Idi Amin

Idi Amin

male, deceased (2003)
Al Hadji, Doctor, ethnic persecution, 1971 Ugandan coup d'état, hajji, british colonial
Idi Amin Dada (mid-1920s -16 August 2003) was an army officer and president of Uganda. Amin joined the British colonial regiment, the King's...
Jack White

Jack White

male
dso, captain, Distinguished Service Order, Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, James Robert "Jack" White, Irish Citizen Army
Captain James Robert "Jack" White DSO (1879 -1946) was one of the co-founders of the Irish Citizen Army, along with James Connolly.
John Howard

John Howard

male, deceased (1999)
British Army officer, operation overlord, caen, British Army, Army Officer, Major…dso
Major John Howard, DSO (1912-1999) was a British Army officer who led the World War II assault on "Pegasus", a vital bridge over the Caen Canal of...
Neville Duke

Neville Duke

male, deceased (2007)
Neville Frederick Duke, DFC & Two Bars, miles per hour, World War II flying ace, Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, second world war…dso
Squadron Leader Neville Frederick Duke DSO, OBE, DFC & Two Bars, AFC (11 January 1922 – 7 April 2007) was a British Second World War fighter pi...

James O'Meara

male, deceased (1974)
World War II, DFC and Bar, British Military, dso, Recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross, Companion of the Distinguished Service Order
Squadron Leader James Joseph 'Orange' O'Meara, DSO, DFC and Bar, was born in Barnsley, Yorkshire on the 20th February 1919 and entered the Royal...
Mike Jackson

Mike Jackson

male, 65 years old
Sandhurst graduate, Old Stamfordian, bosnia and herzegovina, General, Order of the British Empire, Distinguished Service Order…dso
General Sir Michael "Mike" Jackson, GCB, CBE, DSO, (born 21 March 1944) is a British army officer, formerly Chief of the General Staff. He was...
T. E. Lawrence

T. E. Lawrence

male, deceased (1935)
Ottoman Empire and World War I, Guerrilla warfare theorist, British road accident victim, rape victim, declined a British honour, Teetotaler…dso
Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence, CB, DSO (August 16, 1888 - May 19, 1935), known professionally as T. E. Lawrence, was a British soldier...
Albert Ball

Albert Ball

male (Nottingham)
Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross, Royal Flying Corps, Distinguished Service Order, British World War I killed in action, Old Nottinghamian…dso
Captain Albert Ball (1896-1917) was Britain's highest scoring profile fighter pilot during World War One. Ball, who was born in Nottingham,...
Richard Williams

Richard Williams

male
raaf officer, Sir Richard Williams, Royal Australian Air Force air marshal, Distinguished Service Order, Order of the British Empire, RAAF…dso
Air Marshal Sir Richard Williams KBE CB DSO RAAF (3 August, 1890-7 February, 1980) is widely considered to be the "father" of the Royal Australian...
David Stirling

David Stirling

male, deceased (1990)
Lecropt, Old Amplefordian, World War II prisoner of war, British Military, knighthood, dso
Colonel Sir Archibald David Stirling DSO, OBE (November 15, 1915 - November 4, 1990) was a Scottish laird, mountaineer, World War II British Army...