Captain John A Foran MM

John Foran served with 9 Para Sqn RE during the Falklands campaign and was awarded the Military Medal for his gallantry. The citation for the award reported in the London Gazette on 8 October 1982 records:

“On the night of 13th/14th June 1982, the 2nd Battalion Scots Guards were attacking well entrenched enemy positions on the craggy ridge feature of Tumbledown Mountain, seven kilometres  to the west of Port Stanley. Elements of 9 Parachute Engineer Squadron Royal Engineers acted in direct support of operations throughout the day.
During the assault, Corporal Foran, Royal Engineers, led a patrol through an unmarked enemy minefield to assault an enemy position. The patrol came under heavy fire, a burst from a machine gun killing two men. A further two men were wounded by exploding mines.
Without hesitation and completely disregarding his own safety, Corporal Foran re-entered the minefield and cleared a path to his injured colleagues. Having treated them he cleared a route back out of the minefield, enabling the casualties to be evacuated.”

John Foran was subsequently promoted to Warrant Officer Class I prior to being commissioned as a Captain in 1999 and retired from the Army on 7 August 2006.