Tag: Heroism

Lalbahadur Pun, Gurkha awarded the MC for his courage d...

Jan 23, 2026

His MC citation stated: ‘This was an outstanding example of inspired leadership ...

Rear-Admiral John Roberts, naval aviator who served in ...

Jan 22, 2026

He helped to fight off an invasion of British Honduras in an operation he descri...

Flight Lieutenant Jack Dark, navigator and bomb aimer i...

Dec 9, 2025

The Pathfinder Force was brought in to improve accuracy and part of Dark’s job w...

Aberdeen commando Jimmy Johnson’s remarkable life shows...

Nov 12, 2025

The north-east commando won the Military Medal and was regarded as a hero by his...

Lt-Cdr Nick Cook, naval pilot whose plane was hit three...

Nov 11, 2025

Mike Pratt GC, off-duty policeman who took on three ban...

Oct 13, 2025

He drove up onto the kerb to block the bank’s door and armed himself with a carj...

Field Marshal Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank, Chief of the...

Sep 18, 2025

‘Probably the last British officer to have had a spear thrown at him in anger’, ...

Tributes to Aberdeen war hero and last surviving Victor...

Aug 18, 2025

Flight Lieutenant John Cruickshank was recognised for his bravery during the Sec...

He worked with artificial limbs for decades. Then a lor...

Aug 3, 2025

An experienced clinician in prosthetics, Jim Ashworth-Beaumont found himself the...