Tag: Surgeon Captain Rick Jolly

• Monday, January 15th 2018 - 01:57 UTC

  Falklands' war hero Rick Jolly, who saved hundreds of lives of British and Argentine solider, has died

  

  A Royal Navy medical officer who saved the lives of hundreds of British and Argentine troops during the Falklands War has died, aged 71. Working amid terrible conditions in the field, Surgeon Capt Rick Jolly OBE, from Torpoint, Cornwall, saved the life of every British serviceman he treated. He is the only person to have been decorated by both Britain and Argentina for his service during the conflict.