Tait, William Eric Campbell
- Date of birth:
- August 12th, 1886 (Morice Town/Devon, Verenigd Koninkrijk)
- Date of death:
- July 17th, 1946 (Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia)
- Buried on:
- Commonwealth War Graves Mbare West
- Nationality:
- British
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Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB, Military Division)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Rear-Admiral
- Awarded on:
- July 11th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Vice-Admiral
- Awarded on:
- January 1st, 1943
Grootofficier in de Orde van Oranje Nassau met zwaarden (ON.2x)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Vice-Admiral
- Awarded on:
- February 27th, 1945
Royal decree no. ?, dd. 29-12-1944.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Admiral
- Awarded on:
- June 22nd, 1945
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Sources
- - Nederlandse onderscheidingen aan Britse staatsburgers voor de Tweede Wereldoorlog
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36958/supplement/1131/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/15725/page/429/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37144/page/3279/data.pdf
- Admiral Sir William Eric Campbell Tait | War Casualty Details 2617483 | CWGC
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35841/page/3/data.pdf
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