Wallace Duffield Wright Military person

Brigadier General Wallace Duffield Wright VC, CB, CMG, DSO (20 September 1875 – 25 March 1953) was a 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.

Personal facts

Wallace Duffield Wright
Birth dateSeptember 20, 1875
Birth place
Gibraltar
Date of deathMarch 25, 1953
Place of death
Surrey , Cobham Surrey
Resting place
Brookwood Cemetery

Search

Military person

award
Order of the Bath
Mentioned in dispatches
Victoria Cross
Distinguished Service Order
Order of St Michael and St George
military operations
World War II
Siege of Malakand
Tirah Campaign
World War I
Kano-Sokoto Expedition
military unit
Home Guard (United Kingdom)
Royal West African Frontier Force
Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
service start1896
service end1940

Wallace Duffield Wright on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/brookwoo.htm
  2. http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/vc/vc02.html
  3. http://www.tbcs.org.uk