Distinguished Service Order
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Serving and former service personnel had become suspicious of the supposed Rear Admiral - the third highest rank in the Royal Navy - when they saw his sword and the rare Distinguished Service Order medal.
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2026
Serving and former service personnel became suspicious when they saw him dressed as a rear admiral and wearing the rare Distinguished Service Order medal.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2025
Munro was among those who were awarded the Distinguished Service Order for his part in the attack.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 4, 2015
There he was welcomed, promoted to the rank of captain, and awarded the "Liberation Distinguished Service Order Second Class."
From Time Magazine Archive
Besides the Victoria Cross, received by Holbrook himself, his second in command, Lieutenant Sydney T. Winn, received the Distinguished Service Order, and each of the fourteen members of the crew received the Distinguished Service Medal.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 8) History of the European War from Official Sources by Reynolds, Francis J. (Francis Joseph)
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