A powerful and inspiring story of a war widow's determination to fulfill the promise she'd made to her husband in the likelihood of his death
Christina is the widow of Staff Sergeant Olaf 'Oz' Schmid GC, of 11
Explosive Ordnance Disposal Regiment, who, aged thirty, was killed
trying to disarm a suspected Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in
Afghanistan on 31 October 2009.
Since the death of her husband, Christina has spoken powerfully
about a number of issues surrounding the Armed Forces and has
presented her own BBC One Panorama investigation into the work of
High Threat Bomb Disposal Officers.In May 2010 Christina received
the Elizabeth Cross from the Princess Royal, and in June she
attended Buckingham Palace and received the George Cross, awarded
posthumously to her husband, in a private ceremony with Her
Majesty, The Queen.
Christina is a Patron of Tickets For Troops and lives in Hampshire
with her son Laird.
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