Former Medway schoolboy Mark Carpenter, from Walderslade, presented with Military Cross by The Queen
by Jenni
Horn
A former Medway schoolboy has been
presented with one of the highest military decorations.
Two days before the country remembered its
fallen, Bombardier Mark Carpenter was awarded the Military Cross by
The Queen at Buckingham Palace on Friday.
He had saved the life of a fellow soldier when
they came under attack on patrol in Afghanistan.
Mark, who grew up in Walderslade, faced a
shower of bullets to drag his sergeant to safety when he was shot
in the neck.
He told his mum Sue, of Repton Way,
Walderslade: “I was just doing my job”.
The award comes almost three years after
Mark’s step-brother Cpt Dan Read was killed in action.
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15/11/12
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