Proficient British Bomb Defusing Expert Gets A Bonus Of Only £20 A Day

Photo: Award: Prince Charles presents the George Medal to Warrant Officer Karl Ley at Buckingham Palace

Just £20 Extra A Day: How Much A Record-Breaking George Medal-Winning Bomb Hero Was Paid To Defuse 140 IEDs In Afghanistan -- The Daily Mail

An Army mines expert who has defused more roadside bombs than anyone else in history was awarded the George Medal yesterday.

Warrant Officer Karl Ley, 30, was paid only £20 extra a day for clearing 139 Taliban bombs during six months in Afghanistan.

He made safe twice as many improvised explosive devices as any other bomb-disposal expert, including 42 in one village in only 72 hours as insurgent gunshots and mortars landed less than 100ft away.

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My Comment: I doubt that he was working only for the money.

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