Distinguished Service Order
The Distinguished Service Order (DSO) is a militar decoration o the Unitit Kinrick, an umwhile o ither pairts o the Commonweel o Naitions, awairdit for meritorious or distinguished service bi officers o the airmed forces in wartime, teepically in actual combat.
| Distinguished Service Order | |
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| Medal o the order | |
| Awairdit bi Unitit Kinrick an Commonweel | |
| Teep | Order wi ane degree |
| Eligibility | members o the airmed forces |
| Awairdit for | "Distinguished services in active operations against the enemy."[1] |
| Status | Currently awairdit |
| Soverane | Queen Elizabeth II |
| Grades (w/ post-nominals) | Companion |
| Stateestics | |
| Established | 6 September 1886 |
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| Precedence | |
| Next (heicher) | Commander o the Maist Excellent Order o the Breetish Empire[3] |
| Next (lawer) | Lieutenant o the Ryal Victorian Order |
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| Reebin baur o the order | |
ReferencesEedit
- ↑ Defence Internet|Fact Sheets|Guide to Honours
- ↑ Medal Yearbook 2013. Honiton, Devon: Token. 2013. p. 82. ISBN 978-1-908-828-00-2.
- ↑ Precedence of the British orders – Website of Burke's Peerage & Gentry