Yeah. Hope he does get it, though...

I didn't know they had all those technicalities for awards. I always thought it was based on recommendations from other soldiers and officers who were there.

Hope he gets the highest honor, he really deserves it.

Lucky brave soldier, and he deserves to have Victoria Cross eventually.

I don't care if it's the enemy direct or not, and that grenade could took out the squad.

Now it turn out to be a George Cross I suppose a Para got one after running into a mine field to aid a couple of friends and lost both legs in the process

Oh wow. Very courageous and heroic. What an amazing man!! He definitely deserves the Victoria Cross.

Balls like gas holders.

Originally Posted by AZ_Infantry

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Still, I would consider that "direct enemy contact." I doubt his troops that he saved would see it otherwise, as well.

Seems to me that this is a case where the leadership in charge of interpreting the regulations for award recommendation need to view the valor and the testimony of his men, rather than the cut sheets.

The man is a hero. We don't serve for pretty ribbons, but the man should receive an accommodation in accordance with his ACTIONS versus the circumstances. And in this case, I personally believe that the VC is definitely warranted.

Just my opinion.

Yeah I know, I'd consider a booby trap to be enemy contact. How do you differentiate that from an IED or randomly fired indirect weapons?

I believe it should be a VC, but knowing how the system works there is a good chance he'll get an MC or George Cross.

Like they say... it's all bollocks.
The regs that is.

Very brave, but he was incredibly lucky.

He was wise enough to throw him self backwards on to the Grenade. The RM and Para's normally carry back packs weighing around 100 lbs as they will be out on patrol for days on end, and this must have absorbed much of the blast. Still it was very quick thinking and a brave thing to do.