Edmund De Wind, VC (11 December 1883 – 21 March 1918) was a British Army officer during the First World War, and posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award of the British Commonwealth for gallantry "in the face of the enemy".
Both his native Ireland and his adopted home of Canada count De Wind amongst the men of their militaries who have earned the VC.
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