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[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

Originally posted by Bill Alexander
The LdSH recce troop was across in turretless Honey's, under the command of Lt. Perkins. He received a DSO for this action, a very unusual award for a Lt. Some argue that he also should have been awarded the VC.

Has anyone seen his original recommendation? The chances are he was "downgraded" because (a), he was still alive and (b), there was already one in the works for that action (Mahoney). The Brits were pretty stingy about those awards, especially after Monty had breezed through... :

Good thing it was a DSO and not an MC, at least. Is Perkins still with us?