Private Joseph Henry Silk GC (14 August 1916 − 4 December 1943),[1][2] of the Somerset Light Infantry was posthumously awarded the George Cross (GC) for his heroic self-sacrifice while serving in Burma (now Myanmar) during the Burma campaign of 1942−1943 of the Second World War.
During training Silk threw himself on an accidentally triggered grenade to save his comrades from the explosion which killed him instantly.[3]
Notice of his award appeared in The London Gazette on 13 June 1944.[4]
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