Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 34846

Military Decorations

Tabled: 3 March 2025
Answered: 31 March 2025

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has a procedure for awarding gallantry awards previously refused because of an administrative error.

Answer

Al Carns
Lieutenant Colonel Robert Blair Mayne’s brave actions and leadership in command of 1 SAS Regiment on Operation HOWARD in April 1945 were recognised with the award of a third bar to the Distinguished Service Order (DSO). Whilst he was originally recommende...
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