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Second China War Medal: 6 March 1861: 1856–1860: Issued with battle/action clasps where appropriate. New Zealand War Medal: 1869: 1845–1848 1860–1866: Abyssinian War Medal: 1869: October 1867 – April 1868: Canada General Service Medal: 1899: 1866–1870: Ashantee Medal: June 1874: 1873–1874: South Africa Medal (1880) August 1880: 1877 ...
Companion of the Order of the Crown of India [note 1] CI; Knight/Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order GCVO; Knight/Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire GBE; Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour CH; Knight/Dame Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB/DCB; Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India [note ...
For example, the British Empire Medal temporarily ceased to be awarded in the UK in 1993, as was the companion level award of the Imperial Service Order (although its medal is still used). The British Empire Medal was revived, however, in 2012 with 293 BEMs awarded for the 2012 Birthday Honours, and has continued to be awarded in some other ...
The British War Medal is a campaign medal of the United Kingdom which was awarded to officers ... The order of wear of the First World War campaign stars and medals ...
British campaign medals are awarded to members of the British Armed Forces, Allied forces and civilians participating in specified military campaigns. Examples include the Defence Medal , for homeland defence in World War II, and the Atlantic Star for World War II sea service in the Atlantic.
The 1914–15 Star is a campaign medal of the British Empire which was awarded to all who served in the British and Imperial forces in any theatre of the First World War against the Central European Powers during 1914 and 1915. The medal was never awarded singly and recipients also received the British War Medal and Victory Medal. [1]
The order was backdated to 1854 to recognise acts of valour during the Crimean War. [15] Queen Victoria had instructed the War Office to strike a new medal that would not recognise birth or class. The medal was meant to be a simple decoration that would be highly prized and eagerly sought after by those in the military services. [16]
The Military Cross (MC) is the third-level (second-level until 1993) military decoration awarded to officers and (since 1993) other ranks of the British Armed Forces, and formerly awarded to officers of other Commonwealth countries.