General Service Medal 1918

GSM 1918-1962

This medal was instituted in 1918 to cover actions that fell outside the spheres of the India & Africa General Service medals. It was issued to Army & RAF personnel - the Royal Navy having it's own General Service Medal. A total of 16 different clasps were awarded and these are as follows:

• S Persia (1918-19)
• Kurdistan (1919-23)
• Iraq (1919-20)
• NW Persia (1920)
• Southern Desert Iraq (1928)
• Northern Kurdistan (1932)
• Palestine (1936-9)
• SE Asia 1945-6
• Bomb & Mine Clearance 1945-9
• Bomb & Mine Clearance 1945-56
• Palestine 1945-8
• Malaya (1948-60)
• Cyprus (1959)
• Near East (1956)
• Arabian Peninsula (1957-60)
• Brunei (1962)

All clasps are quite common apart from Southern Desert Iraq, Northern Kurdistan and the Bomb & Mine Clearance clasps. This medal was superseded by the General Service Medal 1962.