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The Burma Star is a military campaign medal, instituted by the United Kingdom in May 1945 for award to British and Commonwealth forces who served in the Burma Campaign from 1941 to 1945, during the Second World War.
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
The Burma Star Association is a British veterans' association for ex-servicemen and women of all services who served in the Burma Campaign of World War II.The criterion for membership is the award of the Burma Star for service in Burma during World War II for the necessary qualifying period or the Pacific Star with Burma Clasp.
Mountbatten by Allan Warren in 1976. Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, received numerous titles, decorations and honorary appointments during his time as Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command, in the Second World War, the last Viceroy and Governor-General of India, First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff, Chief of the Defence Staff, and owing to his close ...
The Africa Star with, if awarded, the first to be earned of clasps for North Africa 1942–43, 8th Army or 1st Army. [11] Either the Pacific Star or Burma Star. Those earning both received the first qualified for, with the appropriate clasp to represent the second. [12] [13] The Italy Star. [14] All recipients of campaign stars also received ...
He transferred to the 1st Battalion of the Lincolns, then stationed in India, and sailed for there in September 1937. He went to Burma with the 1st Battalion in 1942 and served there until his death in February 1944. He was awarded the Military Cross (MC) [4] in July 1943 for his outstanding service at Maungdaw during a raid on a Japanese ...
1939–45 Star; Atlantic Star [note 4] Air Crew Europe Star [note 4] Arctic Star [1] Africa Star; Pacific Star [note 5] Burma Star [note 5] Italy Star; France and Germany Star [note 4] Defence Medal; War Medal, 1939–45; Australia Service Medal 1939–45
English: The ribbon of the Burma Star, a British World War II military campaign medal, with a rosette to indicate the award of the Pacific Clasp. Date: 11 April 2015: