Hi all: The Canadian Veterans website under medals does mention 'theatre of war' for both the British War Medal and the Victory medal. I recall a New Zealand serviceman who got to England before the Armistice (the Armistice was not quite the end of the war?) and gwas awarded one medal only, I think it was the British War Medal, so I suppose the same would apply to Canadians, whether in the Army or Air Force. http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=collections/cmdp/mainmenu/group03 I think one day was enough, there was no qualifying period as there was for WWII medals (Which varied from one day to six months, depending on the service and medal! And 28 days for the War Service Medal 1939-45). See same website. Yours, John Wilson > >> Bill - my understanding is that Canadian servicemen during WW1 had > "qualifying overseas service" if they reached the UK (whereas a British > serviceman had to have service outside the UK in a "qualifying country" - > principally war zones). I don't think that service in the USA would > qualify > a Canadian for the British War Medal ------------- but stranger things > have > happened ! >> >> I'd stick with "no", but you really need somebody with knowledge of the > Canadian issue regs to confirm this. >> regards >> - >> Tom Tulloch-Marshall >> WW1 Military Research >>