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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.

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Wagner, Alan Derek (RAF)* August 10th, 1914
† July 18th, 1944
Plot: O Row: 3 Grave: 79

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Waine, Stanley Arthur* June 9th, 1924

Waite, Albert Henry* January 12th, 1918
† June 2nd, 1999

Walker, Arnold Edgar "Blondie"* April 4th, 1917
† November 9th, 2008

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Walker, Fred* July 29th, 1924
† October 6th, 2015

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Waller, James* September 6th, 1911

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Walsham, Arthur Frank* August 17th, 1908
† November 1st, 2001

Ward, Leslie David* February 5th, 1920
† February 13th, 1972

Wavell, Archibald Percival, 1st Earl Wavell* May 5th, 1883
† May 24th, 1950

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Wawrzyniak, Jozef* June 1st, 1910
† November 4th, 1980

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Welsh, William Lawrie* February 10th, 1881
† January 2nd, 1962

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West, Wilfred Harold* August 23rd, 1900
† August 5th, 1984

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White, Albert Cartledge† June 16th, 1947
Plot: R Grave: 100

Whitehead, David Adie "Torpy"* September 30th, 1896
† October 23rd, 1992

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Wickham, Peter Reginald Whalley* March 26th, 1918
† April 29th, 1970

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Wilcox, John Holland* September 25th, 1918
† November 1999

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Wiles, John Walter* April 29th, 1916
† May 19th, 2005

Wiley, George William† March 31st, 1944
Plot: 7 Row: D Grave: 2

Willis, Algernon Usborne* May 17th, 1889
† April 12th, 1976

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Wilson, Eric Charles Twelves* October 2nd, 1912
† December 23rd, 2008

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Wilson, Alfred* 1921
† September 4th, 1944
Plot: III Row: D Grave: 15

Wilson, Stanley Livingston* April 17th, 1905
† June 2nd, 1990

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Windeyer, William John Victor* July 28th, 1900
† November 23rd, 1987

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Wishart, David John* December 18th, 1919

Wojciechowski, Stanislaw* June 7th, 1925

Wood, Bertram* 1897
† April 25th, 1942
Plot: 18 Row: G Grave: 4

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Woolford, Earle* 1918
† December 5th, 1971

Woolley, Edward Dutton* November 2nd, 1910
† July 1984

Wootten, George Frederick* May 1st, 1893
† March 31st, 1970

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Wright, Peter Harold* August 10th, 1916
† April 5th, 1990

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