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In 1892, the Volunteer Officers' Decoration was instituted as an award for long and meritorious service by officers of the United Kingdom's Volunteer Force.In 1894, the grant of the decoration was extended by Royal Warrant to commissioned officers of volunteer forces throughout the British Empire, defined as being India, the Dominion of Canada, the Crown Colonies and the Crown Dependencies.
Service on the permanent staff was not reckonable. [1] [9] Officers holding the medal who were subsequently awarded the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration were not required to surrender the medal, but were not permitted to wear it any more until such time as the full periods of service required for both decoration and medal were ...
The decoration was a Naval version of the Volunteer Officers' Decoration and its successor, the Territorial Decoration. [1] [2] The decoration could also be awarded to part-time commissioned officers in the Naval Volunteer Reserves of Colonial Auxiliary Forces throughout the British Empire. [3]
The Volunteer Officers' Decoration, post-nominal letters VD, was instituted in 1892 as an award for long and meritorious service by officers of the United Kingdom's Volunteer Force. Award of the decoration was discontinued in the United Kingdom when it was superseded by the Territorial Decoration in 1908, but it continued to be awarded in some ...
Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration VD; Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal; Naval Good Shooting Medal; Militia Long 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.
Canadian Coast Guard Exemplary Service Medal; Canadian Forces' Decoration; Ceylon Police Long Service Medal; Civil Defence Medal; Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal; Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration; Colonial Fire Brigades Long Service Medal; Colonial Prison Service Medal; Colonial Special Constabulary Medal
Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal; Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration; Commander-in-Chief Unit Commendation; G. General Service Medal (Canada)