A Timeline of British Campaign Medals plus UN and NATO Medals from 1758 to present.
- The Americas
- Europe
- India & Southeast Asia
- Africa
- Middle East & Central Asia
- East Asia
- The Pacific
- Broad geographical areas
- Each stripe of the background graphic represents 3 months, and the black lines denote each year.
- There are approximately 3 days per pixel along the time line (360 pixels per year).
- The whole page is about 35 feet (11 metres) wide, representing 252 years.
To really gain some perspective, watch the bottom scroll bar.
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Capture of Louisbourg Medal 1758
Carib Rebellion Medal 1773
Deccan
Medal 1778-1784
Defence
of Gibralter 1779-1783
Mysore
Medal 1790 and 1792
Naval General Service Medal
1793-1840 
Capture of Ceylon Medal 1795-96
(Honourable East India Company)
Isle
of St Vincent Medal 1795
Davison's Nile Medal 1798
Army of India Medal 1799-1826 
Seringapatam Medal 1799
(Honourable East India Company)
Boulton's Trafalgar Medal 1805
Davison's Trafalgar Medal 1805
Maida Gold Medal 1806
Portuguese Cayenne Medal 1809
Spanish Medal for Bagur and
Palamos 1810
Java Medal 1811 (Honourable
East India Company)
Nepal War Medal 1814-16
(Honourable East India Company)
Waterloo Medal 1815 
South Africa Medal 1834-53 
Ghuznee Medal 1839 
China Medal 1840-42 
Jellalabad Medal 1841-42 
Defence of Kelat-i-Ghilzie
Medal 1842 
Candahar, Ghuznee and Cabul
Medals 1841-42 
Scinde Medals 1843 
Gwalior Campaign Stars 1843 
New Zealand Medal 1845-47,
1860-66, and the Colonial Government Issue 1870
Sutlej Medal 1845-46 
Military General Service Medal
1793-1814 
Punjab Medal 1848-49 
India Medal 1849-95 
Baltic Medal 1854-55 
Crimea Medal 1854-56 
Indian Mutiny Medal 1857-59 
Second China Medal 1856-60 
Canada General Service Medal
1866-70 
Abyssinia Medal 1867-68 
Ashantee Medal 1873-74 
South Africa Medal 1877-79
Afghanistan Medal 1878-80 
Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 
Cape of Good Hope General
Service Medal 1880-97 
Egypt and Sudan Medal 1882-89 
Khedive's Stars 1882-91 
Khartoum Star 1884
North West Canada Medal 1885 
Royal Niger Company Medal
1886-99 
East and West Africa Medal
1887-1900 
Imperial British East Africa
Company Medal 1888-95
British South Africa Company
Medal 1890-97 
Central Africa Medal 1891-98 
Hong Kong Plague Medal 1894 
India Medal 1895-1902 
Ashanti Star 1895-96 
Khedive's Sudan Medal 1896-1908
Queen's Sudan Medal 1896-98 
British North Borneo Company
Medal 1897-1916 
East and Central Africa Medal
1897-99 
Africa General Service Medal
1899-1956 
Kimberley Star 1899-1900 
Queen's
South Africa Medal 1899-1902 
Queen's Mediterranean Medal
1899-1902 
Transport Medal 1899-1902 
St John Ambulance Brigade Medal
for South Africa 1899-1902
British North Borneo Company
Medal 1900 
Ashanti Medal 1900 
China Medal 1900
King's South Africa Medal
1901-02 
Tibet Medal 1903-04 
Natal Medal 1906 
India General Service Medal
1908-35 
Naval General Service Medal
1909-62 
Khedive's Sudan Medal 1910-22 
1914 Star 
1914-15 Star 
British War Medal 1914-20 
Mercantile Marine War Medal
1914-18 
Victory Medal 1914-19 
Territorial Force War Medal
1914-19 
General Service Medal 1918-62 
India General Service Medal
1936-39 
1939-45 Star 
Atlantic Star 1939-45 
Air Crew Europe Star 1939-44 
Defence Medal 1939-45 
War Medal 1939-45 
India Service Medal 1939-45 
Canada Voluntary Service Medal
1939-47 
Africa Service Medal 1939-45 
Australia Service Medal 1939-45
New Zealand Service Medal
1939-45 
South Africa Service Medal
1939-45 
Southern Rhodesia Service Medal
1939-45 
Newfoundland Volunteer Service
Medal 1939-45 
Africa Star 1940-43 
Pacific Star 1941-45 
Burma Star 1941-45 
Italy Star 1943-45 
France and Germany Star
1944--45 
UNTSO - Truce Supervision
Organization (Middle East), 1948-
UNMOGIP - Military Observer
Group in India and Pakistan, 1949- 
United Nations Korea Service
Medal 1950-54 
Korea Medal 1950-53 
South Africa Korea Medal
1950-53 
ICSC - International Commission
for Supervision and Control Medal, 1967
UNEF - Emergency Force, (Egypt,
Israel), 1956-67 
UNOGIL - Observation Group in
Lebanon, 1958
ONUC - Operation in the Congo,
1960-64 (1st ribbon) 
ONUC - Operation in the Congo,
1960-64 (2nd ribbon) 
UNSF/UNTEA - Security Force in
West New Guinea (West Irian), 1962-63 
General Service Medal 1962- 
UNYOM - Yemen Observation
Mission, 1963-64 
UNFICYP - Peacekeeping Force in
Cyprus, 1964-
Vietnam Medal 1964-73 
South Vietnam Campaign Medal
1964-73 
UNIPOM - India-Pakistan
Observation Mission. 1965-66 
Accumulated Campaign Service
Medal 1969- 
ICCS - International Commission
of Control and Supervision Medal, 1973
UNEFII - Emergency Force II
(Mid. East), 1973-79 
UNDOF - Disengagement Observer
Force (Golan), 1974- 
UNIFIL - Interim Force in
Lebanon, 1978- 
Rhodesia Medal 1980 
South Atlantic Medal 1982 
MFO - Multinational Force and
Observers (1982)
UNGOMAP - Good Offices Mission
in Afghanistan & Pakistan (UNTSO Force), 1988-90
UNGOMAP - Good Offices Mission
in Afghanistan & Pakistan (UNDOF Force), 1988-90 
UNIIMOG - Iran-Iraq Military
Observer Group, 1988-91 
UNAVEM - Angola Verification
Mission, 1989-97 
UNTAG - Transition Assistance
Group (Namibia), 1989-90
ONUCA - Observer Group in
Central America, 1989-92 
Gulf Medal 1990-91 
UNIKOM - Iraq/Kuwait
Observation Mission (Iraq/Kuwait), 1991- 
MINURSO - Mission for the
Referendum in Western Sahara, 1991- 
ONUSAL - Observer Mission in El
Salvador, 1991-95 
UNAMIC - Advance Mission in
Cambodia, 1991-92
UNPROFOR - Protective Force
(Bosnia-Herzegovina), 1992-95 
UNTAC - Transitional Authority
in Cambodia, 1992-93 
UNOSOM - Operation in Somalia,
1992-95 
NATO Medal (Former Yugoslavia)
(1994)
ONUMOZ - Operation in
Mozambique, 1992-95 
UNOMUR - Observer Mission in
Uganda-Rwanda, 1993-94
UNOMIG - Observer Mission in
Georgia, 1993- 
UNOMIL - Observer Mission in
Liberia, 1993-97 
UNMIH - Peacekeeping Mission in
Haiti, 1993-96 
UNAMIR - Assistance Mission for
Rwanda, 1993-96 
UNMOT - Mission of Observers in
Tajikistan, 1994-2000 
UNCRO - Confidence Restoration
Operation in Croatia, 1995-96 
UNPREDEP - Preventive
Deployment Force (Macedonia), 1995-99 
UNMIBH - Mission in Bosnia and
Herzegovina, 1995- 
UNTAES - Transitional
Administration for E. Slavonia (Baranja & W. Sirmium), 1996-98
UNMOP - Military Observer
Mission in Prevlaka, 1996- 
UNSMIH - Peacekeeping Mission
in Haiti, 1996-97
MINUGUA - Verification Mission
in Guatemala, 1994-97
UNTMIH - Peacekeeping Mission
in Haiti, 1997
MIPONUH - Peacekeeping Mission
in Haiti, 1997-2000
UNPSG - Police Support Group
(Croatia) 1997-98 
MINURCA - Verification Mission
in the Central African Republic, 1998-2000 
UNOMSIL - Observer Mission in
Sierra Leone, 1998- 
NATO Medal (Kosovo) (2000)
UNMIK - Mission in Kosovo, 1999-
UNAMET/UNTAET/UNMISET -
Assistance/Transitional/Support Mission in East Timor, 1999-02/02-05 
MONUC - Observer Mission in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2000- 
MICAH - Peacekeeping Mission in
Haiti, 2000-01
Operational Service Medal:
Sierra Leone 2000-02 
UNMEE - Mission in Ethiopia and
Eritrea, 2000- 
NATO Medal (Macedonia) (2002)
NATO Medal (Article 5 - Eagle
Assist Operation) (2003)
NATO Medal (Article 5 - Active
Endeavour Operation) (2003)
Operational Service Medal:
Afghanistan 2002- 
NATO Medal (Non-Article 5 -
Operations in the Balkans) (2003)
Iraq Medal 2003- 
UNMINUCI - Mission in Côte
d'Ivoire, 2003-04
NATO ISAF (Afghanistan)
Operational Service Medal:
Democratic Republic of Congo (DROC) 2003 
UNMIL - Mission in Liberia,
2003- 
UNOCI - Operation in Côte
d'Ivoire, 2004- 
MINUSTAH - Stabilization
Mission in Haiti, 2004- 
UNONUB - Operation in Burundi,
2004- 
UNMIS - Mission in the Sudan,
2005- 
UNMIT - Integrated Mission in
Timor-Leste, 2006-
UNAMID - African Union/United
Nations Hybrid operation in Darfur, 2007-
UNAMID - African Union/United
Nations Hybrid operation in Darfur, 2007-
MINURCAT - Mission in the
Central African Republic and Chad 2007-
Notes
- Many of the dates for British campaign medals, but not all, came from Spink's 2006 edition of British Battles and Medals
, with additional sources consulted where necessary to determine dates.
- Dates for UN and NATO medals came from various official and unofficial websites.
- Converting Years into Pixels
- Approximately 3 days per pixel; 120 pixels per year.
- 252 years = 30,240 pixels.
- 30,240 pixels / 72 pixels/inch = 420 inches.
- 420 inches = 35 feet = 10.67 metres.
Inspiration and original code sources include:
- SimplyFULL.com, the web designer whose concept using an evolutionary timeline was adapted for this chart. He borrowed the idea from this solar system graphic.