Johnson Beharry

Military Person

1979 –

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Who is Johnson Beharry?

Sergeant Johnson Gideon Beharry VC of the 1st Battalion, Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment, is a British Army soldier who, on 18 March 2005, was awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest military decoration for valour in the British and Commonwealth armed forces, for twice saving members of his unit from ambushes on 1 May and again on 11 June 2004 at Al-Amarah, Iraq. He sustained serious head injuries in the latter engagement. Beharry was formally invested with the Victoria Cross by Queen Elizabeth II on 27 April 2005.

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Born
Jul 26, 1979
Grenada
Ethnicity
  • Indo-Grenadians
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
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on July 23, 2013

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