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Sep 01, 1888 Athboy, Leinster, Ireland Died on 24 Aug 1980 (aged 91)
Recipient of the Victoria Cross
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About Frederick Maurice Watson Harvey
- Brigadier Frederick Maurice Watson Harvey, VC, MC (1 September 1888 – 24 August 1980) was an Irish Canadian soldier and rugby union player.
- During the First World War, while serving in the Canadian Army, he was awarded the Victoria Cross, the Military Cross and the French Croix de Guerre. Educated at Portora Royal School and Ellesmere College, Harvey played rugby for both Wanderers and Ireland.
- He is one of three Ireland rugby union internationals to have been awarded the Victoria Cross.
- The other two are Tom Crean and Robert Johnston, who both served in the Second Boer War.
- Like Harvey, Crean and Johnston also played for Wanderers.
- His two brothers Arnold and Duncan were also notable sportsmen.
- Both also represented Ireland at rugby, while Arnold also represented Ireland at cricket and athletics.
