Soldier Sells Military Cross After Suing MoD For Missing PTSD Diagnosis

A Royal Marine who was awarded the Military Cross has sold his medal just months after suing the Ministry of Defence for failing to diagnose his post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Lance Corporal Matthew Bispham suffered from mental health problems after serving in Afghanistan and sued the MoD for £100,000. 

Bispham, from Shrewsbury won the medal for his "unflinching courage" fighting in Afghanistan.

He auctioned it off with Wright Marshall in Knutsford, Cheshire, and sold it for £9,100. 

The 33-year-old had been a Green Beret for just three months when he saw his comrade die in 2007. 

Bispham and Tom Curry, both from 42 Commando, covered 50 metres of open ground dodging machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades to reach a building which needed to be cleared in Helmand Province.

Unfortunately, just as they reached the building, Marine Curry was killed. 

Bispham took out the insurgent who killed his friend before taking the life of another Taliban fighter and securing the compound. 

In recent years Bispham suffered from mental health problems. 

In 2009, a civilian GP said he showed symptoms of PTSD, but instead a naval nurse referred him to an anger management course in 2010. 

He was eventually diagnosed with PTSD in 2015, after going missing for three days.