Philip Neame VC, pictured here as a young officer sometime before, during or after the First World War.
Born
(1888-12-12)12 December 1888 Faversham, Kent, England
Died
28 April 1978(1978-04-28) (aged 89) Selling, Kent, England
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service/branch
British Army
Years of service
1908–1947
Rank
Lieutenant General
Service number
4243
Unit
Royal Engineers
Commands held
British Forces in the Channel Islands (1945–47) Cyrenaica (1941) British Forces in Palestine and Trans-Jordan (1940–41) 4th Indian Infantry Division (1940) Royal Military Academy, Woolwich (1938–39)
Battles/wars
First World War Second World War
Awards
Victoria Cross Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order Knight of the Order of St John Mentioned in Despatches (6) Legion of Honour (France) Croix de guerre (France) Croix de guerre (Belgium) Order of the White Lion (Czechoslovakia)
Other work
Olympic gold medalist Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey
Lieutenant General Sir Philip Neame, VC, KBE, CB, DSO (12 December 1888 – 28 April 1978) was a senior British Army officer and a 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, and the winner of an Olympic Games gold medal; he is the only person to achieve both distinctions.[1]
During the Second World War, in the spring of 1941, Neame was commander of British troops in Cyrenaica (north-eastern Libya), recently conquered from the Italians by General Richard O'Connor. However, as the region was retaken by the newly-arrived Afrika Korps under Erwin Rommel, Neame and O'Connor were taken prisoner. Both men remained in captivity in Italy until the autumn of 1943.
^"Philip Neame". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
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Infantry Regiment had withdrawn due to the heavy bombardment. As Major PhilipNeame's D Coy started to consolidate their position, the Argentine 7th Regiment...
commander of XIII Corps (now HQ Cyrenaica Command) Lieutenant-General PhilipNeame, O'Connor and Major-General Michael Gambier-Parry, commander of the 2nd...
Forces in Palestine and Trans-Jordan February–June 1940 Succeeded by PhilipNeame New command GOC West Africa Command 1940–1943 Succeeded by Francis Nosworthy...
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Lieutenant-General PhilipNeame took over Cyrcom and predicted that the armoured division would lose many tanks through breakdowns if it had to move far. Neame asked...
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Messines Ridge, Belgium James McPhie, 1918, Aubencheul-au-Bac, France PhilipNeame, 1914, Neuve Chapelle, France John Perie, 1855, Sevastopol, Crimea Claud...
Commonwealth forces into retreat. During the offensive, Lieutenant-General PhilipNeame and Lieutenant-General Richard O'Connor were captured, and the British...
Kolho 1924 Paris details Great Britain (GBR) Cyril Mackworth-Praed PhilipNeame Herbert Perry Allen Whitty Norway (NOR) Einar Liberg Ole Lilloe-Olsen...
Ranfurly KCMG (1914–1988), Second World War ADC Lieutenant General Sir PhilipNeame VC, POW Captain Guy Ruggles-Brise (1914–2000), Second World War commando...
Delta for rest and refitting. Wilson was replaced by Lieutenant-General PhilipNeame; parts of the 2nd Armoured Division and 9th Australian Division were...
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