Private Henry Tandey is the highest decorated British soldier who fought in the First World War. His courage and commitment during the many actions are legendary. During the Battle of the Somme in 1916 he is hit in the arm. He is wounded again during the Battle of Passchendaele in November 1917. In 1918, within a period of six weeks, he is nominated for the three highest bravery medals: Distinguished Conduct Medal, then the Military Medal and finally the Victoria Cross, the highest military distinction of the British Army. On 28 September 1918, Tandey is said to have spared Hitler's life in the fighting at Marcoing, near Cambrai in France. Tandey never confirms this story. Yet he gets the stigma of 'the man who spared Hitler'. (MMP1917, MZ 00238)