https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/main.php https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/laterday/RM+Commandos/Croucher+GC/Matthew-Croucher_780025c.jpg.html 4541 Royal Marines Reserve attached to 40 RM Commando Group’s Commando Reconnaissance Force. Photo from the Daily Telegraph https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/laterday/RM+Commandos/Croucher+GC/HM+and+Matthew+Croucher+GC+-+Royal+Marines+Reserve.jpg.html 4553 Lance Corporal Matthew Croucher GC, Royal Marines Reserve, attached to 40 RM Cdo. Photo from the Daily Mail https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/laterday/RM+Commandos/Croucher+GC/George+Cross.jpg.html 4555 The George Cross ranks with the Victoria Cross as the nation's highest award for gallantry, and was instituted in 1940 to recognise actions of supreme gallantry in circumstances for which the Victoria Cross was not appropriate.