Birthday Honours 1942
Lieutenant-Commander William Edward Slade Briggs
Distinguished Service Cross
Recognised in the Birthday Honours 1942 with the Distinguished Service Cross.
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Distinguished Service Cross · 1942
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How common is this award?
The Distinguished Service Cross was awarded 10 times in the Birthday Honours List 1942 — about 31% of the list.
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Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in the Birthday Honours 1942
Able Seaman Arthur James Sharpe
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Gilbert Goodwin Fraser
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Julian Duchesne
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Leading Seaman Joseph Charrier
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Leading Signalman Frederick Morgan
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Lieutenant-Commander Edgar G. Skinner
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Lieutenant-Commander George Hay Stephen
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Lieutenant-Commander Thomas Gilmour
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Stoker Wallace Harold Chandler
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Distinguished Service Cross · 1942
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1942 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1942.
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