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• Malaya (7,800). For service in Malaya and Singapore between 1948-60 during the state of emergency.
• B & M Clearance Mediterranean^[6] (60). For bomb and mine clearance between 1953-60 by divers, and to seamen who moved recovered bombs, mostly in Valletta harbour.
• Canal Zone For service in the Suez Canal Zone between October 1951 and October 1954. (Authorised 2003).^[7]
• Cyprus (4,300). For operations against EOKA insurgents, 1955–59.
• Near East (17,800). For operations during the Suez Crisis of 1956.
• Arabian Peninsula (1,200). For service against dissidents and cross-border raids between 1957–60.
• Brunei (900). For service in Brunei, North Borneo and Sarawak in December 1962, a large proportion awarded to Royal Marines of 42 Commando.