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Charles Hazlitt Upham, VC & Bar (21 September 1908 – 22 November 1994) was a New Zealand soldier who was awarded the Victoria Cross (VC) twice during the Second World War - for gallantry in Crete in May 1941, and in Egypt, in July 1942. He was the most recent of only three people to receive the VC twice, the only one to receive two VCs during the Second World War and the only combat soldier to receive the award twice. As a result, Upham is often described as the most highly decorated Commonwealth soldier of that war, as the VC is the Commonwealth's highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy.

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  • Charles Hazlitt Upham (de)
  • Charles Upham (en)
  • Charles Upham (fr)
  • Charles Upham (it)
  • Charles Upham (nl)
  • Charles Upham (pl)
  • Charles Upham (pt)
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  • Hauptmann Charles Hazlitt Upham, VC (* 21. September 1908 in Christchurch, Neuseeland; † 22. November 1994 ebenda) war ein neuseeländischer Soldat im Zweiten Weltkrieg. Er war der dritte und bisher letzte Soldat, der das Victoria-Kreuz zweimal erhielt und der einzige an den es zweimal im Zweiten Weltkrieg verliehen wurde. Upham ist darüber hinaus auch der einzige kämpfende Soldat, der das Victoria-Kreuz zweimal erhielt. Hauptmann Upham wird oft als der bekannteste Commonwealth-Soldat des Krieges beschrieben. Das Victoria-Kreuz ist die höchste militärische Auszeichnung des Commonwealths für Tapferkeit im Angesicht des Feindes. (de)
  • Charles Hazlitt Upham, VC & Bar (21 September 1908 – 22 November 1994) was a New Zealand soldier who was awarded the Victoria Cross (VC) twice during the Second World War - for gallantry in Crete in May 1941, and in Egypt, in July 1942. He was the most recent of only three people to receive the VC twice, the only one to receive two VCs during the Second World War and the only combat soldier to receive the award twice. As a result, Upham is often described as the most highly decorated Commonwealth soldier of that war, as the VC is the Commonwealth's highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy. (en)
  • Charles Hazlitt Upham (né le 21 septembre 1908 à Christchurch et mort dans cette même ville le 22 novembre 1994) est un militaire néo-zélandais. (fr)
  • Charles Hazlitt Upham (21 settembre 1908 – 22 novembre 1994) è stato un militare neozelandese. È stato l'unico sopravvissuto dei tre militari dell'impero britannico che durante la seconda guerra mondiale ottennero per due volte il conferimento della Victoria Cross: la prima come sottotenente a Creta il 22 maggio 1941 e la seconda in Africa settentrionale a El Ruweisat Ridge tra il 14 ed il 15 luglio 1942. Nella seconda circostanza, dopo essere stato ferito per due volte assalendo a colpi di granata un autocarro di soldati tedeschi, ritornò sulla linea di combattimento per fermare un carro armato tedesco e numerosi veicoli e batterie nemici a colpi di granata. Ferito nuovamente in modo grave, fu catturato dal nemico. (it)
  • Charles Hazlitt Upham (Christchurch, 21 september 1908 - aldaar, 22 november 1994) was een soldaat uit Nieuw-Zeeland die tweemaal het Victoria Cross toegekend kreeg tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog. (nl)
  • Charles Hazlitt Upham VC & Bar (ur. 21 września 1908 w Christchurch, zm. 22 listopada 1994 tamże) – nowozelandzki wojskowy, oficer piechoty, jeden z trzech w historii i jedyny podczas II wojny światowej żołnierz odznaczony dwukrotnie Krzyżem Wiktorii. (pl)
  • Charles Hazlitt Upham (21 de setembro de 1908 - 22 de novembro de 1994) foi um militar da Nova Zelândia que ganhou a Cruz Vitória duas vezes durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial. Foi feitos realizados na ilha de Creta, em maio de 1941, e em julho de 1942 na região desértica de , no Norte da África. (pt)
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  • Charles Hazlitt Upham (en)
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  • Charles Hazlitt Upham (en)
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  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Amberley_Charles_Upham_Statue_001.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles_Hazlitt_Upham_WWII_Personnel_File_(1939_-_1955).jpg
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  • Christchurch, New Zealand (en)
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  • Christchurch, New Zealand (en)
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