Autographs of Charles Upham

Charles Upham

Charles Hazlitt Upham, VC & Bar (21 September 1908 – 22 November 1994) was a New Zealand soldier who was awarded the Victoria Cross (VC) twice during the Second World War - for gallantry in Crete in May 1941, and in Egypt, in July 1942. He was the most recent of three people to receive the VC twice, the only one to receive two VCs during the Second World War and the only combat soldier to receive the award twice. As a result, Upham is often described as the most highly decorated Commonwealth soldier of that war, as the VC is the Commonwealth's highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy. More about Charles Upham

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Current items with a signature of Charles Upham

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thumbnail1980 RETURN TO COLDITZ OFLAG 1Vc COVER SIGNED BY CAPTAIN CHARLES UPHAM VC*£100.00logo
Upham was born in Christchurch on 21 September 1908, the son of John Hazlitt Upham, a lawyer, and his wife, Agatha Mary Coates. His father was a great-grandson of artist John Hazlitt, while his mother was a granddaughter of pioneer colonist Guise Brittan. He boarded at Waihi School, near Winchester, South Canterbury, between 1917 and 1922 and at Christ's College, Christchurch, from 1923 to 1927. From an early age he was a quiet and unusually determined boy, and on more than one occasion he intervened to defend schoolmates who were being bullied.

Upham attended Canterbury Agricultural College (now known as Lincoln University), where he earned a diploma in agriculture in 1930. He worked first as a sheep farmer, later as manager, and then valuing farms for the New Zealand government. In 1937, he joined the Valuation Department as assistant district valuer in Timaru. The following year, he became engaged to Mary (Molly) Eileen McTamney (a distant relative of Noel Chavasse, VC and Bar). In 1939, he returned to Lincoln to complete a diploma in valuation and farm management. Read even more about Charles Upham at Wikipedia

Traded items with a signature of Charles Upham

The most expensive item with a signature of Charles Upham (UNIQUE - CAPTAIN CHARLES UPHAM VC* SIGNED VICTORIA CROSS COVER & EXTRAS) was sold in February 2019 for £180.05 while the cheapest item (VC Signed - 150th Anniversary Victoria Cross Benham Cover for Charles Upham) found a new owner for £5.32 in February 2014. The month with the most items sold (2) was October 2015 with an average selling price of £35.33 for an autographed item of Charles Upham. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in February 2019 with £180.05 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £5.32 was February 2014. In average, an autographed item from Charles Upham is worth £50.84.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Charles Upham were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

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thumbnail*RARE* VC VICTORIA CROSS SIGNED PROGRAMME CHARLES UPHAM DOUBLE WINNER£29.00logo
thumbnail1980 CAPTAIN CHARLES UPHAM VC* SIGNED 35th ANNIVERSARY OF V-E DAY COVER£42.87logo
thumbnail1980 CAPTAIN CHARLES UPHAM VC* SIGNED RETURN TO COLDITZ OFLAG 1V COVER£75.00logo
thumbnailCAPTAIN CHARLES UPHAM WW2 SIGNED ORIGINAL PAGE PHOTO AUTOGRAPH MILITARY VC£59.99logo
thumbnailCHARLES UPHAM 1908-94 VC & Bar. Double Victoria Cross Holder. Signed£46.89logo
thumbnailCHARLES UPHAM 1908-94 VC & Bar. Double Victoria Cross Holder. Signed comm. cover£75.00logo
thumbnailCharles Upham Edward Kenna Victoria Cross Hand Signed Gallantry FDC Autographed£29.99logo
thumbnailCharles Upham VC and Bar -Signed V-E Day Cover£32.00logo
thumbnailRAF COVER SIGNED CHARLES UPHAM NZ DIV COLDITZ PRISONER, LTD ED 21 OF 25£77.00logo
thumbnailRAF SC1 CAPTAIN CHARLES UPHAM VC* SIGNED COLDITZ CASTLE ESCAPING SOCIETY COVER£47.88logo
thumbnailSir Frank Whittle & Charles Upham signed Autographed FDC Cover£99.00logo
thumbnailUNIQUE - CAPTAIN CHARLES UPHAM VC* SIGNED VICTORIA CROSS COVER & EXTRAS£180.05logo
thumbnailVICTORIA CROSS - CHARLES UPHAM VC - MULTI SIGNED PIECE£65.00logo
thumbnailVictoria Cross - Charles Upham VC and Bar - Signed Cover£34.00logo
thumbnailWWII COLDITZ RETURN OFLAG IV ENVELOPE SIGNED CHARLES UPHAM VC & BAR 1908-1994£80.00logo