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.

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 Sydney 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 (1278)	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	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	Thomas Buckingham
Frederick Edwin Murphy		Henry Richard Keefe

Post WW1 arrivals in the district

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

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Serpentine-Jarrahdale

John Alexander Adamson		Alexander Barnett	Charles Barnett	Herbert Lewis Battams	Frederick James Bishop	Gordon Bishop
William Bowman		John James Lynes Chester	John Harold Coffen	Victor Thomas Emanuel Compassi	Inez Claire Cronin	Alfred Cecil Clarence Curtis
Rudolf Eberhardt		Charles Glyn Firns	Hobart Douglas Firns MID	George Weston Firns	William Edward Clarence Green	Frank Grundy
Edward Henry Hanrahan		Phillip (Harry) Harrison	William Heath	John Charles Hutchinson	Percy Francis Keenan	Rupert Arthur Kent Goodchild
James Kirk		James Edward Laugher	Hallidon (Ernest) McAliece	Patrick O'Connell McKenna	Osborne Fisher

Gosnells

Ernest Ball DCM

Frank Ball

Percival (Peter) Clement Bassett

Victor Henry Marshall

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.