Michael Osborne Waddell

Michael Osborne Waddell MC (22 December 1922 - 22 May 2015) was a British Army officer of the 50th Royal Tank Regiment[1] who won an immediate Military Cross for his actions during the invasion of Sicily in 1943 when he saved the lives of eleven men after his column was hit by enemy fire. He studied agriculture at the University of Durham before joining the army and claimed that he only enrolled because he feared he would fail his exams. After the Second World War he returned to Durham where he studied medicine and spent the rest of his life as a general practitioner.[2][3]

Michael Osborne Waddell

References
  1. Recommendation for Award for Waddell, Michael Osborne Rank: Lieutenant. National Archives. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  2. Dr Michael Waddell, MC - obituary. The Telegraph, 8 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  3. Lieutenant Michael Waddell. Anne Keleny, The Independent, 12 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.


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