Charles Upham
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Charles Hazlitt Upham was a New Zealand soldier during the Second World War. He is one of three people to be awarded a Victoria Cross twice and the only fighting combatant to be so honoured, the other
Charles Upham in NZ field uniform c.1941
Upham in 1929
Claude Auchinleck presents VC ribbon to Upham, 4 November 1941
Upham being congratulated by his platoon sergeant after the presentation of the Victoria Cross in November 1941
Noel Godfrey Chavasse
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Captain Noel Godfrey Chavasse, was an English medical doctor, Olympic athlete, and British Army officer from the Chavasse family. He is one of three people to be awarded a Victoria Cross twice, the ot
Charles Upham
…people to be awarded a Victoria Cross (VC) twice and the only fighting combatant to be so honoured, the others being doctors Arthur Martin-Leake and Noel Godfrey Chavasse. Born in Christchurch, New Zealand, he attended Christ's College and later the Canterbury Agricultural College, where he earned a diploma in agriculture…
Portrait of N.G. Chavasse wearing the glengarry of the Liverpool Scottish
Medals of Noel and Christopher Chavasse. Noel's medals are top row. Christopher's medals are bottom row.
Chavasse's headstone in Brandhoek New Military Cemetery.
Noel's memorial at the Chavasse family grave at Bromsgrove