George Cross 75th Anniversary - Corporal Mark Wright

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Published on September 25, 2015 2:54:38 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHNhC0kDQ40

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To mark the 75th anniversary of the George Cross 14 recipients of the rarely awarded gallantry medal have gathered in London.

Instituted by King George the VI on the 24th of September 1940 it's the highest such award that can be given to civilians.

For members of the Armed Forces it ranks just below the Victoria Cross (VC) and is awarded for acts of extreme bravery outwith the direct field of combat.

Bob and Jem Wright's son Mark was awarded a posthumous George Cross after the 27-year-old Corporal died in 2006 while attempting to rescue injured comrades from a minefield in Afghanistan.

Corporal Wright's courageous story formed the basis of the 2014 film Kajaki.