TTN, although I - of course - bow to your superior knowledge on ribbons, may I make a first stab on the few that are visible on the picture on post #47.
At the end of the top row we seem to have a Gulf War 1 medal, followed by a UN Cyprus ribbon, which would indicate UN service in Cyprus post GW1, but not before. Possible I guess.
Stranger is the end of the second row which seems to be a ?BE ribbon, which should be early in row 1. Not too clear; the tab end of ribbons can often be - comme moi - odd foreign ones. Is there any possible foreign contender that looks a bit like an MBE/OBE?? Or are we giving too much credence to the wardrobe department ...........