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Hoare, Samuel John Gurney, 1st Viscount Templewood

Date of birth:
February 24th, 1880 (London, United Kingdom)
Date of death:
May 7th, 1959 (London, United Kingdom)
Nationality:
British

Biography

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Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:
Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
Awarded on:
June 4th, 1917
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:
Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
Awarded on:
April 1st, 1919
Ordine dei Santi Maurizio e Lazzaro - Ufficiale
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:
Lieutenant-Colonel
Awarded on:
November 28th, 1919
Ceskoslovenský válecný kríž 1914-1918
Awarded on:
June 1927
Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE, Military Division)
Rank:
Lieutenant-Colonel
Awarded on:
January 1st, 1934
Grand Commander of the Star of India (GCSI)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
July 14th, 1944
1st Viscount Templewood, of Chelsea, co. Middlesex.
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
January 30th, 1948

Royal decree no. 39, dd. 23-10-1946
Ridder Grootkruis in de Orde van Oranje Nassau (ON.1)

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