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Henry Tandey

Recipient of the Victoria Cross

Died when: 86 years 112 days (1035 months)
Star Sign: Virgo

 

Henry Tandey

Private Henry James Tandey VC, DCM, MM (born Tandy, 30 August 1891 – 20 December 1977) was a British recipient of the Victoria Cross, 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 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, because of this, some military records have a different spelling of his name.


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