What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Captain Noel Chavasse, Royal Army Medical Corps VC and BAR, 1884-1917, was born in Oxford and attended this school Recorded plaque organisation: Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board, Magdelen College School.
Captain Noel Chavasse of the Royal Army Medical Corps is remembered for his exceptional bravery during World War I, being the only person to have been awarded the Victoria Cross & Bar, the highest military decoration for gallantry in the face of the enemy.
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