Michael John "Mick" Flynn CGC, MC is one of the British Army's most decorated members in recent years. Flynn was born in Cardiff in 1960, he joined the British Army and served in the Blues and Royals. He has seen active service in Northern Ireland, the Falklands War, the Bosnian War, the Second Gulf War and the War in Afghanistan. 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.