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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
As the head of state, the Sovereign is the fount of honour, [1] but the system for identifying and recognising candidates to honour has changed considerably over time. . Various orders of knighthood have been created (see below) as well as awards for military service, bravery, merit, and achievement which take the form of decorations or
The Accumulated Campaign Service Medal and the Accumulated Campaign Service Medal 2011 are medals awarded by King Charles III to members of his Armed Forces to recognise long campaign service. The original Accumulated Campaign Service Medal, instituted in January 1994, was awarded to holders of the General Service Medal (1962) who had completed ...
Pages in category "Recipients of the Meritorious Service Medal (United Kingdom)" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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]
A war veteran in England with dementia is heartbroken after he lost his army medals on Thursday night, The Mirror reports. Elderly war veteran with dementia asks social media to help find his lost ...
The United Kingdom's Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal was instituted by King William IV in 1830. The original version had the Royal Coat of Arms with the badge of Hanover on the obverse, while on the Queen Victoria version, introduced upon her succession to the throne in 1837, the Hanover emblem was replaced by a Trophy of Arms which incorporated a central shield bearing the Royal Coat ...
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 As a gallantry medal, it was awarded six times, until superseded by the Naval Conspicuous Gallantry Medal in 1874.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.