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Frank de Pass (April 26, 1887 – November 25, 1914) was an officer in the British Indian Army and a recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was the first Jew to receive the VC.
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On 24 November 1914, de Pass entered a German sap (a trench used to advance towards an enemy position) near Festubert, France, and destroyed a traverse in the face of the enemy’s bombs. He also rescued, under heavy fire, a wounded man who was lying exposed to enemy bullets in the open. The next day, de Pass was killed in a second attempt to capture the sap, which the enemy had re-occupied. He was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross on 18 February 1915.