 Complete the following phrase:  Lamb was promoted lieutet on 8 September 1974, captain on 8 March 1979, and in 1981 he was Mentioned in Despatches for service in Northern Ireland. In the 1988 Queens Birthday Honours he was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE. He was promoted lieutet-colonel on 30 December 1990 with seniority from 30 June 1990, and commanded 1st Battalion the Queens Own Highlanders from 1991 to 1993. On 26 April 1994 he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE for his service in the Gulf War in 1991, and awarded a Queens Commendation for Valuable Service for 