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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Forces Officers' Decoration, along with the Volunteer Officers' Decoration and the Territorial Decoration, were superseded by the Efficiency Decoration on 23 September 1930, as one decoration to reward long and meritorious service of part-time officers of the Territorial Army in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 ...
Of the official British medals which were applicable to South Africans, the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal takes precedence as shown. [10] [11] [12] Preceded by the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration (VD). Succeeded by the Efficiency Decoration (South Africa) (ED).
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]
Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration VD; Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal; Naval Good Shooting Medal; Militia Long Service Medal;
The Volunteer Officers' Decoration for India and the Colonies was superseded in 1899 by the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration. In the United Kingdom, the Volunteer Officers' Decoration was superseded by the Territorial Decoration in 1908, but it continued to be awarded in a few Crown Dependencies until 1930.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]
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.
Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal; Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration; Commander-in-Chief Unit Commendation; G. General Service Medal (Canada)
The Efficiency Medal was instituted by Royal Warrant on 23 September 1930, as a long service award for part-time warrant officers, non-commissioned officers and men of the Militia or the Territorial Army of the United Kingdom, and of the Auxiliary Military Forces of the British Dominions, Colonies and Protectorates and India. At the same time a ...