Service in the Suez Canal Zone during the post-war years was recognised by the institution of the Naval General Service Medal 1915-62 and the General Service Medal 1918-62, with the clasp ‘Canal Zone’, for service between 1951 and 1954 and the clasp ‘Near East’, for participation in Operation Musketeer during the Suez Crisis of late 1956. There is no officially recognised ‘Suez Medal’.
Similarly, no medal has been instituted for undertaking a period of National Service. National Servicemen could qualify for campaign medals under the same circumstances as their Regular colleagues. It would be divisive to offer National Servicemen a medal for being conscripted, when those who volunteered for service might not have received any award. Accordingly, there are no plans to introduce a new medal specifically for National Service.