19 April 1950(1950-04-19) (aged 85) Hindhead, Surrey
Buried
St Luke's Churchyard, Grayshott
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service/branch
Royal Navy
Years of service
1895–1909 1914–1920
Rank
Captain
Commands held
HMS Hussar HMS Amethyst
Battles/wars
Benin Expedition of 1897 Second Boer War First World War
Awards
Victoria Cross Companion of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Order of the Nile, 3rd Class (Egypt) Officer of the Legion of Honour (France)
Captain Edward Unwin, VC, CB, CMG (20 April 1864 – 19 April 1950) was a Royal Navy officer and an English 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.
Captain EdwardUnwin, VC, CB, CMG (20 April 1864 – 19 April 1950) was a Royal Navy officer and an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest...
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Malleson, and William Charles Williams) was assisting the commander (EdwardUnwin) of their ship HMS River Clyde, at the work of securing the lighters...
Cowles, Virginia (1956), Edward VII and his Circle, H. Hamilton Farrer, James Anson (1912), England Under Edward VII, Allen & Unwin Glencross, Matthew (2016)...
Allen & Unwin, OCLC 40403. —— (1970), Edward VI: The Threshold of Power. The Dominance of the Duke of Northumberland, London: George Allen & Unwin, ISBN 978-0-0494-2083-0...
the Fleet Roger Keyes, Field Marshal William Birdwood and Commodore EdwardUnwin. At the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939, Lancastria...
1422–1427. Navy Records Society. London: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-0-0494-2175-2. Ross, C. D. (1974). Edward IV. Berkeley: University of California Press....
George McKenzie Samson) of HMS River Clyde assisted the commander (EdwardUnwin) of the ship at the work of securing the lighters under very heavy rifle...
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the 6 August landing at Suvla Bay of IX Corps, commanded by Commander EdwardUnwin. 'X' Lighters, known to the soldiers as 'Beetles', carried about 500...
the 6 August landing at Suvla Bay of IX Corps, commanded by Commander EdwardUnwin. 'X' Lighters, known to the soldiers as 'Beetles', carried about 500...
Thomas George Turrall British Army 1916 First World War La Boiselle EdwardUnwin Royal Navy 1915 First World War Gallipoli James Upton British Army 1915...
self-propelled. This fleet of landing craft was commanded by Commander EdwardUnwin who had captained the SS River Clyde during the April landing on V Beach...
the 6 August landing at Suvla Bay of IX Corps, commanded by Commander EdwardUnwin. 'X' lighters, known to the soldiers as 'beetles', carried about 500...
and recoal. During the planning of landings at Gallipoli, Commander EdwardUnwin, formerly of the Dryad-class torpedo gunboat HMS Hussar proposed the...
December 1936, a constitutional crisis in the British Empire arose when King Edward VIII proposed to marry Wallis Simpson, an American socialite who was divorced...
filled with dead and wounded. The ship's commanding officer, Captain EdwardUnwin, on being informed that they were not succeeding, replied "in British...
Peel, D. (1967) The Drummonds of Charing Cross, London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd, pp 101-103. John Bull, 21 January 1843. An old army surgeon 1843 What...
ended up broadside to the beach. The captain of River Clyde, Commander EdwardUnwin, led men outside to manhandle three lighters (transport boats) on the...
London Gazette. 18 June 1920. p. 6702. VC forfeited for desertion in 1861. "Edward St John DANIEL VC". Michael Daniels pHd. 1 June 2001. Archived from the...
George Allen & Unwin 1929. Marriage and Morals. London: George Allen & Unwin 1930. The Conquest of Happiness. London: George Allen & Unwin 1931. The Scientific...
plays. Egerton gained recognition for his starring role as Gary "Eggsy" Unwin, a spy, in the action comedy films Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) and...
July 2020 Picture of "my father" Charles Carpenter "Edward Carpenter, My Days and Dreams, London: Unwin, 1916". Archived from the original on 20 May 2017...
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