Issued v1.6 – 03-03-2011 VETERANS DEMANDING PROPER RECOGNITION FOR ALL HM ARMED FORCES Commissioned by National Defence Medal Campaign Title Veterans Recognition Report Document Version Issue V1.6 Date of Issue 3rd March 2011 Edited by Jarrod Cotter www.nationaldefencemedal.webs.com Patron: [email protected] Arnold Schwartzman OBE, RDI (+44) 0 1428 722249 (+44) 0 7767 365446 (+44) 0 1722 500048 NDM©2009 -1- Issued v1.6 – 03-03-2011 Contents: Contents: ....................................................................................................................................................... 2 Foreword ....................................................................................................................................................... 4 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................................... 4 2. The Sovereign ........................................................................................................................................... 6 3. Do our Service personnel deserve official recognition? ........................................................................... 6 3.1 Military Covenant ............................................................................................................................... 7 3.2 Exposing the Arguments ..................................................................................................................... 7 3.3 Models of Success............................................................................................................................... 8 3.4 Administration .................................................................................................................................. 10 3.5 Tradition and Morale ........................................................................................................................ 10 3.6 Political Pressure ............................................................................................................................... 12 3.7 Long Service Anomaly ..................................................................................................................... 13 3.8 What Is The Policy? .......................................................................................................................... 14 3.9 Badges ............................................................................................................................................... 15 3.10 Submariners Patrol Pin ................................................................................................................... 16 3.11 Time to Change ............................................................................................................................... 16 4. National Service ...................................................................................................................................... 18 75% Support Honour .............................................................................................................................. 18 5. The HD Committee ................................................................................................................................. 19 6. MoD Issued HM Armed Forces Veteran’s Badge – HMAFVB ............................................................. 20 6.1 The Proliferation of Unofficial Badges ............................................................................................. 20 6.2 What is a Medal? .............................................................................................................................. 21 6.3 What are the facts? ............................................................................................................................ 22 7. Armed Forces Recognition For The Fallen ............................................................................................ 26 8. Previous Defence Medal ......................................................................................................................... 27 9. Case Studies ............................................................................................................................................ 28 9.1 Post-Armistice Korea – 1953 to 1957 (by R. Farrar) ........................................................................ 28 Imagine the situation ........................................................................................................................... 28 Old Order ............................................................................................................................................ 30 Why doesn’t Great Britain follow suit? .............................................................................................. 30 Risk and Rigour .................................................................................................................................. 31 Post Script ........................................................................................................................................... 34 Dedication ........................................................................................................................................... 34 Comparison ......................................................................................................................................... 35 9.2 Cyprus – 1954 – 1959 (by Maj S Pollock) ....................................................................................... 37 Synopsis .............................................................................................................................................. 37 No Arm, No Medal ............................................................................................................................. 37 Stonewalled ......................................................................................................................................... 37 9.3 Irish Republicanism .......................................................................................................................... 38 Northern Ireland .................................................................................................................................. 38 The War Outside Of NI....................................................................................................................... 39 Britain’s Formal 'Declaration Of War' Against The IRA ................................................................... 39 Targets................................................................................................................................................. 40 Conclusion .......................................................................................................................................... 41 9.4 Active Service Post World War Two................................................................................................ 42 Berlin Airlift........................................................................................................................................ 42 -2- Issued v1.6 – 03-03-2011 British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) .................................................................................................... 42 An account by John Kenneally VC (Irish Guards) ............................................................................. 43 Rest of the World ................................................................................................................................ 43 9.5 The Cold War .................................................................................................................................... 43 9.6 South Atlantic ................................................................................................................................... 45 9.7 British Nuclear Testing ..................................................................................................................... 46 9.8 Global War on Terror ........................................................................................................................ 47 9.9 Normal Service Life .......................................................................................................................... 48 9.10 Chemical Warfare Testing .............................................................................................................. 48 9.11 Oman ............................................................................................................................................... 49 10. A View From A Recognised Expert In The Field – Extract from an article in Medal News by Ashley Tinson. ........................................................................................................................................................ 49 10.1 Qualification Periods For Campaign Medals .................................................................................. 49 10.2 Post 1945 ......................................................................................................................................... 49 10.3 The Cyprus Travesty ....................................................................................................................... 50 10.4 Qualification Settles Down ............................................................................................................