Distinguished Service Order

UK military decoration
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Distinguished Service Order

Summary

Distinguished Service Order is a military decoration[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of military_decoration entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,076 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Distinguished Service Order is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • Distinguished Service Order's image is recorded as Distinguished Service Order correct.jpg[4].
  • Distinguished Service Order's instance of is recorded as military decoration[5].
  • Distinguished Service Order's instance of is recorded as courage award[6].
  • Distinguished Service Order's founder is recorded as Victoria[7].
  • Distinguished Service Order's Commons category is recorded as Distinguished Service Order[8].
  • +1886-09-06T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Distinguished Service Order[9].
  • Distinguished Service Order's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01zv6l[10].
  • Distinguished Service Order's location of formation is recorded as London[11].
  • Distinguished Service Order's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Distinguished Service Order[12].
  • Distinguished Service Order's Commons gallery is recorded as Distinguished Service Order[13].
  • Distinguished Service Order's conferred by is recorded as United Kingdom[14].
  • Distinguished Service Order's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Distinguished-Service-Order[15].
  • Distinguished Service Order's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Distinguished Service Order'}[16].
  • Distinguished Service Order's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'DSO'}[17].
  • Distinguished Service Order's service ribbon image is recorded as Dso-ribbon.svg[18].
  • Distinguished Service Order's category for recipients of this award is recorded as Category:Companions of the Distinguished Service Order[19].
  • Distinguished Service Order's has part is recorded as award winner[20].
  • Distinguished Service Order's next lower rank is recorded as Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order[21].
  • Distinguished Service Order's next higher rank is recorded as Commander of the Order of the British Empire[22].
  • Distinguished Service Order's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["PersonTitle", "DistinguishedServiceOrder::dmrd7"][23].
  • Distinguished Service Order's award rationale is recorded as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': "Pels serveis distingits durant operacions actives contra l'enemic"}[24].
  • Distinguished Service Order's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 3976656[25].
  • Distinguished Service Order's Hill Museum & Manuscript Library ID is recorded as organization/295568854511[26].
  • Distinguished Service Order's TracesOfWar award ID is recorded as 9[27].

Why It Matters

Distinguished Service Order ranks in the top 1% of military_decoration entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,076 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . HMML Authority File. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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