Medals

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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
1908 - 1935 India General Service Medal Various NWF actions inc 3rd Afghan War, Waziristan Campaigns


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