Deletion of Richard Henry Tompkins

Comment: As a rule, only the highest awards for valor (Victoria Cross, Medal of Honor) automatically qualify the recipient (see  for general guidelines); the British Empire Medal by itself isn't enough. Also, quite a few people served in both world wars, so that doesn't do it either
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:MILPEOPLE)

Comment: the combination of military service and a BEM is not enough to establish notability under . His military career, although noble and worth remembering in my opinion, is probably similar to many thousands of men and women of his generation, thus the Military History project's standards have been set quite high in terms of decorations and notability. Thus, if Mr Tompkins is to be considered notable it would probably be because of his work in molecular biology. However, as the article is written it does not provide a positive statement as to his contributions in this field, so I don't believe it passes 
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:MILPEOPLE||WP:GNG)