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| Service personnel have been awarded 28 Military Crosses, the most handed out at any time since the Second World War. | Service personnel have been awarded 28 Military Crosses, the most handed out at any time since the Second World War. |
| They include Pte Luke Cole, 22, who gave wounded colleagues first aid while returning fire against the Taleban - despite being shot twice himself. | They include Pte Luke Cole, 22, who gave wounded colleagues first aid while returning fire against the Taleban - despite being shot twice himself. |
| A total of 184 members of the UK armed forces were honoured for their service between April and September 2007. | A total of 184 members of the UK armed forces were honoured for their service between April and September 2007. |
| Also awarded were five Conspicuous Gallantry Crosses and five Distinguished Service Orders. | Also awarded were five Conspicuous Gallantry Crosses and five Distinguished Service Orders. |
| Pte Cole, from Wolverhampton, a Territorial Army soldier attatched to the Mercian Regiment, was praised in a Ministry of Defence citation for his "remarkable gallantry". | |
| He was shot in the leg and hip during a two-hour night-time gun battle in Helmand province, Afghanistan, in September 2007, but refused morphine so he could carry on fighting and giving first aid to comrades. |