The widow of bomb disposal hero Staff Sergeant Olaf Schmid, who was based at Vauxhall Barracks in Didcot, is receiving the George Cross conferred to her husband from the Queen today.
Christina Schmid will collect the honour during a private ceremony at Buckingham Palace.
Staff Sgt Schmid, who defused 70 devices in five months, was killed in Afghanistan last year.
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