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Distinguished Service Order (DSO)

Country:Great Britain
Established:9 November 1886
Criteria:The Distinguished Service Order (DSO) was awarded to military officers for individual instances of meritorious or distinguished service in war. Recipients usually received it for combat against the enemy. For additional acts of gallantry, a bar was issued.
Distinguished Service Order (DSO)

Recipients - World War I Aces
EnglandAlbert Ball

CanadaWilliam Barker - 18 February 1918

South AfricaAndrew Beauchamp Proctor

CanadaWilliam Bishop - 18 June 1917

CanadaArthur Brown - 2 November 1917

EnglandGeoffrey Bowman

CanadaHenry Burden - 2 November 1918

ScotlandWilliam Campbell

EnglandPeter Carpenter

CanadaAlbert Carter - 18 February 1918

CanadaWilliam Claxton - 2 November 1918

AustraliaArthur Cobby

IrelandKennedy Cochran-Patrick

CanadaRaymond Collishaw - 11 August 1917

AustraliaArthur Coningham

BelgiumWilly Coppens

FranceRené Fonck

ScotlandMatthew Frew

EnglandPhilip Fullard

ScotlandJohn Gilmour

AustraliaStanley Goble

EnglandHarry Goode

EnglandLanoe Hawker

IrelandTom Hazell

AustraliaFred Holliday

AustraliaCedric Howell

WalesIra Jones

RussiaAlexander Kozakov

AustraliaElwyn King

South AfricaSamuel Kinkead

EnglandArthur Knight - 11 December 1916

AustraliaRobert Little

CanadaDonald MacLaren - 8 February 1919

CanadaJohn Malone - 23 May 1917

EnglandEdward Mannock

CanadaFrederick McCall - 3 August 1918

AustraliaEdgar McCloughry

EnglandJames McCudden

CanadaAndrew McKeever - 4 February 1918

CanadaRedford Mulock - 22 June 1916

South AfricaChristopher Quintin-Brand

EnglandArthur Rhys Davids

AustraliaAlfred Shepherd - 15 July 1917

CanadaAlexander Shook - 11 August 1917

EnglandSydney Smith

United StatesClive Warman

EnglandHarold Whistler

EnglandAlan Wilkinson

EnglandHenry Woollett


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