FOREST of Dean Sea Cadets are the proud group winners of this year's Robert Nairac Award.
On Tuesday a group of 15 travelled to Gloucester Cathedral to receive their awards from Lord-Lieutenant for Gloucestershire Dame Janet Trotter.
"We're all very pleased and proud to gain the award," said a spokesman.
The ceremony took place during a service to celebrate St. George, England's Patron Saint.
The annual awards are named in memory of Captain Nairac from Standish, who joined the Second Battalion Grenadier Guards in January 1973.
In 1977, at the age of 28 and during his second tour of duty in Northern Ireland, he disappeared. It later transpired that he had been abducted, tortured and murdered by Irish terrorists.
In February 1979 it was announced that the Queen had approved the posthumous award of the George Cross, the highest honour for gallantry in peacetime, to Captain Nairac, whose body has not yet been found.
The Group Award will be received by Able Cadet Terrell, Able Cadet Donabie, Able Cadet Cooksley, Junior Cadet Donabie and Junior Cadet Thomas.
The Forest cadets often help in the community, for example manning a water station for the Forest of Dean Half Marathon and planting trees in Ruardean.
A cadet currently escorts Lydney's mayor, helping him in his duties, and the unit takes an active part in Remembrance, Trafalgar and Christmas parades. It is based at Lydney's Naas Lane Community Centre and will on Thursday undergo its annual parade and inspection.