Who has their own Military Service Medal

[Uncle Buck]

Its amazing how many medals you can actually get serving after WWII, you see the old and bold with so many but you like yourself you could cover your chest with nearly as many. I presume I was lucky to only serve in Northern Ireland 3 times, I was on standby for Falklands but never went, and could have gone on a few UN jobs but never volunteered. Still nice to see you did by far your time for Queen and Country.

What regiment were you in?

 

[Beach Hut]

I have my grandfathers dress medals.

Never been in the Forces so no medals myself.

 

[Brixtaan]

Still living on the back of my grandads heroics,he's still alive ,has written a book and he served in tanks in every theatre from 1939' to 1945.Dunkerque,the desert,Greece,Italy, helped take Caen back,liberated Belsen etc. A good read.

 

[Norman Baker suck my lozenge]

I have the Nato service medal,for three tours of Bosnia,and for getting shitfaced in Corfu while on standown.

 

[mdotw]

What regiment were you in?

I was in 39 Regiment Royal Artillery, never understood how I ended up in this unit as it was a Birmingham Regiment, 26 Regiment RA was the Sussex Regiment. Good thing is I made some great mates and still keep in touch after meeting them 31 years ago. Even better one of my mates settled and still lives in Hove and he was from Herefore, he still gets stick

I also served in 200 Bty in Dyke Road for a while and the Royal Signals in London both in TA.

 

[Hampden Park]

Falklands campaign medal with rosette and LS&GC medal RN

 

[Muhammad - I’m hard - Bruce Lee]

Nice collection. My father in law has some weird African medal, but he's a bit hazy on it. I reckon he got it for flogging fuel to the Arabs. Made it to Corporal. Four times.

i also made corporal 4 times the last time i lost it i was deported from france and had my passport stamped 'undesirable alien'

 

[Muhammad - I’m hard - Bruce Lee]

All I have is a set of Dolphins from my time in the Submarine Service,but I wouldnt part with them for the world!!

bubble head

 

[Hampden Park]

All I have is a set of Dolphins from my time in the Submarine Service,but I wouldnt part with them for the world!!

smelly pressure head

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

No military background myself but just reading (for the third time) 'Tumbledown' by MC holder Robert Lawrence who had 45% of his brain blown away by an Argie high velocity bullet.

 

[junior]

No military background myself but just reading (for the third time) 'Tumbledown' by MC holder Robert Lawrence who had 45% of his brain blown away by an Argie high velocity bullet.

I have just been up Mount Tumbledown.

Very moving experience,i have loads of photo's i'll try and get a few on here.

 

[HampshireSeagulls]

I'm getting my driving licence soon.

Road rage on the A27, yeh.

As a highly trained military driver, I will make it my personal mission to run you into a motorway bridge support.

 

[Edward Scissorhands]

I'm getting my driving licence soon.

Provisional?

 

[northstandnorth]

Originally posted by mdotw
Its amazing how many medals you can actually get serving after WWII, you see the old and bold with so many but you like yourself you could cover your chest with nearly as many. I presume I was lucky to only serve in Northern Ireland 3 times, I was on standby for Falklands but never went, and could have gone on a few UN jobs but never volunteered. Still nice to see you did by far your time for Queen and Country.


you lot cant be that big a bunch of heoes,nice collections but nothing on our future king,prince jug ears.now with that lot on his chest he must have seen a lot of active service(unless his footman did it for him)

 

[swindonseagull]

Thats mine minus the Gulf war 2 (its been produced for the last 3 years, very quick the MOD)

Harry got his because he is a member of the Royal Family.

I have been in the RAF for 27 years and have,

Long service good conduct
Nato Yugoslavia
Nato Kosova
GSM (iraq no fly zone)
Afghanistan
Queens Jubilee (the same one as harry!!)
And Gulf war 2

I did not get GW1 I was considered not to have done enough time there BUT I did get a Kuwait and Saudi medal that is not wearable on the uniform.

 

[northstandnorth]

andy must have earned some of his in the falklands,fair play to him.but his older brother must have been in the SAS,the SBS the PARAS the submarine service AND fighting for the argies at the same time to get all of his.

 

[Emily's Mum]

I've got an Op Telec (Iraq) medal in my office drawer and a couple of weeks ago I presented a Kosovo medal. No military service myself, I'm only an Hon. Field Marshall, but I can get the Medal Office to get their fingers out sometimes!

 

[swindonseagull]

Emilys mum check your PM please

ta

 

[RexCathedra]

GSM OP Bolton

Shit. The Wanderers must have had one hell of a hooligan problem to require RA involvement.

 

[Charlies Shinpad]

smelly pressure head

Skimmer!!