Johnson Beharry
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Lance Corporal Johnson Beharry in July 2007
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| Born |
26 July 1979 Grenada |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/branch | British Army |
| Years of service | 2001–present |
| Rank | Lance Sergeant |
| Unit |
Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (2001–12) Household Division (2012–) |
| Battles/wars |
Kosovo Northern Ireland Iraq War |
| Awards | Victoria Cross |
Lance Sergeant Johnson Gideon Beharry, VC (born 26 July 1979) 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, the 1st Battalion Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment, 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.
Beharry was born in Grenada, and has four brothers and three sisters. He moved to the United Kingdom in 1999. He is divorced from his first wife Lynthia Beharry, who is also from Grenada. Beharry said, in an official statement released through the Ministry of Defence, that the trauma of his war experiences had caused difficulties in his marriage.
He subsequently remarried in London on 18 March 2013.
Beharry joined the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment in August 2001. After training at Catterick, he became a driver of Warrior armoured vehicles in C Company, 1st Battalion. Prior to Iraq, he served for six months in Kosovo and three months in Northern Ireland.
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