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Fitzgeorge-Balfour, Robert George Victor
Fitzgeorge-Balfour, Robert George Victor
Date of birth:
September 15th, 1913 (Knightsbridge/Londen, United Kingdom)
Date of death:
December 28th, 1994 (West Chiltington/West Sussex, United Kingdom)
Service number:
53288
Nationality:
British
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Military Cross (MC)
Awarded on:
1939
Mentioned in Dispatches
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Temporary Captain
Awarded on:
April 1st, 1941
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Temporary Major
Awarded on:
October 14th, 1943
Mentioned in Dispatches
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Temporary Major
Awarded on:
March 23rd, 1944
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
Awarded on:
February 1st, 1945
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Temporary Brigadier
Awarded on:
October 11th, 1945
Commandeur in de Orde van Oranje Nassau met zwaarden (ON.3x)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Temporary Brigadier
Awarded on:
July 18th, 1947
Royal Decree no. 29, dd. 24-4-1946.
Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
Rank:
Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
Awarded on:
October 24th, 1950
Mentioned in Dispatches
Rank:
Temporary Brigadier
Awarded on:
September 30th, 1958
Commander of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (KCB/DCB, military division)
Rank:
Lieutenant-general
Awarded on:
June 8th, 1968
Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB, Military Division)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
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Nederlandse onderscheidingen aan Britse staatsburgers voor de Tweede Wereldoorlog
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https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/44600/supplement/6300/data.pdf
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https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/39048/supplement/5292/data.pdf
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https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37302/supplement/4989/data.pdf
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https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/38018/supplement/3320/data.pdf
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https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36917/supplement/670/data.pdf
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https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/41508/supplement/5953/data.pdf
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https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36436/supplement/1369/data.pdf
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https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35120/supplement/1872/data.pdf
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https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36209/supplement/4539
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