A British soldier is to be awarded the Victoria Cross on Thursday for helping rescue a joint UK-US force in danger of being overrun by the Taliban in Afghanistan’s Helmand province.
Lance Corporal Joshua Leakey, 27, of the Parachute Regiment, ran across an exposed hillside raked with machine-gun fire three times to arrange the evacuation of casualties, rally his comrades, return fire and retake the initiative. Eleven Taliban fighters were killed.
It is only the 15th time the military award, the highest in Britain, has been made since the second world war. It is also almost 70 years since another member of Leakey’s family won the Victoria Cross.
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/feb/26/victoria-cross-awarded-to-lance-corporal-for-afghanistan-rescue
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2969387/Keeping-family-Victoria-Cross-hero-Para-fought-20-Taliban-save-comrades-70-years-cousin-given-honour-gallantry-World-War-Two.html
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