| 词条 | Operation Gritrock |
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|name = Operation Gritrock |partof = Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa |image = |caption = |scope = |planned = |planned_by = {{flagicon|UK}} David Cameron (PM) {{flagicon|UK}} Michael Fallon (Secretary of State for Defence) |location = Sierra Leone |coordinates = |objective = Eradicate Ebola |executed = 30 October 2014 - 13 November 2015 ({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=10|day1=30|year1=2014|month2=11|day2=13|year2=2015}}) |executed_by = Royal Air Force Royal Navy British Army Irish Defence Forces Canadian Armed Forces |outcome = Sierra Leone declared Ebola free. |casualties = }} Operation Gritrock was the code name given to the British, Irish and Canadian participation in the fight against the Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa. In November 2015, Sierra Leone was officially declared Ebola free.[1] More than 50 members of British Army's 5 Armoured Medical Regiment were presented with operational medals for their duties in Sierra Leone during the crisis. Members of the Irish Army Medical Corps were awarded the International Operational Service Medal by the Irish government. Deployed forcesBritish Army
Royal Air Force
Royal Navy
Irish Army
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.forces.tv/44797004|title=Sierra Leone Declared Ebola Free|accessdate=12 November 2015}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gritrock, Operation}}2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.army.mod.uk/news/27108.aspx|title=Brigadier Stephen McMahon CBE|publisher=British Army|accessdate=10 July 2015}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.forces.tv/49933363|title=Medics Honoured As Sierra Leone Is Declared Ebola Free|publisher=Forces TV|accessdate=21 November 2015}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/armed-forces-minister-visits-military-medics-fighting-ebola|title=Armed Forces Minister visits military medics fighting Ebola|publisher=Ministry of Defence|accessdate=20 November 2014}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.army.mod.uk/news/28096.aspx|title=Medals for ebola medics|publisher=British Army|accessdate=4 December 2015}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.army.mod.uk/news/27103.aspx|title=SSgt Adam Marshall MBE|publisher=British Army|accessdate=10 July 2015}} 7. ^1 2 {{cite book|title=AirForces Monthly|date=December 2014|publisher=Key Publishing Ltd|location=Stamford, Lincolnshire, England|pages=33}} 8. ^{{cite web|title=Irish Army medical team return home|url=http://www.military.ie/press-office/news-and-events/single-view/article/friday-22nd-may-2015-irish-army-medical-team-return-home/?cHash=13b950ec84bc6e116307d8f8258d3259|publisher=Defence Forces Ireland|accessdate=18 February 2017}} 3 : Non-combat military operations involving the United Kingdom|Military operations involving the United Kingdom|21st-century Royal Air Force deployments |
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