Petition · past parliament
Honour the BEF's role in France in 1939/1940 with a clasp to the 1939-45 Star.
Closed
2,716 signatures
What the petition asks
There are now very few surviving members of the BEF, most of whom must be in their late nineties or over 100 years old. Service personnel who went to the defence of France between 6 June 1944 and 8 May 1945 are entitled to the award of the Legion d'Honneur by the French state but not so the BEF.
Timeline
| 27 Feb 2019 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 27 Aug 2019 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
2,716
Status
Closed
Opened
27 Feb 2019
Closed
27 Aug 2019
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.