British Army Medals: British Army Medals

14 July 2009

British Army Medals - Index

This index of medals awarded to soldiers serving with the British Army will be regularly updated. Medals are indexed in date order. Click on the medal to go to the relevant page on this site.

18th Century

Military General Service Medal [1793-1814]
Army of India Medal [1799-1826]

19th Century 1800-1850

Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal [1830]
Ghuznee Medal [1839]
Ghuznee Medal - Earl of Auckland's Medal [1839]
Candahar, Cabul and Ghuznee Medal [1841-1842]
Defence of Kelat-i-Ghilzie [1842]
Jellalabad Medals [1841-1842]
China War Medal [1843]
Scinde Campaign Medals [1843]
Gwalior Campaign Stars [1843]
Sutlej Campaign Medal [1845-1846]
Punjab Campaign Medal [1848-1849]

19th Century 1850-1899

South Africa Medal 1834-1853 [1854]
India General Service Medal [1854-1895]
Crimea War Medal [1854]
Turkish Crimea Medal [1855]
Indian Mutiny Medal [1857-1858]
Canada General Service Medal [1866-1870]
Ashantee Medal [1873-1874]
Arctic Medal [1876]
South Africa Medal [1877-1879]
Afghanistan Medal [1878-1880]
Kabul to Kandahar Star [1880]
Cape of Good Hope General Service Medal [1880-1897]
Egypt Medal [1882-1889]
Khedive's Star [1882-1889]
North West Canada Medal [1885]
Royal Niger Company's Medal [1886-1899]
East and West Africa Medal [1887-1900]
Hong Kong Plague Medal [1894]
India Medal [1895-1902]
Queen's Sudan Medal [1896-1898]
Queen's South Africa Medal [1899-1902]

1900 - 1913

China War Medal [1900]
King's South Africa Medal [1901-1902]
Tibet Medal [1903-1904]
Natal Rebellion Medal [1906]
Territorial Force Efficiency Medal [1908]
India General Service Medal [1908-1935]
Delhi Durbar Medal 1911 [1911]

1914-1920

1914 Star [1914]
1914-15 Star [1914-1915]
British War Medal [1914-1920]
Inter-Allied Victory Medal [1914-1918]
Territorial Force War Medal [1914-1919]

Inter-war

Efficiency Medal [1930]

World War Two

1939-45 Star
The Atlantic Star
The Air Crew Europe Star
The Africa Star
The Pacific Star
The Burma Star
The Italy Star
The France & Germany Star
The Defence Medal
The War Medal

Post WW2

The Elizabeth Cross [2009]

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PRE FIRST WORLD WAR

Army Pensioners 1760-1913
Men discharged to pension from the Chelsea Hospital. From the WO 97 Chelsea Pensioner series at The National Arvhives.

Militia Attestations 1806-1915
From the WO 96 militia series at The National Arvhives.

Army Deserters 1828-1840
An index of over 34,000 men. Details include name, age, regiment, date of desertion and trade.

1861 Worldwide Army Index
Can't find him on the 1861 census? Was he in the army? This index contains the names of over 245,000 British soldiers at home and abroad.

Anglo-Boer War Roll 1899-1902
Over 300,000 men and a casualty list of over 60,000. The most comprehensive Boer War register on the web.

WORLD WAR 1 - WW1

Silver War Badge rolls 1914-1920
NEW! Over 800,000 records giving date of enlistment, date of discharge, and often, the man's age.

WW1 Service Records 1914-1920
The so-called "Burnt Documents" from WO 363.

WW1 Pension Records 1914-1920
Pension records from WO 364.

WW1 Medal Index Cards 1914-1920
The medal index cards of approximately 4.8m men.

Soldiers Died in The Great War 1914-1919
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De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1924
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