24 April 1916 (aged 29) † Kut-el-Amara, Mesopotamia
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service/branch
Royal Navy
Rank
Lieutenant
Unit
SS Julnar
Battles/wars
World War I
Siege of Kut †
Awards
Victoria Cross
Humphrey Osbaldston Brooke Firman VC (24 November 1886 – 24 April 1916) was an English 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.
Firman was born at South Kensington in 1886 to Humphrey Brooke Firman, J.P. (of Gateforth, Selby, Yorkshire and New Malden, Surrey) and Florence Adelaide (née Cumming).[1][2] He joined the Royal Navy as a cadet on 15 May 1901 and, as midshipman and sub-lieutenant, served on HMS Glory on the China Station, in the battleships HMS Albion and HMS Illustrious in the Channel Fleet, and in the Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert.[1] Promoted to Lieutenant in 1908, he saw service in the Persian Gulf and off the Horn of Africa. During the First World War he was killed in action on the night of 24 April 1916 in Mesopotamia in an attempt to resupply the forces trapped in the Siege of Kut, at the age of 29. He was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his deeds, as was a fellow naval officer, Lieutenant Commander Charles Cowley R.N.V.R.
Memorial slab to Humphrey Firman in the pavement outside South Kensington tube station
^ ab"Humphrey Osbaldston Brooke Firman VC". The Comprehensive Guide to the Victoria & George Cross. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
^"Record for Lieutenant Humphrey Osbaldston Brook Firman RN". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
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