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Alan Roderick Haig-Brown DSO | Grave
LIEUTENANT COLONEL A. R. HAIG-BROWN DSO Name: Alan Roderick Haig-Brown DSO Regiment & Unit/Ship: Middlesex Regiment 23rd Bn. Date of Death: 25 March 1918 Age at Death: – Buried or commemorated at: ACHIET-LE-GRAND COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION IV. D. 3. France Awards: Distinguished Service Order Additional Info: Son of the late Rev. Canon Haig-Brown, Master of […]
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The Distinguished Service Order (DSO) was instituted by Queen Victoria on 6 September 1886 and was awarded to commissioned officers of the British Army, usually to those above the rank of major, who had rendered meritorious or distinguished service during war and had been Mentioned in Despatches. Almost 9,000 were issued during World War One, with all awards […]
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