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Same
male, deceased - Same (John) Shaw (VC, DCM) (?-27 December 1859) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for...
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Robert Quigg
male, deceased - Robert Quigg VC (February 28, 1885 - 14 May, 1955) was a recipient of the Victoria Cross for his bravery in the Battle of the Somme in the First...
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Edward Thomas
male, deceased - Edward Thomas (March 3, 1878 - April 9, 1917) was one of the best-known English poets who died in World War I. Thomas was born in London as Philip...
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Edward Thomas
male - Corporal Edward Thomas, MM, of the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards fired the first shot of the British Army in World War I, at 7am on 22 August...
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Andy McNab
male - Andy McNab DCM MM (born December 28 1959) is a British former soldier turned novelist. McNab came to public prominence in 1993 when he wrote an...
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John Murray
male, deceased - John Murray (February 1837- 7 November 1911) was born Birr, County Offaly and was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most...
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James Connolly
male, deceased - James Connolly (June 5, 1868 - May 12, 1916) was an Irish socialist leader. He was born in the Cowgate area of Edinburgh, Scotland, to Irish...
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Gordon Kerr
male - Brigadier Gordon Kerr, born in Aberdeen c.1948, is a senior army officer and former diplomatic attaché who was the head of the controversial Force R...
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Tommy Atkins
male - Tommy Atkins (often just Tommy) is a term for a common soldier in the British Army that is particularly associated with World War I. German...
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Michael Caine
male - Sir Maurice Joseph Micklewhite CBE (born March 14, 1933), known professionally as Michael Caine, is a two-time Academy Award-winning English film...









