What Medals Did All British Soldiers Receive After WW2

My sisters grandmother doesn’t have her dads medals anymore and she is looking to buy replacement medals to remember him by.

She is sure he was given The Italy Star, The North Africa Star but she isn’t completely sure which others he was awarded.

I can across the Victory Star and the 1939-45 medal but I’m not entirely sure what these were awarded for. She think he had a victory star.

Can anyone confirm what medals all British soldiers received on coming home after ww2

 

Depends where he was, obviously, but certainly the Victory one and the 1939-45 general service medal. He might have had good conduct as well. the MOD will actually provide his service record if you ask for it. My dad had Italy, Africa, Victory, 1939-45 and good conduct. Sergeant Major who got wounded at Cassino. His service record also has a commendation but you don't get a medal for that.

 

Everyone got the War Medal. They got campaign medals based on theatre of service, Africa Star and Italy Star together are common. There was no general service medal for WWII, the different campaign medals serve the purpose the GSM serves in other conflicts. There was no general issue of good conduct medals, the nearest thing is the long service and good conduct medal which did not apply to 'hostilities only' military people.

The MOD keeps records of who was awarded what, for a proper record enquire there. Give full name and service number, or at least the regiment if you do not know his number, the service number may be on any old papers he kept such as his discharge papers.
WWII medals apart frim gallantry medals were unnamed so it should be easy enough to make up a set that would be identical to the originals he was issued.

 

Those are brilliant @daveydempsey brave of him to stay when he didn’t need to.

She told me the only specific ones were Italy star and Africa star but thanks for confirming the other two. We are pretty certain it was those four :

Italy Star
Africa Star
1939-45 Medal
Victory Medal

Now my only confusion is what is your dads 39-45 star xD is that another Medal I don’t know of! And why wouldn’t he have the Victory Medal?

 

HI DD. What a wealth of information you are. Thanks.

 

Italy Star
Africa Star
39-45 War Medal
39-45 Star

Brilliant. Davey is always no nonsense info. What you want when you want it haha xD

I’ll definately look into acquiring a service record. As well as ones for my own family line. My great grandfather was at D-Day so I’d love to see the records. Just need Full Name and Service Number or Regiment. Repeating stuff so I can read this later xD

 

97! wonder how long you’ve got Davey xD A Century at least i hope.

Talk about bad luck. Nobody in my family even got close. Glad we don’t live in that time now, and that danger was just at home.

 

Pa never got to D-Day, which I suspect he was rather grateful for. Two years in hospital after Cassino.