They want a National Defence medal to be awarded by the Queen - as happens in Australia and New Zealand - rather than the current UK veterans' badge brought in under Labour. To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. We’ll send you a link to a feedback form. This is the official submission for the institution of the United Kingdom National Defence Medal It supersedes all other submissions which should be destroyed SUBMISSION FOR THE INSTITUTION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL DEFENCE MEDAL UK NDM/504/05/12 – 3 … British Veterans National Defence Medal (NDM) Campaign The Armed Forces have a unique place in society. The UK National Defence Medal campaign was established in 2007. It will take only 2 minutes to fill in. Having examined the argument against a UK national defence medal, I found it to be thin and inconsistent.
Mounting £32.50 The Commemorative National Service British Forces Defence Medal struck to honour all who have served or are currently serving in any British military or civilian services at home or abroad for a minimum period of 30 consecutive days.
It came about through the leaders of the various veteran medal campaign groups such as National Service, Cold War, Korea Post Armistice, Sub Mariners and Nuclear Testing, failing to achieve medallic recognition for their individual group medal … A 'National Defence Medal' will cause division between those who have had to fight for their reward and those who have not James Wharton @jameswharton Tuesday 11 November 2014 13:28 The colours of the ribbon represent the national colours of the United Kingdom, France and The Netherlands.

Medals are already awarded for service, or sometimes just for being somewhere at the right time. Their profession requires them regularly to place their lives at risk in the service and defence …