A Royal Marine is to be awarded a Military Cross after saving up to 30 lives by "rugby-tackling" a suicide bomber.
Sergeant Noel Connolly was serving in Afghanistan last November with 3 Commando Brigade.
The 41-year-old, from Manchester, tackled the bomber who was riding towards his troop on a motorbike packed with 150lb of explosives, the Sun reported.
According to the paper, Sgt Connolly "hauled" the bomber from his saddle before he was able to detonate the explosives.
Sgt Connolly said: "I'm not brave at all. Someone had to stop him."
Major Rich Cantrill told the Sun: "Sgt Connolly is incredibly modest about what he did."
The award is due to be announced with other recipients of honours for gallantry and meritorious service.
A Ministry of Defence spokesman said most of the Operational Honours and Awards list are predominantly from the 3 Commando Brigade Task Force that deployed to Afghanistan in 2008, but it also includes others involved in operations in Iraq and in the UK.
