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Hudleston, Edmund Cuthbert "Phoenix"
Hudleston, Edmund Cuthbert "Phoenix"
Date of birth:
December 30th, 1908 (Kalgoorlie/Western Australia, Australia)
Date of death:
December 14th, 1994
Nationality:
British
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Mentioned in Dispatches
Awarded on:
May 8th, 1936
Mentioned in Dispatches
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
January 1st, 1943
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Group Captain
Awarded on:
June 2nd, 1943
Mentioned in Dispatches
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
June 8th, 1944
Legion of Merit - Officer (LoM - O)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Acting Air Commodore
Awarded on:
September 26th, 1944
Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB, Military Division)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Acting Air Vice-Marshal
Awarded on:
January 1st, 1945
Mentioned in Dispatches
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
January 1st, 1946
Legion of Merit - Commander (LoM - C)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Air Commodore
Awarded on:
October 15th, 1946
Commandeur in de Kroonorde
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Air Commodore
Awarded on:
July 11th, 1947
With palm
Croix de Guerre 1940
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Air Commodore
Awarded on:
July 11th, 1947
With palm
Grootofficier in de Orde van Oranje Nassau met zwaarden (ON.2x)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Air Commodore
Awarded on:
November 14th, 1947
Royal decree no. 34, dd. 13-2-1947.
Mentioned in Dispatches
Awarded on:
June 13th, 1957
Commander of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (KCB/DCB, military division)
Rank:
Air Marshal
Awarded on:
January 1st, 1958
Officier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
April 15th, 1958
Croix de Guerre (1939-1945)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
April 15th, 1958
Grand Cross of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (GCB, military division)
Rank:
Air Chief Marshal
Awarded on:
January 1st, 1963
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/38125/supplement/5423/data.pdf
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https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36718/supplement/4445/data.pdf
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https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/38013/page/3207/data.pdf
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https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37758/supplement/5079/data.pdf
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https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/41268/supplement/3/data.pdf
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https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36033/supplement/2430/data.pdf
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https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36866/supplement/4/data.pdf
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