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Roger Goad | |
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Born | Jutogh, India | 5 August 1935
Died | 29 August 1975 Kensington, England | (aged 40)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Years of service | 1953–1974 |
Rank | Captain |
Service number | 22966669 |
Unit | Royal Army Ordnance Corps |
Battles/wars | Cyprus Emergency The Troubles |
Awards | George Cross British Empire Medal |
Other work | Explosives Officer, Metropolitan Police Service |
Roger Philip Goad, GC, BEM (5 August 1935 – 29 August 1975) was an explosives officer with London's Metropolitan Police Service who was posthumously awarded the George Cross for the heroism he displayed on 29 August 1975. He had previously been awarded the British Empire Medal in 1958 for gallantry whilst serving with the Royal Army Ordnance Corps in Cyprus, for repeated acts of deliberate courage in the disarming of bombs and booby traps set by terrorists.[1]