Captain Rowley Gregg MC




Captain Rowley Gregg was presented with the Military Cross at Buckingham Palace on 2nd July 2010. His award was for courage and forthright leadership while serving in Afghanistan. He is from Lammas, between Norwich and North Walsham. During Operation Panther's Claw in 2009 he led a mixed Troop of recce vehicles and dismounted soldiers attached to a rifle company. He led his Troop through countless vulnerable points with courage, using counter-insurgent tactics to find improvised explosive devices which would have destroyed his vehicles. He often manned sentry posts himself to allow his men to rest and he worked without sleep to organise vital re-supply runs in the dark, close to the insurgents. His Troop suffered the highest number of casualties of the battle group, 18 out of 35 men who started the op. His response to this situation demonstrated compassion and maturity beyond his years and enabled his men to carry on with a high level of morale that inspired the rest of the battle group.


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