Good morning All
I have posted previously on the details of my grandfather Ernest Coles serving with the Warwickshire regiment .
During WW2 , apart from the General war medal and 1939 -45 star , what other medals would he have been eligible for ?
His service was , 1939 France , evacuated Operation Ariel 25th June , he then served through out the British isles , Shetland , Ireland and finally the midlands area , were he 'demobbed' in 1944 aged 50 years .
Would he had been eligible for the Defence medal ? .
Hopefully our experts on this forum can help or point me in the right direction .
Kind regards
Dean
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24-03-2019, 12:18 PM #1
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Royal warwickshire regiment WW2 - medals ?
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24-03-2019, 8:26 PM #2
Hi Dean
I am certainly no expert but did a spot of searching and according to Wikipedia the Defence medal was awarded "for non-operational service in the Armed Forces, the Home Guard, the Civil Defence Service and other approved civilian services during the period from 3 September 1939 to 8 May 1945 (2 September 1945 for those serving in certain specified territories in the Far East and the Pacific),[4] with an earlier end date for members of organisations that stood-down before May 1945."
A link is given to the Committee on The Grant Of the Honours Decorations and Medals in Time of War site
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25-03-2019, 4:22 PM #3
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