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Distinguished Service Order and Bar (DSO and Bar)

Officer of the Order of Canada Awarded to:

 

BISHOP, William Avery, VC, DSO, MC, Captain,
Canadian Cavalry and Royal Flying Corps

BOOTH, Eric Leslie, DSO, Brigadier ( No Citation available )
2 i/c, First Hussars, 1942, died in France 1944

 

 

 

 

Citation for:

Bar to the Distinguished Service Order

"War Office, 26th September, 1917.

"His Majesty the King has been pleased to confer the undermentioned reward for gallantry and distinguished service in the field:

Awarded a Bar to the Distinguished Service Order

"Captain William Avery Bishop, V.C., D.S.O., M.C., Canadian Cavalry and Royal Flying Corps,

"For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when engaging hostile aircraft. His consistent dash and great fearlessness have set a magnificent example to the pilots of his squadron. He has destroyed not fewer than forty-five hostile machines within the past five months, frequently attacking enemy formations single-handed, and on all occasions displaying a fighting spirit and determination to get to close quarters with h is opponents, which have earned the admiration of all in contact with him."