The 1914 -1915 Star:
Army
Entitlement as per Army order 20 of 1919 and later
amendments
To all officers,
warrant officers, non-commissioned officers and men of the British,
Dominion, Colonial and Indian Forces, including civilian medical
practitioners, nursing sisters, nurses and others employed with
military hospitals, who actually served on the establishment of a
unit in a theatre of war as defined below. The medal was awarded for
services rendered in these theatres of war between the 5th August,
1914 and the 31st December, 1915, both dates inclusive.
For the purpose of this order the definition of " Theatres
of
War
"
will be as follows :
—
1. Western European Theatre.—Included all operations in France
and Belgium from midnight 22/23 November, 1914.
2. Balkan Theatre.—To include all operations in:—
(a) Greek Macedonia, Serbia and Bulgaria, from 5th October, 1915.
(b) Gallipoli and islands of Aegean Sea from 25th April, 1915.
3. Egyptian Theatre.—Included all operations against Turco-German
forces from 5th November, 1914; also operations against Senussite
forces in Western Egypt and on the borders of Cyrenaica from 3rd
November, 1915, but excluding operations for which the Sultan's
Sudan Medal has been awarded.
Note.—(i) Personnel of the Egyptian Army, including British
personnel, and personnel of the British Army stationed in Egypt
before 5th August, 1914, were only eligible for the award of the
Star if they were employed in Egypt (exclusive of the Sudan) between
5th November, 1914 and 31st December, 1915, both dates
inclusive, on duties which were outside the normal peace-time
work of the Egyptian Army, or of the British Army in Egypt,
respectively, and for which the need arose from the fact of the
above operations being in progress.
(ii) Troops which arrived in Egypt subsequent to 5th August,
1914, and previous to midnight 4th/5th November, 1914, were eligible
for the Star if they served on the establishment of a unit
(exclusive of a unit referred to in (i) of this Note) in Egypt
(exclusive of the Sudan between 5th November, 1914, and 31st
December, 1915, (both dates inclusive).
(iii) Troops which arrived in Egypt between 5th November, 1914
and 31st December, 1915 (both dates inclusive), were eligible for
the Star if they served on the establishment of a unit (exclusive of
a unit referred to in (i) of this Note) in Egypt (exclusive of the
Sudan) between those dates.
(iv) The term Egypt (exclusive of the Sudan) was held to mean
Egypt north of a line east and west through, but including Assouan.
4. African Theatre.—Included all operations set forth below but
excluding local military operations against native tribes or
rebels:—
(a) In British East Africa, German East Africa, Rhodesia,
Nyasaland and Uganda, from the 20th August, 1914, within an area
bounded as follows:—
On the north by the Uganda Railway from the sea to Port Florence
and Kisumu (including the whole of all towns actually on the
railway), thence along the northern shore of Lake Victoria to the
mouth of the Katonga River, thence along a line of that river to
Lake George.
On the west by the western shores of Lake George, Lake Edward,
Lake Kivu and Lake Tanganyika to Moliro; thence by the Northern
Rhodesian—Congo border to Lake Mweru and along the Luapula River to
the 12th parallel.
On the south by the 12th parallel to Lake Nyasa, thence along the
western, southern and eastern shore of Lake Nyasa to the boundary
between Portuguese and German East Africa, thence along that
boundary to the sea.
(b) In German South-West Africa and the 12th and 13th Military
District of the Union of South Africa, provided that service was
performed on the establishment of a unit in any one of the following
forces between 20th August, 1914 and the 9th July, 1915 :-
Northern Force—Commanded by General The Right Honourable Louis
Botha.
"A" Force—Commanded by Brigadier-General H. T. Lukin,
c.m.g.,
d.s.o.
"B" Force, Southern Force and Southern Army—Commanded on
different dates by Major-General The Honourable J. C. Smuts and
Brigadier-General J. L. van Deventer.
Central Force—Commanded by Brigadier-General Sir D. McKenzie,
k.c.m.g., c.b., d.s.o.
Eastern Force—Commanded by Colonel S. A. L. Berrange,
c.m.g.
(c) In Kamerun and that part of Nigeria east of a line from the
southern extremity of Lake Chad through Maiduguri, Tola, Bakundi,
Takum and Ikom (these places inclusive), thence eastwards along the
Cross River to the Nigeria-Cameroons frontier, from the 24th August,
1914.
(d) Within the boundaries of Togoland from the 7th August, 1914
to 26th August, 1914.
(e) In the Caprivi Zipfel, Rhodesia, by the troops assembled at
Sesheke in 1914, under the command of Lieut-Colonel A. E. Capell,
D.S.O., and by the scouts on duty about the Okavango River, under
the command of Major R. Gordon,
d.s.o., in July, 1915.
5. Asiatic Theatre.—Included all operations:—
(a) In Mesopotamia from 6th November, 1914 and at Bushire from
28th June, 1915.
(b) At Shaik Said (South-West Arabia) on 10th November, 1914.
(c) Conducted by Aden Field Force from 3rd July, 1915.
(d) At Muscat in Gulf of Oman, under the command of Colonel S.
M. Edwardes, D.S.O., in January, 1915.
(e) In Seistan, under the command of Lieut-Colonel J. M. Wikeley,
28th Light Cavalry, in 1915.
(f) In the Tochi Valley, including the whole of the North
Waziristan Political Agency and Barajat, between 28th November, 1914
and 27th March, 1915, both dates inclusive.
(g) Near Hafiz Kor, within the area bounded on the south by the
left bank of the Kabul river, and on the east by a line from Adozai
to Tangi, both places included, under the command of Major-General
C. F. G. Young, from 14th to 19th April, 1915, and under the command
of Major-General F. Campbell, c.b., d.s.o., between 29th August,
1915 and 10th October, 1915, all dates inclusive.
(h) Carried out by the troops at Katlang, Rastam and Swati, under
the command of Brigadier-General N. C. Woodyatt, between 17th and
31st August, 1915, both dates inclusive.
(i) On the Landakai Ridge, north of a line east and west from,
but exclusive of Malakand, under the command of Brigadier-General W.
G. L. Beynon, c.b., d.s.o., between 21st and 31st August, 1915, by
the Malakand Movable Column, which advanced from Chakdara Camp.
(j) At Perim, on 14th and 15th June, 1915, under the command of
Captain A. G. C. Hutchinson, 23rd Sikh Pioneers.
(k) At and south of Mastung, in the
Kalat State, between 1st June, 1915 and 10th July, 1915, both dates
inclusive.
(l) In the Kachin Hills, within an area
bounded on the north latitude 26° 30'; on the east by the River Mali
Kha, from where it cuts 26° 30' to the confluence, and thence by
Irrawaddy until it cuts 25° 15' on the west by longitude 96° ; on
the south by latitude 25°; between 31st December, 1914 and 26th
February, 1915, both dates inclusive.
(m) At Tsing-Tau, between 23rd September,
1914 and 7th November, 1914, both dates inclusive.
6. Australasian Theatre.—Included all operations in:—
(a) German New Guinea and Bismarck
Archipelago as follows:—
(i)
New Britain from 11th September, 1914
to 21st September, 1914.
(ii) New
Ireland from 16th September, 1914 to 18th October, 1914.
(iii) Kaiser
Wilhelm-Land on 24th September, 1914.
(iv)
Admiralty Islands on 21st November,
1914.
(b) Nauru on 6th November, 1914.
(c) German Samoa on 29th August, 1914.
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