11-08-2009, 04:11 PM
Re Paiforce - Persia and Irag Force.
My father was in this outfir, classified as an "army" rather than as a regimernt. As a Major he commanded no 3 Petrol Depot near Basra in southern Iraq. He, along with several other officers of the same rank, was awarded a decoration by the USSR but was fordidden to accept it.
I should be most grateful if you could let me know what this decoration was likely to have been and why the British government made such a decision - was it that only more senior officers were eligible foir such awards? It alwys rankled a bit becasue one of the perks of this honour was free travel on Soviet transport for life.
My father was in this outfir, classified as an "army" rather than as a regimernt. As a Major he commanded no 3 Petrol Depot near Basra in southern Iraq. He, along with several other officers of the same rank, was awarded a decoration by the USSR but was fordidden to accept it.
I should be most grateful if you could let me know what this decoration was likely to have been and why the British government made such a decision - was it that only more senior officers were eligible foir such awards? It alwys rankled a bit becasue one of the perks of this honour was free travel on Soviet transport for life.
