No sign of the nurse yet salad.

PN,

I was being a little flippant, apols. Anna Soubry has difficulties with the concept of 'retrospective action' anyway so maybe, regrettably, from here on the award could be gratis and at cost, for previous service.

Al, of course there will still be Walts, gratis or issued.

Righto, salad, so you disagree with the VC proposal but you're not going to be "dragged into" explaining why. This is a discussion forum. As it happens, I agree with your position but how does disagreeing with you make someone a "nut job"?

Nail hammer and head Shotone.

Several years ago at a secret Mediterranean airbase one of my spam loving friends who wasn't there either said 'That's what I like about you Brits, your uniforms are a masterly understatement!' Fully dressed he had 7 rows of ribbons most of them from being in Vietnam that he'd had to work for but a fair number were for marksman and other mundane things. His point that you could tell someone's career from the medals hadn't occurred to me up to then.
There's a comment re the Defence Medal, I'm pretty sure everyone who wore one got it for being in harms way at home. My parents each had one from service in the AFS in the early 40s, I wouldn't call that a doddle!
But as for miniatures I think I've worn mine 4 times in the last 3 years!
Oh well, more pills nurse!

Bill4a - my parents too - Dad on a fire engine in London and Mum putting out incendiary bombs with buckets of sand in Eastcote