Medals

Military medals

See Medal Rolls for details of records of names of recipients in the India Office Records.

Campaign medal list

List of campaign medals issued for British India related military actions.

Nb. Years given are the date the action occured, not the date the medal was first issued as in some cases this was decades later.

Year	Medal	Action associated with	Issued to
1803 - 1826	Army of India Medal	Various battles from 2nd Maratha War, 3rd Maratha War, Gurkha War, 1st Burma War	British & HEIC Armies
1839	Ghuznee Medal	Battle of Ghazni 1839
1842	Candahar, Ghuznee, Cabul Medals	1st Afghan War - Battle of Ghazni 1842, Battle of Kabul Sept 1842	British & HEIC Armies
1842	Jellalabad Medal	End of the Siege of Jalalabad
1842	Defence of Kelat-I-Ghilzie medal	Siege of Khelat-i-Ghilzai	HEIC Army
1842	1st China War Medal	1st China War	British & HEIC Armies
1843	Scinde Medal	Sind Campaign	British & HEIC Armies
1843	Gwalior Star	Gwalior Campaign	British & HEIC Armies
1845/46	Sutlej Medal	1st Sikh War	British & HEIC Armies
1848/49	Punjab Medal	2nd Sikh War	British & HEIC Armies
1854 - 1895	India General Service Medal	Pegu, Persian War, Early NWF Actions, Ambela Campaign, Duar War, Lushai Exp., Perak War,	British & Indian Armies
		Jowaki Expedition, Naga Hills Exp., 3rd Burma War, Sikkim Exp., Black Mountain Exp. 1888,
		Chin Lushai, Black Mountain Exp. 1891, Manipur War, Hunza Nagar Campaign, Chin Lushai Exp.
		Chin Hills Exp., Kachin Hills 1892-93, Mahsud Expedition 1894-95
1857-58	Indian Mutiny Medal	Indian Mutiny	British & HEIC Armies
1857-60	2nd China War Medal	2nd China War
1878-80	Afghanistan Medal	2nd Afghan War	British & Indian Armies
1880	Kabul to Kandahar Star	310 mile march with General Roberts (part of 2nd Afghan War)	British & Indian Armies
1895 - 1902	India Medal	NWF Campaigns inc. Chitral Campaign, Malakand Field Expedition, Tirah Campaign, Tochi Valley Exp.	British & Indian Armies
1903-4	Tibet Medal	Tibet Expedition	British & Indian Armies
1908 - 1935	India General Service Medal	Various NWF actions inc 3rd Afghan War, Waziristan Campaigns

Non-campaign medals and awards

Medal name	Awarded between	Reason
Delhi Durbar Medal	1911	Certain attendees of the Coronation Durbar for George V
Indian Distinguished Service Medal	1907 - 1947	Distinguished service (Indian soldiers/police)
Indian Order of Merit	1837 - 1947	Gallantry (Indian soldiers)
Order of British India	1837 - 1947	Long, faithful and honourable service (Officers)

See also:

• Victoria Cross
• Medals for volunteers

Good Conduct Badges In the British Army

Details about Good Conduct Badges in the British Army are available in this link and this link to the India List.

Civil medals and awards

Medal name	Awarded between	Reason
Kaiser-i-Hind medal	1900 - 1947	Civilians with distinguished service in the advancement of the interests of the Raj
Order of the Crown of India	1878 - 1947	Women only - British princesses or the wives/relatives of Indian Royalty or those holding the top state offices.
Order of the Indian Empire	1878 - 1947	Reward for British and Indian officials

External links

• British Medals has detailed information on design, ribbons, clasps etc
• British Campaign Medals - Wikipedia some information, many articles missing
• Indian Army recipients of the VC Wikipedia
• Campaign Medals 1902-39 - www.king-emperor.com Medals issued to Indian Army Officers and Other Ranks