A soldier from the Royal Anglian Regiment has received the Military Cross for "great courage in the face of the enemy" at an investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace today.
Lance Corporal Lawrence Kayser was awarded the honour for saving colleagues from a "potentially disastrous situation" in Helmand Province in June 2012.
The 27-year-old was part of a platoon of soldiers taken by air deep into enemy territory as part of Operation Maahi Buzurg - an attempt to clear a notorious insurgent-held area.
On June 21, L/Cpl Kayser found himself just a few metres from enemy fighters hiding behind a wall and risked his life to single-handedly drive them off despite suffering a grenade injury.
Royal Anglian Regiment parading through Ipswich Credit: ITV Anglia
Army commanders and councillors will be meeting in Essex today to publicly sign a military covenant. Members of the county and district councils will be joined by representatives of the emergency services to pledge to work together for the benefit of the armed forces community.
The signing comes as members of the 1st Batallion of the Royal Anglian Regiment have returned from their fourth tour of Afghanistan. Yesterday they paraded through the streets of Ipswich.
The 2nd Batallion of the Royal Anglian Regiment have been in training today, ready for further training in Kenya and possible deployment to Afghanistan next year.
The soldiers come from Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Lincolnshire and Rutland, and were taking part in an exercise in Norfolk.
A plaque in honour of soldiers from the Royal Anglian regiment has been smashed to pieces at a garden in Brentford. The garden was built in honour of 9 soldiers who died during the same tour of Afghanistan in 2007.
