Joshua Leakey
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Leakey in 2015
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| Born | c. 1988 |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/branch | British Army |
| Years of service | 2007 – present |
| Rank | Corporal |
| Unit | Parachute Regiment |
| Battles/wars | War in Afghanistan |
| Awards | Victoria Cross |
| Relations |
Nigel Leakey VC (distant cousin) David Leakey |
Joshua Mark Leakey VC (born c. 1988) is a British soldier currently serving in the Parachute Regiment. In 2015, Leakey was awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest military decoration for valour in the British and Commonwealth armed forces, for his involvement in a joint UK–US raid in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, on 22 August 2013. He is the first living British soldier to be awarded the Victoria Cross for the War in Afghanistan.
Leakey is the son of retired RAF officer and current director of the Armed Forces Christian Union, Air Commodore Mark Leakey, and his wife Rosemary, an occupational therapist. He has a younger brother Ben.
Leakey was educated at Witham Hall preparatory school and, from 1999 to 2006, Christ's Hospital, an independent school in Horsham, West Sussex. He began a degree in military history at the University of Kent but dropped out during the first term to join the military.
He is the second member of his family to be awarded the Victoria Cross. His second cousin twice removed, Nigel Leakey, was posthumously awarded the medal during the Second World War. Lieutenant General David Leakey, the current Black Rod and a former senior British Army officer, is the son of Nigel's brother Major General Rea Leakey.
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