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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Forces Officers' Decoration, along with the Volunteer Officers' Decoration and the Territorial Decoration, were superseded by the Efficiency Decoration on 23 September 1930, as one decoration to reward long and meritorious service of part-time officers of the Territorial Army in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 ...
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The Volunteer Long Service Medal was instituted in 1894 as an award for long service by other ranks in the part-time Volunteer Force of the United Kingdom. In 1896, the grant of this medal was extended by Queen Victoria to members of Volunteer Forces throughout the British Empire and a separate new medal was instituted, the Volunteer Long Service Medal for India and the Colonies.
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]
Army Emergency Reserve Decoration: ERD: Volunteer Officers' Decoration: VD: 1892–1930: Volunteer Long Service Medal — 1894–1930: HAC ribbon Volunteer Officers' Decoration for India and the Colonies: VD: 1894–1899: Volunteer Long Service Medal for India and the Colonies — 1896–1930: Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration: VD ...
The British Army saw significant change through the latter half of the century, with the British Army Regular Reserve formed in the 1850s, following which, to avoid confusion, the Reserve Forces were generally referred to as the Auxiliary Forces (i.e., auxiliary to, but not part of, the British Army), or as the Local Forces (as they were ...
The Volunteer Officers' Decoration for India and the Colonies was superseded in 1899 by the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration. In the United Kingdom, the Volunteer Officers' Decoration was superseded by the Territorial Decoration in 1908, but it continued to be awarded in a few Crown Dependencies until 1930.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]
Canadian Bravery Decorations; Canadian Efficiency Decoration; Canadian Forces' Decoration; Canadian Forces' Unit Commendation; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal; Clan of the Gallant Canadians; Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal; Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration; Commander-in-Chief Unit Commendation