United Kingdom: East and West Africa Medal 1887-1900

Ribbon: Yellow with black edges and 2 narrow dark green stripes.

Instituted: 1892.

Awarded: For service in Africa.

 Obverse Reverse
Clasps
1887-8
13 November 1887 - 2 Jamuary 1888, for operations against the Tonnie Tribe		 WITU 1890
17-27 October 1890, for a punitive expedition against the Sultan of Witu		 1891-2
29 December 1891 - 2 February 1892, for an expedition to Gambia
1892
1892
8 March - 25 May 1892, for expeditions against Tambi, Toniataba and the Jebus		 WUTI AUGUST 1893
7-13 August 1893, for more trouble with the Sultan of Witu		 LIWONDI 1893
February-March 1893, for a small naval force sent against Chief Liwondi
1893-94
JUBA RIVER 1893
23-25 August 1893, for a small volunteer force against the Somalis		 LAKE NYASSA 1893
November 1893, for another volunteer boat party against a local chief		 1893-94
16 November 1893 - 11 March 1894, for operations in Sierra Leone and Gambia
BRASS RIVER 1895
GAMBIA 1894
23 February - 13 March 1894, commemorating heavy fighting and casualties for the naval brigade involved		 BENIN RIVER 1894
August - September 1894, for an expedition, chiefly naval, up the Benin River		 BRASS RIVER 1895
17-26 February 1895, for operations against King Koko
BENIN 1897
1896-98
27 November 1896 - 27 June 1898, for several punitive expeditions into the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast		 NIGER 1897
6 January - 26 February 1897, for an expedition to Western Provinces		 BENIN 1897
6 February - 7 August, for a punitive column to Benin territory
1897-98
DAWKITA 1897
28 March 1897, the defence of Dawkita against Sofa tribesmen, in the Gold Coast		 1897-98
September 1897 - August 1898, for expeditions chiefly against the Ebos by Lagos Frontier Force		 1898
for futher expeditions
SIERRA LEONE 1898-99
SIERRA LEONE 1898-99
18 February 1898 - 9 March 1899, for 2 expeditions involving native troops and a naval brigade		 1899
February - May 1899, for expeditions in Southern Nigeria		 1900
4 January - 8 May 1900, for an expedition to Kaduna and against the Munshis in the Northern Province
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