Military Medal EIIR Campaign_1962 to Date This award replaced the DSO

This award replaced the DSO for specific acts of gallantry

in the air or at sea

356 times and 3 bars have been awarded

This bar was the first awarded for 26 years

Military Medal EIIR Campaign_1962 to Date This award replaced the DSOThe first awards of this MM were made during the Korean War although often awards announced in the name of The Queen resulted in a recipient recieving the medal with the head of King George VI. This award was ceased in 1993 as part of the review of the honours syetm and replaced by the Military Cross. The last award being made for Northern Ireland in that year, although other awards were announced later in the London Gazette these were all backdated.