About Kylie Elizabeth Watson
Kylie Elizabeth Watson was a British military personnel.
Military career Watson joined the British Army in 2006 and, after basic training and studying battlefield medicine, she joined the Royal Army Medical Corps in September 2007. After her first six-month tour of duty in Basra, Iraq in 2008, she returned to the United Kingdom and qualified as a Class One medic.
In 2010, Watson was on her first tour as a fully qualified battlefield medic, serving alongside 9 Platoon, C Company, 1st Battalion, the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, based mostly at Checkpoint Azadie in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. While out on patrol Watson undertook the actions for which she was awarded the Military Cross. An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier, about ahead of Watson, received two bullet wounds in the pelvis. Another ANA soldier was hit in the chest and had stopped breathing. Watson tried to resuscitate him for 20 minutes but was unable to do so.
The citation for Watson's Military Cross read:
The Military Cross is the third highest award for gallantry in the United Kingdom.
Awards
Personal life Watson was born in Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, and is one of five children.
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British Army medic
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Kylie Elizabeth Watson was born in Ballymena.
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