2008 Winner Ricky McCalla As a talented young dancer and choreographer, Ricky McCalla had a promising career ahead of him. He was in demand from some of the biggest names in the music industry, having starred alongside UK acts including Ashanti and Mystique. But his dreams were shattered after he was shot during a bungled […]
Year: 2021
Special Recognition
2008 Winner Harry Gregg Harry Gregg has long insisted on being remembered as one of the best goalkeepers in the world, not as a hero. But in the midst of the wreckage from the Munich air disaster, which took the lives of many of his Manchester United teammates, he cemented his place in history. Among […]
Special Recognition
2008 Winner Lance Corporal Matthew Croucher Matthew Croucher had less than three seconds to make a decision that could have cost him his life. As he led a fireteam of Royal Marine Commandos to investigate a suspected Taliban bomb-making factory near the town of Sangin, Afghanistan, he set off a trip-wire that unleashed a booby-trapped […]
Special Recognition
2008 Winner Carol Saldinack When her own sons boasted of carrying out an unprovoked assault which left a father blind in one eye, Carol Saldinack was compelled to turn them over to the police. As she picked up the phone to make the call, trembling Carol knew that her decision would change her family life […]
Special Recognition
2008 Winner Juby Mathew It started as just an ordinary day for Juby Mathew as he drove to his friend’s house one afternoon. But during that journey he was to face his greatest fear head on, risking his life and becoming a hero as he rescued a little boy from the jaws of a vicious […]
Outstanding Bravery
2008 Winner Bernie Butler Heroic Bernie Butler risked his life to rescue a man from a devastating explosion after a lorry collided with a gas tanker on the M6 motorway. Lorry driver Bernie was travelling southbound when he witnessed another lorry, driven by Philip O’Dowd, career across the central reservation and crash head on into […]