Herbert Cecil Pugh
(1898-1941)
man
Died aged c. 43
Wikidata WikipediaHerbert Cecil Pugh, GC (2 November 1898 – 5 July 1941), usually called Cecil Pugh, was a Congregational Church minister and is the only clergyman to have received the George Cross. He was a South African who served in the First World War as a South African Army medical orderly and in the Second World War as a Royal Air Force chaplain. Pugh died in 1941 by remaining aboard a sinking troop ship to minister to trapped and wounded military personnel.
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Reverend Squadron Leader Herbert Cecil Pugh G.C., M.A. (Oxon) Born: 1898 Killed in ction 5th July 1941 Chaplain at R.A.F. Bridgnorth The only member of the clergy awarded the George Cross Lived here 1940-1941
, Bridgnorth, United Kingdom where they lived (1940-1941)