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Candahar, Ghuznee, Cabul Medal: 1842: 1839–1842: HEIC Issue. Jellalabad Medals: 1842: November 1841 – 16 April 1842: HEIC Issue. Medal for the Defence of Kelat-I-Ghilzie: 1842: February – May 1842: HEIC Issue. China War Medal (1842) 1843: 5 July 1840 – 29 August 1842: Issued with clasps for Second China War where appropriate. Scinde ...
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 Arctic Star medal recognises service between 1941 and 1945 delivering vital aid to the Soviet Union, running the gauntlet of enemy submarine, air and surface ship attacks. This list of military awards and decorations of World War II is an index to articles on notable military awards presented by the combatants during World War II
This is a category listing, which serves as an index of existing Wikipedia articles about recipients of the Military Medal. It is not intended to be an exhaustive listing of all recipients. Contents
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 ...
At Waterloo, of his roughly 73,000 strong army, around 26,000 (36 per cent) were British, [60] though this relatively low number was due to the majority of his Peninsular veterans being shipped elsewhere after Napoleon's first abdication, many being sent to North America to serve in the final months of the War of 1812 against the United States.
Within the British military, armies were commanded by lieutenant-generals. For a variety of reasons, once the appointment was made, commanders could be promoted to a full general. [ 10 ] There were several exceptions to this norm; John Vereker was a full general when he was placed in command of the BEF, [ 11 ] as was Henry Maitland Wilson when ...
The Afghanistan Medal, sanctioned on 19 March 1881, was awarded to members of the British and Indian armies who served in Afghanistan between 1878 and 1880 during the Second Afghan War, the first war being from 1839 to 1842. The war was caused by British fears of increasing Russian involvement in Afghan affairs.