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Hudleston, Edmund Cuthbert "Phoenix"

    Date of birth:
    December 30th, 1908 (Kalgoorlie/Western Australia, Australia)
    Date of death:
    December 14th, 1994
    Nationality:
    British (1801-present, Kingdom)

    Biography

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    Awarded on:
    May 8th, 1936
    Mentioned in Dispatches
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Awarded on:
    January 1st, 1943
    Mentioned in Dispatches
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Group Captain
    Awarded on:
    June 2nd, 1943
    Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Awarded on:
    June 8th, 1944
    Mentioned in Dispatches
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Acting Air Commodore
    Awarded on:
    September 26th, 1944
    Legion of Merit - Officer (LoM - O)
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Acting Air Vice-Marshal
    Awarded on:
    January 1st, 1945
    Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB)
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Awarded on:
    January 1st, 1946
    Mentioned in Dispatches
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Air Commodore
    Awarded on:
    October 15th, 1946
    Legion of Merit - Commander (LoM - C)
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Air Commodore
    Awarded on:
    July 11th, 1947

    With palm
    Commandeur in de Kroonorde
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Air Commodore
    Awarded on:
    July 11th, 1947

    With palm
    Croix de Guerre 1940
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Air Commodore
    Awarded on:
    November 14th, 1947

    Royal decree no. 34, dd. 13-2-1947.
    Grootofficier in de Orde van Oranje Nassau met zwaarden (ON.2z)
    Awarded on:
    June 13th, 1957
    Mentioned in Dispatches
    Rank:
    Air Marshal
    Awarded on:
    January 1st, 1958
    Commander of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (KCB/DCB)
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Awarded on:
    April 15th, 1958
    Officier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Awarded on:
    April 15th, 1958
    Croix de Guerre (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Air Chief Marshal
    Awarded on:
    January 1st, 1963
    Grand Cross of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (GCB)

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