Orders, Decorations and Medals of the United Kingdom

Links and Other References

Acknowledgements

Tony Farrell, who generously shared his collection of UK medal pictures; Andrew Pattison and Martin Wagner who have been enthusiastically photographing their own collections to send me pictures, and Lukasz Graszewski for the Royal Family Orders. Ian McCloud sent a picture of his own Ambulance Service (Emergency Duties) LS & GC Medal. Freddie of Philip Burman Military Medals (UK) who is also sending me pictures, Gareth Ollard for the 8th Army bar to the Italy Star and Rowley Jones for information on Ambulance Service awards.

Grateful thanks to eMedals, Morton & Eden, Spink & Son and Liverpool Medals, who have allowed use of pictures from their catalogues.

Links

The Ministry of Defence - Medals Office - terms of award & how to apply

Directgov - Honours, awards and Medals - information about the British Honours System and how they are awarded.

Eric Bush - Ribbons of Britain

David Devine - Rusty Knight: British Medals

Lukasz Gaszewski - British Commonwealth Decorations Ribbon Rackbuilder

Jean-Paul LeBlanc - Medals of Britain

Jeremy Newman - Jeremy's Medals: UK

Stephen Stratford - UK Medals - part of an excellent site on various military matters.

Norman Wood - Royal Jersey Militia - an excellent site that includes medals awarded to the Militia.

Yuri Yashnev - For Merit: United Kingdom

Britain's Small Wars - wonderful resource on British military activity around the world between 1945 and 1992.

Text References

Robert W. Gould Campaign Medals of the British Army 1815-1972 Arms & Armour 1972.