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During WWI, the only British Empire awards which could be made posthumously were the VC and Mention. Most other gallantry awards were amended in the 1970s to allow posthumous awards, but the DSO still cannot be awarded posthumously (as membership of Orders lapses on death). I've tweaked the wording a bit to reflect this - note that others on the same gazette page for the Mention have (killed) following their names, but not Hastings - of course this is slightly complicated in his case by the fact that the court of inquiry did not adjudicate on his death until after the date of the despatch (11 December). Note also that until 1943 you could only be awarded the DSO if you ahd already been Mentioned for the action. Also, the notification of foreign awards in the gazette was usually long after the award was actually made - the gazette just confirmed that the award could be worn on NZ/British/Australian uniform (as applicable), so I've removed the bit saying that the Legion 'dhonneur was awarded in February 1916. I think the mention in the lead of the DSO relative to VC might be slightly misleading, it was true at the time when th DSO was awarded for gallantry, but it appears that Hastings' award was for leadership. David Underdown (talk) 10:42, 24 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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