My uncle George served in the Royal Navy from 1931. On 11th August 1939 he joined HMS Hood and took part in all its actions and deployments until it went down in in May 1941. Sadly he did not survive. I recently sent off for his service record which showed he had been posthumously awarded the War Medal, The Atlantic Star and The 39-45 Star . However I noted that he was not awarded the Africa Star despite the fact that the Hood took part in several Mediterranean actions as detailed in Ted Briggs(a survivor) book 'Flagship Hood'. In fact Ted, whom I once met, actually knew him as a fellow signaler and my uncle is actually named in Ted's book as part of one of the actions at Mers-El-Kebir (Algeria). The criteria for the Africa Star medal includes that any active service in the Mediterranean theatre would qualify and he seems to satisfy this.
Is anyone able to explain why he wasn't awarded the Africa Star?
Thanks,
Roger
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