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Lithgow, James, 1st Baronet
Lithgow, James, 1st Baronet
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Date of birth:
January 27th, 1883 (Port Glasgow, Schotland)
Date of death:
February 23rd, 1952 (Langbank/Port Glasgow, Scotlad)
Nationality:
British
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Military Cross (MC)
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:
Captain
Awarded on:
January 1st, 1917
Efficiency Medal / Territorial Decoration
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:
Brevet Lieutenant Colonel
Awarded on:
March 13th, 1919
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Rank:
President
Unit:
National Confederation of Employers' Organisations
Awarded on:
June 3rd, 1925
1st Baronet Lithgow.
For: British Employers' Delegate at the International Labour Conference at Geneva 1922-25.
Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE, Civil Division)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Controller
Unit:
Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs
,
Admiralty
,
British Government
Awarded on:
January 1st, 1945
Companion of the Most Honourable Order of Bath (CB, Civil Division)
Rank:
Colonel
Unit:
County of Renfrew Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association
Awarded on:
June 12th, 1947
Commandeur in de Orde van Oranje Nassau (ON.3)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
January 30th, 1948
Royal decree no. 34, dd. 13-2-1947
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/37977/supplement/2573/data.pdf
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https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29886/supplement/37/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/36866/supplement/26/data.pdf
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https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31226/supplement/3395
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https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33053/supplement/3767
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