Editing Distinguished Service Order (section)

{{Short description|UK military decoration}}
{{other uses}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2017}}
{{Infobox order
| title            = Distinguished Service Order
| image            = [[File:Distinguished Service Order badge (United Kingdom) - Tallinn Museum of Orders.jpg|131px]] [[File:Distinguished Service Order, King George V reverse.jpg|122px]]
| caption          = [[Obverse and reverse]] (reign of [[George V]])
| awarded_by       = [[United Kingdom]] and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]]
| type             = [[Order (distinction)|Order]]
| established      = 6 September 1886
| motto            =
| day              =
| eligibility      = Members of the Armed Forces
| for              = "Distinguished services during active operations against the enemy."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.operations.mod.uk/honours/honours.htm |title=Defence Internet {{!}} Fact Sheets {{!}} Guide to Honours |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927210734/http://www.operations.mod.uk/honours/honours.htm |archive-date=27 September 2007}}</ref>
| status           = Currently awarded
| head_title       = Sovereign
| head             = [[Charles III]]
| chancellor       =
| commander        =
| grades           = Companion
| former_grades    =
| date             = 6 September 1886
| first_induction  =
| last_induction   =
| total            = {{unbulleted list
  | [[Queen Victoria|Victoria]]: 1,646{{sfn|Abbott|Tamplin|1981|p=124–125|ps=. Confirms 1,732 prior to World War I: 1,646 to 1902, 78 to 1910 and 8 to 1914.}}
  | [[Edward VII]]: 78
  | [[George V]]: 9,900
  | [[George VI]]: 4,943<ref name=Yearbook>{{cite book |title=Medal Yearbook 2015 |year=2015 |publisher=Token Publishing |location=Honiton, Devon |isbn=978-1-908-828-16-3 |page=83}}</ref>
  }}
| recipients       =
| individual       =
| higher           = [[Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire]] (CBE)<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=56878 |supp=y |page=3351 |date=17 March 2003}}</ref>
| lower            = [[Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order]] (LVO)
| image2           = [[File:Dso-ribbon.svg|100px]]
| caption2         = [[Medal ribbon|DSO ribbon]] 
}}
The '''Distinguished Service Order''' ('''DSO''') is a [[Military awards and decorations|military award]] of the [[United Kingdom]], as well as formerly throughout the [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]], awarded for operational gallantry for highly successful command and leadership during active operations, typically in actual combat. 

Equal in [[Awards and decorations of the British Armed Forces|British precedence of military decorations]] to the [[Conspicuous Gallantry Cross]] and [[Royal Red Cross]], since 1993 the DSO is eligible to all [[Military rank|ranks]] awarded specifically for "highly successful command and leadership during active operations".<ref name="dsomod" />