List of Ports (Merchant Navy) - which medals do you think entitled to?

like the title says really, here's the list:

Empire Leopard
Start 10-2-41
Hull - UK
Oban - UK
Halifax - Newfoundsland - Canada
Baltimore - US
Galveston - US
End 9-11-41


City of Khios
Start 27-11-41
Hull - UK
Immingham - UK
Durban - South Africa
Table Bay - Cape Town - South Africa
Freetown - Sierra Leone (West Africa)
Greenock - Inverclyde - UK
End 13-7-42


Norfalk
Start 1-8-42
Hull - UK
Lock Ewe - UK
Baltimore - US
New York - US
Philadelphia - US
End 19-2-43


Empire Dickens
Start 19-2-43
Liverpool - UK
Mersey -UK
Belfast - UK
Avonmouth - UK
Philadelphia - US
End 20-6-43


Clausina
Start 20-7-43
Liverpool - UK
New York - US
Galverston - Texas - US
Greenock - UK
Willemstad - Curacao Island Caribbean
Demerara - Trindad & Tobago Caribbean
Guantanamo Bay - Cuba
Avonmouth - UK
Stanlow - UK
Philadelphia - US
Baytown - Texas - US
Bizerte - Tunisia (Biserta, Italian)
Abadan - Iran
Bombay / Mumbai - India
End 03-1-44


Crista
Start 3-1-44
Port Said - Eqypt
Haifa - Israel
Alexandria - Egypt
Augusta - Italy
Bari - Italy
Monopoli - Italy
Brindisi - Italy
Naples - Italy
Civitavecchia - Italy
Suez - Egypt
Bordeaux - France
Toulon - France
Leghorn - Italy
Taranto - Italy
Ancona - Italy
Thessaloniki - Greece
Alexandria - Greece
Pireas - Attica/ Athens - Greece
End 6-4-45

N.B.
Also Visited following 2 islands on Crista though unlike all the others above cannot find on Voyage Cards
Ajaccio - Corsica Island - Mediterranean - France Colony
Cagliari - Sardinia Island - Mediterranean - Italy Colony

 

Hi There & Welcome,

I think it is most likely that the medal entittlement/combination for this MM would be as follows:

1939-45 Star
Atlantic Star
Italy Star
1939-45 War Medal

1.There is no service post 6/6/44 in atlantic/european waters so no France & Germany bar for Atantic star.

2. There is no service in the Med or surrounds between qualifying dates for the Africa Star.

3. there does not appear to be qualifying areas for either the Burma or Pacific stars.


ATB

Simon

 

Hello and welcome,

I am afraid it is more complicated than that. Merchant Navy medals were issued to seamen not on the basis of which ports the ship visited but followed strict criteria. The theatres of the war the ship and the seaman operated in together with minimim qualifying time. You have to provide the evidence to the RSS in Cardiff and they make a judgement. That said I see no reason to disagree with Simon.

I think we have already corresponded on another site. Have you had the final word from the RSS in Cardiff.
Regards
Hugh