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Definition of Distinguished Service Order
1. Noun. A British military decoration for special service in action.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Distinguished Service Order
Literary usage of Distinguished Service Order
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The Distinguished Service Order (see KNIGHTHOOD) is given only to officers ...
Like the latter, the Distinguished Service Order is generally referred to by ..."
2. Medals of the British navy and how they were won by William Henry Long (1895)
"THE Distinguished Service Order. THIS Order was instituted by a Royal Wan-ant,
dated September 6th, 1886. It is given to the Officers of the Army, Navy, ..."
3. The World Book: Organized Knowledge in Story and Picture edited by Michael Vincent O'Shea, Ellsworth D. Foster, George Herbert Locke (1918)
"Distinguished Service Order. When an officer's name is proposed for the Victoria
Cross, the feat prompting the nomination is put under official ..."
4. Illinois in the World War: An Illustrated History of the Thirty-third Division by States Publications Society (1920)
"... ajor Distinguished Service Medal Distinguished Service Cross Distinguished
Service Order Croix de Guerre with Palm Officer Legion of Honor Officer Order ..."
5. The 131st U. S. Infantry (First Infantry Illinois National Guard) in the by Joseph Brown Sanborn, George Nathaniel Malstrom (1919)
"... Distinguished Service Order (British), Order of Leopold, Officer (Belgian),
Legion of Honor, Officer (French), Croix de Guerre with Palm (French). ..."
6. The Knights of Columbus in Peace and War by Maurice Francis Egan, John James Bright Kennedy (1920)
"... in the Service К. С. В. Knight Commander Order of the Bath 1 Promoted from
ranks to commission DSO Distinguished Service Order * Congressional Medal of ..."
7. Illustrated Naval and Military Magazine: A Monthly Journal Devoted to All (1888)
"The " Distinguished Service Order," was instituted by the Queen-Empress at " our
Court of Balmoral " in the fiftieth year of Her reign, on the 6th September ..."
8. Medals and Decorations of the British Army and Navy by John Horsley Mayo (1897)
"Distinguished Service Order. 1886. PLATE 44. ... in Our Land Forces or Marines,
or in Our Indian or Colonial Naval or Military Distinguished Service Order ..."
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