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Rear Admiral Edward Courtney Boyle VC (23 March 1883 – 16 December 1967) was a Royal Navy officer and an English 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. Educated at Cheltenham College, he was 32 years old, and a lieutenant commander in the Royal Navy during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC, the citation was gazetted on 21 May 1915: The large transport sunk by was the ''Gul Djemal'' which was sunk in shallow waters with the loss of 2000 troops and a battery of artillery. Its sinking ended Ottoman attempts to reinforce Gallipoli by sea.〔Hough. ''The Great War at Sea: 1914–1918''. page 484〕 In addition to Boyle's VC, Edward Geldard Stanley and Acting Lieutenant Reginald Wilfred Lawrence were both awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and all the ratings were awarded the Distinguished Service Medal.〔 Boyle made at least two more tours of the Sea of Marmara aboard during the Gallipoli Campaign. He retired with the rank of Rear Admiral in 1932, but was recalled to serve in World War II. In December 1967 Boyle was knocked down by a lorry on a pedestrian crossing and died of his injuries. For the last few years before his death he had resided at the Station Hotel in Sunningdale, near to Sunningdale Golf Club where he golfed several times a week. His accident occurred a hundred yards from his hotel whilst he was crossing the A30. His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Royal Navy Submarine Museum, Gosport, Hampshire. ==See also== *Monuments to Courage *The Register of the Victoria Cross *VCs of the First World War 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edward Courtney Boyle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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