Talk:Matthew Croucher

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Did you know... that Royal Marine Matthew Croucher was awarded the George Cross for diving on a live hand grenade?

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# of recipients?[edit]

Where does 404 come from? The GC article puts the number around 160. Samer (talk) 12:38, 24 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The matter is rather complicated because recipients of a number of different medals were required to exchange their original medals for the GC. http://www.gc-database.co.uk/facts.htm does indeed state the total number as 404 (though I'm not 100% sure this has been updated to reflect Croucher's award, he's been added to the lists on the same site, I haven't double-checked that this figure has been updated to include him as well). I've added this specific page as an additional cite (the citing is a little unclear I must admit). David Underdown (talk) 12:55, 24 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

After a bit of checking, it looks like 404 does include Croucher (I copied the complete list into an excel sheet and deleted the rows indicating a new letter). David Underdown (talk) 12:59, 24 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Then you should add a statement clarifying the "discrepancy" (possibly to both pages), since I could see other people getting confused like I was. Samer (talk) 17:46, 24 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I should have said that I've updated the GC page too. David Underdown (talk) 08:02, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What happened?[edit]

We have more text here on the award than on the incident it was awarded for. What happened? Was he injured? How he live through it? Rmhermen (talk) 01:44, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Good point, I'd read the press articles so many times, I somehow missed that it didn't really say much here. Added a bit more now. David Underdown (talk) 08:25, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Gazette date[edit]

The supplement is dated 24 July, though it is a supplement to the Gazette printed on the 23rd. The citation for the award is clearly dated the 24th. David Underdown (talk) 20:40, 30 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]