Brian,
HMS "Formidable" - Fleet Carrier. Entered service in October 1940. Paid off in December 1945.
London Gazette 2 December 1941 - For air patrols in the Mediterranean.
HEARNSHAW, Colin FAA/FX 152244 - TALAirmn -DSM - Investiture: 24-4-1942.
Seedie's List of Fleet Air Arm Awards 1939-1969.
N.p.:Ripley Registers,1990.
p.33.
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/...upplement/6891
No mention of a BAR to DSM in Seedie's.
MiD - KBHL - 1-7-1941 -
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/...upplement/3750 (see also pp.3745-6)
NB. I make no claim that the above is a complete list of Hearnshaw's awards & honours.
Col.