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What does D.S.O. R.A. stand for? **** COMPLETED ****
« on: Friday 28 January 22 18:55 GMT (UK) »
I'm recording a graveyard, and I have a headstone for a man called JONES ... DSORA.
Does this mean that he got a D.S.O. ? (and what does R.A. stand for?)
Or is D.S.O.R.A. something different.

I don't need to know any  genealogical background for him - just what the letters mean, please.
(It's only curiosity, really !!
Begg - Dublin, Limerick, Cardiff
Brady - Dublin
Breslin - Wexford, Dublin
Byrne - Wicklow
O'Hara - Wexford, Kingstown
McLoghlin - Roscommon
Lawlor - Meath, Dublin
Lynam - Meath and Renovo, Pennsylvania
Everard - Meath
Fagan - Dublin
Meyler/Myler - Wicklow
Gray - Derry, Waterford
Kavanagh - Limerick

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Re: What does D.S.O. R.A. stand for?
« Reply #1 on: Friday 28 January 22 19:01 GMT (UK) »
If it is spaced as you have it I would say he did receive the DSO and he served with the Royal Artillery.

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Re: What does D.S.O. R.A. stand for?
« Reply #2 on: Friday 28 January 22 19:42 GMT (UK) »
Great, thanks, Crumblie!

I'm only at the pre-recording stage of this section of the graveyard, so I haven't jotted down  a great deal, nor taken a photo yet.
Begg - Dublin, Limerick, Cardiff
Brady - Dublin
Breslin - Wexford, Dublin
Byrne - Wicklow
O'Hara - Wexford, Kingstown
McLoghlin - Roscommon
Lawlor - Meath, Dublin
Lynam - Meath and Renovo, Pennsylvania
Everard - Meath
Fagan - Dublin
Meyler/Myler - Wicklow
Gray - Derry, Waterford
Kavanagh - Limerick
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