Thomas Cripps, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
Date of Birth: 29-Nov-1840
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Date of Death: 08-Dec-1906
Profession: military personnel
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Thomas Cripps
- Thomas H.
- Cripps (November 29, 1840 – December 4, 1906) was a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who became a U.S.
- Medal of Honor winner during the American Civil War.
- While serving in the Union Navy as a quartermaster aboard the USS Richmond, he operated one of that's ship's guns under heavy enemy fire for two hours during the Battle of Mobile Bay, Alabama on August 5, 1864, helping to damage the CSS Tennessee and destroy artillery batteries of the Confederate States Army at Fort Morgan, even as the enemy's shell and shot damaged his ship and killed several of his fellow crewmen.
- For those actions, he was awarded his nation's highest honor for bravery on December 31, 1864.
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