Gulf war honours awarded
- Title
- Gulf war honours awarded
- Genre
- News report; Interview
- TX Date
- 29 Jun 1991
- Year of production
- 1991
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- Duration
- 00:02:47
- Description
- Helen Costello reports on the honours given today for oustanding service and courage during the Gulf War. SAS Corporal David Dembury(?) was awarded a posthumous medal, his mother Maureen expresses her pride. Ian Deucenar, who captured 100 Iraqi soldiers reacts. Civilian RSPCA officer Tim Thomas describes rescuing wildlife stuck in Kuwaiti oil slicks. Joanna Copley, who helped form the Gulf Support Group for relatives of hostages on her MBE and the trauma suffered by the hostages. Brigadier Patrick Cordingley (Commander of the 7th Armoured Brigade, the Desert Rats) who received the Distinguished Service Order on the Victoria Cross, which wasn’t awarded.
- Contributors
- Joanna Copley; Patrick Cordingley; Helen Costello; Maureen Dembury(?); Ian Deucenar(?); Tim Thomas
- Keywords
- Middle East; Armed forces; Animal welfare; Oil; Hostages; Army personnel; RSPCA; Birds; Kuwait; Iraq; Gulf War (1990-1991); Military awards; David Dembury(?)
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