Originally Posted by
Tankertrashnav
Going back to a less controversial part of this thread, that statement isn't strictly correct. Whereas officers' decorations (DSC,MC,DFC etc) were traditionally issued unnamed, merely dated, since 1 January 1984 they have been officially named. Those which were awarded exclusively to other ranks were always named. These included the DSM, DCM, MM, DFM, AFM etc. These of course ceased to be awarded from 1993 when all ranks became eligible for those awards which had previously only been given to officers and warrant officers.
Incidentally the Victoria Cross is invariably named on the reverse of the suspension, whether it is awarded to an officer or another rank.
Ta TTN, I knew they weren’t all named, I just thought....it was all (or none).