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Fisher, Donald Rutherford Dacre

    Date of birth:
    1890 (North Wales)
    Date of death:
    1962
    Service number:
    927
    Nationality:
    British

    Biography

    23rd December 1915: Captain
    12th December 1936: Lieutenant Colonel
    16th October 1938: Bt. Colonel
    10th May 1941: Acting Major General
    2nd January 1947: Honorary Major General

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    Period:
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Rank:
    Captain
    Awarded on:
    January 1st, 1916
    Mentioned in Dispatches
    Period:
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Rank:
    Acting Major
    Awarded on:
    December 14th, 1917
    Mentioned in Dispatches
    Period:
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Rank:
    Captain
    Awarded on:
    1917
    Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Temporary Major-General
    Unit:
    Directorate of Army Requirements, War Office, British Government
    Awarded on:
    January 1st, 1945
    Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB, Military Division)
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Temporary Major-General
    Unit:
    Directorate of Army Requirements, War Office, British Government
    Awarded on:
    November 4th, 1947
    Medal of Freedom with Silver Palm

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