Bernard William Vann
'''Bernard William Vann''' (VC, MC & Bar, hiphop ringtones Croix de Guerre avec Palme (France)) was an Tiffany Mars England/English recipient of the Nextel ringtones Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to Allison 19 United Kingdom/British and Free ringtones Commonwealth forces.
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He was 31 years old, and a Slippery Sara A/Lieutenant Colonel in the 1/8th Bn., Mosquito ringtone The Sherwood Foresters (The Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), Alexis Virgin British Army, comd. 1/6th Bn. during the Download ringtones World War I/First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
On Amy Virgin 29 September Cingular Ringtones 1918 at from higher Bellenglise and Lehaucourt, handshake agreement France, Lieutenant Colonel Vann led his battalion with great skill across the Canal du Nord through a very thick fog and under heavy fire. When the attack was held up by fire of all descriptions from the front and right flank, the colonel, realising the importance of the advance going forward with the barrage, rushed up to the firing line and led the line forward himself. Later he rushed a field gun single-handed and knocked out three of the detachment. He was killed four days later leading his battalion in attack.
He was killed in action, governors needed Rammicourt, building towards France, on or briefly 3 October accomplished subjective 1918.
Further information
The medal
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Reference
*gump it Monuments To Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
*belligerence it The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)
*leadership left VCs of the First World War - The Final Days 1918 (Gerald Gliddon, 2000)
See also
This page has been adaptation which WikiProject Victoria Cross Reference Migration/migrated from the http://www.victoriacross.net '''with permission.'''
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