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Honours and Awards
Campaign Medals
Campaign medals were awarded
to men who served during the war and met the
qualification laid down for the medal.
Men who served overseas were
entitled to one or more campaign medal:
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1914 Star |
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For those who
served in France and Flanders between 5
August and 22 November 1914. |
| The
1914-15 Star |
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For those who
served in France and Flanders between 23
November 1914 and 31 December 1915 and from
5 August 1914 to 31 December 1915 in any
other theatre of war. |
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British War Medal |
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Awarded to those who
entered a theatre of war between 5 August
1914 and 11 November 1918. It was also
awarded to those who served in Russia in
1919 and 1920. |
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The Bronze version of
the British War Medal was awarded to natives
who served in labour units including the
Chinese, Indian, Maltese and South African
Native Labour Corps. although the
South African Government would not allow
natives from the Union to be awarded the
medal. |
Victory Medal
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Awarded to men who
served in a unit in an operational theatre
during the war. |
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Territorial Force
Medal |
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Awarded to men in
the Territorial Force before 30 September
1914 and who served overseas in an
operational theatre during the war. |
If a man's service was only in
the U.K. he was not awarded a medal. He could,
however, be entitled to a Silver War Badge.
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Silver War Badge
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Authorised in September 1916. It was a
circular badge awarded to a man who was
discharged due to wounds received or
sickness contracted. Unlike the medals
the Silver War Badge was also awarded to men
whose only service was in the U.K. It
was worn on the lapel to show people that
the man had done his duty and to avoid him
being called a coward or a shirker. |
Medal
index cards for these medals and for other
awards like the Military Medal, Meritorious Service
Medal and Mentioned in Despatches can be found at
the National Archives, Kew. Further information can
be found at
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/medals.asp#other
Labour Units
It is impossible to be
completely accurate about the honours and awards to
men who served in Labour units. This is partly due
to transcription errors made during the war,
instances when an immediate award made in the field
was not recorded correctly and because of the
transient nature of the Labour Corps. Many men,
particularly officers, only served for a short time
in the Corps and it is not always possible to tell
whether the award relates to the man's time with the
Labour Corps or another regiment
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Our research has identified
the following awards to men in Labour Units
Distinguished Service Order -
6
Distinguished Service Cross -
1
Military Cross - 39
Distinguished Service Medal -
6
Distinguished Conduct Medal -
40
Military Medal & Bar - 3
Military Medal - 435
The
details of these awards are shown in
"No Labour, No Battle".
Space did not permit us to
publish the other Honours and Awards to Labour
personnel. Those identified were:
Order of St Michael & St George -5
CBE - 4
OBE - 103
MBE - 46
Meritorious Service Medal -
1270
Mentioned in Despatches - 1106
Long Service and Good Conduct
Medals - 76
The were also almost 300
awards made to Labour personnel by the Governments
of France, Belgium, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Egypt,
Serbia, China, Greece, Salonika and Russia.
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