Great Britain: Medal for hero minefield medic (George Medal)
The Sun (U.K.) ^ | December 15, 2006 | TOM NEWTON DUNN

Award ... medic Paul Hartley received gong, and inset, kids James and Ewan Medal for hero minefield medic   By TOM NEWTON DUNN Defence Editor December 16, 2006           A SOLDIER given the George Medal for heroism in a Taliban minefield last night revealed he REFUSED to die as his son’s first birthday was next day. Army medic Paul Hartley, 27, sprinted into the danger zone and spent six-and-a-half hours treating six casualties who had stumbled in by mistake. One agonised squaddie had already lost a leg in the field at Kajaki, southern Afghanistan. Within an hour, five more mines exploded wounding five others. Lance Corporal Paul, of Colchester, insisted he was stunned to get the medal �?awarded for extreme bravery. He said: “The minefield was terrible, but I just wanted to help. “As the mines went off I told myself, ‘I’m not going to die �?it’s my son Ewan’s birthday tomorrow�? “I was determined to survive as I wanted to see my kids again.�? Paul, also dad to James, two, lives with partner Dawn and has been in the Royal Army Medical Corps nine years. He said: “I’m surprised I was singled out as ten others did their bit too.�? A ROYAL Marine who became the most junior serviceman to win the Military Cross yesterday sold it at auction for £30,000. Liam Armstrong, 27, needed cash to buy a home with his partner and child in Carlisle.