The list includes the name, rank and regiment, corps or service of the recipient, the appointment they held at the time, the place and date of the action (although many awards were not made for specific actions), and (in brackets) the date of gazette of the award in the London Gazette.
The Distinguished Service Order (DSO) was primarily awarded for leadership and gallantry in combat in the face of the enemy.
Usually restricted to senior officers at company to division level it was the second highest medal (after the Victoria Cross).
The Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) awarded to officers for gallantry in the face of the enemy at sea.
CPO (Diver) Hammond was the last recipient of the CGM before the inception of the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross (CGC) in 1993.