Three recipients of the Victoria Cross came from Bournemouth. Frederick Charles Riggs VC MM (1888–1918),[161] Cecil Noble VC (1891–1915),[162] and Lieutenant Colonel Derek Anthony Seagrim VC (1903–1943),[163][164] Three flying aces came from Bournemouth too, Captain Keith Muspratt MC (1897–1918),[165] Captain Robert A. Birkbeck DFC (1898–1938),[166] and Flight Lieutenant Charles John Sims DFC (1899–1929).[167]