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The British War Medal is a campaign medal of the United Kingdom which was awarded to officers and men and women of British and Imperial forces for service in the First World War. Two versions of the medal were produced. About 6.5 million were struck in silver and 110,000 in bronze, the latter awarded to, among others, the Chinese, Maltese and ...
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] Each allied nation would design a 'Victory Medal' for award to their own nationals, all issues having ...
World War I. During World War I (1914–1918) the following campaign medals were issued: [1] 1914 Star. 1914–15 Star. British War Medal. Mercantile Marine War Medal. Victory Medal. Territorial Force War Medal. The most frequent combinations are "trios" of either the 1914 or 1914–15 Star, the British War Medal and Victory Medal; and "pairs ...
1914–15 Star. The 1914–15 Star is a campaign medal of the British Empire which was awarded to all who served in the British and Imperial forces in any theatre of the First World War against the Central European Powers during 1914 and 1915. The medal was never awarded singly and recipients also received the British War Medal and Victory ...
The 1914 Star was authorised under Special Army Order no. 350 in November 1917 and by an Admiralty Fleet Order in January 1918, [1] [2] for award to officers and men of the British and Indian Expeditionary Forces who served in France or Belgium between 5 August and midnight of 22–23 November 1914. [3] [4] [5] The former date is the day after ...
List of George Cross recipients. The George Cross ( GC) is the second highest award of the United Kingdom honours system. It is awarded for gallantry not " in the presence of the enemy " to both members of the British armed forces and to British civilians. Posthumous awards have always been available. It was previously awarded to Commonwealth ...
For example, the British Empire Medal temporarily ceased to be awarded in the UK in 1993, as was the companion level award of the Imperial Service Order (although its medal is still used). The British Empire Medal was revived, however, in 2012 with 293 BEMs awarded for the 2012 Birthday Honours , and has continued to be awarded in some other Commonwealth nations.
The medal was issued in 1816–1817 to every soldier present at one or more of the battles of Ligny, Quatre Bras and Waterloo. Each soldier was also credited with two years extra service and pay, to count for seniority and pension purposes, [5] and were to be known as "Waterloo Men". The medal was announced in the London Gazette on 23 April 1816.