Originally Posted by
Tankertrashnav
P-N , unlikely, but not impossible. He gets the France & Germany Star for his efforts on D Day. Later his ship is sent to the Far East and on the way sees active service in the Eastern Med, which earns him the Italy Star, then his Far East service earns him either the Burma Star or the Pacific Star (but not both). Add on his 1939-45 Star and you have your four campaign stars.
Was he RN or Merchant Navy? Having recently inherited my grandfather's MN medals, I was reading the qualification criteria insert - beyond the 39-45 star, for many the qualification is one day in an operational area or one docking at a port in an operational area, so in a year you could quite easily get the 39/45, Atlantic, France & Germany, Italy and Burma star. And of course, the Arctic star is now an option as well.
Boats moved around a bit!