Distinguished Service Order, gallantry award
Accession Number
NAM.2002-02-810-1
Description
Distinguished Service Order, George V Issue. Bar detached. From medal group awarded to 2/Lt (later Lt Col) R E Power, Commanding Officer, 1st Bn 1923-1927. Power was promoted to Major on 4 Aug 1914; wounded in action at 2nd Battle of Ypres, 3 May 1915; Admitted to No 7 Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, with chest wound, 11 May 1915; transferred to England, 21 May 1915. From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum.
Campaigns
World War One (1914-1918)