A Royal Marine has been nominated for Britain's highest military honour, the Victoria Cross (VC). Lance Corporal Matt Croucher, of 40 Commando, Royal Marines, was on a recon mission in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, when he tripped an IED, fashioned from an anti-personnel grenade . In a displays of selfless courage, Lance Corporal Croucher yelled 'Grenade!' and leaped on top of the grenade, shielding his fellow Marines from the blast. It was by pure luck that the blast and shrapnel from the explosion was absorbed by the Lance Corporal's backpack and ceramic plate body armour, leaving the heroic Marine with nothing more than a nosebleed.
It was the other members of his troop which nominated Lance Corporal Croucher for the VC.
read more on this incident:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article3648975.ece
read more on Royal Marines operations in Afghanistan
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