First Living Recipient of The VC in Over 30 Years
Beharry is the first recipient of the Victoria Cross since the posthumous awards to Lieutenant Colonel H. Jones and Sergeant Ian John McKay for service in the Falklands War in 1982. He is the first living recipient of the VC since Keith Payne and Rayene Stewart Simpson, both Australian, for actions in Vietnam in 1969, and the first living recipient of the VC in the British Army since Rambahadur Limbu, a Gurkha, in the Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation in 1965. He is one of only 7 living recipients of the VC, and the youngest. Other living recipients of Victoria Cross awards include Willie Apiata – VC for New Zealand; Mark Donaldson – VC for Australia,Keith Payne – VC for Australia Ben Roberts-Smith – VC for Australia and Daniel Keighran - VC for Australia
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