The Volunteer Officers' Decoration, post-nominal letters VD, was instituted in 1892 as an award for long and meritorious service by officers of the United...
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The Decoration for Officers of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, post-nominal letters VD until c. 1947 and VRD thereafter, was instituted in 1908. It...
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Forces Officers' Decoration, along with the Volunteer Officers' Decoration and the Territorial Decoration, were superseded by the Efficiency Decoration on...
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successor, the Territorial Army. This award superseded the Volunteer Officer's Decoration when the Territorial Force was formed on 1 April 1908, following...
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officers after twenty years of service as an efficient and thoroughly capable officer. The decoration superseded the Volunteer Officers' Decoration,...
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Forces Officers' Decoration and later, in respect of India, by the Indian Volunteer Forces Officers' Decoration. The Volunteer Officers' Decoration, colloquially...
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The Decoration for Officers of the Royal Naval Reserve, commonly known as the Reserve Decoration (RD) was a medal awarded to officers with at least fifteen...
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Knighthood, the Volunteer Long Service Medal takes precedence after the Volunteer Officers' Decoration and before the Volunteer Officers' Decoration for India...
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colonial medals were: Decorations Volunteer Officers' Decoration (VD) (1894–1901) Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration (VD) (1900–13) Distinguished...
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United Kingdom honours order of wearing (category Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom)
Decoration ERD Volunteer Officers' Decoration VD Volunteer Long Service Medal Volunteer Officers' Decoration for India and the Colonies VD Volunteer Long...
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they were subsequently awarded either the Volunteer Officers' Decoration or the Volunteer Officers' Decoration for India and the Colonies. In the order...
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and the Volunteer Officers' Decoration in 1908. On 22 June 1908, Weir was promoted to lieutenant colonel and appointed the commanding officer of the 10th...
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Spanish personal pronoun usted Volunteer Officers' Decoration, a Crown honour or long-service award made to auxiliary army officers of the British Empire between...
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separate decorations and medals awarded respectively to officers and other ranks in each of the services - the Royal Navy's Reserve Decoration and Reserve...
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after the Hong Kong Disciplined Services Medal and before the Volunteer Officers' Decoration. Recipients may use the letters ERD after their name. Other...
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the decoration was extended to officers of volunteer forces throughout the British Empire by instituting a separate new decoration, the Volunteer Officers'...
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Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal Volunteer Long Service Medal Volunteer Officers' Decoration (VD) Colonies and Dominions of the British Empire...
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This list of military decorations is an index to articles about notable military decorations. It is organized by country in alphabetical order and in order...
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British Army or Royal Air Force with the awarding of various awards and decorations. Together with rank and qualification badges, such awards are a means...
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Many recipients of orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom have had them revoked, often following conviction for crimes or breaches of military...
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Efficiency Decoration (Ceylon) (1930 - 1972) Efficiency Medal (Ceylon) (1930 - 1972) Decoration for Officers of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (1938-1950)...
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Thomas Vickers (category Volunteer Force officers)
battalion as a volunteer and honorary colonel, being awarded the Volunteer Officers' Decoration when it was instated in 1892. He handed over the chairmanship...
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Richard Hillebrand Morgan (category Ceylon Light Infantry officers)
was appointed commanding officer in January 1905 and served till February 1908. He was awarded the Volunteer Officers' Decoration and the Queen Victoria...
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Arthur Godfrey Peuchen (category Canadian Militia officers)
the promotion was made on May 21, 1912; he also received the Volunteer Officers' Decoration. When World War I began, Peuchen retired from Standard Chemical...
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William Dillon Otter (category Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery officers)
Driefontein, and Cape Colony King Edward VII Coronation Medal Volunteer Officers' Decoration The son of William Otter, Bishop of Chichester Brian A Reid...
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Canadian honours order of wearing (redirect from Canadian order of precedence (Decorations and Medals))
the Volunteer Officer's Decoration (VD) Recipient of the Volunteer Long Service Medal Recipient of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officer's Decoration (VD)...
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major in command of the 1st Sussex Engineer Volunteers. He was a recipient of the Volunteer Officers' Decoration, and was a member of the Société de Géographie...
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Fire and Rescue Service Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (category Civil awards and decorations of the United Kingdom)
"No. 56878". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 March 2003. p. 3352. "COMMITTEE ON THE GRANT OF HONOURS DECORATIONS AND MEDALS" (PDF). 11 March 2022....
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Medal (for Indian Army) (1888–1947) Volunteer Officers' Decoration for India and the Colonies (1894–1899) Volunteer Long Service Medal for India and the...
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T. G. Jayewardene (category Ceylon Light Infantry officers)
Ceylonese could achieve in the colonial era and was awarded the Volunteer Officers' Decoration. In 1905, he married Lena Attygalle, daughter of Mudaliyar Don...
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