Dashwood Fowler Moir
Vice-Admiral Dashwood Fowler Moir Distinguished Service Order, DSO (16 August 1880 – 8 August 1942) was a British commander serving with distinction in the Royal Navy in both World Wars who was killed whilst escorting North Atlantic Convoy SC 94. He was one of the most senior Royal Navy officers to be killed in the Second World War. Life He was born on 16 August 1880 in St Andrews in Scotland the son of Dr John Wilson Moir and his wife, Helen Alice Levine. He joined the Royal Navy in July 1894, as soon as he left school. He was posted to South Africa during the Second Boer War. In 1902 he was involved in an expedition along the River Niger in HMS Thrush (1889), HMS ''Thrush'' and was promoted to Lieutenant in June of that year. In 1907 he was placed in charge of HMS TB7, HMS ''TB7''. He became Lieutenant Commander in 1910. In 1912 he became captain of HMS Ariel (1911), HMS ''Ariel''. He was promoted to commander in 1914. Moir and the ''Ariel'' saw action at the Battle of Do ...
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Distinguished Service Order
The Distinguished Service Order (DSO) is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, as well as formerly of other parts of the Commonwealth, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat. Since 1993 it has been awarded specifically for 'highly successful command and leadership during active operations', with all ranks being eligible. History Instituted on 6 September 1886 by Queen Victoria in a royal warrant published in ''The London Gazette'' on 9 November, the first DSOs awarded were dated 25 November 1886. The order was established to reward individual instances of meritorious or distinguished service in war. It was a military order, until recently for officers only and typically awarded to officers ranked major (or equivalent) or higher, with awards to ranks below this usually for a high degree of gallantry, just short of deserving the Victoria Cross. Whilst normally given for service un ...
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