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Game, Philip Woolcott
Game, Philip Woolcott
Date of birth:
March 30th, 1876 (Streatham/Surrey, United Kingdom)
Date of death:
February 4th, 1961 (Sevenoaks/Kent, United Kingdom)
Nationality:
British
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Mentioned in Dispatches
Period:
Second Boer War (1899-1902)
Rank:
Captain
Awarded on:
July 29th, 1902
Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:
Major
Awarded on:
June 23rd, 1915
Mentioned in Dispatches
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:
Bt. Lieutenant Colonel
Awarded on:
January 4th, 1917
Ordine della Corona d'Italia - Ufficiale
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:
Temporary Brigadier
Awarded on:
May 26th, 1917
Officier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:
Temporary Brigadier
Awarded on:
December 17th, 1917
Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB, Military Division)
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:
Acting Major-General
Awarded on:
January 1st, 1919
Commander of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (KCB/DCB, military division)
Rank:
Air Vice-Marshal
Awarded on:
June 3rd, 1924
Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE, Military Division)
Rank:
Air Vice-Marshal
Awarded on:
March 1st, 1929
Knight/Dame to the Venerable Order of Saint John (KStJ/DStJ)
Rank:
Air Vice-Marshal
Awarded on:
June 20th, 1930
Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG/DCMG)
Rank:
Air Vice-Marshal
Awarded on:
1935
King George V's Silver Jubilee Medal 1935
Rank:
Air Vice-Marshal
Awarded on:
1935
Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)
Rank:
Air Vice-Marshal
Awarded on:
May 11th, 1937
King George VI Coronation Medal
Awarded on:
1937
Grootofficier in de Orde van Oranje Nassau (ON.2)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Air Vice-Marshal
Unit:
Commissioner
,
London Metropolitan Police
,
British Government
Awarded on:
January 30th, 1948
Royal Decree no. 34, dd. 13-2-1947
Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation Medal 1953
Rank:
Air Vice-Marshal
Awarded on:
1953
Queen’s South Africa Medal
Period:
Second Boer War (1899-1902)
1914 Star
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
British War Medal 1914-1920
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Victory Medal 1914-1918
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Mentioned in Dispatches
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Mentioned in Dispatches
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Mentioned in Dispatches
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Mentioned in Dispatches
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
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/31098/supplement/91/data.pdf
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https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34396/supplement/3084/data.pdf
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https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30431/supplement/13206/data.pdf
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https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30096/supplement/5200/data.pdf
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https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32941/supplement/4409/data.pdf
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https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33618/page/3956/data.pdf
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https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33472/supplement/1440
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https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27459/page/4840/data.pdf
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https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29202/supplement/6117/data.pdf
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https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29890/supplement/195/data.pdf
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