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Cory, George Norton

    Date of birth:
    December 26th, 1874 (Evanston/Illinois, United States)
    Date of death:
    November 17th, 1968 (Hempstead/Kent, United Kingdom)
    Nationality:
    British

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    Distinguished Service Order (DSO)

    Period:
    Second Boer War (1899-1902)
    Rank:
    Captain
    Awarded on:
    September 27th, 1901
    Distinguished Service Order (DSO)

    Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB, Military Division)

    Period:
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Rank:
    Temporary Major-General
    Awarded on:
    June 3rd, 1918
    Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB, Military Division)

    Order of St. Anna III class

    Period:
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Rank:
    Temporary Brigadier
    Awarded on:
    1916

    LG 15 February 1917. With swords.
    Order of St. Anna III class

    Commander's Cross of the Order of the White Eagle

    Period:
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Rank:
    Major-General
    Awarded on:
    June 7th, 1919

    With swords
    Commander's Cross of the Order of the White Eagle

    Polemikos Stavros

    Period:
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Rank:
    Major-General
    Awarded on:
    July 21st, 1919
    Polemikos Stavros

    Commandeur de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur

    Period:
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Rank:
    Major-General
    Awarded on:
    August 21st, 1919
    Commandeur de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur

    Knights/Dames Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (K/DBE)

    Rank:
    Major-General
    Awarded on:
    June 3rd, 1925
    Knights/Dames Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (K/DBE)

    Commander of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (KCB/DCB, military division)

    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Lieutenant-general
    Awarded on:
    January 1st, 1943
    Commander of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (KCB/DCB, military division)

    Grootofficier in de Orde van Oranje Nassau met zwaarden (ON.2x)

    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Lieutenant-general
    Awarded on:
    February 15th, 1944

    Royal Decree no. 5, dd. 6-1-1944.
    Grootofficier in de Orde van Oranje Nassau met zwaarden (ON.2x)

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