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Jan 31 - Governor Awards Operation Service Medals to RGR Troops

opThe Governor today presented nine soldiers from the Royal Gibraltar Regiment with their Operation Service Medal Afghanistan. The ceremony for the soldiers and their families was held in Grand Battery House.

In September 2012 Cpl Cook, LCpl Green, Pte Charrington, Pte Cooper, Pte Morris-McKenzie, Pte Parry, Pte Summers, Pte Vassallo and Pte Warden were attached to 1st Battalion the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers in order to conduct pre-deployment training in preparation for Op HERRICK 18 in Afghanistan. The Battalion were subsequently deployed to Afghanistan in February 2013 for seven months.

One other special medal was also presented today; Pte Parry’s five month old son Ethan was awarded a miniature Royal Regiment of Fusiliers medal for being a “Good Boy” while his father was on operation. Pte Parry found out whilst he was in Afghanistan that his wife Lauren was pregnant and Ethan was born five weeks after he arrived back in Gibraltar.