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Since 1918 recipients of the Military Medal have been entitled to the post-nominal letters "MM". [11] [12] Eligibility was extended to soldiers of the Indian Army in 1944. [13] The Military Medal was discontinued in 1993, as part of the review of the British honours system, which recommended removing distinctions of rank in respect of awards ...
United Kingdom Orders; United Kingdom Decorations; Order of St John (all classes) United Kingdom Medals for Gallantry and for Distinguished Service; United Kingdom Campaign and Operational Service Medals (including authorised United Nations medals and medals of other recognised international organisations). Worn in order of date of award
The trio of First World War medals, either one of the 1914 Star or the 1914–15 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal, were collectively irreverently referred to as Pip, Squeak and Wilfred, after three comic strip characters, a dog, a penguin and a rabbit, which were popular in the immediate post-war era.
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.
This is a list of Military Medals (MM) awarded in the 1918 New Year Honours. The 1918 New Year Honours were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the British Empire.
The Military Cross was designed by Henry Farnham Burke, [16] [17] while its ribbon was created by Victoria Ponsonby, Baroness Sysonby. [17] In the Medal Yearbook 2015 it is described as follows: [18] 46 mm maximum height, 44 mm maximum width. Ornamental silver cross with straight arms terminating in broad finials, suspended from a plain ...
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]
Victory Medal awarded to Late Kripamay Bose, of Beliatore, West Bengal, India. The Victory Medal (also called the Inter-Allied Victory Medal) is a United Kingdom and British Empire First World War campaign medal. The award of a common allied campaign medal was recommended by an inter-allied committee in March 1919. [2]