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Captain Edward Stephen Fogarty Fegen, VC, SGM (8 October 1891 – 5 November 1940) was a Royal Navy officer and 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. Edward Stephen Fogarty Fegen was born into a naval family, one of four children his father being Vice-Admiral F. F. Fegen MVO. He was born at 42 Nightingale Rd, Southsea, Hampshire, on 8 October 1891. At the age of 12, he entered Osborne Royal Naval College and in 1909, he was appointed Midshipman on HMS Dreadnought.

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  • Captain Edward Stephen Fogarty Fegen, VC, SGM (8 October 1891 – 5 November 1940) was a Royal Navy officer and 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. Edward Stephen Fogarty Fegen was born into a naval family, one of four children his father being Vice-Admiral F. F. Fegen MVO. He was born at 42 Nightingale Rd, Southsea, Hampshire, on 8 October 1891. At the age of 12, he entered Osborne Royal Naval College and in 1909, he was appointed Midshipman on HMS Dreadnought. (en)
  • Le capitaine de vaisseau Edward Stephen Fogarty Fegen VC, SGM (8 octobre 1891 - 5 novembre 1940), est un récipiendaire de la Croix de Victoria, la plus haute et prestigieuse récompense pour bravoure face à l'ennemi des forces britanniques et du Commonwealth. (fr)
  • Edward Stephen Fogarty Fegen (Southsea, 8 ottobre 1891 – Oceano Atlantico, 5 novembre 1940) è stato un militare inglese, veterano della prima guerra mondiale durante la quale comandò diversi cacciatorpediniere, e insignito della Sea Gallantry Medal per una ardita operazione di soccorso all'equipaggio della petroliera statunitense OB Jennings. durante gli anni venti e anni trenta del XX secolo comandò diversi incrociatori pesanti e leggeri, anche della Reserve Fleet. Dopo lo scoppio della seconda guerra mondiale assunse il comando dell'Incrociatore ausiliario Jervis Bay, distinguendosi nel contrasto all'attacco portato dalla corazzata tascabile tedesca Admiral Scheer al Convoglio HX-84 il 5 novembre 1940. Per questa azione fu decorato con la Victoria Cross alla memoria, massima onorificenza militare inglese. (it)
  • Edward Stephen Fogarty Fegen VC (ur. 8 października 1891, zm. 5 listopada 1940) − oficer Royal Navy pochodzenia irlandzkiego wsławiony bitwą, jaką stoczył dowodzony przez niego krążownik pomocniczy AMC HMS „Jervis Bay” z pancernikiem kieszonkowym, „Admiral Scheer” 5 listopada 1940 roku, w którym to boju poniósł śmierć ratując wiele alianckich statków konwoju HX-84 i życie członków ich załóg, za co pośmiertnie odznaczony został Krzyżem Wiktorii. (pl)
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  • United Kingdom
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  • (1926–27)
  • (1940)
  • (1939)
  • (1922–24)
  • (1924)
  • (1935)
  • (1938)
  • HMS Osprey(1932–34)
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  • Captain Edward Stephen Fogarty Fegen, VC, SGM (8 October 1891 – 5 November 1940) was a Royal Navy officer and 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. Edward Stephen Fogarty Fegen was born into a naval family, one of four children his father being Vice-Admiral F. F. Fegen MVO. He was born at 42 Nightingale Rd, Southsea, Hampshire, on 8 October 1891. At the age of 12, he entered Osborne Royal Naval College and in 1909, he was appointed Midshipman on HMS Dreadnought. (en)
  • Le capitaine de vaisseau Edward Stephen Fogarty Fegen VC, SGM (8 octobre 1891 - 5 novembre 1940), est un récipiendaire de la Croix de Victoria, la plus haute et prestigieuse récompense pour bravoure face à l'ennemi des forces britanniques et du Commonwealth. (fr)
  • Edward Stephen Fogarty Fegen VC (ur. 8 października 1891, zm. 5 listopada 1940) − oficer Royal Navy pochodzenia irlandzkiego wsławiony bitwą, jaką stoczył dowodzony przez niego krążownik pomocniczy AMC HMS „Jervis Bay” z pancernikiem kieszonkowym, „Admiral Scheer” 5 listopada 1940 roku, w którym to boju poniósł śmierć ratując wiele alianckich statków konwoju HX-84 i życie członków ich załóg, za co pośmiertnie odznaczony został Krzyżem Wiktorii. (pl)
  • Edward Stephen Fogarty Fegen (Southsea, 8 ottobre 1891 – Oceano Atlantico, 5 novembre 1940) è stato un militare inglese, veterano della prima guerra mondiale durante la quale comandò diversi cacciatorpediniere, e insignito della Sea Gallantry Medal per una ardita operazione di soccorso all'equipaggio della petroliera statunitense OB Jennings. durante gli anni venti e anni trenta del XX secolo comandò diversi incrociatori pesanti e leggeri, anche della Reserve Fleet. Dopo lo scoppio della seconda guerra mondiale assunse il comando dell'Incrociatore ausiliario Jervis Bay, distinguendosi nel contrasto all'attacco portato dalla corazzata tascabile tedesca Admiral Scheer al Convoglio HX-84 il 5 novembre 1940. Per questa azione fu decorato con la Victoria Cross alla memoria, massima onorificenza (it)
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