Here is Henry Tandey of Warwickshire, UK, the most highly-decorated private in World War One.
The following link is to an intriguing “What-if history” anecdote about Tandey, who crossed paths with Adolf Hitler in the war and decided not to kill him.
[Image source: “Pte Tandey VC DCM MM” by Richard Harvey (Regimental Archivist), Duke of Wellington’s Regimental Headquarters, Halifax, England. Licensed under copyrighted free use via Wikimedia Commons.]