George Giffard - Honours and Awards

Honours and Awards

  • Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath - 1 January 1944 (KCB - 1 January 1941, CB - 1 January 1938)
  • Distinguished Service Order - 4 June 1917, for distinguished service in the field
  • Mentioned in Despatches - 1 April 1941 (for service in the Middle East August 1939-November 1940), 26 October 1944 (for service in Burma & Eastern Frontier of India)
  • Order of Polonia Restituta, 1st Class - 14 December 1943
  • Croix de Guerre (France) - 31 August 1917

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