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1939-1945 Star

This star was awarded for operational service from September 3rd 1939 (the day of the outbreak of WW 2) to August 15th 1945 (the day hostilities against Japan in the Pacific ceased). A bar was authorized for fighter crews engaged in the Battle of Britain from July 10th to October 31st 1940.
The badge is a six-pointed star with the Royal Cipher GRI VI in the centre surrounded by the inscription: "The 1939-1945 Star" and surmounted by a crown. The reverse is blank. Recipients are eligible for the other campaign stars of Burma, Italy, the France and Germany Star and the Pacific Star. The ribbon is 1.25" wide with three stripes of equal width coloured dark blue, scarlet and light blue which represent the three armed services.

This decoration could be awarded with the "BATTLE OF BRITAIN" clasp. The clasp was awarded to all those that had flown on at least one operational sortie with an accredited Battle of Britain squadron between July 10th - October 31st 1940.

In 2012 it was noted that a new clasp would be produced for affiction on the 39-45 Star, called the "BOMBER COMMAND" clasp. The clasp can be received from 2013 onward by any person who, during the Second World War, has flown as aircrew for at least one operational sortie with a Bomber Command operational unit.

Grid List
NameDate of birthDate of deathAwards
Eadie, George Fraser20-07-191711-08-2003more
Eagleton, Ronald Edward03-03-192013-04-1945
Eames, Erick Jack  
Eardley, George Harold06-05-191211-09-1991more
East, Horace Ernest04-04-191503-01-1998
Easter, Leonard Albert01-06-1922 more
Eastman, William Marsden26-10-191108-04-1980more
Easton, Jack Maynard Cholmondeley28-05-190629-11-1994more
Eather, Kenneth William06-07-190109-05-1993more
Eaton, Brian Alexander15-12-191601-10-1992more
Eaton, George Andrew 01-03-1945more
Eckford, Alan Francis00-00-191900-00-1990
Edgar, James21-05-192017-03-2021more
Edingborough, Kenneth John  
Edmond, Ronald  more
Edmonds, Lionel Frank 09-12-1941
Edwards, Edward Wallace  
Edwards, Ivor Herbert  more
Edwards, James Francis "Stocky"05-06-192114-05-2022more
Edwards, James Keith O'Neill23-03-192007-07-1988
Edwards, Robert Lesley10-11-191226-08-1940
Edwards, T.  
Eliot, Hugh William 04-03-1945more
Ellacombe, John Lawrence Wemyss28-02-192011-05-2004
Ellenby, Malcolm Richard  
Elliott, Leslie Norman  
Elliott, Surtees 20-08-1944
Ellis, Leslie George07-01-1919 more
Ellis, Roland Hubert Wyburne00-00-191327-09-1944
Ellis, Ronald Vernon22-02-191700-00-1988more
Elwell, Paul Bingham00-00-191008-10-1962
Elwin, Reginald Leonard Thomas 14-09-2013more
Emberg, Ronald John 00-00-1991more
Embry, Basil Edward28-02-190208-12-1977more
Emly, Richard Walter Francis22-05-191805-02-2007more
Engbrecht, Peter00-00-192323-04-1991more
English, Ian Roger18-06-1919 more
Ensor, Maechel Anthony "Mick"05-01-192227-12-1994more
Ensor, Weiland Fairfax 15-10-1942
Etheridge, Albert Edward06-05-191627-05-1991more
Evans, Bernard "Bunny"  more
Evans, Bernard Leslie06-08-192014-09-2004
Evans, William David Douglas  
Everist, Anthony Maurice31-10-1912 more
Evill, Douglas Claude Strathern08-10-189222-03-1971more
Evrard, Paul Jules Noel09-09-192004-11-1943

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