Sometimes it is amazing how things turn up
I was doing a life laundry this week, prior to moving post, and I found a cutting from our local rag that I kept, which had coverage about an awards ceremony some of our lot were at. Lo and behold, on the other, previously unread side, an article about transplants, and indeed, John Mardon.
Turns out that he was brought up in Colby, here on the Isle of Man, and worked as a delivery lad for the people who deliver our milk to the office!
He was awarded the DSM for a rescue in Oman, got the MBE in 1987 and then in 1990 the transplant took place.
