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First UK campaign medal issued for response to humanitarian crisis. [29] General Service Medal (2008) 2015: January 2008 – present [30] New GSM Medal for recipients that do not qualify for other medals. [31] Always issued with appropriate clasps. OSM Iraq and Syria: 2018: 26 September 2014 – present
There are five ranks of hereditary peerage: duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron. Until the mid-20th century, peerages were usually hereditary. Until the end of the 20th century, English, Scottish, British, and UK peerages (except, until very recent times, those for the time being held by women) carried the right to a seat in the House of ...
Accumulated Campaign Service Medal (2011) Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal; Naval Long Service and Good Conduct Medal; Medal for Meritorious Service (Royal Navy 1918-1928) Indian Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (for Europeans) Indian Meritorious Service Medal (for Europeans) Royal Marines Meritorious Service Medal (1849-1947)
The new medal, which replaced the Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal as well as the Permanent Forces of the Empire Beyond the Seas Medal, once again had various territorial versions, this time in the form of subsidiary titles inscribed on a bar attached to the suspender of the medal rather than on the medal's reverse. [1] [2] [3]
This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. Recipients of United Kingdom civil awards and decorations (24 C) Recipients of United Kingdom military awards and decorations (27 C, 1 P)
The medal was initially awarded to soldiers in the ranks of the Regular Force who had completed 21 years of service in the infantry or 24 years in the cavalry. From 1870 the qualifying period was reduced and the medal was awarded to Regular Force non-commissioned officers and men who had completed eighteen years of irreproachable service ...
The medal for Royal Marines was instituted in 1849, and awarded on the same basis as the army medal. As a gallantry medal, it was awarded six times, until superseded by the Naval Conspicuous Gallantry Medal in 1874. As with the Army, from 1916 NCOs of the Royal Marines could receive the medal for valuable service in the field.
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.