- SURNAME
Fuller
- FORENAME
Desmond
- UNIT
3 Para
- RANK
Sergeant
- NUMBER
24093340
- AWARD
Military Medal
- PLACE
Falklands 1982
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Chichester,Sussex
age 32
London Gazette 49134, 8th October 1982, Page 12851
CITATION:
Military Medal : During the attack by 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment on the 11th/12th June it was reported that the Platoon Commander of 4 Platoon had been wounded and that the Platoon Sergeant was missing, believed dead. Sergeant Fuller was a supernumerary Senior Non-Commissioned Officer grouped with Company Headquarters. He at once volunteered to go forward and take command of 4 Platoon.
On arrival forward, he joined OC 4 Platoon where he had fallen wounded but was able to get enough information from him to assess his tactical task. Sporadic enemy fire was being directed from positions East along the ridge and also from the base of the slope, where he was told were some enemy sangars. He understood that this was the position recently attacked by the Platoon Sergeant and some members of 5 Platoon. Sergeant Fuller could not locate OC 5 Platoon.
Gathering 4 Platoon and the left section of 5 Platoon Sergeant Fuller organised a further assault on the enemy sangars. He positioned a gun team on the right and skirmished the assault group forward. They were soon again under effective fire, which caused a number of casualties in quick succession. Nevertheless, under his leadership, the group cleared the nearest sangars of enemy, some being seen to flee to the East.
Sergeant Fuller's action in taking command of a platoon under fire and in contact with the enemy, and subsequently leading them through a successful assault, was an example of the highest standards of leadership and courage.
On arrival forward, he joined OC 4 Platoon where he had fallen wounded but was able to get enough information from him to assess his tactical task. Sporadic enemy fire was being directed from positions East along the ridge and also from the base of the slope, where he was told were some enemy sangars. He understood that this was the position recently attacked by the Platoon Sergeant and some members of 5 Platoon. Sergeant Fuller could not locate OC 5 Platoon.
Gathering 4 Platoon and the left section of 5 Platoon Sergeant Fuller organised a further assault on the enemy sangars. He positioned a gun team on the right and skirmished the assault group forward. They were soon again under effective fire, which caused a number of casualties in quick succession. Nevertheless, under his leadership, the group cleared the nearest sangars of enemy, some being seen to flee to the East.
Sergeant Fuller's action in taking command of a platoon under fire and in contact with the enemy, and subsequently leading them through a successful assault, was an example of the highest standards of leadership and courage.
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