Awards & Winners

Edmund De Wind

Date of Birth 11-December-1883
Place of Birth Comber
(United Kingdom, County Down)
Nationality United Kingdom, Canada, Republic of Ireland
Profession Soldier
Edmund De Wind, VC was a British Army officer during the First World War, and posthumous 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. Both his native Northern Ireland and his adopted home of Canada count De Wind amongst the men of their militaries who have earned the VC

Awards by Edmund De Wind

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1918


Victoria Cross
(In recognition of most conspicuous bravery that took place on 21st March, 1918 as Second Lieutenant of the Royal Irish Rifles during the First World War. Posthumously awarded.)