Garth Neville Walford VC

Victoria Cross

The Victoria Cross is the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories....

 (27 May 1882 - 26 April 1915) was an English

England

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 recipient of the Victoria Cross

Victoria Cross

The Victoria Cross is the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories....

, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British

United Kingdom

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 and Commonwealth

Commonwealth of Nations

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 forces.

Walford was born to Colonel Neville Walford (Royal Artillery) and his wife. He was 32 years old and married to Elizabeth Walford.

Walford was a captain in the Royal Regiment of Artillery, British Army

British Army

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 during the First World War

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

, and was awarded a Victoria Cross for his actions on 26 April 1915 at the V Beach

Landing at Cape Helles

The landing at Cape Helles was part of the amphibious invasion of the Gallipoli peninsula by British and French forces on April 25, 1915 during the First World War. Helles, at the foot of the peninsula, was the main landing area. With the support of the guns of the Royal Navy, a British division...

, Gallipoli

Gallipoli

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, Turkey

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. After his senior officers had been killed, Walford and Charles Hotham Montagu Doughty-Wylie

Charles Hotham Montagu Doughty-Wylie

Lieutenant Colonel Charles Hotham Montagu Doughty-Wylie VC, CB, CMG was an English 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...

 organised a successful attack targeted on the old fort at the top of the hill, although both men were killed in the battle.

Citation

Walford is buried in V Beach Cemetery

V Beach Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery

V Beach Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery located near Cape Helles, Gallipoli, Turkey.The cemetery was brought into use shortly after the landing at Cape Helles at the end of April 1915 and its use ceased in May 1915. However 13 additional graves were moved into it in 1919...

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