More than two thirds of Brits think women’s achievements in the Armed forces should be more recognised and celebrated. A survey of 2,000 adults found 42 per cent associate women in the military with care-based roles such as nursing, rather than their heroics on the frontline.
As a result, 74 per cent have heard of Florence Nightingale, the nurse famous for her role treating soldiers during the Crimean War.
However, just six per cent are aware of Michelle ‘Chuck’ Norris, who was the first woman to be awarded the military cross. Private Norris, then just 19 and a member of the Royal Army Medical Corps, received the honour from the Queen in 2007 following her heroics during intense gunfire in Iraq the previous year.
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