1914-15 Star

WW1 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.

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 2,078,183 1914-15 Stars were awarded. Few if any Australians were awarded the 1914 star.

Armadale

Leith John Newton Angelo		† William Barge	Ronald Adolphous Julian Batt	† Edward James Bell	John Blake	† 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	† Thomas Buckingham	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	Henry Richard Keefe	Patrick Wilford Kelly	Walter David Francis Kerridge	James Kershaw
Edgar Leslie Livermore		Alexander Russell Main	Harold V Marshall	Alfred Arthur Martin	Alice Maud Martin	Francis Leonard Martin
George Henry Martin MM MID		William Clarence Martin DCM & Bar	William John Martin (1278)	Leonard Roy Matthews	Melbourne Hubert Randolph Matthews	Sydney Clarence Owen Matthews
Samuel Vivian Mortimer		Frederick Edwin Murphy	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	Aubrey Jesse Whittington MM	Douglas Campbell Wills Winning
James Winning		Vernon Claude Witney	George Young	Henry Frampton (Harry) Clarke

Post WW1 arrivals in the district

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

Canning

Samuel Thomas Lowth

Jesse Thomas Manser

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Gosnells

Phillip Selwyn Allen		James Baillie	Ernest Ball DCM	† Frank Ball	Percival (Peter) Clement Bassett	Clement Wilder Benporath
Joseph George Benton Snr		† Walter Bell Blair	Sydney Fenner Blencowe	John McLeod Brown	Alfred Warburton Chapman (Snr)	Alfred Warburton Chapman (Jnr)
Oswald Chorlton		Francis Crowe	George Chistopher Dalziell DCM	Walter Edward Dalziell	Edward Augustus Davis	Frank Orlando Dawson
Hilton Ward Ennis MID		Charles Franklyn Fuhrmann	Lionel William Gibbs	Percy Goodall	Charles Gorringe	John Richard Hall
William Joseph Hayden		Walter Robert Hayes	Walter Hayward	Terry de Bohun Helm	Thomas Hetherington	Cecil Arthur Hill MM
Harry Hodgson		Ernest Wright Holroyd	† Fritz Robert Jaentsch	Basil Kelley	† Arthur George Kettley	Elmer Winfred Drake Laing MC
Arthur Thomas Lester		Beverley John Liddelow	George William Liddington	Ernest Edward Lockhart	Thomas Herbert Ludlow	Catherine Ann McGillivray
George Wales McGillivray		Jesse Thomas Manser	† Victor Henry Marshall	Reuben Douglas Naughton	Edward Mordan Neale	Reginald Alfred Nicholas MBE
James Anthony Parker		Harry Pickard	Arthur Pilgrim	† Hector Louis Polain	Joseph Pulford	† William Edward Reed
Lawrence Adrian Renou DCM		Henry John Robert Saint	Henry Giles Schmidt	George Scrivener	Roland Parker Shelley	Francis William Singleton
Josiah James Skinner		John Donald Stalker	James Thomson MM	† Samuel Simpson Thompson	George Thomson	Arnold Thorp
Hubert Harris Thorp		Edward William Tink	John Grant Watt MM & Bar	William Alfred Leaver MC MM	Charles Franklyn Fuhrmann

Serpentine-Jarrahdale

John Alexander Adamson		† Herbert Wright Aldred	Gerrie Anderson	† Alexander Barnett	† Charles Barnett	Herbert Lewis Battams
† Frederick James Bishop		† Gordon Bishop	William Michael Bowman	Bernard William Chatfield	John James Lynes Chester	John Harold Coffen
Victor Thomas Emanuel Compassi		Inez Clare Cronin	Alfred Cecil Clarence Curtis	Edward (Ted) Harry Darby	† Frank William Dowell	† Rudolf Eberhardt
Charles Glyn Firns		George Weston Firns	† Hobart Douglas Firns MID	Osborne Fisher	Cyril Foxwell	† Rupert Arthur Kent Goodchild
William Edward Clarence Green		Frank Grundy	Edward Henry Hanrahan	† Phillip (Harry) Harrison	† William Heath	John Charles Hutchinson
Percy Francis Keenan		Joseph Sowden Kidd MM	James Kirk	† James Edward Laugher	† Herbert George Lewis	Angus Lindt
William (George) Lyster		Francis Leonard Martin	George Henry Martin MM MID	Hallidon (Ernest) McAliece	Patrick O'Connell McKenna	Alfred John Mitchell
Frederick William Wallace Moore		† Herbert Frank O'Neill	† William Edward Reed	John Regan	Alexander Rupert Richardson	Hubert Lennox Richardson
† Stephen Henry Robson		† William Edgar Rowe	Francis Henry Ryniker	Frederick William Scott	George Scrivener	Ernest Selkirk MID
Frederick Selkirk		William Henry Shade	Samuel Edward Tate	Allan Leslie Thomas	† Leslie Huon Truman	† Harold Watts
George Wistlecraft		William Charles Woodland

Post WW1 arrivals in Serpentine-Jarrahdale

• George Bett

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.

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.