Joshua Leakey Victoria Cross Recipient - December 4th, 2017
Joshua Mark Leakey VC (born c. 1988) is a British soldier currently serving in the Parachute Regiment. In 2015, Leakey was awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest military decoration for valour in the British and Commonwealth armed forces, for his involvement in a joint UKâUS raid in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, on 22 August 2013, while on a routine joint patrol composed of British paratroopers, US Marines and Afghan soldiers that had targeted a village to search for illegal weapons. He is the first living British soldier to be awarded the Victoria Cross for the War in Afghanistan.
Sent him 2 photos on 25 Apr and got both back signed on 4 Dec.
Corporal Joshua Leakey
c/o The Victoria Cross Society,
28 Hawthorn Drive
Uppingham
Rutland
LE15 9TA
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