HISCOCK, John Austin
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Rank:
Colour Sergeant
Unit / Base:
'3 Commando Brigade, Royal Marines'
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
P045571A
Honours & Awards:
Corporal John Hiscock, Coxwain of Landing Craft November One, was awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal for his gallant and distinguished service whilst engaged with others from 9 Assault Squadron Royal Marines, on an amphibious patrol which came under small arms and anti tank missile fire on the Az Zubayr River near Umm Qasr, Iraq, on 30 March 2003. The explosion injured three men in the wheelhouse, one fatally, Marine Christopher Maddison.
- 27 January 2009 (Colour Sergeant) awarded the Meritorious Service Medal.
Source
[1] London Gazette 57100, page 5.
[2] London Gazette 58961, page 1333.
[3] Press reports on the inquest into the death of Marine Maddison RM.
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