Awards & Winners

John Weir Foote

Date of Birth 05-May-1904
Place of Birth Madoc, Ontario
(Ontario)
Nationality Canada
Profession Chaplain, Politician, Soldier
John Weir Foote, VC, CD was a Canadian military chaplain and 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. Foote is the only member of the Canadian Chaplains' Services ever to be awarded the Victoria Cross.

Awards by John Weir Foote

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1942


Victoria Cross
(In recognition of most conspicuous bravery that took place on 19th August, 1942 as Honorary Captain of the Royal Canadian Army Chaplain Corps during the Second World War.)