It's really quite difficult to say this sort of thing, but is this really worth a VC?

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06-13-2018, 08:57 AM
Burney

It's really quite difficult to say this sort of thing, but is this really worth a VC?

http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/bbashwor.htm

Don't get me wrong, I'm not disputing the chap's gallantry, but there's nothing that screams 'Victoria Cross' to me in this. He came out from cover to throw a grenade and got shot. That's extremely laudable, but surely Victoria Crosses require a bit more than that?

Compare it with this chap, for instance. Fvcker fought off 30 Taliban single-handed and only got the Gallantry Medal. That seems unfair.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...l-I-could.html
06-13-2018, 09:03 AM
WES

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Originally Posted by Burney

http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/bbashwor.htm

Don't get me wrong, I'm not disputing the chap's gallantry, but there's nothing that screams 'Victoria Cross' to me in this. He came out from cover to throw a grenade and got shot. That's extremely laudable, but surely Victoria Crosses require a bit more than that?

Compare it with this chap, for instance. Fvcker fought off 30 Taliban single-handed and only got the Gallantry Medal. That seems unfair.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...l-I-could.html

Work not keeping you busy, Burney? ;-)
06-13-2018, 09:05 AM
Burney

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Originally Posted by WES

Work not keeping you busy, Burney? ;-)

Very, thanks. Why do you ask?
06-13-2018, 09:07 AM
Luis Anaconda

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Originally Posted by Burney

http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/bbashwor.htm

Don't get me wrong, I'm not disputing the chap's gallantry, but there's nothing that screams 'Victoria Cross' to me in this. He came out from cover to throw a grenade and got shot. That's extremely laudable, but surely Victoria Crosses require a bit more than that?

Compare it with this chap, for instance. Fvcker fought off 30 Taliban single-handed and only got the Gallantry Medal. That seems unfair.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...l-I-could.html

Perhaps they didn't think the Gurkha fella meant to do what he did. No Pun intended
06-13-2018, 09:10 AM
Burney

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Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda

Perhaps they didn't think the Gurkha fella meant to do what he did. No Pun intended

It was a long walk to that joke, la. :-(
06-14-2018, 10:26 AM
Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult

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Originally Posted by Burney

http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/bbashwor.htm

Don't get me wrong, I'm not disputing the chap's gallantry, but there's nothing that screams 'Victoria Cross' to me in this. He came out from cover to throw a grenade and got shot. That's extremely laudable, but surely Victoria Crosses require a bit more than that?

Compare it with this chap, for instance. Fvcker fought off 30 Taliban single-handed and only got the Gallantry Medal. That seems unfair.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...l-I-could.html

I think it's the fact that he put himself in the line of fire only 5m away to make sure the grenade went accurately.

He was signing his own death warrant - they were going to miss him from that range.

In WW1, it would have been an MC, but lower standards now. Just like in the Mutiny - all you had to do was swear at an Indian back then and they gave you a VC. Bit scared of losing the only other worthwhile bit of the empire, see?