† 04/08/1917 · aged 32 · Brandhoek New Military Cemetery, III.B.15; personal inscription: "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS"
Personal data
Name
Chavasse
Initials
N.G.
Christian name
Noel Godfrey
Date and place of birth
Oxford; 09.11.1884
Profession
Medical doctor
Family
Son of The Right Rev. The Lord Bishop of Liverpool, of The Palace, 19, Abercromby Square, Liverpool.
Extra information
Information
Educated at Liverpool College and Trinity College, Oxford
Information 2
With his twin brother Christopher, he represented Great Britain in the Olympic Games (London, 1908) in the 400 metres.
Military data
Rank
Capt.
Regiment / Unit
Royal Army Medical Corps
Date of death
Age
32
Cemetery / Memorial
Brandhoek New Military Cemetery, III.B.15; personal inscription: "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS"
Other information
Information 1
V.C. and Bar, M.C., Mentioned in Despatches
Information 2
Secondary unit: attd. 1/10 (Scottish) King's Liverpool Regiment
Information 3
Died of wounds
Information 4
His brother Aidan also fell.
Information 5
'The M.O.'s Lamp' was endowed to Oxford Branch in June 1920. First lit on 15.12.1922 at The Guildhall, London, by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales - "In memory of N.G. Chavasse, V.C., R.A.M.C., and of Aidan Chavasse." (Donated by their brother.) Brass plaques kept at Talbot House.
