Military Medals Review by Sir John Holmes (July 2012).

[ChrisKelly]

Medals-Interim-Report-July-12.pdf

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Holmes_(British_diplomat)

 

Edited December 16 by ChrisKelly

[Herman]

Interesting read. 

I think it is odd to not recognize operational military service because of an arbitrary cut-off date. Even after numerous reclamations and because making a new award or whidening the criteria is too expensive.
While on the other hand the royal commemoration medals are handed out in very large numbers every ten or less years.

 

Some of the reclamations are made in the Netherlands aswell nowadays. When you served for 1 day in Kosovo in 1999 you got a medal, while serving for 10 to 15 years in Germany during the cold war, including being shot at, got you nothing.

 

regards

Herman