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.
Name | Date of birth | Date of death | Awards | |
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Roberts, Thomas | ||||
Rees, Lionel Wilmot Brabazon | 31-07-1884 | 28-09-1955 | more | |
Ryneveld, van, Hesperus Andrias "Pierre" | 02-05-1891 | 02-12-1972 | more | |
Ragueneau, Philippe | 19-11-1917 | 22-10-2003 | more | |
Roszek, Jan Stanislaw | 05-06-1896 | 00-00-1972 | more | |
Riccomini, James Arthur | 04-07-1917 | 27-03-1945 | ||
Reilly, Thomas | 29-07-1906 | 14-12-2003 | more | |
Riley, Michael | ||||
Rycroft, Francis Arthur | 04-02-1944 | more | ||
Robinson, James | ||||
Robinson, William | 23-07-1943 | |||
Russell, Robert Ernest | 02-01-1916 | 00-00-2002 | ||
Riley, Charles George Gibson 'Pat' | 00-00-1915 | 00-00-1999 | more | |
Ransome, Godfrey | more | |||
Rawlinson, Alan Charles | 31-07-1918 | 28-08-2007 | more | |
Rees, D.T. | ||||
Rhodes, Kenneth | ||||
Richards, Ronald Havard "Roy" | ||||
Rippon, Thomas Arthur | ||||
Roan, Douglas Thomas | 30-11-1926 | |||
Robb, W. | ||||
Roberts, Charles Douglas | more | |||
Roberts, Frederick | more | |||
Roberts, Hugh | 15-03-1917 | |||
Roberts, Peter Scawen Watkinson | 28-07-1917 | 08-12-1979 | more | |
Robinson, Edward | ||||
Rogers, Robert Harry Doherty | 00-00-1921 | 04-06-2000 | more | |
Roman, Claude Benjamin | 15-07-1916 | 08-06-1980 | ||
Rossall, Francis |