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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.
World War 1. Issued with MID oak leaf cluster where appropriate. British Naval Mission to Russia North Sea mine clearance Territorial Force War Medal: April 1920: 4 August 1914 – 11 November 1918: Mercantile Marine War Medal: 1 September 1919: 4 August 1914 – 11 November 1918: Inter-World War Naval General Service Medal (1915) 6 August 1915
Team GB is also the only team to have won at least one athletics medal at every Summer Olympic Games. The team has been less successful at the Winter Olympics, winning 34 medals, 12 of them gold. The United Kingdom finished in first place on the medals table at the 1908 games, placed second at the 2016 games, and third at the 1900 , 1912 , 1920 ...
The medals continued again for Great Britain, though no one managed to secure a gold medal after Keely Hodgkinson’s win on Monday night. Medals continue for Team GB but no golds on day 11 of ...
Victory Medal awarded to Late Kripamay Bose, of Beliatore, West Bengal, India. The Victory Medal (also called the Inter-Allied Victory Medal) is a United Kingdom and British Empire First World War campaign medal. The award of a common allied campaign medal was recommended by an inter-allied committee in March 1919. [2]
The duration of the Second World War in Europe was from 3 September 1939 to 8 May 1945, while in the Pacific Theatre it continued until 2 September 1945. The War Medal 1939–1945 was instituted by the United Kingdom on 16 August 1945 and was awarded to all full-time personnel of the armed forces and Merchant Navy for serving for 28 days, irrespective of where they were serving, between 3 ...
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The Atlantic Star is a military campaign medal, instituted by the United Kingdom in May 1945 for award to British Commonwealth forces who took part in the Battle of the Atlantic, the longest continuous campaign of the Second World War. [1] [2] Two clasps were instituted and could be worn on the medal ribbon, Air Crew Europe and France and ...