User:Necrothesp/List of recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (United Kingdom), 1948–1993
- Indicates that the award was a bar.
- Indicates that the award was made posthumously.
Name | Rank/Title | Service etc[1] | Nationality | Conflict/Incident | Gazette[2] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dyer, Thomas | Leading Seaman |
HMS Newfoundland ) |
British | Suez Crisis | 1957/06/13[3] |
Loader, Roy Joseph | Able Seaman |
Royal Navy (HMS Crane) | British | Suez Crisis | 1957/06/13[3] |
Kirwin, Patrick John Dennis | Petty Officer Engineering Mechanic | Royal Navy | British | Brunei Revolt ) |
1963/05/31[4] |
Boylan, Lance William | Leading Seaman |
Royal Navy | British | Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation | 1965/12/14[5] |
Taylor, Charles Kenneth | Able Seaman |
Royal New Zealand Navy | New Zealand | Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation | 1966/12/13[6] |
Kember, Phillip Charles | Able Seaman Clearance Diver | Royal Australian Navy | Australian | Vietnam War | 1968/02/22 (1968/02/27)[7] |
Young, William John | Leading Seaman Weapons Mechanic | Royal Australian Navy | Australian | Vietnam War | 1968/07/18 (1968/12/10)[8] |
Sculley, Graham Henry | Engineering Mechanic | Royal Australian Navy | Australian | Vietnam War | 1969/02/06 (1969/03/18)[9] |
Aldenhoven, John Adrian | Leading Seaman |
Royal Australian Navy | Australian | Vietnam War | 1971/06/24 (1971/07/20)[10] |
Leach, Peter James | Sergeant | Royal Marines | British | Falklands War (Invasion of South Georgia) | 1982/06/04[11] |
Briggs, David Richard | Petty Officer Marine Engineering Mechanic (Mechanical) | HMS Sheffield ) |
British | Sinking of HMS Sheffield ) |
1982/10/11[12] |
Francis, Michael James | Colour Sergeant |
Royal Marines | British | Bluff Cove Air Attacks ) |
1982/10/11[12] |
Imrie, Peter Blair | Leading Aircrewman | Royal Navy (846 Naval Air Squadron) | British | Falklands War | 1982/10/11[12] |
Leake, John Steven |
Petty Officer |
Naval Canteen Service) (HMS Ardent ) |
British | Falklands War (Battle of San Carlos) | 1982/10/11[12] ** |
Leslie, William John | Sergeant | Royal Marines (HMS Broadsword) | British | Falklands War (Battle of San Carlos) | 1982/10/11[12] |
Libby, Graham John Robert | Acting Petty Officer (Sonar) (Submarines) | Royal Navy (HMS Conqueror) | British | Falklands War (Sinking of ARA General Belgrano) | 1982/10/11[12] |
Love, Michael David | Acting Corporal Aircrewman | Royal Marines (846 Naval Air Squadron) | British | Falklands War | 1982/10/11[12] |
Townsend, Michael David | Chief Marine Engineering Mechanic (Mechanical) | Royal Navy (HMS Argonaut) | British | Falklands War (Battle of San Carlos) | 1982/10/11[12] |
Trotter, Graham Michael | Chief Petty Officer (Diver) |
Royal Navy (Fleet Clearance Diving Team 3) | British | Falklands War | 1982/10/11[12] |
Tupper, Malcolm John | Chief Petty Officer Aircrewman | Royal Navy (846 Naval Air Squadron) | British | Falklands War | 1982/10/11[12] |
Warren, Jeffrey David | Leading Seaman (Radar) |
Royal Navy (HMS Antelope) | British | Falklands War (Battle of San Carlos) | 1982/10/11[12] |
Peake, Richard John | Acting Petty Officer (Diver) | Royal Navy (Fleet Diving Unit A) | British | Gulf War | 1991/06/29[13] |
Seabrook, Andrew | Acting Petty Officer (Diver) | Royal Navy (Fleet Diving Unit A) | British | Gulf War | 1991/06/29[13] |
Footnotes
- ^ Members of special forces are usually gazetted under their former regiment, corps or service. In such instances, these are given in parentheses.
- ^ In format year/month/day. Note that some awards are backdated. This usually indicates that the recipient was in a sensitive post (e.g. special forces) at the time of the award and it was not officially announced until some time later. In such instances, the actual date of the award is given first and the gazette date is given in parentheses.
- ^ a b "No. 41092". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 June 1957. p. 3418.
- ^ "No. 43009". The London Gazette. 31 May 1963. p. 4693.
- ^ "No. 43839". The London Gazette. 14 December 1965. p. 11693.
- ^ "No. 44196". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 December 1966. p. 13457.
- ^ "No. 44533". The London Gazette. 23 February 1968. p. 2371.
- ^ "No. 44732". The London Gazette. 6 December 1968. p. 13225.
- ^ "No. 44810". The London Gazette. 18 March 1969. p. 2903.
- ^ "No. 45431". The London Gazette. 23 July 1971. p. 7941.
- ^ "No. 48999". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 June 1982. p. 7422.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "No. 49134". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 October 1982. pp. 12839–12840.
- ^ a b "No. 52588". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 June 1991. pp. 4–5.