D.S.O.
abbreviation
D.S.O.
Americanabbreviation
DSO
British
abbreviation
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The Colonel's Adventures Sir: Allow me to recall only two of the early adventures of Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen, D.S.O., featured in your July 2 issue as the world's leading bird-lice catcher.
From Time Magazine Archive
The common procedure for incompetent colonels was to give them a D.S.O. and send them back to England.
From Time Magazine Archive
D.S.O., an infantry captain in the Green Howards, and Herbert Read, the philosopher, poet and esthetician.
From Time Magazine Archive
The D.S.O. is open only to commissioned officers, and foreign officers who are associated in operations with British forces are eligible to be honorary members of the order.
From Time Magazine Archive
Various lectures and papers by Henderson were collected and published in 1905 by Captain Malcolm, D.S.O., under the title The Science of War; to this collection a memoir was contributed by Lord Roberts.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
“Increasingly, DSOs are offering less cash and more equity in the DSO itself. A typical offer might be 20 percent cash, 80 percent shares,” said Williams.
From Slate ● Mar. 17, 2026
Such are the dissonances that attend settling into one’s figurative seat at Orchestra Hall to experience the DSO through virtual reality.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 27, 2021
Great chance to shine, and let’s hope Johnny gets Johnson’s equivalent of a DSO for it.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 21, 2019
The adventurous program of his inaugural DSO concert in the fall seemed designed to show off the orchestra, and its new maestro, in their chameleonlike diversity.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2018
Sir Morgan, who died aged 98, was also awarded a DSO for "courage, outstanding leadership and devotion to duty" during an attack on the Croatian island of Lussino.
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2013
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