Michael John O'Leary
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Major Michael John O'Leary VC (29 September, 1890 2 August, 1961) was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. O'Leary achieved his award for single-handedly charging and destroying two German barricades defended by machine gun positions near the French village of Cuinchy, in a localised operation on the Western Front during the First World War. At the time of his action, O'Leary was a nine year veteran of the British armed forces and by the time he retired from the British Army in 1921, he had reached the rank of lieutenant. He served in the army again during the Second World War, although his later service was blighted by periods of ill-health. At his final retirement from the military in 1945, O'Leary was an Army major in command of a prisoner of war camp. Between the wars, O'Leary spent many years employed as a police officer in Canada and is sometimes considered to be a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross.
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- Titel Michael John O'Leary
- Format Kartonierter Einband
- EAN 9786131611315
- Herausgeber Alphascript Publishing
- Anzahl Seiten 172
- Editor Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster
- Genre Geschichte
- GTIN 09786131611315
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