Francis Harvey.
officer of the British Royal Marine Light Infantry posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross (1873–1916)
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About Francis Harvey
Major Francis John William Harvey, VC was an officer of the British Royal Marine Light Infantry during the First World War. Harvey was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest military award for gallantry in the face of the enemy given to British and Commonwealth forces, for his actions at the height of the Battle of Jutland. A long-serving Royal Marine officer descended of a military family, during his career Harvey became a specialist in naval artillery, serving on many large warships as gunnery training officer and gun commander. Specially requested for HMS Lion, the flagship of the British battlecruiser fleet, Harvey fought at the battles of Heligoland Bight, Dogger Bank and Jutland.
Everything about Francis Harvey →- Occupation
- military personnel
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- April 29, 1873
- Died
- May 31, 1916