Noel Chavasse and his twin brother as athletes
Noel Chavasse (1884-1917), VC (with bar), one of only three people to have been awarded the Victoria Cross twice. Chavasse was Medical Officer to the 1/ 10th Battalion of the King's Liverpool Regiment during the First World War, and is the only person to have been awarded the Victoria Cross twice for the same war. He was awarded his first V.C at the Battle of Hooge in France, for showing extreme bravery whilst rescuing the wounded under enemy fire. He died gaining his second V.C in the battle at Wieltje, near Ypres in 1917. Pictured here on the left at an athletics meeting with his twin brother, Christopher. Both were exceptional athletes while at Trinity College, Oxford and represented Britain in the 1908 Olympic Games. Sons of the Bishop of Liverpool, the twins were identical; Christopher (1884-1962) the older by 20 minutes, was awarded the M.C. survived the war and rose through the clergy to become Bishop of Rochester
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