Noel Godfrey Chavasse

Noel Godfrey Chavasse
Portrait of N.G. Chavasse wearing the glengarry of the Liverpool Scottish
Born	(1884-11-09)9 November 1884 Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Died	4 August 1917(1917-08-04) (aged 32) Brandhoek, Passchendaele salient, Belgium
Buried	Brandhoek New Military Cemetery
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1913–1917
Rank	Captain
Unit	Royal Army Medical Corps
Battles/wars	First World War Western Front Battle of the Somme Battle of Guillemont  (WIA) Battle of Passchendaele Battle of Pilckem Ridge  (DOW)
Awards	Victoria Cross & Bar Military Cross Mentioned in Despatches
Relations	Francis Chavasse (father) Christopher Chavasse (brother)
Other work	Olympic athlete

Captain Noel Godfrey Chavasse, VC & Bar, MC (9 November 1884 – 4 August 1917) was an English medical doctor, Olympic athlete, and British Army officer from the Chavasse family. He is one of three people to be awarded a Victoria Cross twice,^[1] the others being Arthur Martin-Leake and Charles Upham.

The Battle of Guillemont saw acts of heroism by Chavasse, the only man to be awarded the Victoria Cross twice during the First World War. In 1916, he was hit by shell splinters while rescuing men in no-man's land. It is said he got as close as 25 yards to the German line, where he found three men and continued throughout the night under a constant rain of sniper bullets and bombing. He performed similar heroics in the early stages of the offensive at Passchendaele in August 1917 to gain a second VC and become the most highly decorated British officer of the First World War. He died of wounds suffered at Passchendaele in 1917.^[2]