Victoria Cross Presentation
On Tuesday 18 December 1945, King George VI presented Brunt's MC and VC to his parents at Buckingham Palace. John Brunt's father met Field Marshal Harold Alexander at the ceremony and said to him "I expect that you know many men who should have been awarded this medal", to which the General replied "No, because there is always only one who will do the unexpected and that day it was your son."
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