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The Border campaign (12 December 1956 – 26 February 1962) was a guerrilla warfare campaign (codenamed Operation Harvest) carried out by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) against targets in Northern Ireland, with the aim of overthrowing British rule there and creating a united Ireland. [1]
Reverse of 1962 GSM awarded for Borneo, to Cpl Waretini, New Zealand Forces. The General Service Medal (1962 GSM, originally referred to as the Campaign Service Medal), is a campaign medal of the United Kingdom introduced in 1962 to replace both the General Service Medal (1918), as awarded to the Army and RAF, and the Naval General Service Medal (1915).
The Accumulated Campaign Service Medal is currently awarded to those who have completed 1,080 days, aggregated by 1 January 2008, in theatres which would have merited a General Service Medal 1962 (e.g. for operations in Northern Ireland or air operations in Iraq), an Operational Service Medal for Afghanistan, an Operational Service Medal for ...
However, the force was remobilised in November 1921, after security powers were transferred from London to the Northern Ireland Government. Michael Collins planned a clandestine guerrilla campaign against Northern Ireland using the IRA. In early 1922, he sent IRA units to the border areas and arms to northern units.
The Border Force and Immigration Enforcement Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (BF&IE LS&GCM) is a medal created to honour the service of members of the UK Border Force and Immigration Enforcement agencies, within the Home Office. It was established in 2022 and first awarded in 2024. [1] [2
Established in 1982, the medal was awarded for 12 years of long and efficient service, with a bar being awarded for each subsequent six years of qualifying service. [2] Officers awarded the medal were entitled to use the post-nominal UD. [1] The medal was replaced by the Northern Ireland Home Service Medal in 1992. [3]
12 December – The Irish Republican Army launched its Border Campaign in Northern Ireland [1] with the bombing of a BBC relay transmitter in County Londonderry, burning of a courthouse in Magherafelt by a unit led by 18-year-old Seamus Costello, [1] and of an Ulster Special Constabulary post near Newry and blowing up of a half-built British ...
Border Campaign may refer to: Pancho Villa Expedition, a 1916–17 U.S. operation in Mexico; Border campaign (Irish Republican Army) or Operation Harvest, a 1956–62 guerrilla war in Northern Ireland; 1960–61 campaign at the China–Burma border, after the Chinese Civil War