Evill, Douglas Claude Strathern
- Date of birth:
- October 8th, 1892 (Broken Hill/New South Wales, Australia)
- Date of death:
- March 22nd, 1971 (Winchester/Hampshire, United Kingdom)
- Buried on:
- Holy Trinity Churchyard
- Nationality:
- British
Biography
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Distinguished Service Cross (DSC)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Flight Commander
- Unit:
- No. 1 Squadron, Royal Naval Air Service
- Awarded on:
- June 22nd, 1916
Chevalier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Squadron Commander
- Unit:
- No. 2 Squadron, Royal Naval Air Service
- Awarded on:
- September 14th, 1917
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
- Awarded on:
- January 1st, 1919
New Years Honours
- Rank:
- Major
- Awarded on:
- June 3rd, 1919
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Air Vice-Marshal
- Unit:
- HQ, RAF Fighter Command, HQ, Royal Air Force
- Awarded on:
- July 11th, 1940
New Years Honours
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Air Vice-Marshal
- Unit:
- HQ, RAF Fighter Command, HQ, Royal Air Force
- Awarded on:
- January 1st, 1941
New Years Honours
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Temporary Air Marshal
- Unit:
- RAF Mission to Washington D.C., HQ, Royal Air Force
- Awarded on:
- January 1st, 1943
New Years Honours
Order Odrodzenia Polski Komandorski z Gwiazda
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Air Marshal
- Unit:
- Air Staff, HQ, Royal Air Force
- Awarded on:
- June 12th, 1945
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Air Chief Marshal
- Awarded on:
- January 1st, 1946
New Years Honours
Legion of Merit - Commander (LoM - C)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Air Chief Marshal
- Unit:
- Air Staff, HQ, Royal Air Force
- Awarded on:
- March 15th, 1946
Vice-Chief
Rad Bileho lva I Class
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Air Chief Marshal
- Unit:
- Air Staff, HQ, Royal Air Force
- Awarded on:
- June 27th, 1947
Vice-Chief
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
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