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The Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration, along with the Volunteer Officers' Decoration and the Territorial Decoration, were superseded by the Efficiency Decoration on 23 September 1930, as one decoration to reward long and meritorious service of part-time officers of the Territorial Army in Great Britain and of the Auxiliary Military ...
Until c. 1947, recipients were entitled to use the post-nominal letters VD, the same as those for the Volunteer Officers' Decoration and the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration, approved by Royal Warrants dated 9 May 1925. The post-nominal letters were changed to VRD c. 1947. [16] [18] [19] [20] [21]
The Volunteer Long Service Medal was instituted in 1894 as an award for long service by other ranks in the part-time Volunteer Force of the United Kingdom. In 1896, the grant of this medal was extended by Queen Victoria to members of Volunteer Forces throughout the British Empire and a separate new medal was instituted, the Volunteer Long Service Medal for India and the Colonies.
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Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal; Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration; Commendation for Distinguished Service; Commendation for Gallantry; Conspicuous Service Cross (Australia) Conspicuous Service Medal
1939 Army List, Dominion and Colonial Regiments index 1945 Army List, Order of Precedence of the British Army, with most colonial units omitted. The British Colonial Auxiliary Forces were the various military forces (each composed of one or more units or corps) of Britain's colonial empire which were not considered part of the British Army proper.
The Volunteer Officers' Decoration for India and the Colonies was superseded in 1899 by the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration. In the United Kingdom, the Volunteer Officers' Decoration was superseded by the Territorial Decoration in 1908, but it continued to be awarded in a few Crown Dependencies until 1930. [13] [14]
A. Accumulated Campaign Service Medal; African Police Medal for Meritorious Service; Air Efficiency Award; Ambulance Service (Emergency Duties) Long Service and Good Conduct Medal