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Kennedy, John Noble
Kennedy, John Noble
Date of birth:
August 31st, 1893 (Portpatrick/Wigtownshire, Scotland)
Date of death:
June 15th, 1970 (Broxmouth House/Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland)
Service number:
13614
Nationality:
British
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Knights/Dames Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (K/DBE)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Major-General
Awarded on:
June 14th, 1945
Grootkruis in de Kroonorde
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Major-General
Awarded on:
October 17th, 1946
With palm
Croix de Guerre 1940
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Major-General
Awarded on:
October 17th, 1946
With palm
Knight/Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (K(D)CVO)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Major-General
Awarded on:
May 6th, 1947
Grootofficier in de Orde van Oranje Nassau (ON.2)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Major General
Awarded on:
January 30th, 1948
Royal decree no. 34, dd. 13-2-1947
Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG)
Rank:
Major-General
Awarded on:
June 1st, 1953
Military Cross (MC)
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB, Military Division)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Order Odrodzenia Polski Komandorski z Gwiazda
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Mentioned in Dispatches
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
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)
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/37119/supplement/2942/data.pdf
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https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37948/page/2021/data.pdf
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https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/38192/page/741/data.pdf
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https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37768/page/5263/data.pdf
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https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/39863/supplement/2944/data.pdf
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https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37761/supplement/5140/data.pdf
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NPG x85363; Sir John Noble Kennedy - Portrait - National Portrait Gallery
Photo