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Filip Konowal VC ((ウクライナ語:Пили́п Миронович Конова́л); ''Pylyp Myronovych Konoval''; 15 September 1888 – 3 June 1959) was a highly decorated Ukrainian Canadian soldier. He is the only Ukrainian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy given to British and Commonwealth forces. He was also entitled to the Cross of St George, 4th Class. He is the patron of Royal Canadian Legion Branch 360 (Konowal Branch) in Toronto. ==First World War== Konowal was born 15 September 1888 in Kutkivtsi, Ukraine, in the Russian Empire and went on to serve in the Imperial Russian Army before emigrating to Canada. Konowal was 28 years old, and an Acting Corporal in the 47th (British Columbia) Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War. During the period 22–24 August 1917, at the Battle of Hill 70 in Lens, France, he performed an act of bravery for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross.〔Stewart, Charles H.: ''Overseas - The Linages and Insignia of the Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914-1919'', page 25. Little & Stewart Publishing, 1970.〕
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