Henry Tandey | |
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 Private Henry Tandey VC, DCM, MM, MS, BWM, VM | |
| Birth name | Henry James Tandy |
| Nickname(s) | "Napper"[1] |
| Born | 30 August 1891 Leamington, Warwickshire, England |
| Died | 20 December 1977 (aged 86) Coventry, West Midlands, England |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1907–1926 |
| Rank | Private |
| Service number | 34506 |
| Unit | The Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards) (1909–18) West Riding Regiment (Duke of Wellington's Regiment) (1918–26) |
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards | Victoria Cross Distinguished Conduct Medal Military Medal Mentioned in Despatches (5) 1914 Star (With Clasp) British War Medal Victory Medal (United Kingdom) (With Oakleaf) General Service Medal (1918) Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal Defence Medal (United Kingdom) King George VI Coronation Medal Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal |
Private Henry James Tandey VC, DCM, MM (born Tandy, 30 August 1891 – 20 December 1977) was a British recipient of the Victoria Cross,[note 1] the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was the second most highly decorated British private of the First World War[4] and is most commonly remembered as the soldier who allegedly spared Adolf Hitler's life during the war. Born with the family name of Tandy, he later changed his surname to Tandey after problems with his father,[5][vague] and because of this, some military records have a different spelling of his name.
- ^ Gliddon 2000, p. 57.
- ^ "The London Gazette". 13 December 1918.
- ^ "Victoria Cross recipients of World War 1". The London Gazette. 1914–1918.
- ^ William Coltman VC, having bars to his DCM and MM, was the first. "Coltman, William Harold". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/93495. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Johnson 2012, p. 20.
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