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Buried at
  
Name
  
Wallace Wright

Awards
  
Rank
  
Brigadier General

Service/branch
  
Years of service
  
1896 - 1940

Party
  
Allegiance
  
United Kingdom

Role
  
Armed force officer


Wallace Duffield Wright

Born
  
20 September 1875Gibraltar (
1875-09-20
)

Battles/wars
  
Malakand Frontier WarTirah CampaignKano-Sokoto ExpeditionWorld War IWorld War II

Other work
  
Member of Parliament (Conservative Party)

Died
  
March 25, 1953, Cobham, United Kingdom

Place of burial
  
Brookwood Cemetery, Brookwood, United Kingdom

Battles and wars
  
Siege of Malakand, Tirah Campaign, World War II

Brigadier General Wallace Duffield Wright (20 September 1875 – 25 March 1953) was a British soldier and politician. He was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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Victoria Cross action

Wallace Duffield Wright Lieutenant later Brigadier General Wallace Duffield Wright VC

Wright was 27 years old, and a lieutenant in the 1st Battalion Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) attached to the Northern Nigeria Regiment, during the Kano-Sokoto Expedition.

On 26 February 1903 in Nigeria, "Lieutenant Wright, with only one [other] Officer and 44 men took up a position in the path of the advancing enemy sustained the determined charges of 1,000 Horse and 2,000 Foot for two hours and when the enemy, after heavy losses, fell back in good order, Lieutenant Wright continued to follow them up until they were in full retreat.

The personal example of this Officer, as well as his skillful leadership, contributed largely to the brilliant success of the affair.

He in no way infringed his orders by his daring initiative, as, though warned of the possibility of meeting large bodies of the enemy, he had purposely been left a free hand."

As Member of Parliament

In 1928, Wright was elected at a by-election as Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Tavistock following the death of the sitting MP Philip Kenyon-Slaney. He was re-elected at the 1929 general election, but stood down at the 1931 general election.

His VC was destroyed in the fire at The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment Museum, Clandon Park, Surrey on the afternoon of 29 April 2015.

References

Wallace Duffield Wright Wikipedia


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