIB - Quebec Reg (WW2 CB) DSO DCM
11/05/18 PRICE, Evan Edward Lieutenant Royal Cdn Dragoons DSO MC*
12/02/16 PROWER, John Mervyn Major 8 CIB DSO (*)
28/07/17 PROWSE, Waldren Brewer Major Cdn Artillery DSO
09/11/18 PULLEN, Ernest Fleetwood Major Cdn Railway Troops DSO
17/01/20 PURVIS, Edson Russel Major 47 CIB - Western Ontario Reg DSO
16/11/18 PYMAN, Colin Keith Lee Major Cdn Infantry DSO (*)
06/07/18 RADDALL, Thomas Head Major Cdn Infantry DSO
12/02/16 RAE, William Major 16 CIB DSO
28/07/17 RALSTON, George Harrah LCol Cdn Field Artillery DSO
03/11/17 RALSTON, James Layton Major Cdn Infantry (CMG) DSO (*)
26/01/18 RAMSAY, Kenneth Alan A/LCol Cdn Railway Troops DSO (OBE)
26/01/18 RANKIN, James Sabiston Major Cdn Infantry DSO (*)
12/02/16 RATTRAY, John Grant LCol 10th CIB (CMG) DSO
26/01/18 REASON, Clifford Hamilton T/LCol Cdn Army Medical Corps DSO (OBE)
05/07/19 REDMOND, Rene Martin Major 87 CIB Quebec Regiment DSO
22/09/17 REID, George Eric A/Major Cdn Infantry DSO
31/08/18 REID, John Garner LCol Cdn Overseas Railway Constr DSO
26/01/18 REIRDON, William Roy Major Cdn Field Artillery DSO
12/02/16 RENNIE, Robert LCol 3rd Cdn Inf Battn (CB CMG) DSO MVO
23/12/16 REYNOLDS, Charles Edward Lieutenant Cdn Infantry DSO
33
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER Awarded to the CANADIAN ARMY in WW1 (DSO)
CG DATE NAME RANK UNIT DECORATIONS /
06/07/18 RHOADES, William Major Cdn Mounted Rifles DSO (*) MC
23/12/16 RICHARDSON, John James Lieutenant Cdn Infantry DSO
15/09/17 RILEY, Harold James Major Cdn Infantry DSO (**)
26/01/18 RIPLEY, Blair LCol Cdn Railway Troops (CBE) DSO
26/01/18 RISPIN, Donald Edward Allan Major Cdn Infantry DSO
15/11/19 RITCHIE, Charles Frederick LCol 24 CIB - Quebec Regiment DSO MC
08/02/19 ROBERTSON, Francis Arthur Major 12th Siege Battery - Garr Art DSO
06/07/18 ROBERTSON, Norman Roy Major Cdn Engineers DSO
05/07/19 ROBSON, Samuel Major 19th Battery 4th Bde CFA DSO
15/09/17 ROGERS, Joseph Bartlett LCol 03 CIB - 1 Cent Ont Reg (CMG) DSO (*) MC
26/01/18 ROGERS, Robert Percy Major Cdn Engineers DSO
03/05/19 ROLSTON, John Mitchell A/LCol 2nd Battn Cdn Engineers DSO
23/06/17 RORKE, Herbert Victor A/LCol Cdn Infantry (1935 ISO) DSO (ISO)
03/02/17 ROSCOE, Barry Wentworth Major Cdn Mounted Rifles DSO
15/09/17 ROSS, Alexander LCol Cdn Infantry (SM / CMG) DSO (*)
28/07/17 ROSS, James A/Major Cdn Infantry DSO
29/07/16 ROSS, John Alexander Major 24 CIB DSO
03/02/17 ROSS, John Munro Major Cdn Infantry (CMG) DSO (*)
03/02/17 ROSS, Lorne LCol Cdn Infantry DSO
22/09/17 ROSS, Malcolm Nugent Major Cdn Field Artillery DSO (*)
18/01/19 ROSS, Stanley Graham Major 6th CFA CAMC DSO MC
25/05/18 RUSH, Frederick Charles Major North Brunswick Regiment (OBE) DSO MSM
06/07/18 RUSSELL, Cecil Bell Major Cdn Engineers DSO
20/09/19 RYAN, Eduard John Wilson Major 102 Battn 2nd Cent Ont Reg DSO
05/07/19 RYDER, Thomas Escott Major 7th Siege Battery Cdn Gar Art DSO MC
24/07/20 SANSOM, Ernest William LCol 04 CIB Cdn Mach Gun Corps DSO
21/12/18 SAUNDERS, Alec Lawrence A/Major Manitoba Regiment DSO MC
06/07/18 SAUNDERS, Charles Greatley Major Cdn Army Veterinary Corps DSO
08/02/19 SAUNDERS, Robert Porteous Major 19 CIB DSO MC
01/06/18 SAVAGE, Harold Murchison Major Cdn Field Artillery DSO (*)
26/01/18 SCLATER, James LCol Cdn Infantry DSO
21/12/18 SCOTT, Rev Frederick George Hon LCol Cdn Chaplains' Service CMG DSO
26/01/18 SCOTT, Morris Alexander T/Major Cdn Motor Machine Gun Corps DSO
05/07/19 SCROGGIE, James Austin Major 16 CIB Manitoba Regiment DSO MC**
05/07/19 SELBY, Ernest Raymond A/LCol 8th Field Ambulance CAMC DSO
06/07/18 SEMMENS, John Nelson Major Cdn Infantry Corps DSO
01/07/16 SHANLEY, Coote Nisbitt LCol Cdn Army Pay Corps DSO
26/01/18 SHARPE, Samuel Simpson LCol Cdn Infantry DSO
06/07/18 SHARPE, Wallace James Major Cdn Cavalry DSO
03/02/17 SHAW, John Arthur LCol Cdn Army Service Corps DSO
06/07/18 SHEARER, George Wyman Major Cdn Field Artillery DSO (*)
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DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER Awarded to the CANADIAN ARMY in WW1 (DSO)
CG DATE NAME RANK UNIT DECORATIONS /
18/01/19 SIFTON, Clifford Jr. Major 4th Brigade CFA DSO
29/03/19 SIFTON, Wilfred Victor Major 4 CIB CMR 1st Cent Ont R DSO
05/07/19 SILCOX, Leonard Ernest Major 11 CIB Cdn Railway Troops DSO
26/01/18 SILLS, John Ham Major Cdn Infantry DSO
18/01/19 SIMPSON, Arthur Frederick Captain 28 CIB Saskatchewan Reg DSO
18/01/19 SIMPSON, Robert Mills Colonel CAMC 2 Cdn Division (CBE) DSO
12/02/16 SIMSON, William Amor LCol 1st Cdn Division Training (CMG) DSO
15/11/19 SINCLAIR, Ian Macintosh Roe Major 13 CIB Quebec Reg (WW2 OBE) DSO MC
03/05/19 SLADE, Arthur Joseph Captain 50 CIB Alberta Reg DSO MC
26/01/18 SMITH, Henry Denne St. Alban Major Cdn Engineers DSO
25/09/15 SMITH, Stanley Alwyn Captain 3rd CFA CAMC DSO
05/07/19 SMITH, Sanford Fleming LCol Cdn Light Horse DSO
03/05/19 SMYTHE, Rolsa Eric Captain 50 CIB Alberta Regiment DSO MC
03/02/17 SNELL, Arthur Evans T/Col Cdn Army Medical Corps (CMG) DSO
22/09/17 SPARLING, Albert Walker Major Cdn Infantry DSO (**)
28/07/17 SPARLING, Herbert C. LCol Cdn Infantry DSO
15/11/19 SPENCER, Nelson Major 31 CIB Alberta Regiment DSO
20/09/19 STAIRS, Philip Boyd Lieutenant CFA 5th Div DSO
13/10/17 STANLEY, Harold Poole A/Major Cdn Infantry DSO
26/01/18 STAYNER, Richard Winslow Captain Cdn Mounted Rifles (CBE) DSO MC
28/07/17 STEEL, Francis Macdonald Major Cdn Infantry DSO
20/07/18 STEVENSON, Herbert Irving LCol Cdn Cavalry DSO (*)
23/12/16 STEWART, Charles James T. Major PPCLI DSO (*)
26/01/18 STEWART, Henry Arthur Major Cdn Army Service Corps DSO
06/07/18 STEWART, James Crossley LCol CFA (WW2 CBE) DSO
03/02/17 STEWART, John Smith LCol CFA (CMG) DSO
13/03/20 STIBBARD, Claude Charles T/LCol Man Reg for North Russia DSO
26/01/18 STOCKWELL, Cecil Valentine Major Cdn Field Artillery DSO (*)
13/04/18 STRONG, Garnet Matthew T/Major Cdn Forestry Corps DSO
08/02/19 STUART, Kenneth Major 07 CIB Cdn Eng WW2 CB) DSO MC
16/09/16 STYLES, Alfred Gaviller Captain Cdn Infantry DSO
03/05/19 SUTHERLAND, Donald Matheson LCol West Ont Reg / att Man Reg DSO
29/03/19 SUTHERLAND, John Major 116 CIB 2nd Cent Ont Reg DSO
28/07/17 SUTTON, Arthur Christopher Major Pioneer Battn DSO
08/02/19 SWAN, William George T/Major 02 Battn Cdn Railway (WW2 OBE) DSO
12/02/16 SWIFT, Albert Edward LCol 02 Cdn Infantry Battn DSO
26/01/18 SYER, Joseph Murray Major Cdn Field Artillery DSO
35
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER Awarded to the CANADIAN ARMY in WW1 (DSO)
CG DATE NAME RANK UNIT DECORATIONS /
26/01/18 TAMBLYN, David Sobey T/LCol Cdn Army Veterinary Corps DSO (OBE)
15/09/17 TAUNTON, Arthur John Showell A/Major Cdn Infantry DSO
06/07/18 TAYLOR, Allan Elsworth Major Cdn Infantry DSO
15/09/17 TAYLOR, Fawcett Gowler Major Cdn Rifles DSO
29/03/19 TAYLOR, Frederick Arthur Lieutenant Cdn Light Horse DSO
08/04/16 TAYLOR, Kenneth Churchill C. Captain 28 CIB DSO
28/07/17 TEMPLETON, Charles Perry LCol Cdn Army Medical Corps (CBE) DSO
06/07/18 THACKER, Herbert Cyril BGen CFA (CB) CMG DSO
08/02/19 THOMPSON, Edward Vivian Major 33 Batt 9th Bde CFA (CB) DSO
06/07/18 THOMPSON, John Thomas Connely LCol Cdn Infantry DSO
20/04/18 THOMPSON, William Winfred A/Capt Cdn Infantry DSO MC
13/01/17 THOMSON, Alexander Thomas T/Major Cdn Infantry DSO
22/09/17 THORNLEY, Joseph Harry Major Cdn Railway Troops DSO
09/11/18 TIMMIS, Reginald Symmonds Major Cdn Cavalry DSO
15/11/19 TOBIN, Henry Seymour LCol 29 CIB B.C. Regiment DSO
29/03/19 TOPP, Charles Beresford A/Major 42nd Battn Quebec Reg (CBE) DSO MC*
16/11/18 TORRANCE, Percival Victor Major Cdn Cavalry DSO
17/01/20 TRELEAVEN, George Willard Major 4th CFA CAMC DSO MC
03/02/17 TREMBLAY, Thomas Louis LCol Cdn Infantry (WW2 CB) CMG DSO
28/07/17 TROTTER, Clifford Thackwell Major Cdn Engineers DSO
26/01/18 TROTTER, Harold Lyndridge Major Cdn Engineers DSO
15/09/17 TUDOR, Lorn Paulet Owen Major Cdn Infantry DSO *)
03/05/19 TURNER, Royes Lionel Major Manitoba Reg (Russia) DSO
15/11/19 TUXFORD, George Stuart BGen 28 Battn Sask Reg (CB CMG) DSO (*)
03/05/19 TWEED, Lorne Treleaven Major 1st Battn Cdn Engineers DSO
15/09/17 URQUHART, Hugh Macintyre Major Cdn Infantry (1948 CVO) DSO(*) MC
28/07/17 VAN DEN BERG, John William A/Major Cdn Infantry DSO
28/07/17 VANDERSLUYS, Charles Herman Major Cdn Infantry DSO
23/12/16 VANDERWATER, Roscoe Major Cdn Infantry DSO
29/03/19 VANIER, George Phillas A/Major 22nd Battn Quebec Reg DSO MC*
16/09/16 VERRETT, Hector Bacon Major Cdn Infantry DSO
13/10/17 VICARS, Desmond Odlum Lieutenant Cdn Infantry DSO
03/02/17 VILLIERS, Paul Frederick Major Cdn Infantry DSO
08/02/19 VIPOND, Charles Walter T/LCol 9th CFA CAMC DSO
06/07/18 WALKEM, Hugh Crawford LCol Cdn Pioneers DSO
06/07/18 WALKER, Arthur Leslie Major Cdn Infantry DSO MC
15/11/19 WALKER, Philip Major Man Reg att 10 Alberta DSO
01/06/18 WALKER, William Keating A/Major Cdn Machine Gun Corps DSO (*) MC
05/07/19 WALLIS, Hugh Macdonald Captain 04 CIB Quebec Reg (OC OBE) DSO (MC)
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DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER Awarded to the CANADIAN ARMY in WW1 (DSO)
CG DATE NAME RANK UNIT DECORATIONS /
28/07/17 WANSBROUGH, Cuthbert Cole Major Cdn Infantry DSO (*)
10/02/17 WARDEN, John Weightman LCol Cdn Infantry DSO (OBE)
03/02/17 WARE, Francis Bethel Major Cdn Infantry DSO
28/07/17 WATSON, Stancliffe Wallace A/Major Cdn Infantry (CMG) DSO
03/05/19 WEAVER, Charles Yardley A/LCol 49 CIB Alberta Reg DSO
03/02/17 WEBSTER, William LCol Cdn Army Medical Corps DSO
28/09/18 WEBB, Ralph Humphreys LCol CASC - West Ont Reg (WW2 OBE) DSO MC
08/02/19 WEDD, William Basil Major 1st Central Ont Reg (WW2 CBE) DSO MC
08/02/19 WEIR, James Gordon LCol 2nd Battn CMGC DSO MC
18/01/19 WHITAKER, Hector Child Lieutenant 72nd Battn B.C. Reg DSO
06/07/18 WHITE, Donald Alexander Major Cdn Field Artillery (WW2 CBE) DSO
05/07/19 WHITE, James Alexander Gordon Major HQ 2nd Brigade CE DSO MC
26/01/18 WHITE, John Burton T/Col Cdn Forestry Corps (WW2 CBE) DSO
03/02/20+ WHITE, Wilfred Ormonde Major East Ont Reg for North Russia DSO MC
15/11/19 WHITE, William James Captain 28 CIB Saskatchewan Reg DSO MC*
06/07/18 WILCOX, Edward Alexander C. Major Cdn Infantry DSO
28/07/17 WILGAR, William Percy Major Cdn Engineers DSO
05/07/19 WILLCOCK, Ralph A/Major 42nd Battn Quebec Reg DSO MC*
22/09/17 WILLETS, Charles Richard Edward Major Cdn Infantry DSO
28/07/17 WILLIAMS, Edward Johnston LCol Cdn Army Medical Corps DSO
08/02/19 WILLIS-O'CONNOR, Henry Major East Ontario Reg (WW2 CVO CBE) DSO
23/06/17 WILSON, Alexander Douglas Major Cdn Infantry DSO
01/06/18 WILSON, William Douglas Major Cdn Field Artillery DSO
18/01/19 WISE, John LCol 25 CIB Nova Scotia Reg DSO MC
08/02/19 WOOD, James Henry A/LCol 2nd Field Ambulance CAMC DSO
13/10/17 WOOD, William Stewart Major Cdn Infantry DSO
26/01/18 WOODS, Rev Albert William Hon LCol Cdn Chaplains' Service DSO
29/03/19 WORRALL, Richard LCol 14 CIB Quebec Regiment DSO(*) MC*
10/02/17 WORSNOP, Charles Benson Major Cdn Infantry DSO
31/07/15 WRIGHT, Gordon Brooks Major Cdn Engineers KIA 23/06/15 DSO
03/02/17 WRIGHT, Robert Percy LCol Cdn Army Medical Corps (CMG) DSO
01/06/18 YOUNG, Harvey Gordon T/Capt CAMC DSO (MC)
05/07/19 YOUNG, John Douglas Major 52 CIB Manitoba Regiment DSO MC**
05/07/19 YOUNGER, Lewis Captain Alberta Regiment DSO MC**
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The CG 17/07/15 was repeated on 23/10/15 with the addition of British Army officers Lambarde and Buller who were serving with the Canadian Army plus a
repeat of the award to D.R. McCuaig.
The DSO to John Alexander Ross was announced in CG 29/07/16 and the citation published in CG 26/08/16. There are several incidences of this happening
and thus listings from other publications may vary slightly from these listings.
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DSO Awarded to CANADIANS in the BRITISH ARMY WW1 (DSO)
LG DATE NAME RANK UNIT DECORATIONS /
04/06/17+ BENT, Philip Eric Major Leicestershire Regiment (VC) DSO
04/11/15+ BIRD, John Wilfred T/Major Royal Army Medical Corps DSO
04/02/18+ BUTLER, Bertram Captain Newfoundland Forces DSO MC
23/11/16+ DENISON, Garnet Welseley Major Royal Engineers (Toronto) DSO
03/06/19+ GRASSETT, Arthur Edward Major Royal Engineers (KBE CB) DSO MC
03/06/16+ HAYTER, Herbert Roche Major RASC - ex QORC DSO
18/08/16+ MacDONALD, Arthur Cameron LCol Royal Engineers DSO
03/06/18+ MACKENZIE, Hector Grahame G. LCol Royal Army Med Corps (83 FA) DSO
01/01/18+ MACLEAN, Charles Wilberforce Major Cameron Highlanders DSO
04/11/15+ McLEAN, Charles Wesley Weldon Major Royal Artillery (RMC Grad) DSO (**)
18/07/17+ BAR Major Royal Art - event 09/04/17 DSO* (*)
18/07/17+ SECOND BAR LCol Royal Art - event 13/04/17 CMG DSO**
04/06/17+ PANET, Alphonse Eugene T/BGen Royal Engineers (CB) CMG DSO
01/01/17+ RHODES, Godfrey Dean Captain Royal Engineers (Kt CBE) DSO
03/07/15+ STREET, Edmond Rochford Captain Sherwood Foresters DSO
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DSO to BRITISH ARMY Members attached to the CANADIAN ARMY WW1 (DSO)
LG DATE NAME RANK UNIT DECORATIONS /
23/06/1915+ BULLER, Herbert Cecil+ T/LCol The Rifle Brigade (PCO) DSO
Attached PPCLI
14/01/1916+ GORDON-HALL, Gordon Charles W. Major Yorkshire Light Infantry DSO
Attached Cdn Artillery Staff
23/10/1915 LAMBARDE, Francis Fane Major Reserve of Officers (CMG) DSO
(CMG 01/01/19+) 1 Canadian Division Staff
01/01/1919+ SPENCER-SMITH, Michael S. T/Captain General List DSO
Att Cdn Corps Horse Artillery
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DSO awarded to the CANADIAN ARMY for the SOUTH AFRICA WAR (DSO)
LG DATE NAME RANK UNIT DECORATIONS /
19/04/1901+ CAMERON, George W. Captain Strathcona's Horse DSO
19/04/1901+ CARTWRIGHT, Francis Lennox Captain Strathcona's Horse (WW1 CBE) DSO
19/04/1901+ CHRISTIE, Albert Edward Lieutenant Strathcona's Horse DSO
31/10/1902+ DEVINE, James Arthur Surg Major 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles DSO
31/10/1902+ FISET, Eugene Marie Joseph LCol Cdn Army Medical (WW1 Kt CMG) DSO
27/09/1901+ HOWARD, A.L. Major Canadian Scouts DSO
19/04/1901+ IRVING, Lewis Erskine W. Lieutenant Royal Canadian Artillery DSO
19/04/1901+ KEENAN, Campbell B. Surgeon-Lt Strathcona's Horse DSO
19/04/1901+ LECKIE, John Edwards Lieutenant Strathcona's Horse (WW1 CMG) DSO
19/04/1901+ MACDONELL, Archibald Cameron Captain Cdn Mounted Rifles (WW1 KCB CMG) DSO
27/09/1901+ MACDONELL, Archibald Hayes Captain Cdn Mounted Rifles (WW1 CMG) DSO
19/04/1901+ MACKIE, Ernest F. Captain Strathcona's Horse DSO
31/10/1902+ McMILLAN, Alexander Captain Canadian Scouts (bar in WW1) DSO
27/09/1901+ MASON, James Cooper Lieutenant Royal Canadian Regiment DSO
27/09/1901+ MORRISON, Edward Whipple B. Lieutenant Royal Cdn Artillery (WW1 KCB CMG) DSO
19/04/1901+ OGILVIE, John Herbert Cecil + Lieutenant Royal Canadian Regiment (KIA) DSO
19/04/1901+ PANET, Henri Alexandre Captain Royal Cdn Artillery (WW1 CB CMG) DSO
27/09/1901+ SANDERS, Gilbert Edward Major Canadian Mounted Rifles DSO
27/09/1901+ STAIRS, Henry Bertrum Captain Royal Canadian Regiment DSO
19/04/1901+ TURNER, Richard Ernest William Lieutenant Royal Cdn Dragoon Guards VC DSO
(WW1 KCB KCMG)
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DSO awarded to CANADIANS serving in the BRITISH ARMY in SOUTH AFRICA (DSO)
LG DATE NAME RANK UNIT DECORATIONS /
31/10/1902+ BAYARD, Reginald Major East Kent Regiment DSO
27/09/1901+ CORY, George Norton Captain Royal Dublin Fusiliers (WW1 KBE) DSO
27/09/1901+ DOBELL, Charles Macpherson Bt Major Royal Welsh Fusiliers (WW1 KCB) DSO
31/10/1902+ JOLY de LOTBINIERE, Henry G. Major Royal Engineers DSO
19/04/1901+ McINNES, Duncan Sayre Lt Royal Engineers (CMG) DSO
26/06/1902+ SCOTT, Robert Kellock Captain Royal Artillery (WW1 CB CMG) DSO
26/06/1902+ TURNER, Bingham Alexander Captain The Rifle Brigade DSO
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DSO Awarded to a CANADIAN for Service in the SUDAN (DSO)
LG DATE NAME RANK UNIT DECORATIONS /
17/11/1896+ GIROUARD, Edouard Percy Cranwill Lt Royal Engineers (KCMG) DSO
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40
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER (DSO)
DSO Awarded to ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY for KOREA (DSO)
LG+ / CG NAME RANK BRANCH SHIP DECORATIONS /
22/12/1951 BROCK, Jeffry Vanstone Captain RCN HMCS Cayuga DSO DSC CD
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DSO Awarded to a CANADIAN in the ROYAL NAVY for KOREA (DSO)
LG+ / CG NAME RANK BRANCH SHIP DECORATIONS /
29/06/1951+ BROCK, Patrick Willet Captain RN HMS Kenya (1956 CB) DSO
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DSO Awarded to ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY for WW2 (DSO)
LG+ / CG NAME RANK BRANCH SHIP DECORATIONS /
04/05/1943+ COLEMAN, Albert Robert E. T/LCdr RCNR HMCS Ville de Quebec DSO
27/05/1944 DE WOLF, Harry George Cdr RCN HMCS Haida (CBE) DSO (DSC)
13/11/1943 FREELAND, Harry A/LCdr RCNR HMCS Regina DSO (OBE)
26/02/1944 GRANT, Harold Taylor Wood Captain RCN HMS Enterprise (CBE) DSO
26/12/1942 KING, Clarence Aubrey A/LCdr RCNR HMCS Oakville DSO DSC(*)
03/03/1942+ PRENTICE, James Douglas Cdr RCN HMCS Chambly DSO (DSC*)
04/05/1943+ SIMMONS, Edward Theodore T/Lt RCNVR HMCS Port Arthur DSO DSC
12/12/1942 STUBBS, John Hamilton A/LCdr RCN HMCS Assiniboine DSO (DSC)
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DSO Awarded to a CANADIAN serving in the FLEET AIR ARM WWII
LG+ / CG NAME RANK BRANCH DECORATIONS Home /
30/04/1944+ BAKER-FALKNER, Roy Sydney LCdr (P) RN DSO DSC Victoria, B.C.
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WORLD WAR ONE NAVAL DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDALS (DSO)
Canadians in the RN and RNR in WWI
LG+ DATE NAME RANK SERVICE DECORATIONS /
17/04/1918+ BAILLIE-GROHMAN, Harold Tom LCdr RN DSO (OBE)
23/07/1918+ BOURKE, Rowland Richard L. Lieutenant RNVR (VC) DSO
04/06/1917+ DENISON, John Captain RNR DSO
02/11/1917+ JOHNSON, Bernard Leith LCdr RNR (WW2 CBE) DSO
03/03/1915+ PETERS, Frederick Thornton Lieutenant RN (WW2 VC) DSO (DSC*)
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BAR to the DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER (DSO*)
Canadians in the Fleet Air Army in WWI
LG+ DATE NAME RANK SERVICE DECORATIONS /
26/04/1918+ COLLISHAW, Raymond Wing Commander RNAS (WWII CB) DSO (*) OBE DSC DFC
21/09/1918+ MULOCK, Redford Henry Temporary Major RAF (CBE) DSO (*)
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DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER (DSO)
Canadians in the Fleet Air Army in WWI
LG+ DATE NAME RANK SERVICE DECORATIONS /
08/12/1915+ ARNOLD, Harwood James Flight Sub-Lieutenant RNAS DSO
11/08/1917+ COLLISHAW, Raymond Flight Lieutenant RNAS (WWII CB) DSO DSC OBE DFC
17/11/1917+ FISHER, Philip Sidney Flight Commander RNAS (OC WWII Civil CBE) DSO DSC
20/07/1917+ HOBBS, Basil Deacon Flight Lieutenant RNAS DSO DSC*
17/05/1918+ LECKIE, Robert Flight Commander RNAS (WWII CB) DSO DSC (DFC)
23/05/1917+ MALONE, John Joseph Flight Sub-Lieutenant RNAS DSO
22/06/1916+ MULOCK, Redford Henry Acting Flight Commander RNAS (CBE) DSO (*)
01/01/1918+ SHOOK, Alexander Macdonald Flight Commander RNAS DSO DSC
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R O Y A L C A N A D I A N A I R F O R C E
Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
SECOND BAR TO DSO Awards to the RCAF in WW2 (DSO**)
LG DATE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER CITATION DECORATIONS /
01/06/1945+ FAUQUIER, John Emilius G/C 617 C1399 # DSO** DFC
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FIRST BAR TO DSO Awards to the RCAF in WW2 (DSO*)
LG DATE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER CITATION DECORATIONS /
14/01/1944+ CHADBURN, Lloyd Vernon + W/C 127(W) J2976 # DSO* DFC
31/03/1944+ FAUQUIER, John Emilius G/C 405 C1399 # DSO* DFC
24/07/1945+ KEEFER, George Clinton W/C 125(W) J5022 DSO* DFC*
01/02/1944+ SALE, Douglas Julian + S/L 35 J9929 # DSO* DFC
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DSO Awards to the ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE WORLD WAR TWO (DSO)
LG DATE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER CITATION DECORATIONS /
06/02/1945+ ANDERSON, John Alan F/L 419 J25399 # DSO (DFC)
28/11/1944+ AVANT, Alan Frederick W/C 427 J10503 # DSO DFC
17/08/1945+ BANNOCK, Russell W/C 406 C1086 DSO DFC*
14/07/1944+ BENNETT, Gordon S/L 405 J15248 # DSO DFC
07/09/1943+ CHADBURN, Lloyd Vernon+ W/C 127(W) J2976 # DSO DFC
11/07/1944+ CHAPMAN, Cecil St. George W. W/C 162 C1009 # DSO
16/06/1942+ CHRISTIE, Ralph MacLaren F/L 407 C1278 # DSO
03/11/1944+ CURTIS, Russell Edward F/L 428 J24086 # DSO DFM
24/10/1944+ DALE, Robert Gordon F/L 1409 J15042 # DSO DFC
17/03/1944+ DAVOUD, Paul Yettvart G/C 418 C325 # DSO DFC
28/07/1944+ DENOMY, Bernard Charles F/O 162 J11265 # DSO
16/02/1945+ DOW, James Richard S/L 635 J5691 # DSO DFC*
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DSO Awards to the ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE WORLD WAR TWO (DSO)
LG DATE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER CITATION DECORATIONS /
29/09/1944+ ELLWOOD, Glenmore Benjamin S/L 405 J11442 # DSO DFC*
17/09/1943+ FAUQUIER, John Emilius W/C 405 C1399 # DSO DFC
22/09/1944+ FOOTE, William LeRoy F/L 626 J27659 # DSO
21/09/1945+ GANDERTON, Vaughan Francis W/C 427 J10133 DSO DFC
14/04/1944+ GODEFROY, Hugh Constant W/C 127(W) J3701 DSO DFC*
29/01/1946+ GORDON, Ralph Alan W/C 436 C1467 DSO DFC
27/07/1945+ GRANT, Frank George W/C 143(W) J5056 DSO DFC
27/04/1945+ HALL, John Thomas S/L 35 J25802 # DSO DFC
05/12/1944+ HAY, Colin Maxwell F/O 432 J39394 # DSO
29/08/1944+ HAY, Hugh Burns F/L 692 J15707 # DSO DFC*
31/10/1944+ HAYWARD, Robert Kitchener S/L 411 J12324 # DSO DFC
14/07/1944+ INGALLS, Ross Baxter S/L 582 J4771 # DSO DFC
23/01/1945+ KALLIO, Oliver Charles S/L 417 J6494 DSO DFC
20/10/1944+ KEEFER, George Clinton W/C 274 J5022 # DSO DFC*
23/01/1945+ KEILLOR, Hubert George S/L 524 J7548 # DSO DFC
16/05/1944+ KERRIGAN, Harold Fleming F/L 120 J6002 # DSO DFC
07/07/1944+ KIPP, Robert Allan S/L 418 J4743 # DSO DFC
29/06/1945+ KLERSY, William Thomas+ S/L 401 J12199 DSO DFC*
29/08/1944+ KOESTER, George Dennis Scott + S/L 105 J8343 # DSO DFC
09/07/1943+ LANE, Reginald John S/L 35 J5795 DSO DFC*
12/01/1943+ LAYTON, Michael Shakespeare F/O 120 J5302 # DSO
19/10/1945+ MacFADYEN, Donald Aikins S/L 406 J3103 DSO DFC*
29/09/1944+ MacKINNON, Lawrence Leroy S/L 405 J19268 # DSO DFC
28/05/1943+ McCARTHY, Joseph Charles F/L 617 J9346 DSO DFC*
29/08/1944+ McDONALD, John Robert S/L 405 J7978 # DSO DFC
03/11/1944+ McGILLIVRAY, Dougal Archibald F/O 428 J19973 # DSO
05/09/1944+ McLEOD, Henry Wallace (Wally)+ S/L 443 J4912 # DSO DFC*
14/04/1944+ McNAIR, Robert Wendell W/C 126(W) J4745 DSO DFC**
26/10/1945+ McQUOID, Donald John W/C 405 J6389 DSO DFC*
15/06/1945+ MOONEY, Joseph Fred F/O 625 J41167 # DSO
22/08/1944+ MOORE, Kenneth Owen F/O 224 J22754 # DSO
27/10/1944+ MORRISON, Howard Allan W/C 405 J4898 # DSO DFC (AFC)
17/07/1945+ MUSSELLS, Campbell Haliburton S/L 405 C1639 # DSO DFC (OBE)
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DSO Awards to the ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE WORLD WAR TWO (DSO)
LG DATE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER CITATION DECORATIONS /
21/09/1945+ NEWSON, William Francis M. G/C 405 C983 DSO DFC*
26/09/1944+ NORTHCOTT, Geoffrey Wilson S/L 402 J15088 # DSO DFC*
16/02/1945+ OLMSTED, William Alfred S/L 442 J5725 # DSO DFC
02/01/1945+ PERRY, John Wycliffe S/L 405 J9192 # DSO DFC
02/11/1943+ POWELL, Peter Geoffrey S/L 405 J8817 # DSO DFC
03/10/1944+ RUSSELL, Blair Dazell "Dal" W/C 126(W) C1319 # DSO DFC*
05/05/1944+ RUTTAN, Charles Graham W/C 415 C871 DSO
08/10/1943+ SALE, Douglas Julian + F/L 35 J9929 # DSO (DFC)
05/02/1943+ SCOTT, John Charles W/C 413 C835 # DSO
02/11/1943+ SENGER, William John F/L 7 J17203 # DSO DFC
18/02/1944+ SHULEMSON, Sydney Simon F/O 404 J12483 # DSO (DFC)
23/03/1945+ SMITH, Edward William F/L 424 J16164 DSO
16/03/1945+ SOMERVILLE, James Dean "Red" W/C 409 C1999 # DSO DFC
02/10/1945+ SPARKS, George Nobel Bryan W/C 356 C1492 DSO
07/07/1944+ STEPHEN, William MacDowall F/L 427 C823 # DSO
11/06/1943+ STICKELL, John Harlan F/L 7 J8429 DSO DFC
01/08/1944+ STRANGE, Maxwell Samuel F/O 427 J24504 # DSO (DFC)
29/09/1944+ SWEANY, George Andrew S/L 405 J9783 # DSO DFC
07/04/1944+ SWETMAN, William Herbert W/C 426 J15176 # DSO DFC
26/09/1944+ TILSON, Henry S/L 622 J7343 # DSO DFC
01/12/1944+ TRAINOR, Hugh Charles S/L 401 C1697 # DSO DFC*
24/10/1944+ VANEXAN, William Corbett S/L 431 J15603 # DSO DFC
24/07/1945+ WADDELL, Robert Charles Arthur W/C 39(W) C827 DSO DFC
08/09/1944+ WALKER, Harold Allen F/L 138 J16644 # DSO DFC
27/04/1945+ WATTS, Jack Vincent S/L 105 J4688 # DSO DFC
07/07/1944+ WEBB, Joseph Leroy P/O 432 J19885 # DSO
05/05/1944+ WESTERMAN, Clifford Farrer S/L 105 J6650 # DSO DFC
26/09/1944+ WILLIAMS, David John S/L 406 J6991 # DSO DFC
(W) = Wing
1409 = 1409 Flight (RAF) Navigator
39 W = 39 Wing Photo duties
# = Citation published in the London or Canada Gazette
Name + = Died during the war
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BAR to DSO Award to a CANADIAN in the RAF in WW2 (DSO*)
LG DATE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER CITATION DECORATIONS /
23/03/1945+ GRANT, George Francis G/C 109 42216 DSO* DFC
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DSO Awards to CANADIANS in the RAF in WW2 (DSO)
LG DATE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER CITATION DECORATIONS /
14/08/1942+ AITKEN, The Honourable Maxwell W/C 68 90128 # DSO DFC*
15/08/1941+ ATKINSON, Leslie W/C 82 39407 # DSO DFC*
20/04/1943+ BAUDOUX, Evert L. "Shawn" S/L 233 42095 DSO DFC
29/05/1945+ BEALL, Hugo Russell M. W/C 356 39161 DSO
03/11/1942+ BEURLING, George "Buzz" F/L 249 128707 # DSO DFC DFM*
04/12/1942+ BROWN, Alan Coatsworth W/C 407 37033 DSO DFC (OBE)
18/09/1945+ BURNELL, Harold Hemlyn + W/C 223 39299 DSO AFC
23/03/1945+ BURNETT, Wilfred Jasper W/C 138 40076 DSO DFC
07/01/1944+ CAMPBELL, Colin Francis S/L 109 102986 # DSO DFC
29/10/1943+ CHARLES, John Evert Francis W/C 611 36198 # DSO DFC*
26/11/1945+ COULSON, Stafford Pulleine G/C 582 33232 DSO DFC
17/07/1945+ CUTHILL, John F/L 156 175715 DSO DFC
31/05/1940+ DONALDSON, Edward Mortlock S/L 151 32043 # DSO (AFC)
11/06/1943+ DONALDSON, Oliver Russell G/C 7 37414 DSO DFC
31/03/1944+ ENO, Lloyd Higgs+ S/L 51 49006 # DSO DFC
30/11/1943+ FLEMING, Mervin Matthew W/C 419 39975 # DSO DFC
04/08/1942+ FULTON, John "Moose" + W/C 419 37095 DSO DFC AFC
07/01/1944+ GARVEY, Fred James+ F/L 83 117420 # DSO DFC
23/03/1945+ GILES, John Hassall W/C 186 37851 DSO DFC
12/11/1943+ GRANT, George Francis G/C 156 42216 DSO DFC
26/01/1945+ ISON, Thomas Eric W/C 156 40915 # DSO DFC
12/01/1945+ LAMBERT, Frederick Frank W/C 515 37858 # DSO DFC*
18/09/1945+ NICHOLSON, George Henry F/L 466 141863 DSO DFC
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DSO Awards to CANADIANS in the RAF in WW2 (DSO)
LG DATE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER CITATION DECORATIONS /
29/08/1944+ POLLARD, Michael Evelyn W/C 107 41615 DSO DFC AFC
04/02/1941+ POWELL, John Alexander + W/C 149 26122 # DSO OBE
02/02/1943+ RAPHAEL, Gordon Learmouth + W/C 85 73508 # DSO DFC*
23/09/1941+ TIMMERMAN, Nelles Woods W/C 83 39046 DSO DFC*
23/05/1944+ TURNER, Percival Stanley W/C 417 41631 DSO DFC*
14/05/1943+ URWIN-MANN, John Ronald S/L 126 42281 # DSO DFC* (AFC)
03/10/1944+ WHELAN, James Roger W/C 680 40330 # DSO DFC* (CBE)
23/03/1945+ WOODRUFF, Patrick Henry + W/C 32 39806 DSO DFC
SECOND BAR to DSO Award to RAF Serving with the RCAF in WW2 (DSO**)
LG DATE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER CITATION DECORATIONS /
07/07/1944+ JOHNSON, James Edgar (Johnny) W/C 144(W) 83267 # DSO* DFC**
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BAR to DSO Awards to RAF Serving with the RCAF in WW2 (DSO*)
LG DATE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER CITATION DECORATIONS /
04/06/1943+ JOHNSON, James Edgar (Johnny) W/C WNG 83267 # DSO* DFC*
18/09/1945+ LAWSON, Kenneth John + W/C 405 82728 A1 DSO* DFC
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DSO Awards to RAFVR Serving with the RCAF in WW2 (DSO)
LG DATE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER CITATION DECORATIONS /
09/06/1944+ BAKER, John S/L 405 120393 # DSO DFC
28/05/1943+ CROOKS, Leslie W/C 426 44054 # DSO
29/08/1944+ CULPIN, Bernard Walter S/L 405 155922 # DSO DFC
02/06/1944+ GATWARD, Alfred Kitchener W/C 404 83251 DSO DFC
24/10/1944+ MAINS-SMITH, Peter S/L 405 66562 # DSO DFC
22/12/1944+ MARTIN, George Albert F/L 405 127850 # DSO DFC*
21/11/1941+ STYLES, Herbert Mortimer W/C 407 33146 # DSO
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DSO Award to RAAF Serving with the RCAF in WW2 (DSO)
LG DATE NAME RANK SQUADRON NUMBER CITATION DECORATIONS /
27/06/1944 SCHERF, Charles Curnow F/L 418 AUS413671 # DSO DFC*
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A1 = Effective 01/01/1945 (Since Deceased)
144(W) = 144 (Fighter) Wing
WNG = Canadian Kenley Wing
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DSOs to the RCN in WW2
DSO AWARDS TO ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY WORLD WAR TWO (DSO)
LG+/CG NAME RANK BRANCH SHIP DECORATIONS /
04/05/1943+ COLEMAN, Albert Robert E. LCdr RCNR HMCS Ville de Quebec DSO
27/05/1944 DE WOLF, Harry George Cdr RCN HMCS Haida (CBE) DSO DSC
13/11/1943 FREELAND, Harry A/LCdr RCNR HMCS Regina DSO OBE
26/02/1944 GRANT, Harold Taylor Wood Captain RCN HMS Enterprise (CBE) DSO
26/12/1942 KING, Clarence Aubrey A/LCdr RCNR HMCS Oakville DSO DSC*
03/03/1942+ PRENTICE, James Douglas Cdr RCN HMCS Chambly DSO DSC*
01/05/1943+ SIMMONS, Edward Theodore Lt RCNVR HMCS Port Arthur DSO DSC
12/12/1942 STUBBS, John Hamilton A/LCdr RCN HMCS Assiniboine DSO DSC
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DSO AWARD TO ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY FOR KOREA
LG+/CG NAME RANK BRANCH SHIP DECORATIONS /
22/12/1951 BROCK, Jeffry Vanstone Captain RCN HMCS Cayuga DSO DSC CD
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DSO AWARD TO a CANADIAN in the ROYAL NAVY FOR KOREA
LG+/CG NAME RANK BRANCH SHIP DECORATIONS
29/12/1951+ BROCK, Patrick Willet Captain RN HMS Kenya (CB) DSO
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DSO to CANADIANS in RAF/RNAS in WW1
BAR to the DSO to CANADIANS in the RFC/RAF/RNAS in WW1 (DSO)
LG DATE NAME RANK SQUADRON DECORATIONS /
02/11/198+ BARKER, William George T/Major RAF (WWII CB) (VC) DSO* MC**
26/09/197+ BISHOP, William Avery Captain RFC VC DSO* MC DFC
16/09/198+ CARTER, Albert DesBrisay + Major RAF - NB Regiment DSO*
21/09/198+ COLLISHAW, Raymond T/Major RAF (WW2 CB) DSO* DSC (OBE DFC)
26/04/198+ MULOCK, Redford Henry Wing Cdr RNAS DSO*
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DSO to CANADIANS in the RFC/RAF in WW1 (DSO)
LG DATE NAME RANK SQUADRON DECORATIONS /
01/04/1920+ ANDERSON, Walter Fraser F/L RAF DSO
18/02/1918+ BARKER, William George T/Captain RFC - General List (VC) DSO MC*
21/01/1916+ BELL-IRVING, Malcolm McBean Captain RFC DSO
18/06/1917+ BISHOP, William Avery Captain RFC - Cdn Cavalry (CB VC) DSO MC DFC
02/11/1918+ BURDEN, Henry John T/Captain RAF - Cdn Forestry DSO DFC
18/02/1918+ CARTER, Albert DesBrisay + Major RFC - Cdn Infantry DSO
02/11/1918+ CLAXTON, William Gordon Lieutenant RAF - No 41 Sqd DSO DFC*
02/11/1918+ CULLEY, Stuart Douglas Lieutenant RAF - (Sea Patrol) DSO
22/09/1916+ EVANS, Henry Cope 2nd Lt RFC - Alta Dragoons DSO
11/02/1916+ KNIGHT, Arthur Gerald + 2nd Lt RFC DSO (MC)
08/02/1919+ MacLAREN, Donald Roderick A/Captain RFC - No 46 Sqd DSO MC* DFC
03/08/1918+ McCALL, Fred Robert Lieutenant RFC - No 41 Sqd DSO MC
04/02/1918+ McKEEVER, Andrew Edward A/Captain RFC - No 11 Sqd DSO
22/06/1918+ QUIGLEY, Frank Granger + Captain RFC DSO MC*
17/12/1917+ STEELE, Robert Crawford 2nd/Lt RFC - No 111 Sqd DSO
13/10/1916+ TEMPEST, Wulstan Joseph 2nd/Lt RFC DSO (MC)
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DSO to CANADIANS in the RNAS in WW1 (DSO)
LG DATE NAME RANK RNAS DECORATIONS /
08/12/1915+ ARNOLD, Harwood James+ F/S/Lieutenant RNAS DSO
11/08/1917+ COLLISHAW, Raymond Flt/Lieutenant RNAS (WW2 CB) DSO DSC (OBE DFC)
17/11/1917+ FISHER, Philip Sidney Flt Commander RNAS (CC CBE) DSO DSC
20/07/1917+ HOBBS, Basil Deacon Flt Lieutenant RNAS DSO DSC (OBE)
17/05/1918+ LECKIE, Robert Flt Commander RNAS (CB) DSO DSC (DFC)
23/05/1917+ MALONE, John Joseph+ F/Squadron Leader RNAS (CBE) DSO
22/06/1916+ MULOCK, Redford Henry A/Flt Commander RNAS DSO
01/01/1918+ SHOOK, Alexander Macdonald Flt Commander RNAS DSO DSC
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DSO AWARDED TO CANDIANS IN THE RN / RNR / RNVR IN WW1 (DSO)
LG+/CG NAME RANK BRANCH DECORATIONS /
17/04/1918+ BAILLIE-GROHMAN, Harold Tom LCdr RN (WW2 CB) DSO (OBE)
23/07/1918+ BOURKE, Rowland Richard L. Lieutenant RNVR (VC) DSO
04/06/1917+ DENISON, John Captain RNR DSO
02/11/1917+ JOHNSON, Bernard Leith LCdr RNR (WW2 CBE) DSO
03/03/1915+ PETERS, Frederick Thornton Lieutenant RN (WW2 VC) DSO (DSC*)
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SAMPLE CITATIONS TO RCAF DSOs
Group Captain John Emiulius FAUQUIER, DSO** DFC (C1399) RCAF 617 (RAF) Sqd. LG 01/06/1945
"Since assuming command of the squadron in December, 1944, this officer has taken part in almost
all the sorties to which the formation has been committed. Early in February, 1945, G/C Fauquier
led the squadron in an attack on the U-boat pens at Poortershaven. Photographs obtained showed
that the bombing was accurate and concentrated. Since, then, this officer has participated in a
number of sorties during which the railway viaduct at Bielefeld, a railway bridge over the river
Weser at Bremen and a viaduct over a flooded meadow near to Ardbergen bridge were all rendered
unusable by the enemy. By his brilliant leadership, undoubted skill and iron determination, this
officer played a good part in the successes obtained. He has rendered much loyal and valuable
service." (Awarded a second bar to the DSO)
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Flight Lieutenant Ralph Maclaren CHRISTIE, DSO RCAF 407 (RCAF) Sqd LG 16/06/1942
Flying Officer Frank Albert KAY, DFC RCAF 407 (RCAF) Sqd
"In May 1942, F/L Christie and P/O Kay each led a force of bombers in an attack on a large enemy
convoy, including armed ships and destroyers off the Dutch coast. The attack, which was
delivered in the fading light, was pressed home in the face of a barrage of the utmost intensity.
Pilot Officer Kay, who was first to attack, received wounds on the fingers when shrapnel tore
through the floor in front of him. Despite this, he flew in, firing his guns, and bombs were
released on a ship almost at deck level. F/L Christie followed in and, releasing his bombs from
mast height, scored hits on a medium-sized ship. Both aircraft were damaged. That of F/L
Christie was hit in the wings, fuselage and tail, causing damage which made the aircraft
exceedingly difficult to control. Pilot Officer Kay's aircraft was hit in both engines while he
himself received a further wound in the arm. Despite their difficulties, both these officers
flew their damaged aircraft back to this country. Some time previously, F/L Christie
participated in a daring attack on a convoy off the Dutch coast. In the face of heavy defensive
fire, a large ship was bombed from only 20 feet. As the bombs exploded large quantities of
debris were hurled in the air and the vessel was set on fire." Christie was awarded the DSO
Kay received the DFC
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SAMPLE CITATIONS TO RCAF DSOs
Flying Officer Kenneth Owen MOORE, DSO RCAF 224 (RAF) Sqd LG 22/08/1944
Warrant Officer Peter FOSTER, DFC RCAF 224 (RAF) Sqd
"Flying Officer Moore, Warrant Officers Foster and McDowall and Sergeant Hamer were pilot, wireless operator
(air), navigator and flight engineer respectively of an aircraft in which they attacked and destroyed 2 U-Boats
during a recent sortie. In both actions, which occurred within the space of 22 minutes, F/O Moore pressed home
his attack with great skill and gallantry in the face of heavy opposing fire. He was brilliantly supported by
his crew whose efficiency and co-operation throughout were of inestimable value. On this notable sortie, F/O
Moore and his comrades set and example of the highest order and their feat was worthy of the greatest praise."
(F/O Moore was awarded the DSO; Warrant Officers Peter Foster (RCAF) and Johnston McDowall (RAFVR) were awarded
the DFC and Sergeant John Hamer (RAFVR) was awarded the DFM.) Their were ten members of the crew with only
four of them receiving awards. The events took place on the evening of 7/8 June 1944 with U-629 and U-373
being sunk. Their aircraft was Liberator 'G', 224 Squadron.
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Acting Squadron Leader Robert Allan KIPP, DSO DFC RCAF 427 (RCAF) Sqd LG 07/07/1944
"This officer continues to display the highest standard of skill and gallantry in air operations. He has
completed very many sorties and his careful planning, tactical ability and iron determination have brought him
much success. In April 1944, he led a section of aircraft on a sortie over enemy territory during which 4
enemy aircraft were shot down, 2 of them by S/L Kipp. On another occasion, one night in May 1944, S/L Kipp
destroyed 4 hostile aircraft in combat. His genius for leadership has always been apparent and his example has
been most inspiring." (Awarded the DSO)
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Acting Flight Lieutenant William MacDowall STEPHEN, DSO 427 (RCAF) Sqd LG 07/07/1944
"One night in May 1944, this officer captained an aircraft detailed to attack Aachen. When crossing the enemy
coast, the aircraft was hit by fire from the ground defences. The starboard rudder and the elevator controls
were so badly damaged that the aircraft became almost unmanageable. Undaunted, F/L Stephen went on to the
target and bombed it. He afterwards flew the damaged aircraft to this country. Although the tailwheel had
been shot away and the brake pressure was nil, F/L Stephen effected a safe landing. His perseverance in the
face of great odds, together with his exceptional skill and resource set an example of a high order."
(Awarded the DSO)
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Acting Squadron Leader Henry Wallace McLEOD, DSO DFC* RCAF 443 (RCAF) Sqd LG 05/09/1944
"This officer continues to display the highest standard of courage and resolution in air operations. He is an
exceptional leader and a relentless fighter whose achievements are worthy of the highest praise. He has
destroyed 17 enemy aircraft." (Awarded the DSO)
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