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Lieutenant General Sir Philip Neame, VC, KBE, CB, DSO (12 December 1888 – 28 April 1978) was a senior British Army officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces, and the winner of an Olympic Games gold medal; he is the ...
Philip Neame (Faversham, 12 dicembre 1888 – Selling, 28 aprile 1978) è stato un generale e tiratore a segno britannico, decorato nel 1914 con la Victoria Cross, cavaliere commendatore dell'Ordine dell'Impero Britannico, compagno cavaliere dell'Ordine del Bagno, fu decorato anche col Distinguished Service Order oltre ad aver vinto una medaglia d'oro olimpica a squadre nel 1924 in una ...
On 2nd April 1982 Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands, a British Territory in the South Atlantic, followed the next day by an assault on South Georgia. The defending Royal Marines detachment at both locations were taken prisoner after fierce firefights.
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6 giorni fa · Unlike his teammates in the running deer, double shot, team event, who defeated Norway by a single point, Neame did not take part in any other event at the Paris Olympics but he has the distinction of being the only man to win an Olympic gold medal and be awarded the Victoria Cross.
Unlike his teammates in the running deer, double shot, team event, who defeated Norway by a single point, Neame did not take part in any other event at the Paris Olympics but he has the distinction of being the only man to win an Olympic gold medal and be awarded the Victoria Cross.
8 dic 2015 · Neame was captured and held as a prisoner of war with fellow senior officers in Italy. Not forgetting his roots as a Royal Engineer, Philip Neame dug secret tunnels, through which several officers escaped.
