Captain Edward Stephen Fogarty Fegen VC, SGM was an Irish Victoria Cross recipient (born Southsea, Hampshire on 8 October 1891 of Irish parentage, missing (presumed dead) Atlantic Ocean on 5 November 1940), by birth 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.
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