Sergeant Terry Thomson should feel very proud for receiving his well-deserved Gallantry Cross for saving nine colleagues while under heavy fire in Iraq (The Argus, April 29).
He has received the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross, only outranked by the Victoria Cross for his heroism. Terry, from Littlehampton, was decorated by the Prince of Wales at an investiture in Buckingham Palace.
Then a corporal of the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment, Sergeant Thomson rescued colleagues pinned down in a former Ba'ath Party headquarters in Iraq.
Very modestly, he said there were many people there who should be recognised for their part for what they did. It was a team effort.
Courageously, he accepts he was there to get a job done. While they were taking heavy incoming fire, he had to get people out.
Tragically they were later to find one of their men had been killed. Although very modest, I think he should feel proud of what he did that day as his friends and family are. It was he that saved the lives of his colleagues in a very dangerous situation.
-Steve Fuller, Hove
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