About Herbert Westmacott

Captain Herbert Richard Westmacott was a British Army officer who became the first person to be awarded a posthumous Military Cross. As an officer of the Grenadier Guards on extra regimental employment to the Special Air Service (SAS), he died in an encounter with the Provisional Irish Republican Army.

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Occupation: military personnel
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Born: January 11, 1952

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Herbert Westmacott

Recipient of the Military Cross (1952–1980)

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