Medals

Great War History Hub Whitchurch Shropshire Medal

This project aims to identify those people with local connections who were awarded medals for their service during the Great War.

There were two main kinds of WW1 medal awards, campaign medals and gallantry or meritorious service awards.

Campaign medals were conferred for taking part in a military campaign outside of the United Kingdom in a Theatre of War or in a time of war. Included in this group is the British War Medal 1914-1918, the Allied Victory Medal, the 1914 Star and the 1914-15 Star.

Gallantry medals were awarded for distinguished or meritorious service. Included in this group is the Distinguished Conduct Medal (D.C.M.), the Military Medal (M.M.), the Meritorious Service Medal (M.S.M.) and the Belgian Croix de Guerre.

Although “Mentioned in Despatches” was not an award of a medal, it acknowledged an act of gallantry and has therefore been included in this project. Recipients were issued with a bronze oak leaf to wear on their Victory Medal ribbon.


Canadian War Service Badge

The Canadian War Badge was awarded to members of the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) who served in the United Kingdom or at the front, and who, due to old age, wounds or sickness, had retired or relinquished their commissions or …

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British War Medal

The British War Medal is a campaign medal of the United Kingdom which was awarded to officers and men of British and Imperial forces for service in the First World War. Two versions of the medal were produced. About 6.5 …

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Croix de Guerre

The World War I Croix de guerre was established by royal decree on 25 October 1915 as an award for bravery or other military virtue on the battlefield. It was only awarded to individuals. The Croix de guerre was not …

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The Victory Medal

The Allied Victory Medal (also known as ‘Wilfred’) was issued by each of the allies. It was decided that each of the allies should each issue their own bronze victory medal with a similar design, similar equivalent wording and identical …

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The British War Medal

The British War Medal (also known as ‘Squeak’) was a silver or bronze medal awarded to officers and men of the British and Imperial Forces who either entered a theatre of war or entered service overseas between 5th August 1914 …

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Greek Military Cross

The War Cross (Greek: Πολεμικός Σταυρός) is a military decoration of Greece, awarded for heroism in wartime to both Greeks and foreign allies. There have been three versions of the cross, the 1917 version covering World War I, the 1940 …

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DSO

The Distinguished Service Order (DSO) is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other parts of the Commonwealth of Nations, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual …

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Legion of Honour

The Legion of Honour, full name, National Order of the Legion of Honour (French: Ordre national de la Légion d’honneur), is the highest French order of merit for military and civil merits, established in 1802 by Napoléon Bonaparte. The order’s …

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Royal Victorian Order

The Royal Victorian Order is a dynastic order of knighthood established in 1896 by Queen Victoria. It recognises distinguished personal service to the monarch of the Commonwealth realms, members of the monarch’s family, or to any viceroy or senior representative …

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CMG

The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later King George IV, while he was acting as regent for his father, King George …

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Queen’s South Africa Medal

The Queen’s South Africa Medal is a British campaign medal which was awarded to British and Colonial military personnel, civilians employed in official capacity and war correspondents who served in the Second Boer War in South Africa. Altogether twenty-six clasps …

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Silver War Badge

The Silver War Badge was issued in the United Kingdom and the British Empire to service personnel who had been honourably discharged due to wounds or sickness from military service in World War I. The badge, sometimes known as the …

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Campaign Medals 3

The 1914 Star (also known as ‘Pip’) was authorised under Special Army Order no. 350 in November 1917 and by an Admiralty Fleet Order in 1918, for award to officers and men of the British and Indian Expeditionary Forces who …

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Campaign Medals 2

The British War Medal (also known as ‘Squeak’) was a silver or bronze medal awarded to officers and men of the British and Imperial Forces who either entered a theatre of war or entered service overseas between 5th August 1914 …

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Llewellyn Passant

Born 1890 Son of – John & Annie Passant, 4 Sherrymill Hill, Whitchurch Civilian occupation – Shoemaker Regiment : Monmouthshire Regiment Rank : Corporal Service Number : 226027, 2869 04/09/1914 Enlisted with 1st Monmouthshire Regiment 07/06/1917 Went under fire to …

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