Michael John Flynn | |
Nickname: | "Bullet Magnet" |
Birth Place: | Cardiff, Wales |
Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
Branch: | British Army |
Serviceyears: | 1979–1993 2001–2012 |
Rank: | Warrant Officer Class 1 |
Battles: | Northern Ireland Falklands War Bosnian War |
Awards: | Conspicuous Gallantry Cross Military Cross |
Michael John Flynn, (born 1960) is one of the British Army's most decorated members in recent years.[1]
Flynn was born in Cardiff, Wales, in 1960. He joined the British Army and served in the Blues and Royals.[2] He has seen active service in Northern Ireland, the Falklands War, the Bosnian War, the Iraq War and the War in Afghanistan.[1] In 2003 he was awarded the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross as a lance corporal of horse when serving with D Squadron, Blues and Royals in Iraq. In August 2006 Corporal of Horse Flynn was awarded the Military Cross in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, in action against the Taliban.[1]