Claude Nunney, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Claude Nunney

Recipient of the Victoria Cross

Date of Birth: 24-Dec-1892

Place of Birth: Dublin, Leinster, Ireland

Date of Death: 18-Sep-1918

Profession: military personnel

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Claude Joseph Patrick Nunney (24 December 1892 – 18 September 1918) was a Canadian soldier.
Nunney was 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.
Born in Hastings in East Sussex, he was sent to Canada as a home child. Nunney was one of the seven Canadians to be awarded the Victoria Cross for their actions on one single day, 2 September 1918, for actions across the 30 km long Drocourt-Quéant Line near Arras, France.
The other six were Bellenden Hutcheson, Arthur George Knight, William Henry Metcalf, Cyrus Wesley Peck, Walter Leigh Rayfield and John Francis Young.