About: David Block

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dbo:abstract	Brigadier David Arthur Kennedy William Block CBE DSO MC (13 June 1908 – 2001) was a British Army officer who, during the Second World War, won a Military Cross when commanding "C" Battery of the Ayrshire Yeomanry in North Africa and the DSO in Italy the following year. He was later appointed ADC to the Queen. (en)
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rdfs:comment	Brigadier David Arthur Kennedy William Block CBE DSO MC (13 June 1908 – 2001) was a British Army officer who, during the Second World War, won a Military Cross when commanding "C" Battery of the Ayrshire Yeomanry in North Africa and the DSO in Italy the following year. He was later appointed ADC to the Queen. (en)
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