[H]e testifed that he had received three battle stars as a member of the combat unit and had received combat pay.
2006 Oct. 2, Richard Pendlebury, "Our poor bloody infantry," Daily Mail (UK) (retrieved 14 Oct 2013):
As well as receiving the best basic pay, the Canadian soldier gets £990 a month combat pay, more than five times the British private's allowance of £180.