10 Sqn 1982 - South Atlantic Medal

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Members of 10 Sqn's VC10 crews who carried out medical repatriation flights from Uruguay during the Falklands Conflict may now be entitled to the South Atlantic Medal and Rosette.....read on....

Following the recent 2014 review of medal award criteria, by Sir John Holmes, the criteria has changed for the award of the South Atlantic Medal with Rosette, awarded after the 1982 Falklands conflict (Operation Corporate).

This change now allows the relatively small number of 10 Squadron’s VC10 crew members who flew south of Ascension Island to be eligible to apply for the medal which, with distinguishing rosette, was awarded for 1 days’ service in the Falkland Islands or their dependencies or in the South Atlantic, south of 35° south and north of 60° south, or for 1 operational sortie south of Ascension Island, between 2 April and 14 June 1982.

Official details of the criteria may be seen at:

www.gov.uk/guidance/medals-campaigns-descriptions-and-eligibility#south-atlantic-the-south-atlantic-medal

Contact:

MOD Medal Office
[email protected]
Freephone (UK only): 0808 191 4218
Telephone (from overseas): +44 125 386 6043

Send written enquiries to the MOD Medal Office.

MOD Medal Office
Innsworth House
Imjin Barracks
GLOUCESTER
GL3 1HW


It is suggested that those who think they qualify should send scans of their appropriate Flying Log Book pages together with a scan of the Record of Service page at the end of their Log Books in Section 8. This will confirm that they were indeed posted on 10 Squadron during the period in question. A covering letter to the Medal Office by email attaching these scans should enable the award. It will take the Medal Office about 6-8 weeks to check eligibility and issue the medal. On receipt of the medal check to confirm that the Rosette is also included.

10 Sqn Association readers may wish to see www.10sqnass.co.uk/crewroom for further info.

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Another bar added to the GSM?

Following The Sir John Holmes Independent Medal Review the government has announced that a new clasp has been given approval and qualifying criteria for the Cyprus clasp has been reduced.
Berlin Airlift

Following The Sir John Holmes Independent Medal Review the government has announced that a new clasp has been given approval.
For those servicemen who took part in the Berlin Airlift operation from 25 June 1948 to 6 October 1949 (inclusive) will be awarded the General Service Medal 1918-62 with clasp ‘BERLIN AIRLIFT’. This will be awarded for at least 1 day’s service to all aircrew, RAF and civilian, or to their next of kin.
The Ministry of Defence Medal Office will assess applications for the clasp against the criteria below:

Cyprus 1955-59

Those who participated in the suppression of acts of terrorism in Cyprus between 1 April 1955 and 18 April 1959 will qualify for the General Service Medal 1918-62 with clasp ‘Cyprus’ if they served for 90 days or more. The qualifying period has been reduced from 120 days, bringing it into line with the qualifying period for service during the Kenya anti-terrorism campaign. Applications are being accepted and will be assessed and dealt with in a strict date order.



aircrew, whether service or civilian, who completed one operational sortie on the Berlin airlift between the western zones of Germany to include bases Schleswigland, Wunstorf and Celle and the city of Berlin to include Templehof airport (American base), RAF Gatow (British base), Tegal airfield (French base) between 25 June 1948 and 6 October 1949 inclusive
aircrew should be taken to mean ‘constituted crew of the aircraft’; additionally, there should be no medals awarded to those who were passengers on board any of the flight
exclusions are; Locally Employed Civilians (LEC), visits and ground crew

Applications are being accepted and will be assessed and dealt with in a strict date order.