War medals

[shero101]

Sadly my father who was a veteran of WWII passed away this year and as a sign of respect I would like to wear his Defence and War medals on Remembrance Day. I understand you can do this by wearing them on your right side (to show that they are not your medals). I am worried that this may be viewed as inappropriate. Can anyone advise on form of etiquette ? Thanks.

[DotH]

you can wear them on the right breast and only for the purposes of remeberence day
http://www.britisharmedforces.org/other/other_ faq.htm
see one of the FAQ on this site

[Peter Pedant]

I thought only widows cd wear someone else's medals

I dont want to be a party pooper - here must be a rule book somewhere

Russell Crowe if you remember wore his Dad's medal at a Oscar ceremony and all this came out......war veterans are prticularly picky about this - so if you get the protocol wrong you can expect some octogenarian to protest.....

PP

[shero101]

Peter, thanks for your comments. DotH's link was very useful and confirmed what I thought. It seems it is ok to wear relative's medals on the right breast but only on Remembrance Day.

[airbolt]

I had no idea that this would be possible. Thank You for bringing this point up .

It seems like a very appropriate way to honour the person in question while at the same time causing no offence to the Veterans.