A Surrey soldier has been awarded the Military Cross after he risked his life against the odds on four occasions to defeat the enemy in Afghanistan.
Captain Michael Dobbin, of the Grenadier Guards, personally led a 200m charge across open ground towards enemy who were firing on them, braving machine gun fire from as close as 5m.
In another, after an overnight ambush deep in enemy territory, part of the platoon emerged from a maize field and found themselves just 7m from four armed insurgents, leading to a fierce firefight in which Capt Dobbin charged forward and drove off the insurgents.
The 28-year-old, from Reigate, Surrey, served alongside Lance Corporal James Ashworth, who this week became a posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross - the country’s highest award for gallantry.
Some 118 members of the British Armed Forces are included in the latest Operational Honours list
