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1939-1945 Star

This star was awarded for operational service from September 3rd 1939 (the day of the outbreak of WW 2) to August 15th 1945 (the day hostilities against Japan in the Pacific ceased). A bar was authorized for fighter crews engaged in the Battle of Britain from July 10th to October 31st 1940.
The badge is a six-pointed star with the Royal Cipher GRI VI in the centre surrounded by the inscription: "The 1939-1945 Star" and surmounted by a crown. The reverse is blank. Recipients are eligible for the other campaign stars of Burma, Italy, the France and Germany Star and the Pacific Star. The ribbon is 1.25" wide with three stripes of equal width coloured dark blue, scarlet and light blue which represent the three armed services.

This decoration could be awarded with the "BATTLE OF BRITAIN" clasp. The clasp was awarded to all those that had flown on at least one operational sortie with an accredited Battle of Britain squadron between July 10th - October 31st 1940.

In 2012 it was noted that a new clasp would be produced for affiction on the 39-45 Star, called the "BOMBER COMMAND" clasp. The clasp can be received from 2013 onward by any person who, during the Second World War, has flown as aircrew for at least one operational sortie with a Bomber Command operational unit.

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Eadie, George Fraser* July 20th, 1917
† August 11th, 2003

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Eagleton, Ronald Edward* March 3rd, 1920
† April 13th, 1945
Plot: C8 Row: E Grave: 24

Eardley, George Harold* May 6th, 1912
† September 11th, 1991

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East, Horace Ernest* April 4th, 1915
† January 3rd, 1998

Eastman, William Marsden* October 26th, 1911
† April 8th, 1980

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Easton, Jack Maynard Cholmondeley* May 28th, 1906
† November 29th, 1994

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Eather, Kenneth William* July 6th, 1901
† May 9th, 1993

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Eaton, Brian Alexander* December 15th, 1916
† October 1st, 1992

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Eaton, George Andrew† March 1st, 1945
Plot: 50 Row: C Grave: 8

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Eckford, Alan Francis* 1919
† 1990

Edgar, James* May 21st, 1920
† March 17th, 2021

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Edmonds, Lionel Frank† December 9th, 1941

Edwards, James Francis "Stocky"* June 5th, 1921
† May 14th, 2022

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Edwards, James Keith O'Neill* March 23rd, 1920
† July 7th, 1988

Edwards, Robert Lesley* November 10th, 1912
† August 26th, 1940
Plot: 3 Row: C Grave: 1A

Eliot, Hugh William† March 4th, 1945
Plot: I Row: F Grave: 20

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Ellacombe, John Lawrence Wemyss* February 28th, 1920
† May 11th, 2004

Elliott, Surtees† August 20th, 1944

Ellis, Leslie George* January 7th, 1919

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Ellis, Roland Hubert Wyburne* 1913
† September 27th, 1944
Grave: 1

Ellis, Ronald Vernon* February 22nd, 1917
† 1988

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Elwell, Paul Bingham* 1910
† October 8th, 1962

Elwin, Reginald Leonard Thomas† September 14th, 2013

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Embry, Basil Edward* February 28th, 1902
† December 8th, 1977

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Emly, Richard Walter Francis* May 22nd, 1918
† February 5th, 2007

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Engbrecht, Peter* 1923
† April 23rd, 1991

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English, Ian Roger* June 18th, 1919

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Ensor, Maechel Anthony "Mick"* January 5th, 1922
† December 27th, 1994

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Ensor, Weiland Fairfax† October 15th, 1942
Grave: 6-10

Etheridge, Albert Edward* May 6th, 1916
† May 27th, 1991

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Evans, Bernard Leslie* August 6th, 1920
† September 14th, 2004

Everist, Anthony Maurice* October 31st, 1912

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Evill, Douglas Claude Strathern* October 8th, 1892
† March 22nd, 1971

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Evrard, Paul Jules Noel* September 9th, 1920
† November 4th, 1943

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