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Curtis, Berwick

Date of birth:
October 9th, 1876
Date of death:
May 9th, 1965
Nationality:
British

Biography

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Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
May 1917
Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
June 1917
Orden Svjatogo Stanislava - II
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
October 1917

Second DSO awarded as a clasp to be worn on the ribbon of the first DSO.
Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
Awarded on:
1919
Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB, Military Division)
Period:
Russian Civil War (1917-1922)
Awarded on:
January 1920
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)
Period:
Russian Civil War (1917-1922)
Awarded on:
March 1920
Citation:
"For valuable service in command of the Twentieth Destroyer Flotilla in the Baltic. The success of the operations connected with the relief of Riga was largely due to the perfect accord and co-operation which existed between the British Naval Forces under Captain Curtis and the French Naval Forces under Commodore Brisson."
Mentioned in Dispatches

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