{"id":385,"date":"2010-07-09T20:08:08","date_gmt":"2010-07-09T20:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?385"},"modified":"2010-07-09T20:08:08","modified_gmt":"2010-07-09T20:08:08","slug":"girlfriend-so-proud-of-military-cross-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/girlfriend-so-proud-of-military-cross-hero\/","title":{"rendered":"Girlfriend &#8216;so proud&#8217; of Military Cross hero"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The girlfriend of a soldier who was awarded with the Military Cross has explained how much she admires the heroic army man.<\/p>\n<p>Corporal Paul Mather, who received the prestigious award from Princess Anne at Buckingham Palace recently, had led soldiers in Afghanistan despite suffering from shrapnel injuries.<\/p>\n<p>According to the St Helens Star, girlfriend Lisa Flanagan said that the past 12 months have been &quot;like a dream and a nightmare&quot;, but admitted that she is glad that the soldier has now been recognised for his bravery.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I&rsquo;m so proud, everyone kept coming up to him at the awards ceremony, saying they&rsquo;ve heard about what he&rsquo;s done and even thanking him. He was taken back by it all,&quot; she explained to the newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>The BBC recently reported that heroic soldiers Captain Tresham Gregg and Lieutenant Sergeant Matthew Turall joined Corporal Mather in being presented with the Military Cross for their services in Afghanistan. <br><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ADNFCR-2867-ID-19882748-ADNFCR\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.directnews.co.uk\/feedtrack\/justcopyright.gif?feedid=2867&amp;itemid=19882748\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lisa Flanagan has praised her boyfriend Corporal Paul Mather on achieving the Military Cross.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6307,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Girlfriend &#039;so proud&#039; 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