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Radio 4,3 mins
Colour Sergeant Johnson Beharry
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Colour Sergeant Johnson Beharry is one of the few living holders of our highest military decoration - the Victoria Cross. He was honoured for valour for saving his comrades in his unit 1st Battalion Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment. Under fire in Iraq in 2005, he drove his vehicle forward as it was struck by rocket propelled grenades. Image: Johnson Beharry. Credit: The Royal British Legion Tribute Ink
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