Yesterday,
LCpl Steven Hoskins, aged 23 from Coventry, attended the 2013 Pride of Coventry
Awards’ Ceremony hosted by Free Radio's breakfast show presenters JD and
Roisen. LCpl Hoskins has been a
Reservist and valued member of 243 Squadron based in Canley for the past four
years. He was attending the awards’
ceremony as he was nominated in the ‘Armed Forces Hero’ category, which
recognises the efforts of Armed Forces personnel who work and live in the
Coventry area.
In
addition to his full time job, LCpl Hoskins is a dedicated Reservist soldier;
fully trade qualified as a Logistic Supply Specialist and as a Physical
Training Instructor. In his trade role
he deployed to Afghanistan in 2012 and as an instructor he leads on all
physical training undertaken by his Squadron, a vital role in the development
and transformation of the Territorial Army into the Army Reserve. In the short periods in between these two commitments
he also finds time to volunteer for the West Midlands Ambulance Service as a
Community First Responder. In this
latter role he works a weekly shift pattern, on call, to quickly deploy to
local incidents to provide initial and sometime life-saving treatment to
casualties until a qualified Paramedic arrives.

That LCpl
Hoskins was the actual winner of the award, was simply the icing on the cake. In accepting the award LCpl Hoskins said:
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The entire Regiment congratulates LCpl Hoskins on his
nomination and success in claiming the award.
His dedication and selfless character epitomise all that is good about society
at large and tenets held in even higher regard in the military community.
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