Warrant Officer Diver Terry Settle, expert in mine clearance – obituary
Lauded for his coolness under pressure, he carried out lifesaving work across the globe, from the Gulf of Suez to the Mediterranean
31 March 2021 • 6:11pm
Terry Settle with his family outside Buckingham Palace: during his career he was appointed MBE and was awarded the British Empire Medal and the Queen’s Medal for Gallantry
Warrant Officer Diver Terry Settle, who has died aged 76, was one of Britain’s most highly decorated postwar clearance divers.
In September 1984 Settle led a team of divers, part of an international effort known as Operation Harling, to investigate after a score of ships were mysteriously damaged by mines thought to have been laid by the Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi in the Gulf of Suez.
Republic Day Honorees | Charmaine Gauci, public health czar, made Officer of Order of Merit
Cardinal Mario Grech, Prof. Charmaine Gauci and pathologist Christopher Barbara, Brigadier Jeffrey Curmi, and Gozitan band The Tramps honoured in Republic Day honours list
13 December 2020, 12:20pm
by Matthew Vella
On Republic Day each year, the President, on behalf of the government and people of Malta, pays public tribute to a number of Maltese citizens who distinguish themselves in different fields of endeavour, by appointing them to the National Order of Merit or to the Xirka Ġieħ ir-Repubblika, or by awarding them the Midalja għall-Qlubija or the Midalja għall-Qadi tar-Repubblika.