Groups and Single Decorations for Gallantry
Towards the end of 1983, I returned to 3 Para and back to Patrol Coy as a Pl Comd. Later I became the Company Quartermaster Sergeant (CQMS) for Sp Coy. I was promoted to WO2 and, Company Sergeant Major of B Coy in 3 Para and later served as the Senior Permanent Staff Instructor with 10 Para (TA) in North London for the period 1986-1989.
Later in 1989, I joined 2 Para for a further tour of NI on the border. In 1990 I became the Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant (RQMS) for the Logistic Bn and was advised that I would eventually get promoted to Warrant Officer Class One (WO1) as the Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM) of 2 Para.
Earlier than expected, in November of 1990, an RSM post became available in Holland at the Support Unit for UK troops at Allied Forces Central Europe (AFCENT). With a pending move to 2 Para this was not something I wanted; however, my orders were to take the post. Starting in early 1991, I remained there for the next two years.
I finished my regular service in August 1993 and the next day joined the Non Regular Permanent Staff with the 10th Battalion The Parachute Regiment (10 Para TA) as a CQMS. After approximately six years, because of defence cuts, 10 Para was disbanded, and I transferred to another TA Unit of the local Royal Logistics Corp. This lasted for just over a year, before I was commissioned as a Captain and became the Permanent Staff Administration Officer (PSAO) with 144 Parachute Medical Squadron in Hornsey; where I served for a further three years before finally retiring from the Army.
During my time as SPSI with 10 Para in North London, I learned how to sail and started getting qualified in the sailing world, which has allowed me to work in that field since retiring from the Army.
I had served a total of 36 years.’ (Ibid)
Sold with the following original and related archive of material: Climeter gun elevation instrument liberated from an Argentinian position; 3 Identity Discs; British Forces Identity Card; Regular Army Certificate of Service; 3 Para Battle Group Battle for Mount Longdon 30 Year Anniversary Commemorative Medallion, base metal; 2 annotated topographical maps showing the physical geography of the Falklands, which were carried by the recipient on campaign; 2 copied Argentinian operations maps of the Falklands; Argentinian burns blanket; various letters of congratulation on the occasion of the award of the recipient’s D.C.M., including from: General Sir Anthony Farrar-Hockley, G.B.E., K.C.B., D.S.O., M.C., Colonel Commandant, The Parachute Regiment; Lieutenant General Sir Richard Trent, K.C.B., HQ South East District; Major General J. J. Moore, O.B.E., M.C., HQ Commando Forces, Royal Marines; Brigadier M. J. A. Wilson, O.B.E., M.C., HQ 5 Infantry Brigade; Colonel G. D. Farrell, M.B.E., Regimental Headquarters, The Parachute Regiment; Major J. S. Williams, D.C.M. Para; John Nott, KCB, Secretary of State for Defence; Arthur Davidson, QC MP; Honours in Confidence copy of D.C.M. original recommendation; photocopy of Royal Court Telegram of congratulation from HRH The Prince Wales to the recipient, dated 8 October 1982; newspaper cuttings; typed resume of recipient’s service career; The Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Falklands Memorial Service, Order of Service, dated 1 October 1982; with a large number of annotated photographs from various stages of his service including: ‘D’ Patrol during the Falklands War showing members of the patrol on active service; a Daily Mirror press photograph of all the members of 3 Para decorated for gallantry standing alongside Sergeant Ian McKay, VC’s widow, one of Sergeant Pettinger at Buckingham Palace with Brian Faulkner after they had both been invested with the D.C.M. by HRH The Queen; four photographs recording HRH The Prince of Wales’s private visit to 3 Para during their tour of Cyprus in 1986; a number from 1987 when he returned to the Falklands and revisited a number of important sites from the war (also with a topographical map used during the visit and a Stanley Minefield and Area Clearance Situation Map as at 1 May 1986); several from a Change of Command Ceremony for the C-in-C Central Europe at Allied Forces Central Europe (AFCENT) Headquarters in Holland, when the recipient officiated as Parade RSM (as recorded in Pegasus April 1992).
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