MEDALS awarded to a Green Howards officer have been presented to the regiment's museum.
Major Derek Cartmel, who died in May, aged 83, received the Military Cross while serving in Italy during the Second World War with the Indian Army.
He won the medal after drawing enemy artillery fire upon his own position to help advancing comrades.
After the war, he became a regular officer in the Green Howards, serving with the regiment in the Malayan Emergency Campaign and in Hong Kong.
Colleagues say he was well known as a man who was great fun and had no fear.
After his retirement from the Green Howards in 1968, Major Cartmel ran the UK Caravan Club for nearly 20 years, living in Crowbrough, in East Sussex.
The curator of the Green Howards Museum, in Richmond, Major Roger Chapman, received Major Cartmel's medals from his daughter, Virginia St John-Glew, and his grand-daughter, Kate.
Maj Chapman said: "Derek Cartmel was well known as one of the great characters of the Green Howards, whose loud laugh and love of fun and excitement often hid a caring and dedicated officer.
"We are delighted that Virginia and Kate have been able to visit us at the Green Howards Museum and to present the Military Cross and other medals for display in our medal room."
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