AWARD OF AFRICA STAR
TROOPS COMPLAIN LONDON, Dec. 3. Veterans of the desert war are complaining about the conditions under which clasps are awarded to the Africa Star, says Reuter’s’ Cairo correspondent. They qualify only for the star itself, which can also be won by permanent base personnel, including the personnel of the women’s services. The coveted inverted V sign on the ribbon can be worn only by those serving with the Bth and Ist Armies after the date of Alamein to the cessation of hostilities in North Africa. The men point out that the conditions rule out those who served with Wavell in the campaign at Tobruk, in Ritchie’s advance, and in the" battles of the Knightsbridge Cauldron, but who, because of wounds or sickness did not participate in Montgomery’s advance. Ten thousand British and Dominion troops taken prisoner during Rommel’s advance are also excluded.
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Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 24123, 6 December 1943, Page 6
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