Medal Entitlement For POW's

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Medal Entitlement For POW's

Postby Glyde » Sun May 31, 2015 3:11 pm

Hello,
Are POW's entitled to the Defence and War Medals?
Thank you.
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Re: Medal Entitlement For POW's

Postby scully » Mon Aug 24, 2015 12:13 pm

They would be entitled to the War Medal but as far as I know not to the Defence Medal unless they had served for a period of time in the U.K. (3 years) during the war. His service records would have more details.

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Re: Medal Entitlement For POW's

Postby Glyde » Thu Aug 27, 2015 8:41 pm

Louis,
Thanks for the information.
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