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Lance Corporal Justin Thomas
Royal Marines

During an attack by 40 Commando on 30 March, Lance Corporal Thomas' troop was ambushed. Choosing to abandon a position of safety, Thomas manned a machine-gun on the top of a soft-skin vehicle, fully exposed to enemy fire. For about a quarter of an hour, he engaged the enemy, allowing his comrades to get into cover, regroup and mount a successful counter-attack.

Lance Corporal of Horse Michael Flynn
The Blues & Royals

The commander of a Scimitar reconnaissance vehicle of D Squadron of the Household Cavalry Regiment, LCoH Flynn was involved in several notable actions against enemy heavy armour. In particular, he located an enemy tank battalion and supporting artillery. Despite coming under heavy Iraqi fire, he called in artillery and air support with devastating accuracy which destroyed the enemy units as effective combat formations.