Arthur Bagot

**Arthur Gerald Bagot**, GC , DSC (26 Afrilu 1888 - 12 Nuwamba 1979) jami'in sojan ruwa ne kuma manomi na Australiya. Ya kasance mai karɓar kyautar George Cross, mafi girman kyautar jarumtaka a Burtaniya kuma a da a cikin Commonwealth. A shekara ta 1918, yayin da yake aiki a matsayin laftanar a cikin Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Ɗaya, Bagot da Laftanar Robin Hoare sun yi faɗa da wuta don cire tuhume-tuhumen zurfin ruwa daga ML.nbsp;356 bayan da ɗakin injinsa ya fashe. An yaba wa ma'auratan da suka hana sake fashewa da kuma yiwuwar asarar rayuka, daga baya aka ba su lambar yabo ta Albert. A shekarar 1971, Gwamnatin Burtaniya ta sanar da cewa za a dakatar da lambar yabo ta Albert kuma daga yanzu za a ɗauki waɗanda suka ci nasara a matsayin masu riƙe da George Cross. Wannan canjin ya fara aiki daga ranar 21 ga Oktoba, kuma saboda haka aka gayyaci waɗanda suka ci nasara a raye su musanya lambobin yabo; Bagot ya karɓi tayin.

## Rayuwar farko da iyali
An haifi Arthur Gerald Bagot a ranar 26 ga Afrilu, 1888 a Adelaide, Kudancin Ostiraliya. Shi ne na shida cikin 'ya'ya goma ga Christopher Michael Bagot, manomi kuma mai gonakin tumaki, da Eleanor Mary (née Hawker). Gidan dangin yana cikin Largs Bay.  Bagot ya kasance cikin wani iyali mai daraja: jikan Admiral Edward Hawker ne da kuma Charles Hervey Bagot, jikan mazauni kuma ɗan siyasa George Charles Hawker, kuma ɗan uwan farko ga Lanoe Hawker, wani jirgin sama mai tashi da kuma wanda ya karɓi Yaƙin Duniya na Ɗaya.    Bagot da 'yan uwansa huɗu sun sami ilimi a Kwalejin St Peter, Adelaide, kafin Arthur ya tafi Makarantar Grammar Geelong daga 1903 zuwa 1907. A Geelong Bagot yana da himma a wasanni da ayyukan waje. Ya shiga gasar tsere, tsalle mai tsayi, tsalle mai tsayi da kuma tsalle mai tsayi a gasar wasanni ta United Public School Sports, gasar wasanni ta shekara-shekara tsakanin manyan makarantun gwamnati guda biyar na Victoria, kuma ya kafa sabon tarihi a gasar tsere a shekarar 1907. Bagot shi ma ya hau matsayin sajan a cikin rukunin 'yan wasan sojoji na Australiya, kuma ya kasance shugaban makaranta a shekararsa ta ƙarshe. Yayin da mahaifin Baggot ya mutu a shekarar 1899, sauran dangin suka ƙaura zuwa Kanada a shekarar 1907 suka zauna kusa da Vancouver, inda za su ci gaba da zama har zuwa 1925. 

## Yaƙin Duniya na Ɗaya
A shekarar 1916, Bagot ya shiga Rundunar Sojojin Ruwa ta Royal Naval daga Kanada don yin aiki a Yaƙin Duniya na Ɗaya. An ba shi aikin wucin gadi a ranar 10 ga Satumba,  ya yi tafiya zuwa Burtaniya a wannan watan kuma, da isowarsa, aka naɗa shi a Sashen Harajin Motoci na Rundunar Sojojin Dover . Bagot ya yi shekaru biyu a Rundunar Sojojin Ruwa ta Motoci a kan ayyukan hana ruwa da tsaro a cikin rundunar sojojin Dover, waɗanda aka ba wa aikin kare ƙarshen kudu na Tashar Ingila tsakanin Dover da Dunkirk.   An haɗa shi a matsayin ƙarin jami'i ga HMS *Attentive* daga Afrilu 1917 don yin hidima a cikin jirgin ruwa na ML.&nbsp;283,  kuma an naɗa shi Laftanar na wucin gadi a ranar 10 ga Satumba 1917. 

A ranar 12 ga Afrilu, 1918, ɗakin injin ML 356 ya fashe a tashar jiragen ruwa ta Dunkirk, kuma tankunan mai na gaba suka fashe da wuta.[1] Da yawa daga cikin ma'aikatan harba jirgin sun fashe a cikin jirgin, yayin da sauran suka mutu sakamakon gobarar. Ba da daɗewa ba wuta ta fara fitowa daga cikin jirgin, kuma man fetur ya bazu a saman ruwan. Yayin da wasu suka ci gaba da tserewa daga wurin, [2] Bagot, tare da Laftanar Robin Hoare, sun fahimci cewa gobarar tana barazana ga tankunan mai na baya da kuma ƙarfin zurfin da ke cikin jirgin. Suna tsalle a cikin wani kwale-kwale, su biyun suka nufi wurin gobarar. Da suka isa wurin, Bagot da Hoare sun cire ƙarfin zurfin duk da wutar; don haka suka hana sake fashewa.[1]

Saboda abubuwan da suka yi a lokacin bikin auren, Bagot da Hoare sun sami lambar yabo ta Albert. An buga sanarwar da kuma ambaton kyautar a cikin *Jaridar London* a ranar 20 ga Agusta 1918, wanda ke cewa: 

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