Paratrooper’s widow receives Victoria Cross
- Title
- Paratrooper’s widow receives Victoria Cross
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 10 Nov 1982
- Year of production
- 1982
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- Duration
- 00:00:25
- Description
- Interview with Marica McKay, the widow of Paratroop Sergeant Ian McKay who was killed in the Falklands conflict, prior to accepting her husband’s posthumous Victoria Cross. Female interviewer not identified.
- Contributors
- Marica McKay
- Keywords
- Deaths; Awards; Armed forces; UK; Military medals; Falklands War (1982); Argentina; Falkland Islands; Soldiers; Wars (events); War widows; Widows; War dead; Ian McKay; Marica McKay
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LBC/IRN, "Paratrooper’s widow receives Victoria Cross". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0023300059019 (Accessed 31 Jul 2025)