Naval General Service Medal 1915-62
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| Naval General Service Medal 1915-62 | |
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   Obverse (left) and reverse (right) of medal and ribbon (bottom). |
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| Awarded by United Kingdom and Commonwealth | |
| Type | Campaign medal |
| Eligibility | Naval and Marine forces |
| Awarded for | Campaign service. |
| Campaign | Minor campaigns 1915-62. |
| Description | Silver disk, 36mm diameter. |
| Clasps | 17 |
| Statistics | |
| Established | 6 August 1915 |
| Related | General Service Medal (1918), General Service Medal (1962) |
The Naval General Service Medal was instituted in 1915 to recognise service by Naval and Marine personnel in minor campaigns that would otherwise not earn a specific campaign medal. The Army/Air Force equivalent was the General Service Medal (1918). Both these medals were replaced by the General Service Medal in 1962.
[edit] Clasps
- PERSIAN GULF 1909-14 - for operations against pirates, gun-runners and slavers.
- IRAQ 1919-20 - for river gunboat service during the Arab Rebellion.
- N.W. PERSIA 1920 - for service in the Naval Mission in the Caspian Sea.
- PALESTINE 1936-39 - for service during the 'troubles.'
- S.E. ASIA 1945-6 - for operations in Java, Sumatra and French Indochina.
- MINESWEEPING 1945-47 - for 6 months' minesweeping in specified areas.
- PALESTINE 1945-48 - for service during further 'troubles.'
- MALAYA - for service in the Malaya and Singapore in the period during the state of emergency
- YANGTZE 1949 - for the attack on HMS Amethyst and other vessels by Communist Chinese forces.
- BOMB AND MINE CLEARANCE 1945-46 - for operations in specified areas.
- BOMB AND MINE CLEARANCE 1945-53 - for operations in specified areas.
- BOMB AND MINE CLEARANCE MEDITERRANEAN - for operations in the Mediterranean (mostly Valletta harbour)
- CANAL ZONE - for service in the Suez Canal Zone between October 1951 and October 1954. (Authorised 2003)
- CYPRUS - for EOKA operations, 1955-59.
- NEAR EAST - for operations on the Suez Canal, 1956.
- ARABIAN PENINSULAR - 1957-60 - for service against dissidents and cross-border raids
- BRUNEI - for service in Brunei, North Borneo and Sarawak, December 1962.
[edit] Description
- The medal is silver, 36mm in diameter. The obverse bears the image of three successive Sovereigns, King George V, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II.
- The reverse shows a mounted figure of Brittania in a chariot pulled by two sea-horses.
- The ribbon is crimson-coloured with three white stripes.
