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Edward Fegen
Captain Edward Stephen Fogarty Fegen VC, SGM (8 October 1891 - 5 November 1940) was by birth an English and by parentage an Irish Victoria Cross recipient, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
==World War I==
On 24 March 1918, while the British ship S.S. ''War Knight'' was proceeding up the English Channel in convoy, she collided with the United States oil carrier ''O.B. Jennings''. It appears that the naphtha, which was on board the latter vessel, ignited, and the two ships and surrounding water were soon enveloped in flames. The Master of the ''O.B. Jennings'' gave orders that all the ship's available boats should be lowered, those on the starboard side were burnt, and the crew abandoned the ship in the port boats, whilst the Master, Chief Engineer, Chief Officer and three others remained on board. H.M.S. ''Garland'', under the command of Lieutenant Fegen, with other destroyers, were proceeding to the spot to render assistance, when it was seen that one boat which had been lowered from the ''O.B. Jennings'' had been swamped. The ''Garland'' closed the ''O.B. Jennings'', rescued the men from the swamped boat, and then proceeded alongside the ship, which was still blazing, and rescued those who were still on board. She afterwards proceeded to pick up the others who had left the ship in boats, rescuing in all four officers and twenty-two men. Lieutenant Fegen handled his ship in a very able manner under difficult conditions during the rescue of the survivors, while Quartermaster Driscoll worked the helm and saw that all orders to the engine-room were correctly carried out, and his actions during this rescue resulted in both being awarded Silver Sea Gallantry Medals.
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