OT: but relevant- Gallantry awards
Saw CDS on the news tonight with the GC awards to two outstanding people, one posthumous, for S/Sgt Schmid. I always thought that, for any particular decoration, a posthumous award precedes. Yet ACM Stirrup dealt with the surviving member first.
I remember rainy windswept days at RAF Bicester in my OUAS days; if you couldn't fly, then you had to work on your officer-like qualities as you sucked down vast quantities of NATO standard nescafe. Whilst perusing- I cannot put it stronger- QR, I'm sure I saw that posthumous decorations took precedence over survivors. This is borne out when you look, for example, at the Falklands list.
Am I right or wrong?