Facts: - battles: world war i - death date: 24 april 1916 - rank: lieutenant - awards: victoria cross - birth date: 24 november 1886 - unit: ss '' julnar '' - name: humphrey osbaldston brooke firman - branch: united kingdom - image: victoria cross medal without bar.png - death place: kut-el-amara , mesopotamia - birth place: kensington , london Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of humphrey osbaldston brooke firman .
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humphrey osbaldston brooke firman vc -lrb- 24 november 1886 -- 24 april 1916 -rrb- 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 .firman was born in 1886 to h. b. firman , j.p. , of new malden , surrey .when he was 29 years old , and a lieutenant in the royal navy during the first world war , he was awarded the victoria cross for his deeds on the night of 24 april 1916 in mesopotamia in an attempt to resupply the forces trapped in the siege of kut .he was killed in action .