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Kingstone, James Joseph "Joe"

    Date of birth:
    August 26th, 1892 (Milton Lilbourne/Wiltshire, United Kingdom)
    Date of death:
    September 20th, 1966 (Upton Lovell/Wiltshire, United Kingdom)
    Service number:
    4968
    Nationality:
    British (1801-present, Kingdom)

    Biography

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    Period:
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Awarded on:
    January 1st, 1916
    Mentioned in Dispatches
    Period:
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Rank:
    Temporary Lieutenant
    Awarded on:
    January 14th, 1916
    Military Cross (MC)
    Period:
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Rank:
    Captain
    Awarded on:
    July 6th, 1917
    Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
    Period:
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Awarded on:
    July 5th, 1919
    Mentioned in Dispatches
    Awarded on:
    1935
    King George V's Silver Jubilee Medal 1935
    Awarded on:
    1937
    King George VI Coronation Medal
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Temporary Brigadier
    Awarded on:
    April 1st, 1941
    Mentioned in Dispatches
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Temporary Brigadier
    Awarded on:
    August 19th, 1941

    Awarded as bar on the ribbon of the first medal
    Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Colonel
    Awarded on:
    March 22nd, 1945
    Mentioned in Dispatches
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Colonel
    Awarded on:
    March 29th, 1945
    Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Colonel
    Awarded on:
    January 16th, 1948

    Royal decree no. 29, dd. 24-4-1946.
    Commandeur in de Orde van Oranje Nassau met zwaarden (ON.3x)
    Awarded on:
    1953
    Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation Medal 1953
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)

    First army clasp
    Africa Star

    "Palestine 1945-48" clasp
    General Service Medal 1918-1962

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