Naval General Service Medal 1915-62

Infobox Military Award
name= Naval General Service Medal 1915-62


caption= Obverse (left) and reverse (right) of medal
and ribbon (bottom).
awarded_by= United Kingdom and Commonwealth
type= Campaign medal
eligibility= Naval and Marine forces
for= Campaign service.
campaign= Minor campaigns 1915-62.
status=
description= Silver disk, 36mm diameter.
clasps= 17
established= 6 August1915
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related=General Service Medal (1918),
General Service Medal (1962)


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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.

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.

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.

References

* [http://www.medals.org.uk/united-kingdom/united-kingdom034.htm ODM of the UK]
* [http://medals.nzdf.mil.nz/category/h/h20.html NZDF medals]
* [http://www.defence.gov.au/medals/Content/+040%20Campaign%20Medals/+050%201945-1975/+030%20NGSM/default.htm ADF Honours and Awards]