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Name Rank/Title Service etc[1] Nationality Conflict/Incident Gazette[2]
Abbott, Alan Corporal Royal Army Service Corps British Malayan Emergency 1955/05/20[3]
Wall, Trevor Sergeant Royal Air Force British Malayan Emergency 1955/05/20[4]
Hayball, James Jeremiah Aircrewman Royal Navy (848 Naval Air Squadron) British Malayan Emergency 1955/05/31[5]
Erasmus, Jacobus Francois Erasmus Flight Sergeant Royal Air Force Mau Mau Uprising 1955/10/11[6]
Gudgeon, Dennis Robert Senior Aircraftman Royal Air Force British Malayan Emergency 1956/05/08[7]
Huntington, John Robert Sergeant Royal Air Force British Malayan Emergency 1956/05/08[7]
Wade, Derek Acting Corporal Royal Army Service Corps British Malayan Emergency 1956/05/08[8]
Roshier, Eric Edward Flight Sergeant Royal Air Force British Malayan Emergency 1957/06/11[9][10]
Brooks, Ronald Francis Sergeant Royal Air Force British Malayan Emergency 1957/08/30 (1957/12/03)[11]
Rose, Dennis Harold, BEM Sergeant Royal Army Service Corps (55 Company (AD)) British Malayan Emergency 1957/08/30 (1957/12/03)[12]
Tattam, Francis John Flight Sergeant Royal Air Force British Malayan Emergency 1957/08/30 (1957/12/03)[11]
Lidster, Stanley Corporal Royal Army Service Corps British Malayan Emergency 1958/02/04[13]
Mead, Kenneth Andrew Staff Sergeant Army Air Corps (656 Squadron) British Malayan Emergency 1958/07/01[14]
Bowles, Robert Wallis Staff Sergeant Army Air Corps (656 Squadron) British Malayan Emergency 1958/12/09[15]
Jones, Peter Francis Flight Sergeant Royal Air Force British Jebel Akhdar War 1959/06/09[16]
Horsey, Bernard Anthony Sergeant Royal Artillery (Army Air Corps) British Malayan Emergency 1959/06/16[17]
McEachern, William Henry, DFC Flight Sergeant Royal Air Force British Malayan Emergency 1959/06/16[18]
Boniface, Peter, AFM Flight Sergeant Royal Air Force British Jebel Akhdar War 1959/10/27[19]
Cunningham, Patrick John Sergeant Royal Air Force British Malayan Emergency 1959/12/08[20]
Payne, Percy John Edmund Flight Sergeant Royal Air Force British Malayan Emergency 1960/06/07[21]
Patrick, William Ashton Sergeant Parachute Regiment (Army Air Corps) British Malayan Emergency 1960/06/14[22]
Nichols, Martin Roger Acting Sergeant Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (Army Air Corps) British Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation (Brunei Revolt) 1964/08/21[23]
Bailey, Norman Sergeant Royal Artillery (8 Flight AAC) British Radfan Campaign (Wadi Tiban) 1966/12/08[24]
Pollard, William Sergeant Royal Horse Artillery (1 Regiment) British Radfan Campaign 1967/07/27[25]
O'Rourke, William Wallace Corporal Royal Australian Air Force Australian Vietnam War 1969/03/13 (1969/05/02)[26]
Stoyles, Robert Joseph Sergeant Royal Australian Air Force Australian Vietnam War 1969/03/13 (1969/05/02)[26]
Gracie, Barry Thomas Corporal Royal Australian Air Force Australian Vietnam War 1969/10/16 (1969/10/24)[27]
Yorke, John Gordon Corporal Royal Australian Air Force Australian Vietnam War 1969/10/16 (1969/10/24)[27]
Edwards, George Alexander Corporal Royal Australian Air Force Australian Vietnam War 1970/12/17 (1971/02/12)[28]
Moles, David Thomas Leading Aircraftman Royal Australian Air Force Australian Vietnam War 1970/12/17 (1971/02/12)[28]
Pinkerton, Terence John Sergeant Royal Australian Air Force Australian Vietnam War 1970/12/17 (1971/02/12)[28]
Shipp, Kerry John Leading Aircraftman Royal Australian Air Force Australian Vietnam War 1970/12/17 (1971/02/12)[28]
Hamill, Trevor Lawrence Leading Aircraftman Royal Australian Air Force Australian Vietnam War 1971/07/01 (1971/07/27)[29]
Ranger, Rodney Joseph Corporal Royal Australian Air Force Australian Vietnam War 1971/12/16 (1971/12/21)[30]
O'Brien, William Christopher Sergeant Royal Marines (3 Commando Brigade Air Squadron) British Falklands War (Battle of Goose Green) 1982/10/11[31]
Holmes, Paul Douglas John Sergeant Royal Air Force British Gulf War 1991/06/29 (1996/05/10)[32]
Sullivan, Trevor William Staff Sergeant Army Air Corps British The Troubles 1993/10/12[33]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Members of special forces are usually gazetted under their former regiment, corps or service. In such instances, these are given in parentheses.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "No. 40482". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 May 1955. p. 2921.
  4. ^ "No. 40483". The London Gazette. 20 May 1955. p. 2930.
  5. ^ "No. 40492". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 May 1955. p. 3148.
  6. ^ "No. 40604". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 October 1955. p. 5704.
  7. ^ a b "No. 40773". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 May 1956. p. 2701.
  8. ^ "No. 40772". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 May 1956. p. 2691.
  9. ^ "No. 41097". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 June 1957. p. 3505.
  10. ^ "No. 41111". The London Gazette (Supplement). 25 June 1957. p. 3866.
  11. ^ a b "No. 41248". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 December 1957. p. 7191.
  12. ^ "No. 41242". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 November 1957. p. 7039.
  13. ^ "No. 41300". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 January 1958. p. 763.
  14. ^ "No. 41432". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 June 1958. p. 4127.
  15. ^ "No. 41567". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 December 1958. p. 7497.
  16. ^ "No. 41733". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 June 1959. p. 3755.
  17. ^ "No. 3897". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 1959. p. 41738.
  18. ^ "No. 3905". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 1959. p. 41739.
  19. ^ "No. 41853". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 October 1959. p. 6781.
  20. ^ "No. 7773". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 December 1959. p. 41887.
  21. ^ "No. 42057". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 June 1960. p. 4031.
  22. ^ "No. 42061". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 June 1960. p. 4146.
  23. ^ "No. 43415". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 August 1964. p. 7152.
  24. ^ "No. 44201". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 December 1966. p. 13718.
  25. ^ "No. 44376". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 July 1967. p. 8436.
  26. ^ a b "No. 44840". The London Gazette. 2 May 1969. p. 4657.
  27. ^ a b "No. 44962". The London Gazette. 24 October 1969. p. 10837.
  28. ^ a b c d "No. 45302". The London Gazette. 12 February 1971. p. 1344.
  29. ^ "No. 45434". The London Gazette. 6 April 1971. p. 8057.
  30. ^ "No. 45550". The London Gazette. 21 December 1971. p. 13968.
  31. ^ "No. 49134". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 October 1982. p. 12841.
  32. ^ "No. 54393". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 May 1996. p. 6549.
  33. ^ "No. 53453". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 October 1993. p. 16388.