Johnson Beharry
- January 4, 2024
- War Hero
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Johnson Beharry Biography
| Name | Johnson Beharry |
| Birthday | Jul 26 |
| Birth Year | 1979 |
| Birth Country | Grenada |
| Birth Sign | Cancer |
| Spouse | Mallissa Venice Noel |
Johnson Beharry is one of the most popular and richest War Hero who was born on July 26, 1979 in Grenada. British soldier who was a part of in the Princess of Wales Royal Regiment.
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Beharry is the first recipient of the Victoria Cross since the posthumous awards to Lieutenant Colonel H. Jones and Sergeant Ian John McKay for service in the Falklands War in 1982. He is the first living recipient of the VC since Keith Payne and Rayene Stewart Simpson, both Australian, for actions in Vietnam in 1969, and the first living recipient of the VC in the British Army since Rambahadur Limbu, a Gurkha, in the Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation in
- At the time of his award, he was one of only ten living recipients of the VC.
Beharry was born in Grenada, and has four brothers and three sisters. Beharry is of Afro-Indian descent. His surname the anglicised depiction of Bihari, originating from a region of India indentured labourers were brought from to the Caribbean. He moved to the United Kingdom in 1999. He is divorced from his first wife Lynthia Beharry, who is also from Grenada. Beharry said, in an official statement released through the Ministry of Defence, that the trauma of his war experiences had caused difficulties in his marriage.
He married Lynthia Beharry.
Johnson Beharry Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | War Hero |
| House | Living in own house. |
Johnson Beharry is one of the richest War Hero from Grenada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Johnson Beharry 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Born in Grenada and was raised as a child with 7 siblings. He was moved to England in 1999.
He was in the documentary Victoria Cross Heroes.
Lance Sergeant Johnson Gideon Beharry, VC, COG (born 26 July 1979) is a British Army soldier who, on 18 March 2005, was awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest military decoration for valour in the British and Commonwealth armed forces, for saving members of his unit, the 1st Battalion Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment, from ambushes on 1 May and again on 11 June 2004 at Al-Amarah, Iraq. He sustained serious head injuries in the latter engagement. Beharry was formally invested with the Victoria Cross by Queen Elizabeth II on 27 April 2005.
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Who is Johnson Beharry Dating?
According to our records, Johnson Beharry married to Mallissa Venice Noel. As of December 1, 2023, Johnson Beharry’s is not dating anyone.
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On 1 May 2004, Beharry was driving a Warrior tracked armoured vehicle that had been called to the assistance of a foot patrol caught in a series of ambushes. The Warrior was hit by multiple rocket propelled grenades, causing damage and resulting in the loss of radio communications. The platoon commander, the vehicle’s gunner and a number of other soldiers in the vehicle were injured. Due to damage to his periscope optics, Pte. Beharry was forced to open his hatch to steer his vehicle, exposing his face and head to withering small arms fire. Beharry drove the crippled Warrior through the ambush, taking his own crew and leading five other Warriors to safety. He then extracted his wounded comrades from the vehicle, all the time exposed to further enemy fire. He was cited on this occasion for “valour of the highest order”.
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Johnson Ranked on the list of most popular War Hero. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Grenada. Johnson Beharry celebrates birthday on July 26 of every year.
The full citation was published in a supplement to the London Gazette of 18 March 2005 and commented, “Private Beharry carried out two individual acts of great heroism by which he saved the lives of his comrades. Both were in direct face of the enemy, under intense fire, at great personal risk to himself (one leading to him sustaining very serious injuries)… Beharry displayed repeated extreme gallantry and unquestioned valour, despite intense direct attacks, personal injury and damage to his vehicle in the face of relentless enemy action.”
What did Johnson Beharry do?
Johnson Gideon Beharry carried out two separate acts of great courage while serving in Iraq with the 1st Battalion Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment – leading to him becoming the first living soldier in nearly half a century to be awarded the Victoria Cross.
Is Johnson Beharry still in the army?
Johnson Beharry
Service/branch| British Army
Years of service| 2001–present
Rank| Colour Sergeant
Unit| Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment (2001–12) Household Division
(2012–present)
How many VC winners are still alive?
by nationalityAustralian Canadian English Irish New Zealand Scottish Uncertain
Other| Living By school
Who won the VC in Afghanistan?
Corporal Daniel Keighran of the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment was awarded the Victoria Cross for Australia on 1 November 2012 for actions in the Battle of Derapet (Oruzgan province, Afghanistan) in August 2010.
Which regiment has the most Victoria Crosses?
The Royal Artillery is the corps that has won the highest number of Victoria Crosses since its institution. This unit has won the Victoria Cross 51 times, the Royal Engineers have won the Victoria Cross 41 times and the Royal Army Medical Corps which won the Victoria Cross 27 times.