Hmm while not one to encourage thread creep I want to respond to a point above:

English : 614 holders (list incomplete) Irish : 190 holders Scottish : 158 holders (list incomplete) Welsh : 25 holders (list incomplete) Canadian : 90 holders

Arithmetically this looks quite impressive. However when you consider that the ratio of Englsih to Scots in the population of the UK is approximately 10:1, and that the ratio of medal holders in the stats above is just under 4:1, I'd suggest Teribus needs to consider what that says about the relative distinction of the forces involved. Per head of population Scotland had more than twice as many decorations of the type mentioned.

Incidentally - I'd have done the same analysis for the other populations but didn't know the numbers.

Statistically Yours

Steven