Context: Philip John ( `` Pip '' ) Gardner VC MC ( 25 December 1914 -- 16 February 2003 ) 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 . He was educated at Dulwich College between 1928 and 1932 . Gardner was 26 years old , and an acting Captain in the 4th Royal Tank Regiment , attached to the 70th Infantry Division during the Second World War 's Siege of Tobruk . During Operation Crusader , an attempt by the Eighth Army to life the siege , the following deed took place for which Gardner was the Victoria Cross . On 23 November 1941 at Tobruk , Libya , Captain Gardner was ordered to take two tanks to the rescue of two armoured cars of the King 's Dragoon Guards , which were out of action and under heavy attack . While one of his tanks gave covering fire the captain dismounted from the other in the face of heavy fire , hitched a tow rope to one of the cars , then lifted into it an officer , both of whose legs had been blown off . The tow rope broke , so Captain Gardner returned to the armoured car , but was immediately wounded in the neck , arm and leg . Despite this he managed to transfer the wounded man to the second tank and returned to British lines through intense shell - fire . Following the Battle of Gazala , he was captured and became a POW for the remainder of the war . His VC is on display at the Imperial War Museum in London ., An independent school is a school that is independent in its finances and governance; it is usually not dependent upon national or local government to finance its operations, nor reliant on taxpayer contributions, and is instead funded by a combination of tuition charges, donations, and in some cases the investment yield of an endowment. It is typically governed by a board of governors that is elected independently of government, and has a system of governance that ensures its independent operation., Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819  22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. From 1 May 1876, she adopted the additional title of Empress of India., Edward "Ned" Alleyn (15661626) was an English actor who was a major figure of the Elizabethan theatre and founder of Dulwich College and Alleyn's School., The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest award of the United Kingdom honours system. It is awarded for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" to members of the British armed forces. It may be awarded posthumously. It was previously awarded to Commonwealth countries, most of which have established their own honours systems and no longer recommend British honours. It may be awarded to a person of any military rank in any service and to civilians under military command although no civilian has received the award since 1879. Since the first awards were presented by Queen Victoria in 1857, two thirds of all awards have been personally presented by the British monarch. These investitures are usually held at Buckingham Palace., Military ranks are a system of hierarchical relationships in armed forces, police, intelligence agencies or other institutions organized along military lines. Usually, uniforms denote the bearer's rank by particular insignia affixed to the uniforms. Ranking systems have been known for most of military history to be advantageous for military operations, in particular with regards to logistics, command, and coordination; as time continued and military operations became larger and more complex, military ranks increased and ranking systems themselves became more complex., The Eton Group is an association of 12 English independent schools within the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. The Eton Group schools often cooperate with each other, organising events and school matches. For example, the Heads of academic departments meet to discuss curriculum matters of common interest. The Headteachers and the Bursars also meet from time to time.
Unlike the older Rugby Group, which contains only boarding schools, the Eton Group includes both provincial boarding schools and London schools taking day pupils., Dulwich College is a boarding and day independent school for boys in Dulwich in southeast London, England. It was founded in 1619 by Edward Alleyn, an Elizabethan actor, with the original purpose of educating 12 poor scholars as the foundation of "God's Gift". It currently has about 1,500 boys, of whom 120 are boarders. Admission by examination is mainly into years 3, 7, 9, and 12 (i.e. ages 7, 11, 13, and 16 years old) to the Junior, Lower, Middle and Upper Schools into which the college is divided. It is a member of both the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference and the Eton Group., Buckingham Palace is the London residence and administrative headquarters of the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom. Located in the City of Westminster, the palace is often at the centre of state occasions and royal hospitality. It has been a focal point for the British people at times of national rejoicing and mourning., Dulwich is an area of south London, England. The settlement is mostly in the London Borough of Southwark, with parts in the London Borough of Lambeth and consists of Dulwich Village, East Dulwich, West Dulwich and the Southwark half of Herne Hill (which is often referred to as the North Dulwich triangle). Dulwich lies in a valley between the neighbouring districts of Camberwell, Crystal Palace, Denmark Hill, Forest Hill, Peckham, Sydenham Hill and Tulse Hill and was in Surrey until 1889, when the County of London was created., The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC) is an association of the headmasters or headmistresses of 283 independent schools (both boarding schools and day schools) in the United Kingdom, Crown dependencies and the Republic of Ireland. For 2016/2017 the average day fees at a UK HMC school are £4,639 per term or £13,917 per annum. For 2016/2017 the average full boarding fees at a UK HMC school are £10,709 per term or £32,127 per annum.
There are also International Members (mostly from the Commonwealth) and 30 Associate Members who are head teachers of state schools or other influential individuals in the world of education, who endorse and support the work of HMC., Subject: philip john gardner, Relation: place_of_birth, Options: (A) buckingham (B) centre (C) county of london (D) denmark (E) denmark hill (F) dulwich (G) empress (H) england (I) eton (J) forest (K) great britain (L) herne (M) hill (N) ireland (O) london (P) most (Q) of (R) peckham (S) rugby (T) south london (U) southeast (V) sydenham (W) time (X) united kingdom (Y) united kingdom of great britain and ireland (Z) victoria ([) westminster
Output: sydenham