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Africa Star

The Africa Star was awarded for service in any operational area in North-Africa between June 10th 1940 (the day of Italy's entry into the war) and May 12th 1943 (the end of hostilities in North-Africa) or the Mediterranean. The badge is a six-pointed star with the Royal Cipher GRI-VI in the centre surmounted by a crown above the inscription: The Africa Star. The ribbon is 1.25" wide and coloured pale buff with a vertical broad scarlet stripe and a narrow stripe of dark blue to the left and one of light blue to the right of the central stripe; the buff representing the desert, the other colors the three armed services.
Bars were awarded to personnel of 8Th Army, 1st Army and for service in North-Africa 1942-1943; the emblems were the digit 8 for 8th Army from October 23rd 1942 to December 5th 1943 and the digit 1 for 1st Army from November 8th to December 31st 1942 or from January 1st to December 5th 1943. A silver rosette was worn by personnel of HQ 18th AG who were not eligible for the first two bars.

Grid List
NameDate of birthDate of deathAwards
Adams, Andrew Alexander05-06-192108-11-1993more
Addison, Robert Ramsay28-09-190929-04-1996
Alexander, Robert Wilfred20-08-192021-09-1944
Allenberg, William Harry  more
Anderson, Eric15-09-191506-04-1943
Anderson, John Thompson McKellar "Jock"12-01-191805-10-1943more
Andruszko, Michal Stanislaw00-00-191700-00-1987more
Appleford, Joseph Ernest11-01-1917 
Ardagh, Patrick Augustine30-08-189106-04-1944more
Armstrong, Donald Richard Neville19-07-190700-00-1967
Arnold, Claude Henry  
Arthur, Wilfred Stanley07-12-191923-12-2000more
Ashworth, Arthur 'Artie'03-05-192019-02-1994more
Ashworth, Corran Perry 'Ash'25-09-192103-08-1944more
Atkins, Eric Granville19-03-192122-11-2011more

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