United Kingdom: Volunteer Officers' Decoration
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Instituted: 25 July 1892. On 24 May 1894 extended to the Colonies of India, Canada, etc, as the Volunteer Officers' Decoration for India and the Colonies. Discontinued in the UK: 1908, being replaced by the Efficiency Decoration, but continued in some Crown Dependencies until 1930.
Awarded: To efficient and thoroughly capable officers of proven capacity for long and meritorious service in the part-time Volunteer Force of the United Kingdom.
Victoria 1892-1901 |
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Edward VII 1801-1908 (UK) 1901-1910 in some Crown Dependencies (Guernsey, Jersey, and the Isle of Man). |
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George V 1910-1930 in some Crown Dependencies (Guernsey, Jersey, and the Isle of Man). |
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Page last updated: 2 April 2025
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