Lieutenant General Sir Philip Neame VC, KBE, CB, DSO, KStJ (December 12, 1888 – April 28, 1978) was a British Army officer and recipient of the Victoria Cross - he was also the winner of an Olympic Gold medal, making him the only person to win both this and the Victoria Cross. Neame was born in Faversham and died in Selling. He was educated at Cheltenham College. He was 26 years old, and a Lieutenant in the 15th Field Company, Corps of Royal Engineers, British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross - He was a member of Great Britain's 1924 Olympic Running Deer team at Paris and is the only Victoria Cross recipient who has won an Olympic Gold Medal. The Running Deer competition was one of the shooting events at the games. It involved teams of four (firing single shots), where a moving target simulated the animal. Neame later achieved the rank of Lieutenant-General. He was captured in 1941 during the North African Campaign in World War II after an offensive by Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps. While a prisoner in Italy, he made a number of escape attempts with colleagues, including Major-General Richard O'Connor and Lieutenant-General Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart, a fellow VC recipient. Neame eventually made a successful escape with Air Marshal Owen Boyd and Richard O'Connor. Neame served as Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey from 1945 to 1953. His Victoria Cross is displayed with his other medals at the Imperial War Museum, London, England.
Lieutenant General Sir Philip Neame, VC, KBE, CB, DSO, Chevalier Legion d'Honneur, Croix de Guerre (France), Croix de Guerre (Belgium). Born - Faversham, Dec 12 1888. Died - Selling, Kent, April 28 1978.
