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Fitzalan-Howard, Gwendolen Mary, Duchess Norfolk
Fitzalan-Howard, Gwendolen Mary, Duchess Norfolk
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Date of birth:
January 11th, 1877
Date of death:
August 28th, 1945
Nationality:
British
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King George V Coronation Medal
Awarded on:
1911
Voluntary Medical Service Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
April 1932
With four extra service bars (1929, 1934, 1939 and 1944)
Order of Mercy
Awarded on:
1932
King George V's Silver Jubilee Medal 1935
Awarded on:
1935
King George VI Coronation Medal
Awarded on:
1937
Order of Mercy
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Lady President of the League of Mercy
Awarded on:
February 22nd, 1944
For long service
Awarded as bar (2nd award)
Ordo Equestris Sancti Sepulcri Hierosolymitani - Gran Croce
Defence Medal 1939-1945
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Red Cross Society War Medal
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Koningin Elisabeth Medaille / Médaille de la reine Élisabeth
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
For receiving Belgian refugees at Arundel Castle during the war.
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Medal group
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https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36393/page/912/data.pdf
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