George Fiott Day | |
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Born | Southampton, Hampshire | 20 June 1820
Died | 18 December 1876 Weston-super-Mare, Somerset | (aged 56)
Buried | Weston-super-Mare Cemetery |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | Royal Navy |
Rank | Captain |
Battles/wars | Second Egyptian–Ottoman War Crimean War Second Anglo-Chinese War Second Anglo-Burmese War |
Awards | Victoria Cross Companion of the Order of the Bath Order of the Medjidieh (Ottoman Empire) Knight of the Legion of Honour (France) |
Captain George Fiott Day, VC, CB (20 June 1820 – 18 December 1876) was a Royal Navy officer and one of the earliest recipients of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was also a Knight of the Legion of Honour.
In 1858, Day married Mary Ruddell-Todd, the daughter of James Ruddell-Todd, and his wife Eliza Henrietta Campbell, daughter of Duncan Campbell, 5th of Inverneill House. His wife's maternal grandfather was a brother of Sir James Campbell of Inverneill and a nephew of General Sir Archibald Campbell. Mrs Day was a first cousin of Emily Georgina Carter-Campbell of Possil and Willoughby Harcourt Carter. The Days were the parents of three daughters. Captain Day died at Weston-super-Mare, where he is buried. His grave in Milton Road Cemetery, Weston super Mare was unmarked until 1982 when a memorial headstone was installed.[2]