Awards & Winners

Raphael Zengel

Date of Birth 11-November-1894
Place of Birth Faribault
(Rice County, Minnesota, United States of America)
Nationality Canada, United States of America
Profession Soldier
Raphael Louis Zengel VC MM was an American-born Canadian 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.

Awards by Raphael Zengel

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1918


Victoria Cross
(Zengel received the Military Medal in March 1918 for taking command of his platoon when his officer and sergeant had been put out of action. He was twenty three years old, and serving as a Sergeant of the 5th (Western Cavalry) Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War when he performed the deed for which he was awarded the VC.)