Sadly for you Silsoe, I think Leon has flamed your argument and certainly hooked you on the last one
Whilst this is a great personal achievement for Tim, and good for the Army Air Corps, he joins a precession of Brits that have done all of this before him. We can try and dress it up however we like but there is no great national milestone here. Sharman was the first and a bunch of Brits followed before Tim started. If he was still a serving officer then that would be a first for HMForces, but he is an ESA employee just like the other Brits before that were part of Project JUNO or had to take US citizenship to join the NASA Program.
'Nuff said
CPL Clott