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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
Tait, Robert Duncan "Bob" 00-00-1975more
Taylor, Donald  
Taylor, George Derek 23-09-1944
Temke, William Henry 08-10-1944
Tew, Albert Walter  
Theobald, Wilfred Murray 12-06-1943
Thomson, Andrew John  more
Thomson, George  more
Thomson, Walter 00-00-1991more
Thorburn, Douglas Glendinning 10-07-1943more
Thorburn, R.A.  
Thorogood, Laurence Arthur 00-12-2005
Thorpe, Norman  
Todd, Andrew Duff  
Tompkins, F.G.W.  
Trimble, Samuel John  
Trotman, Percival John Povey  
Tull, Roy 15-01-2003
Twite, Charles Edward  
Tovey, John Cronyn, Lord of Langton Matravers07-03-188512-01-1971more
Turner, William Arthur Scales00-01-1890 more
Tickell, Eustace Francis10-12-189328-12-1972more
Tyszkiewicz-Łohojski z Landwarowa, Stefan E.24-11-189406-02-1976
Tilly, Gerald06-09-1897 more
Turner, Victor Buller17-01-190007-08-1972more
Troughton, Patrick George25-03-190228-03-1987
Townsend, Albert Anthony29-12-190226-02-1943
Thompson, Geoffrey Stuart00-00-190500-00-1983more
Tyminski, Romuald13-11-190529-12-2003more
Turner, James Gordon Melville00-00-190705-11-1967
Turner, Arthur James Dillon19-09-190708-10-1959more
Turnbull, Tom Attwell00-00-190809-12-1992more
Talbot, Dennis Edmund Blaquiere23-09-190800-00-1994more
Tilly, Gerald30-04-1909 more
Tirrell, Thomas Joseph "Jack"00-10-190900-01-1995more
Tillard, Rupert Claude00-00-191008-05-1941
Trimmer, Charles Donald "Bombo"00-00-1910 more
Triquet, Paul02-04-191008-08-1980more
Turpin, Patrick George27-04-191114-09-1996more
Thompson, Jenkin Robert Oswald13-07-191124-01-1944
Trevor, Thomas Hoult "Travis"10-10-1911 
Thomas, Herbert Samuel Griffiths15-04-191224-08-1980
Twamley, Reginald John03-12-191224-10-1973
Tonge, John Frederick William19-12-191219-02-1983
Trigg, Lloyd Allan05-05-191411-08-1943more
Tomlinson, Albert05-06-191400-02-1985more
Tiernan, Patrick Edward Thomas23-06-191417-06-1944
Townsend, Peter Wooldridge22-11-191419-06-1995more
Taylour, Edward Winchester Tollemache01-01-191513-09-1942
Turnbull, John Hugh Stephenson10-01-191626-06-2004more
Truscott, Keith William "Bluey"17-05-191628-03-1943more
Trainor, Hugh Charles "Charlie"17-07-191604-07-2004
Taylor, William01-08-1916 more
Tallentire, Alexander Gordon00-00-191706-06-1942
Thompson, Dudley17-01-1917 
Tatler, Harold John Mason24-04-191715-01-2009more
Tatham-Warter, Allison "Digby"26-05-191721-03-1993
Thomas, Henry James "Jim"21-06-191715-12-1965
Topham, Frederick George "Toppy"10-08-191731-05-1974more
Tacon, Ernest William "Bill"06-12-191709-09-2003more
Thompson, Forrest Harold15-12-191721-03-1945more
Tranter, Arnold Ernest00-00-1918 more
Thomas, Walter Babington "Sandy"29-06-191822-10-1917more
Thompson, John00-00-1919 more
Thurston, Harry Clive Edgar13-11-191903-12-1984more
Tolan, Leslie30-01-1920 
Talbot, Ellis Edward Arthur Chetwynd22-03-192009-10-1941
Taylor, Clive Shackleton08-09-192021-03-2012
Tayler, Denis Graham William19-09-192003-09-2005more
Thompson, George23-10-192023-01-1945
Thiele, Keith Frederick "Jimmy"25-02-192115-01-2016more
Thibaudeau, Joseph Evariste Adrien28-07-192105-05-1943
Tan, Boon Cheok18-05-192214-03-1971
Tangen, Bjarne06-06-1922 more
Tindall, Henry John Rainier 'Jack'27-02-192317-12-2011
Tattersall, Hugh Geoffrey Wynne01-05-192307-10-1988
Thomas, Henry William01-06-1924 

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