Op Telic

Op Telic Medal Ribbon
Mar 2003 to May 2011
Operation Purpose
Operation TELIC was the United Kingdom’s contribution to the overall Coalition effort to remove Saddam Hussein’s Ba’athist regime in Iraq in Spring 2003. It was the United Kingdom’s largest operational military deployment since the 1990–91 Gulf War. The Operation involved the deployment of some 46,000 personnel, 19 warships, 14 Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels, 15,000 vehicles, 115 fixed-wing aircraft and nearly 100 helicopters.
Operation Details
Operation Title: Telic
Operation Location: Middle East (Iraq)
Operation Title Definition: Telic means a purposeful or defined action (from Greek τέλος, telos).
Start Date: Mar 2003
End Date: May 2011
31 Sqn Detachment Details
Location: Ali Al Salem, Kuwait
Aircraft flown: Panavia Tornado GR4.
Dates
Below are the list of the dates 31 Sqn was detached to Ali Al Salem, Kuwait.
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    Mar 03 to May 03
Medal Details
Operation Telic Campaign
Operation Telic Campaign Medal for Service in Iraq. The medal is made of cupro-nickel and bears on the obverse the crowned image of the Queen. The reverse shows an ancient Assyrian Lamassu sculpture above the word Iraq. The 1.5 inches (38 mm) wide ribbon is a sand colour with three central stripes of black, white and red, the three main colours of the Iraqi flag (minus the green of the Takbīr). The Iraq medal is awarded to personnel who completed operational service in Iraq between 20 January 2003 and 22 May 2011.
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Op Telic Medal Ribbon
31 Sqn Operations
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Op Longcloth

Feb 1943 - Jul 1943

Op Resinate (South)

Jan 1998 - Mar 2003
Op Shader Medal Ribbon

Op Shader

Aug 2014 - Present
Operational Service Medal for Afghanistan

Op Herrick

Jun 2002 - Dec 2014
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Op Ellamy

19 March 2011 - 31 October 2011
Gulf War Medal Ribbon

Op Granby

Aug 1990 - 28 Feb 1991
    Research
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