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==Notes==
 
==Notes==

Revision as of 01:33, 6 May 2017

The 1914-15 Star

Eligibility

The 1914-15 Star was awarded to servicemen and servicewomen who served between 5 August 1914 and 31 December 1915 in any "theatre of war". This included service at Gallipoli between 25 April 1915 and 31 December 1915, service in Egypt between 5 November 1914 and 31 December 1915, and service during the capture of German Samoa on 29 August 1914. Those eligible for the medal must have "served on the establishment of a unit in a theatre of war" during the relevant dates of operations in that area.[1]

Description

The 1914-15 Star is a crowned four-pointed star with crossed swords and a wreath of oak leaves, with the royal cypher at the foot and a central scroll inscribed 1914-15. The 1914-15 Star is identical to the 1914 Star, except for the omission of AUG and NOV, and the scroll across the centre being inscribed 1914-15. The reverse of the 1914-15 Star is plain, except for the inscribed name and service details of the recipient. The medal is bronze and is attached to the ribbon by a ring.

Throughout the British Empire more than 2.35 million 1914-15 Stars were awarded.

Awarded to:

Leith John Newton Angelo Robert Prior Bailey William Barge Ronald Adolphous Julian Batt
Edward James Bell Frederick James Bishop Gordon Bishop John Blake
Charles Blunt Henry Bolton Arthur Percy Thomas Boyle Richard William Thomas Boyle
James (Roy) Braidwood MM MiD Henry Thomas (Harry) Brear Edward Briggs Harry Redcliffe Broadhurst
William Buck Leonard Henry (Lennie) Buckingham MM Albert George Bullock William Edward Butcher MM RMG MiD
Arthur Charles Cam Clarence Roy Champion Stanley Joseph Callow Champion Victor Norman Chandler MM
Frederick Lawrence Close Henry Thomas Cockram George Sidney Cook Claude Francis Cooper
Charles Henry Davis Aubrey Cecil Dawson Frank William Dowell Victor Emanuel Durling
Albert John Egan MiD John James Emery Richard Evans MM Frederick Fancote
Walter Raymond Farnham Charles Maul Glover John Francis Grabham MM Bertie Greenfield
Frederick Hobbs John Hobbs Frederick George Hodges James Owen Horrocks
Stephen Henry Horrocks Charles Richard Irvine MM & Bar Albert Stephenson Jackson Patrick Wilford Kelly
Walter David Francis Kerridge James Kershaw Edgar Leslie Livermore Alexander Russell Main
Victor Henry Marshall Alfred Arthur Martin Alice Maud Martin Francis Leonard Martin
George Henry Martin MM MiD William Clarence Martin DCM & Bar William John Martin Leonard Roy Matthews
Melbourne Hubert Randolph Matthews Sydney Clarence Owen Matthews Samuel Vivian Mortimer Arthur Thomas Orton MM
William Henry Ottey Charles Edward Parkin Frederick Thorneycroft Plant Keith George Harman Podger
Charles William Price Henry George Price Thomas Edward Raine William Rawlinson
Charles Joseph Gerald Raynor William Harold Raynor Edward James (Ted) Rouse Francis Henry Ryniker
Robert Melville Salter Hector Lionel Saw Euphemia Weir Huntley Scott Amos Roy (Roy) Smith
Edward Harris (Ted) Smith Hugh Henry Smith John Harold Rupert Smith William Stephens
Harold Stinton Arthur William Symonds William George Tait John Edward Thomson
Sidney Tugby John Wesley Gladstone Turner Albert Cornelius Jesse Verrier William Archer Waller
Frank Erle Waters Lawrence Hamill White MM James Murray Whiteley Vernon Claude Witney
Aubrey Jesse Whittington MM Douglas Campbell Wills Winning James Winning George Young

Post WW1 arrivals in the district

Ivor Trehane Birtwistle Reginald Thomas (Reg) Cockshott Gordon Devereux MM Spencer Gwynne DCM MiD William Hart
Robert George McLean Reginald Grove Sexty MiD

Notes

Initially this medal was not intended for those who fought at Gallipoli. Instead it had been proposed that a 'Gallipoli Star', or 'ANZAC Star' would be given to Australian and New Zealand troops. However, there was unease in Britain that men from other Commonwealth nations would not be eligible and so, despite it having been approved by King George V, it was substituted with the 1914-15 Star.[2]

In 1967 Gallipoli specific service was rewarded in Australia and New Zealand with the issue of a Gallipoli Medal (not intended to be worn) to those who were eligible, or their next of kin.

References

  1. http://medals.nzdf.mil.nz/category/h/h5.html
  2. The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Military History (Oxford University Press, Auckland, 2000), p.226

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