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Wasn't there something called the Territorial Force Medal (or similar) 1914-1919, which was issued in 1920 to people like nurses etc?
Indeed there was
O-D. To clarify, it was only awarded to territorials who had completed 4 years service before 4 August 1914, and who had undertaken to serve outside the Uk (not compulsory for territorials). As
P-N correctly states it was an either/or medal - you couldn't get this one and the 1914 or 1914-Star. Consequently it is a scarce medal, only 34,000 were issued as opposed to well over 2 million 1914-15 Stars.
As you say it was awarded to nurses but only those who met the above requirements.
It's worth pointing out that qualification criteria were very tough at the time. I once bought a single British War Medal to a soldier who had been lost at sea when his transport ship was torpedoed on its way out to the Dardanelles. I assumed his 1914-15 Star and Victory Medal had been lost, but research showed that he had never been awarded them, as he was deemed never to have been on active service - getting torpedoed and drowned didn't count! Something to think about for those who are moaning that they are not going to get the LS&GC!