A REIGATE soldier who kept a cool head under fierce enemy fire as he led his platoon in Afghanistan has been awarded the Military Cross.
Capt Mike Dobbin, 28, of the Grenadier Guards, has been named in the latest military honours, along with 117 other service personnel.
Capt Dobbin's citation praised his "repeated courage at pivotal moments".
It said his "cool head under fierce fire inspired his men to succeed when the odds were most against them".
"He never once flinched from danger and always led from the front."
He was awarded for four times leading his men against the odds, including the incident in which L/Cpl James Ashworth, who was this week awarded the UK's top gallantry medal, the Victoria Cross, was killed.
Capt Dobbin led the attack in the face of machine gun fire just metres away.
