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Fitzgeorge-Balfour, Robert George Victor

    Date of birth:
    September 15th, 1913 (Knightsbridge/Londen, United Kingdom)
    Date of death:
    December 28th, 1994 (West Chiltington/West Sussex, United Kingdom)
    Service number:
    53288
    Nationality:
    British (1801-present, Kingdom)

    Biography

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    Awarded on:
    1939
    Military Cross (MC)
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Temporary Captain
    Awarded on:
    April 1st, 1941
    Mentioned in Dispatches
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Temporary Major
    Awarded on:
    October 14th, 1943
    Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Temporary Major
    Awarded on:
    March 23rd, 1944
    Mentioned in Dispatches
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
    Awarded on:
    February 1st, 1945
    Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Temporary Brigadier
    Awarded on:
    October 11th, 1945
    Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Temporary Brigadier
    Awarded on:
    July 18th, 1947

    Royal Decree no. 29, dd. 24-4-1946. With swords.
    Commandeur in de Orde van Oranje Nassau (ON.3)
    Period:
    Malayan Emergency (1948-1960)
    Rank:
    Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
    Awarded on:
    October 24th, 1950
    Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
    Rank:
    Temporary Brigadier
    Awarded on:
    September 30th, 1958
    Mentioned in Dispatches
    Rank:
    Lieutenant-general
    Awarded on:
    June 8th, 1968
    Commander of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (KCB/DCB)

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