Medals
Medal list
List of campaign medals issued for British India related 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 |
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1803-26 | 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 |