1914-15 Star
| 1914–15 Star | |
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| Awarded by the Monarch of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India | |
| Country |
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| Type | Campaign medal |
| Eligibility | British and Imperial forces |
| Awarded for | Campaign service |
| Campaign(s) | First World War |
| Statistics | |
| Established | December 1918 |
| Total awarded | 2,366,000 |
| Order of wear | |
| Next (higher) | 1914 Star |
| Next (lower) | British War Medal |
| Related |
1914 Star Africa General Service Medal Khedive's Sudan Medal of 1910 |
 Ribbon bar |
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The 1914–15 Star is a campaign medal of the British Empire which was awarded to officers and men of British and Imperial forces who served in any theatre of the First World War against the Central European Powers during 1914 and 1915. The medal was never awarded singly and recipients were also awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal.
The medal was initially not going to be awarded to soldiers who served in the Gallipoli Campaign. Those soldiers, mostly New Zealanders and Australians, were to be awarded the Gallipoli Star instead.
The 1914–15 Star was instituted in December 1918 and was awarded to officers and men of British and Imperial forces who served against the Central European Powers in any theatre of the Great War between 5 August 1914 and 31 December 1915. The period of eligibility was prior to the introduction of the Military Service Act 1916, which instituted conscription in Britain.
No clasp or bar to the medal was approved.
To be eligible for the award of the medal, a member must have served on the establishment of a unit in a theatre of war during the relevant dates of operations in that theatre.
Excluded from eligibility for the medal, were all those who had already qualified for the award of the 1914 Star, those who qualified for the award of the Africa General Service Medal and those who qualified for the award of the Khedive's Sudan Medal of 1910.
Also initially excluded were those who were eligible for the proposed Gallipoli Star, which was to have been awarded almost exclusively to New Zealanders and Australians in the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) who served in the Gallipoli Campaign from 25 April 1915 to 9 January 1916. Following protests by British parliamentarians and news media, the Gallipoli Star was never awarded and the ANZAC veterans were made eligible for the 1914–15 Star instead.
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