During the war he received a Purple Heart Medal, the Combat Action Ribbon and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry.

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He is the recipient of the Bronze Star, two Navy Commendation Medals, the Purple Heart, and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry.

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Wing Cdr Gatward's gallantry was rewarded with his first Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) in July 1942.

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The Military Cross is awarded in recognition of "exemplary gallantry" and is the third highest medal for bravery.

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At just 25 and while serving as a lieutenant, he became the first Welshman in World War II to be awarded the Victoria Cross, Britain's highest honour for gallantry, for an assault on a German machine-gun post in northern France.

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