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British War Medal

WW1 British campaign medal
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British War Medal
Medal created and awarded by the British Government in 1919, image created by Col André Kritzinger · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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British War Medal

Summary

British War Medal is a campaign medal[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of campaign_medal entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (672 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • British War Medal is in the country of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[3].
  • British War Medal's instance of is recorded as campaign medal[4].
  • British War Medal's Commons category is recorded as British War Medal[5].
  • July 26, 1919 marks the founding of British War Medal[6].
  • British War Medal's different from is recorded as War Medal[7].
  • British War Medal's category for recipients of this award is recorded as Q7864308[8].
  • British War Medal's next lower rank is recorded as Victory Medal[9].
  • British War Medal's next higher rank is recorded as 1914–15 Star[10].

Why It Matters

British War Medal ranks in the top 3% of campaign_medal entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (672 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Related Entities

Albert Claude Anthony Eden Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell Bernard Montgomery Clement Attlee Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis Henry Allingham Jan Christiaan Smuts Louise Mountbatten Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Winston Churchill

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Robby · 2026-07-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for recipients of this award → Q7864308
    Country → United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
    Instance of → campaign medal
    Next higher rank → 1914–15 Star
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P910]]: [[Q140626321]]"
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