Operational Service Sierra Leone

In 1970 the qualification for the award was expanded to include most of the British who served in the Dunkirk sector and their rescue forces

The 1939-45 Defence Medal was a campaign medal of the British Commonwealth

Swords cross through the angles of the star and where they meet they are surmounted with a scroll bearing the date 1914 above which is a smaller scroll bearing the date Aug and a similar scroll below bearing Nov with a plain reverse

exceptional skill and devotion to duty whilst flying on non-operational service

USA Europe Africa Middle East Campaign Medal Emergency Services Long Service Operational Service Sierra LeoneAwarded for service between 7th December 1941 and 2nd March 1946