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[johnny9fingers]

Sometimes I forget that when our chaps are good, they're very very good indeed.

26-year-old Captain David Hicks, of the 1st Battalion Royal Anglian Regiment, refused morphine after being mortally wounded by shrapnel so he could keep a clear head to lead his men. He later died of his injuries.

That's rather beyond the call of duty. Not just courage under fire, but valour. I recall there was a medal 'For Valour' made out of a bit of bronze melted from a gun captured somewhere in the Crimea. Seems apt.

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[tripinthehead33.livejournal.com]

I don't know about that. Knowing you are mortally wounded and being in extreme pain probably skewed his decision making abilities irregardless of pain killers. Even so, having been on morphine, it does alter your perceptions of what is good for you and what you should be doing with yourself. If he was the only person qualified to lead that group of soldiers, that was a pretty selfless thing to do.