Rick Stanton

Richard William Stanton, MBE, GM (born 1961) is a British cave diver who specialises in rescues through the Cave Rescue Organisation and the British Cave Rescue Council. He has been called "one of the world's most accomplished cave-divers", "the face of British cave diving," and "the best cave diver in Europe". Stanton has lived in Coventry for many years and was formerly a firefighter with the West Midlands Fire Service for 25 years prior to his retirement. In 2018 he played a leading role in the Tham Luang cave rescue for which he was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Direkgunabhorn in Thailand and awarded the UK's George Medal.