Question follow-through · 34847

Military Decorations

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reviewing the process by which gallantry awards can be awarded posthumously.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body: Ministry of Defence
Tabled: 3 Mar 2025
Target answer date: 5 Mar 2025
Answer: 31 Mar 2025 · 28 calendar days after tabling

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Votes on this topic

Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026

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Recorded timeline

3 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reviewing the process by which gallantry awards can be awarded posthumously.
5 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
31 Mar 2025
Answer published
Lieutenant Colonel Robert Blair Mayne’s brave actions and leadership in command of 1 SAS Regiment on Operation HOWARD in April 1945 were recognised with the award of a third bar to the Distinguished Service Order (DSO). Whilst he was originally recommende...

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