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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.

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NameDate of birthDate of deathAwards
Armstrong, Walter00-00-191723-08-1960more
Allen, Ronald James  more
Anderson, Robert Fred Lindsay26-12-191913-11-1942
Aadland, Richard05-09-190412-02-1945
Armstrong, Donald Richard Neville19-07-190700-00-1967
Ambrus, Jan Rozkazom19-05-189921-01-1994more
Antoft, Otto Hjalmar21-02-191921-09-1944more
Allen, Thomas William14-12-192220-09-1944more
Ashmore, Norman Hugh Harry (Henry/Hugh)13-11-192109-11-2017more
Anderson, William Maurice Eyre "Bill"31-08-190813-12-1986
Amos, Frederick10-05-191400-07-1979
Allen, William26-04-192500-01-1973
Avey, Lloyd Glen11-01-191919-02-1945
Ayer, Donald Holman22-04-191204-03-1945
Ash, William Kenneth24-07-191719-02-1945
Andersen, Erik Frederik Rask07-04-192418-03-1945
Audet, Rodrigue 12-07-192016-01-1945
Asselin, Joseph Robert Royal "Bob"19-05-191925-02-1945
Asplund, Bernard Allen08-03-192521-11-1944
Ashford, James01-07-192327-03-1945
Ash, Ralph Leonard 05-05-192702-03-1945
Arnett, Francis Lewis Joseph14-03-191525-03-1945
Armstrong, Walter Douglas09-12-191916-02-1945
Armstrong, Frank Guy 02-01-190222-01-1945
Armstrong, Robert Norman11-12-192101-03-1945
Anger, Carl Leslie14-10-192311-02-1945
Andrew, Robert Murray 15-10-191313-03-1945
Andrew, Gordon Eugene 27-05-192527-02-1945
Andre, Albert Guy20-10-192102-03-1945
Anderson, William Charles27-10-192302-04-1945
Anderson, Ritchie 21-09-192104-04-1945
Anderson, Lloyd Morley 05-05-191822-02-1945
Anderson, Trueman William Albert 21-10-191509-02-1945
Anderson, Basil Donald 21-11-192107-03-1945
Anderson, Alexander Leslie04-02-192427-02-1945
Amey, Harvey Herbert13-04-191017-02-1945
Alvis, Reginald Samuel27-07-192208-03-1945
Alto, William Wilfred06-04-191016-02-1945
Allen, Harry Manley 24-11-192405-05-1945
Allen, Arnold Howard05-01-192127-02-1945
Allen, Arnold Reilston19-07-192305-03-1945
Alguire, Wesley Oscar18-10-190524-02-1945
Alexander, Thomas Ward04-11-192408-03-1945
Alcock, Wilfred Reginald 16-06-190919-02-1945
Ackerman, Harold Albert 17-05-192511-04-1945
Abraham, Maurice Clyde20-02-192017-04-1945
Abigail, Leonard Delburt07-03-191518-09-1945
Abbl, Ernest Edward20-04-192508-02-1945
Ameresekere, Ekanayake Edward Rohan21-05-191620-03-1974more
Anders, Wladyslaw Albert11-08-189212-05-1970more
Alcock, John "Jack"04-03-191801-01-1997
Ayerst, Peter Vigne04-11-192015-05-2014
Adair, Allan Henry Shafto03-11-189704-08-1988more
Atkins, Eric Granville19-03-192122-11-2011more
Adams, William Leslie Graham20-04-190128-03-1963more
Ardagh, Patrick Augustine30-08-189106-04-1944more
Abel-Smith, Henry08-03-190024-01-1993more
Ashworth, Arthur 'Artie'03-05-192019-02-1994more
Ashworth, Corran Perry 'Ash'25-09-192103-08-1944more
Addison, William Nathan12-08-191900-10-1989
Andruszko, Michal Stanislaw00-00-191700-00-1987more
Andersz, Tadeusz27-10-191829-10-2007more
Antonowicz Andrault de Buy, Graf, Mikolaj15-01-191503-04-2000more
Artymiuk, Kazimierz28-08-192013-03-1984more
Aduckiewicz, Marian02-08-191721-11-2005more
Arthur, Wilfred Stanley07-12-191923-12-2000more
Allard, Jean Victor12-06-191323-04-1996more
Arnold, Charles Keever02-11-191306-12-1961
Albert, Earl Thomas01-03-1920 more
Archer, Ernest Leonard  more
Anderson, Charles Groves Wright12-02-189711-11-1988more
Agansing, Rai24-04-192027-05-2000more
Annand, Richard Wallace05-11-191424-12-2004more
Anderson, John Thompson McKellar "Jock"12-01-191805-10-1943more
Anderson, Eric15-09-191506-04-1943
Arkel, van, Jan27-08-191923-02-2011more
Aertsen, Servaas Klaas26-01-192225-12-1993more
Adams, Norman Marcus  
Allen, Thomas00-00-191500-00-1979
Adams, Andrew Alexander05-06-192108-11-1993more
Allen, Robert Swinton24-07-191400-00-1982more
Armitage, Robert Selby28-03-191001-06-1982
Anderson, Margaret Irene11-12-191516-07-1995more
Ashraf, Mohammad  
Archer, Bertram Stuart Trevelyan03-02-191502-05-2015more
Allen, Frederick Fernley Edmund12-12-191229-06-2005more
Annable, Harold Cecil05-01-191705-06-1983
Anderson, Hugh Henry27-02-192111-04-1945
Addison, Robert Ramsay28-09-190929-04-1996
Arnfield, Stanley John03-10-191324-09-1954
Auchterlonie, James Laurence07-12-192413-04-1945
Appelboom, Machiel "Max"07-03-192405-11-2003more
Anderson, Jim 07-02-2019
Adair, Hugh24-08-192327-10-2013
Adams, Ronald George Hinings31-12-189628-03-1979
Addie, Gordon Rennie23-05-190522-01-1990
Albertini, Anthony Victor  
Alexander, Robert Wilfred20-08-192021-09-1944
Allen, John Henry17-06-192021-09-1995
Allen, Roland William John  
Allenberg, William Harry  more
Anderson, Alan Ford21-11-191019-12-2002more
Anderson, Robert Thomas30-12-191905-10-2001
Andrew, Solomon Joseph Harold00-00-1924 
Andrewartha, Charles Donald "Andy"15-04-191606-09-1973more
Andrews, George Edward 09-11-1942
Annandale, James  
Antell, Frederick Roy George  
Appleford, Joseph Ernest11-01-1917 
Ardis, Beverley Donn "Joe"00-00-192206-05-1997
Armstrong, Frederick Finlay00-00-191804-11-1997more
Armstrong, Roy  
Arthur, Lawrence  
Ashness, Albert  

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