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Buried at
  
Bethune Town Cemetery

Name
  
Frank Pass

Rank
  
Battles/wars
  
World War I


Years of service
  
1906 - 1914 †

Battles and wars
  
World War I

Allegiance
  
United Kingdom

Role
  
Military person

Awards
  
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Died
  
November 25, 1914, Festubert, France

Unit
  

Service/branch
  

Frank Alexander de Pass VC (26 April 1887 – 25 November 1914) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was the first person of the Jewish faith and the first officer of the Indian Army to receive the VC during World War I.

De Pass was born on 26 April 1887 to Eliot and Beatrice of Kensington, London. He attended Rugby School. He was 27 years old, and a Lieutenant in the 34th Prince Albert Victor's Own Poona Horse, and was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions on 24 November 1914 near Festubert, France. He was killed in battle the next day, 25 November.

Lieutenant de Pass entered a German sap and destroyed a traverse in the face of the enemy's bombs. Subsequently, he rescued, under heavy fire, a wounded man who was lying exposed to enemy bullets in the open. Lieutenant de Pass lost his life in a second attempt to capture the sap, which the enemy had reoccupied. His Victoria Cross is displayed at the National Army Museum in Chelsea, London.

References

Frank de Pass Wikipedia


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