Bernard Warburton-Lee

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British military personnel of World War II Royal Navy officer Victoria Cross recipient human

Bernard Warburton-Lee was a British Royal Navy officer and posthumous Victoria Cross recipient renowned for his leadership and bravery during the early World War II naval actions in Norway.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British military personnel of World War II → Royal Navy officer → Victoria Cross recipient → human →
allegiance	United Kingdom →
awardReceived	Distinguished Service Order → Victoria Cross →
burialPlace	Ballangen, Norway →
causeOfDeath	killed in action →
causeOfFame	bravery and leadership in early World War II naval actions in Norway →
commemoratedIn	Portsmouth Naval Memorial →
conflict	Norwegian campaign → World War II →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom →
dateOfBirth	1895-09-13 →
dateOfDeath	1940-04-10 →
describedBySource	London Gazette Victoria Cross citation →
educatedAt	Royal Naval College, Dartmouth → Royal Naval College, Osborne →
era	20th century →
ethnicGroup	Welsh →
familyName	Warburton-Lee →
givenName	Bernard →
hasHonorificTitle	DSO → OBE → VC →
hasOccupation	military leader →
hasRelative	Henry Warburton-Lee →
mannerOfDeath	died of wounds received in action →
militaryBranch	Royal Navy →
militaryOperation	First Battle of Narvik →
militaryRank	Commander →
nativeLanguage	English →
notableEvent	posthumous award of the Victoria Cross →
notableFor	being the first Victoria Cross recipient of World War II → leading a destroyer attack on German naval forces at Narvik →
notableWork	leadership in the First Battle of Narvik →
occupation	naval officer →
partOf	British forces in the Norwegian campaign →
placeOfBirth	Wales → Whitchurch, Denbighshire →
placeOfDeath	Narvik → Norway →
positionHeld	commanding officer of HMS Hardy → leader of the 2nd Destroyer Flotilla →
serviceNumber	Royal Navy officer service (number not specified) →
sexOrGender	male →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Narvik →	navalCommander