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		William Barge	Ronald Adolphous Julian Batt	Edward James Bell	Frederick James Bishop	Gordon Bishop
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 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	Henry Richard Keefe	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	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
Vernon Claude Witney		Aubrey Jesse Whittington MM	Douglas Campbell Wills Winning	James Winning	George Young

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	Joseph George Benton Snr	Walter Bell Blair	John McLeod Brown
Alfred Warburton Chapman (Snr)		Alfred Warburton Chapman (Jnr)	Oswald Chorlton	Francis Crowe	George Chistopher Dalziell DCM	Walter Edward Dalziell
Frank Orlando Dawson		Hilton Ward Ennis MID	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
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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.