1939-1945 Defence Medal
Medal
The obverse of the medal shows the uncrowned head of King George VI. The reverse bears the Royal Crown resting on an oak tree, flanked by two lions above the words ‘The Defence Medal’, with the date 1939 top left and 1945 top right.
Ribbon
Flame coloured in the centre flanked by stripes of green to symbolise enemy attacks on Britain’s green and pleasant land, with narrow black stripes to represent the black out.
Criteria
The Defence Medal was awarded for non operational service. This type of service in the UK included those service personnel working in headquarters, on training bases and airfields and members of the Home Guard. Home Guard service counts between the dates of 14 May 1940 and 31 December 1944. The Defence Medal was also awarded for non operational service overseas, for example in India or South Africa.
The table below shows the qualifying time required depending on the area served.
| Area | Time Required |
| UK | 1080 Days |
| Overseas, Non-Operational | 360 Days |
| Overseas, Non-Operational with close threat or air attack | 180 Days |
The following local people would have been awarded the 1939-1945 Defence Medal.
- Andrews
- James E b. 1902
- Archer
- Frederick Robert Parker b. 1896
- Balaam
- Jack Ernest b. 1925, d. 1999
- Bloomfield
- Arthur E b. 1915Roy b. 1912, d. 1985
- Clover
- John b. 1920, d. 1998
- Cook
- Frederick Charles b. 1887, d. 1979
- Copping
- Frank Edward b. 1907, d. 1985Stanley Clifford b. 1895
- Curtis
- Jack b. 1907
- Davy
- George Frederick b. 1917
- Denny
- Horace Ernest b. 1904, d. 1982James Edward b. 1901Robert b. 1894, d. 1975
- Fisher
- Goodwin
- Arthur Walter b. 1915Percy F b. 1912
- Harsent
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Peter Charles b. 1915, d. 2002
- Hawes
- Hines
- Percy Robert T b. 1903
- Jolly
- Keeble
- Frederick David b. 1898, d. 1958George Edward b. 1892Harry b. 1896
- Lambert
- Frank Leslie Robert b. 1910, d. 1989
- Miller
- Lionel b. 1880
- Moore
- Arthur Shulver b. 1903, d. 1980Walter Redvers b. 1900, d. 1965
- Mutimer
- Charles b. between 1893 and 1895
- Page
- Peck
- Archibald b. 1896, d. 1983Stanley James b. 1893, d. before 1969
- Pollard
- Ernest Walter b. 1897, d. 1973
- Ritchie
- William Lauder b. 1901, d. 1968
- Rosher
- Nelson Victor b. 1909, d. 1969
- Saunders
- Edward Alfred b. 1900
- Smith
- Stevens
- Thompson
- Claud Harry Bertram b. 1899
- Whiting
- Frederick Walter b. 1905, d. 1988
- Woolnough
- Frederick W b. 1926
