Full list of Prince Philip's military medals and what they were awarded for

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The Duke of Edinburgh was highly-decorated during his distinguished career in the Navy

The Duke of Edinburgh, who died aged 99 on Friday, served with distinction in the Second World War and held special associations with all the Armed Forces.

The duke was awarded the Queen’s Service Order by the government of New Zealand in 1981 for service to the country. The men’s Avenger bomber crashed into the ocean during the Allies’ Operation Meridian II against the Japanese.Prince Philip as the Lieut. Philip Mountbatten in 1947 Philip, who first spoke publicly about the incident in 2006 for a BBC Radio 4 documentary, remarked in a typically matter-of-fact manner: ‘It was routine. If you found somebody in the sea, you go and pick them up. End of story, so to speak.

Philip launched a raft full of smoke floats which distracted the bombers and allowed the ship to slip away.The medal was awarded to citizens of the Commonwealth who had served full-time in the Armed Forces or Merchant Navy between 1939 and 1945.Philip’s is adorned with an oak leaf on the ribbon marking his mention in despatches for his actions in the decisive Battle of Cape Matapan against the Italian fleet in March 1941.

The Duke of Edinburgh’s close association with the military will be on show at his ceremonial royal funeral

 

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