Edward Courtney Boyle

Edward Courtney Boyle VC (March 23, 1883 - December 16, 1967), was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Educated at Cheltenham College, he was 32 years old, and a Lieutenant-Commander in the Royal Navy during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

On 27 April 1915 in the Sea of Marmara, Dardanelles, Turkey, Lieutenant-Commander Boyle, in command of submarine "E14", dived his vessel under the enemy minefields and in spite of great navigational difficulties from strong currents and the presence of hostile patrols waiting to attack, he continued, during the next two weeks, to operate in the narrow waters of the straits and succeeded in sinking two Turkish gunboats and one military transport.

Boyle made at least two more tours of the Sea of Marmara aboard "E14" during the Battle of Gallipoli. He later achieved the rank of Rear-Admiral.

His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Royal Navy Submarine Museum "(Gosport, Hampshire, England)".

References

*Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
*The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)
*VCs of the First World War - Gallipoli (Stephen Snelling, 1995)
*VCs of the First World War - The Naval VCs (Stephen Snelling, 2002)

External links

* [http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/wokingcr.htm Location of grave and VC medal] "(Woking Crematorium)"
* [http://www.dhs.kyutech.ac.jp/~ruxton/OC_victoria_crosses.html Edward BOYLE of Cheltenham College]