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  Noel Godfrey Chavasse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chavasse's first award was for his actions on August 9, 1916, at Guillemont, France when he attended to the wounded all day under heavy fire, frequently in view of the enemy, and during the night he continued searching for wounded in front of the enemy's lines.
Chavasse's second award was made during the period July 31 to August 2, 1917, at Wieltje, Belgium.
Chavasse was the son of Francis James Chavasse, Bishop of Liverpool and founder of St.
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 Noel Godfrey Chavasse
Noel Godfrey Chavasse VC Bar, MC (November 9, 1884 - August 4, 1917) was a British soldier.
On August 9, 1916, at Guillemont[?], France, Captain Chavasse attended to the wounded all day under heavy fire, frequently in view of the enemy, and during the night he continued searching for wounded in front of the enemy's lines.
BAR: During the period July 31 to August 2, 1917, at Wieltje[?], Belgium, Captain Chavasse although severely wounded early in the action while carrying a wounded officer to the dressing station, refused to leave his post and in addition to his normal duties, went out repeatedly under heavy fire to attend the wounded.
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 rorkesdriftvc.com - Noel Godfrey Chavasse
Noel Godfrey Chavasse was the second of two identical twin boys born to the Rev. Francis James Chavasse and Edith Jane Chavasse (nee Maude) on Sunday 9th November, 1884 at 36 New Inn Hall Street, Oxford.
Noel was preparing for a two week summer camp with the battalion and signed the leave book at the Southern Hospital from 2nd to 16th August, he was never to return to his position, on 4th August 1914 Britain declared war on Germany.
Noel went to the door of the dugout to call in the next man when a shell flew past him and down the stairs, killing the man who was waiting to be carried away by the Field Ambulance.
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 Chavasse, Noel, Captain.
Noel Chavasse, was born on November 19 1884 at 36 New Inn Hall Street, Oxford.
Noel's early life was in oxford, before the family moved to Liverpool where his father was appointed the Anglican Bishop.
Noel Chavasse was to be awarded his second VC Posthumously during an engagement at Wieltje, Belgium close to Ypres, The award was announced in the London Gazette on 14 September, 1917.
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 Captain Noel Godfrey Chavasse, VC and Bar, MC, RAMC
Noel's twin Christopher in the mean time was awarded a MC, the Bishop wrote on 24th July to Noel to tell him the news, but Noel never received it and it is probable that he never knew of Christopher's achievement.
Noel's medals were given on permanent loan to the Imperial War Museum in February 1990 in the presence of HM the Queen Mother, and they can be seen there in the Victoria and George Cross gallery.
There is a bronze bust of Noel in the Anglican Cathedral in Liverpool, on the opposite side of the Catheral, a memorial to his father is placed in a wall.
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 Noel
Noel, Missouri Noel is a city located in 2000 census, the city had a total population of 1,480.
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Noel Godfrey Chavasse Noel Godfrey Chavasse VC Bar, MC (Oxford and died in Brandhoek.
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 Noel Godfrey Chavasse   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
On August 9, 1916, at Guillemont, France, Captain Chavasse attended to the wounded all day under heavy fire, frequently in view of the enemy, andduring the night he continued searching for wounded in front of the enemy's lines.
BAR: During the period July 31 to August2, 1917, at Wieltje, Belgium, Captain Chavasse although severely wounded early inthe action while carrying a wounded officer to the dressing station, refused to leave his post and in addition to his normalduties, went out repeatedly under heavy fire to attend the wounded.
Chavasse was the son of Francis James Chavasse, Bishop of Liverpool andfounder of St.
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 VC & Bar Recipients
Noel Godfrey Chavasse was born in Oxford on 9 November 1884, one of seven children to the Bishop of Liverpool Francis James and Edith Jane Chavasse.
Noel Chavasse was educated at Magdalen College School, Liverpool College and Trinity College Oxford, from where he graduated with distinction.
Aidan Chavasse was born in 1892, and was educated at Liverpool College and Oxford's Corpus Christi College, where he represented the college in athletics and rugby.
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 Chavasse VC Memorial Brandhoek   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
Noel Godfrey Chavasse VC and Bar, MC was one of the most highly decorated British soldiers of the Great War, and the only man during the war to be awarded the Victoria Cross and Bar - and only one of three in the history of the award to achieve this distinction.
Chavasse was the son of the Bishop of Liverpool, and after graduating as a doctor became the medical officer of the 10th Bn King's Liverpool Regiment before WW1.
Though severely wounded early in the action whilst carrying a wounded soldier to the Dressing Station, Capt. Chavasse refused to leave his post, and for two days not only continued to perform his duties, but in addition went out repeatedly under heavy fire to search for and attend to the wounded who were lying out.
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 Port Cities: - Captain Noel Chavasse VC, Army Officer (1884-1917) 
Captain Noel Chavasse was Medical Officer to the 1/10th Battalion (Liverpool Scottish) of the King's Liverpool Regiment during the First World War, and is the only soldier to have won the Victoria Cross (VC) twice in the same war.
Noel was awarded his first military honour, the Military Cross, in June 1915 at the battle of Hooge in France.
Captain Chavasse had been seriously wounded in the head whilst tending to injured soldiers on the battlefield, yet continued to rescue fallen soldiers and tend to their injuries for four days before finally succumbing to his own injuries.
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 Noel Chavasse   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
Noel Godfrey Chavasse was born in Oxford on 9th November, 1884.
Chavasse worked in Dublin and the Royal Southern Hospital in Liverpool before joining the Royal Army Medical Corps in 1913.
In the first few months Chavasse was kept busy dealing with trench foot, a condition caused by standing for long periods in mud and water.
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 Captain Noel Godfrey Chavasse, VC and Bar, MC,
Description: Captain Noel Chavasse was Medical Officer of the 10th (Liverpool Scottish) Battalion, the King's (Liverpool) Regiment, during the first three years of the First World War.
Two of Noel's stretcher bearers had been awarded the Distinguished Service Medal and two more the Military Medal then on 26th October, 1916 the London Gazette announced that Noel Godfrey Chavasse MC, RAMC had indeed been awarded the Victoria Cross.
Noel had been injured in the head by a shell splinter as he stood up and waved to indicate the position of his aid post.
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 Noel Gay - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Noel Gay   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
Noel Gay born Reginald Armitage (July 15, 1898 - March 3, 1954) was one of the most successful British composers of popular music of the 1930s and 1940s.
He was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England and educated at Wakefield Cathedral School, London's Royal College of Music, and Christ's Church College, Cambridge.
Noel Gay Artists, now one of the leading British showbusiness agencies was formed by his son, Richard Armitage (born 1928) as a talent agency to supply singers to perform in Noel Gay hits.
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 St. Peter's College, Oxford. Who is St. Peter's College, Oxford? What is St. Peter's College, Oxford? Where is St. ...
It is a graduate and undergraduate college with varied architecture, dating from Georgian to the present day.
In 1961 St. Peter's Hall was given full collegiate status by the University, and being granted its Royal Charter in the same year, it took the name St. Peter's College.
The story of Noel Godfrey Chavasse, son of Francis James Chavasse may be interesting to readers.
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 icLiverpool - New home wanted for tribute to Chavasse VC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
THE race is on to find a new home for a piece of artwork dedicated to the memory of Liverpool war hero Captain Noel Chavasse, one of only a handful of people to be awarded the Victoria Cross twice.
The artwork, showing the war hero and his dog, as well as his brother, is attached to the marble wall on the ground floor of Chavasse Court, close to the main reception desk.
But Mr Chavasse's former regiment has also expressed an interest in moving it to one of their official museums, which are within the Museum of Liverpool Life, at the Pier Head, or at Ashton-under-Lyne.
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 Liverpool Scottish Regimental Association Pipe Band - Double VC - Noel Chavasse
Captain CHAVASSE was the son of The Right Rev. The Lord Bishop of Liverpool, of The Palace, 19, Abercromby Square, Liverpool.
Noel Godfrey Chavasse was one of only three people, to be awarded the V C on two separate occasions.
The tune was published in Volume Two of the Queen Own Highlanders Collection, and was recorded as part of the "Double VCs" album produced by the band of the Royal Army Medical Corps and pipers from "V" Co. the Liverpool Scottish, 1st Battallion, 51st Highland Volunteers.
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 Noel Chavasse
Sefton Harriers based at the Florence Institute in Mill Street was the natural local club for the young Noel.
The background music was taken from the Liverpool Scottish website and is a pipe tune 'Captain Noel Chavasse VC' written by Pipe Sgt Glyn Pritchard of The Liverpool Scottish for the occasion of the unveiling of the Chavasse memorial at Forbes House in 1979.
BAR: During the period 31 July to 2 August 1917, at Wieltje, Belgium, Captain Chavasse although severely wounded early in the action while carrying a wounded officer to the dressing station, refused to leave his post and in addition to his normal duties, went out repeatedly under heavy fire to attend the wounded.
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 Teaching History Online: 21   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
Godfrey Chavasse: Captain Noel Godfrey Chavasse was Britain's most highly decorated serviceman in World War One.
Noel won his first medal (a Military Cross) at the Battle of Hooge in June 1915.
Noel's first Victoria Cross was gained at Guillemont on 8th August 1916 during the Battle of the Somme.
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 Chavasse   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
Captain Noel Godfrey Chavasse V.C and Bar, MC, RAMC was Britain's most highly decorated soldier of World War I. Captain Chavasse was medical officer to the 10th (Liverpool Scottish) Battalion, The Kings (Liverpool) Regiment from 1914 to 1917.
Captain Chavasse was a member of the Territorial Army, joining up at the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914.
The award was made posthumously; Captain Chavasse was so severely wounded by a shell which entered his dugout at Wieltje on 2nd August that he died of his wounds on 4th August, 1917.
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 Noel Chavasse
As a young doctor living and working in the South end of Liverpool prior to the outbreak of war, Noel was also an active athlete excelling in both athletics and rugby.
On 9 August 1916, at Guillemont France Captain Chavasse attended to the wounded all day under heavy fire, frequently in view of the enemy, and during the night he continued searching for wounded in front of the enemy's lines.
The Chavasse twins who can be seen competing together in the Varsity Sports 100 yards in 1907.
www.lps-athletics.co.uk /history/chavasse   (493 words)

  
 Port Cities: All Our Yesterdays - Captain Noel Chavasse
Noel Godfrey Chavasse was born to Reverend Francis James and Edith Jane on 9th November 1884 in Oxford.
Noel was determined to do whatever he could to save as many people as possible from the effects of the oncoming winter and the dangers of living in the open.
Noel became one of the first doctors to use anti-tetanus serums on wounded men.
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 Persoon detail fiche
CHAVASSE, Captain, NOEL GODFREY, V C and bar, M C, Royal Army Medical Corps attd.
Captain Noel Godfrey Chavasse, VC and Bar, MC, RAMC.
Noel CHAVASSE - Dubbel VC Memorials to Captain Noel Chavasse VC and Bar MC Noël Chavasse - Liverpool College
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 Noel Chavasse   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
He was the son of Bishop Francis Chavasse who was Bishop of Liverpool from 1900 to 1923.
Noel attended Liverpool College with his twin brother Christopher from 1900 to1904.
Visitors to this page might like to know that a biography of Noel Chavasse (Chavasse: Double VC) is available from Ann Clayton e-mail at annclayto1@aol.com, or from the publisher (Pen and Sword Books, Barnsley, Yorks.), or it may be ordered from bookshops.
www.liverpoolcollege.org.uk /noel.htm   (193 words)

  
 George A A (Jim) Hooper's family history - Person Page 22
She was the daughter of Bishop Francis James Chavasse and Edith Jane Maude.
Bishop Francis James Chavasse married Edith Jane Maude, daughter of Rev Joseph Maude and Mary Fawler Hooper, on 27-Sep-1881, Overton, Flint, Wales.
Lt Noel Godfrey Chavasse was born on 9-Nov-1884, Oxford, England.
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 Chavasse Memorial at Forbes House -
An English Heritage 'Blue Plaque' was placed on the building in Abercromby Square in Liverpool where Captain Noel Chavasse VC and Bar, MC had lived and which had been the Bishop's Palace.
Other memorials to Noel Chavasse (including the memorial in the churchyard at Brandhoek near Ypres/Ieper which was place there by the local people in 1998 and has not been previously recorded by the Museum website) can be seen
Captain Noel Chavasse was the medical officer of the 1/10th (Scottish) Battalion of the King's (Liverpool Regiment), generally know as the Liverpool Scottish, and was the only man to win the Victoria Cross (the highest award for gallantry) twice during the First World War.
www.ilriley.freeserve.co.uk /chavmem1l.htm   (940 words)

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