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Gulf Medal
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Obverse (top left) and reverse (top right) of the medal. Ribbon: 32 mm, sand-coloured broad central stripe flanked by narrow pairs of light blue, red, and dark blue.
Awarded by United Kingdom
Type Campaign medal
Eligibility British forces.
Awarded for Campaign service.
Campaign Kuwait and Saudi Arabia 1990-91.
Description Cupro-nickel disk, 36 mm diameter.
Clasps
  • 2 Aug 1990
  • 16 Jan to 28 Feb 1991
Statistics
Established 1992
Total awarded 59,687 (to UK forces)

The Gulf War Medal was a campaign medal approved in 1992, for issue to officers and men of British forces who served in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia during Operation Granby (the Liberation of Kuwait) in 1990-91.

The medal alone was awarded to personnel for thirty days continuous service in the Middle East (in a defined area of operations, including Cyprus) between 2 August 1990 and 7 March 1991. Two clasps were authorised for those who served in Kuwait during the Iraqi invasion, and for those who took part in operations to liberate Kuwait.[1] In undress uniform, a rosette is worn on the medal ribbon to denote the award of either clasp.

The breakdown of awards to the armed forces was as follows:[2]

Service Medal only Clasp 2 Aug 1990 Clasp 16 Jan to 28 Feb 1991 Total
Royal Navy 2,409 Nil 3,942 6,351
Royal Marines 130 Nil 407 537
Army 4,093 46 34,692 38,831
RAF 5,673 20 8,275 13,968
Total 12,305 66 47,316 59,687

About 1,500 civilians including American, Australian, British, Canadian and New Zealand members of British Aerospace working at Dahran and Riyadh also received the medal with the clasp 16th Jan to 28th Feb. Most were recently retired members of their respective country's armed forces.

Clasps

  • 2 Aug 1990
Awarded to the members of the Kuwait Liaison Team who were in Kuwait on this date.
  • 16 Jan-28 Feb 1991
Awarded for seven days continuous service between these dates in the designated Theatre of Operations. This clasp signifies service during the actual war.

References

  1. ^ Full details are laid out in DCI Gen 185/91
  2. ^ Hansard, 20 Jan 2004, 1122W - Written answer by Ivor Caplin, Defence Minister, to Mr Adrian Flook MP. (Online copy)
  1. Mackay, J and Mussel, J (eds) - Medals Yearbook - 2006, (2005), Token Publishing.

See also

19th Century
Waterloo Medal BAR.svg Waterloo Medal (1815) · Ghuznee Medal BAR.svg Ghuznee Medal (1839) · Jellalabad and others BAR.svg Candahar, Ghunzee, Cabul Medal (1842) · Jellalabad and others BAR.svg Jellalabad Medals (1842) · Jellalabad and others BAR.svg Medal for the Defence of Kelat-I-Ghilzie (1842) · China War Medal 1842 BAR.svg First China War Medal (1842) · Jellalabad and others BAR.svg Scinde Medal (1843) · Jellalabad and others BAR.svg Gwalior Star (1843) · Sutlej Medal BAR.svg Sutlej Medal (1846) · Naval General Service Medal 1847 BAR.svg Naval General Service Medal (1847) · Military General Service Medal 1847 BAR.svg Military General Service Medal (1847) · Punjab Medal BAR.svg Punjab Medal (1849) · Army of India Medal BAR.svg Army of India Medal (1851) · India General Service Medal 1854 BAR.svg India General Service Medal (1854) · South Africa Medal 1854 BAR.svg South Africa Medal (1854) · Crimea Medal BAR.svg Crimean War Medal (1854) · Baltic Medal BAR.svg Baltic Medal (1856) · Indian Mutiny Medal BAR.svg Indian Mutiny Medal (1858) · Second China War Medal BAR.svg Second China War Medal (1861) · New Zealand Medal BAR.svg New Zealand Medal (1869) · Abyssinian War Medal BAR.svg Abyssinian War Medal (1869) · Canada General Service Medal BAR.svg Canada General Service Medal (1866-70) · Ashantee War Medal BAR.svg Ashantee Medal (1873-74) · South Africa Medal 1877 BAR.svg South Africa Medal (1877-79) · Afghanistan Medal BAR.svg Afghanistan Medal (1878-80) · Jellalabad and others BAR.svg Kabul to Kandahar Star (1880) · Egypt Medal BAR.svg Egypt Medal 1882-89 · British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97 · Ashantee War Medal BAR.svg East and West Africa Medal (1892) · India Medal BAR.svg India Medal (1896) · Ashanti Star BAR.svg Ashanti Star (1896) · Queens Sudan Medal BAR.svg Queen's Sudan Medal (1899) · East and Central Africa Medal BAR.svg East and Central Africa Medal (1899) · Queens South Africa Medal BAR.svg Queen's South Africa Medal (1899) · Queens South Africa Medal BAR.svg Queen's Mediterranean Medal (1899)  · Kings South Africa Medal BAR.svg King's South Africa Medal (1902)
Pre World War 1
Third China War Medal BAR.svg China War Medal (1900) · Ashanti Medal BAR.svg Ashanti Medal (1901) · Africa General Service Medal BAR.svg Africa General Service Medal (1902) · Transport Medal BAR.svg Transport Medal (1903) (for South Africa or China)  · Tibet Medal BAR.svg Tibet Medal (1905) · India General Service Medal 1909 BAR.svg India General Service Medal (1909)
World War 1
Inter War
World War 2
Post War
Korea Medal BAR.svg Korea Medal (1951) · General Service Medal 1962 BAR.svg General Service Medal (1962) · Rhodesia Medal (UK) ribbon.png Rhodesia Medal (1980)  · South Atlantic Medal BAR.svg South Atlantic Medal (1982) · Gulf Medal BAR.svg Gulf Medal (1992)
21st century







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