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Game, Philip Woolcott

    Date of birth:
    March 30th, 1876 (Streatham/Surrey, United Kingdom)
    Date of death:
    February 4th, 1961 (Sevenoaks/Kent, United Kingdom)
    Nationality:
    British (1801-present, Kingdom)

    Biography

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    Period:
    Second Boer War (1899-1902)
    Rank:
    Captain
    Awarded on:
    July 29th, 1902
    Mentioned in Dispatches
    Period:
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Rank:
    Major
    Awarded on:
    June 23rd, 1915
    Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
    Period:
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Rank:
    Bt. Lieutenant Colonel
    Awarded on:
    January 4th, 1917
    Mentioned in Dispatches
    Period:
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Rank:
    Temporary Brigadier
    Awarded on:
    May 26th, 1917
    Ordine della Corona d'Italia - Ufficiale
    Period:
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Rank:
    Temporary Brigadier
    Awarded on:
    December 17th, 1917
    Officier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
    Period:
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Rank:
    Acting Major-General
    Awarded on:
    January 1st, 1919
    Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB)
    Rank:
    Air Vice-Marshal
    Awarded on:
    June 3rd, 1924
    Commander of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (KCB/DCB)
    Rank:
    Air Vice-Marshal
    Awarded on:
    March 1st, 1929
    Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE)
    Rank:
    Air Vice-Marshal
    Awarded on:
    June 20th, 1930
    Knight/Dame to the Venerable Order of Saint John (KStJ/DStJ)
    Rank:
    Air Vice-Marshal
    Awarded on:
    1935
    Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG/DCMG)
    Rank:
    Air Vice-Marshal
    Awarded on:
    1935
    King George V's Silver Jubilee Medal 1935
    Rank:
    Air Vice-Marshal
    Awarded on:
    May 11th, 1937
    Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)
    Awarded on:
    1937
    King George VI Coronation Medal
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Air Vice-Marshal
    Unit:
    Commissioner, London Metropolitan Police, British Government
    Awarded on:
    January 30th, 1948

    Royal Decree no. 34, dd. 13-2-1947
    Grootofficier in de Orde van Oranje Nassau (ON.2)
    Rank:
    Air Vice-Marshal
    Awarded on:
    1953
    Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation Medal 1953

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