Originally Posted by
Old-Duffer
Some years ago, a major and an SNCO from the Hereford Hooligans were sent to a West African country where the was 'a spot of bother' and the big man had been deposed whilst he was out of the country. The two soldiers assessed the situation and, to cut a long story short, enlisted the help of the local army and staged a successful counter coup.
The major was awarded a DSO but I'm not sure what the SNCO received.
Old Duffer
Looking at the date the DSO was dated (it was Gazetted 14 years later) and assuming another late Gazetting for the same date is relevant, I’d say probably an MM for the two NCOs (hidden away in London Gazettes in the late 1990s alongside the awards for the SF participants in Granby)