As much as 1,000 paratroopers and Royal Marines have marched on Downing Road to petition the Prime Minister to honour a soldier who was killed through the Falklands Battle.
Commanding officers advisable a gallantry medal for Corporal Stewart McLaughlin, however that quotation was misplaced and an attraction turned down.
Cpl Stewart McLaughlin, 27, was killed by rocket hearth within the Battle of Mount Longdon in 1982 while main prices in direction of Argentine machine-gunners.
The Ministry of Defence has up to now been unwilling to think about a retrospective award, with the Army saying there have been alternatives to deal with omissions on the time, and that any modifications now would undermine the integrity of the awards and devalue these held by others.
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