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Yeah, in the UK there have been 1,355 recipients of ‘Victoria Cross’ their highest medal. You know how many there have been since WW2? Fifteen. Recipients who
by michaelt 1y ago
Yeah, in the UK there have been 1,355 recipients of ‘Victoria Cross’ their highest medal.
You know how many there have been since WW2? Fifteen. Recipients who are alive today? Five.
So the demographics of recipients are more reflective of them Britain of a century ago than of modern Britain.