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William McNally

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{{Infobox military person
|name=William McNally
| honorific_suffix = VC MM
|birth_date=16 December 1894
|death_date= {{Death date and age|df=yes|1976|05|01|1894|12|16}}
|birth_place= [[Murton, County Durham]], England
|death_place= Murton, County Durham, England
|placeofburial=
|image= William McNally VC.jpg
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|allegiance={{flag|United Kingdom}}
|servicenumber=13820
|serviceyears=1914 - 1919
|rank=[[Sergeant]]
|branch={{army|United Kingdom}}
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|unit=[[Green Howards]]
|battles=[[World War I]]
|awards=[[File:UK Victoria Cross ribbon bar.svg|30px]] [[Victoria Cross]]<br>[[Military Medal]] & bar
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[[Sergeant]] '''William McNally''' [[Victoria Cross|VC]], [[Military Medal|MM and Bar]] (16 December 1894 – 5 January 1976<ref name="Yorks">{{cite web | url=http://www.ww1-yorkshires.org.uk/vc-winners-yorkshires/html-files/vcgc-mcnally.htm | title=The Yorkshire Regiment, WW I | accessdate=March 12, 2013}}</ref>) was a [[British Army]] soldier and an [[England|English]] recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]] (VC), the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] forces.{{sfn|Gliddon|2005|pp=38–43}}

==Details==
[[File:James and William.jpg|thumb|left|James Hall and William McNally.]]

He was 23 years old, and a [[sergeant]] in the 8th (S) Battalion, [[Green Howards|The Yorkshire Regiment (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own)]], [[British Army]] during the [[World War I|First World War]] when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.{{Cn|date=July 2020}}

On 27 October 1918 at [[Piave (river)|Piave River]], [[Italy]], when his company was most seriously hindered by machine-gun fire, Sergeant McNally, regardless of personal safety, rushed the machine-gun post single-handed, killing the team and capturing the gun. Later, at Vazzola on 29 October the sergeant crept up to the rear of an enemy post, put the garrison to flight and captured the machine-gun. On the same day, when holding a newly captured ditch, he was strongly counter-attacked from both flanks, but coolly controlling the fire of his party, he frustrated that attack, inflicting heavy casualties on the enemy.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=31067|date=13 December 1918 |page=14776|supp=y }}</ref>

His VC is displayed at the [[Imperial War Museum]], London, in the Ashcroft Gallery. His replica medals and personal story are held at the [[Green Howards Museum]], Richmond, North Yorkshire, alongside the medals of a fellow resident of Murton, James Hall DCM MM.{{sfn|Gliddon|2005|p=43}}

==Bibliography==
*{{cite book|last=Ashcroft|first=Michael|title=Victoria Cross Heroes|year=2007|orig-year=2006|publisher=Headline Review|location=[[London]]|isbn=978-0-7553-1633-5}}
*{{cite book|year=1997|title=The Register of the Victoria Cross|editor-last=Buzzell|editor-first=Nora|location=[[Cheltenham]], [[Gloucestershire]]|publisher=This England Alma House|isbn=0-906324-27-0}}
*{{cite book|last=Gliddon|first=Gerald|year=2005|title=The Sideshows|series=[[VCs of the First World War]]|location=Gloucestershire|publisher=Sutton Publishing|isbn=978-0-7509-2084-1}}

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20041210053045/http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/codurham.htm Location of grave and VC medal] ''(Co. Durham)''
*[https://victoriacrossonline.co.uk/william-mcnally-vc-mm/ VC online biography]

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Wilfred St Aubyn Malleson

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{{Infobox military person
|name= Wilfred St Aubyn Malleson
|birth_date=17 September 1896
|death_date= 21 July 1975 (aged 78)
|birth_place= [[Kirkee]], [[British India]]
|death_place= [[St Clement, Cornwall]], [[England]]
|placeofburial= Penmount Crematorium, [[Truro]]
|image= George Drewry and Wilfred Malleson.jpg
|caption=Malleson (centre) with fellow midshipmen, [[George Leslie Drewry|George Drewry]] (right) and Greg Russell, on [[Imbros]]. Photo by [[Ernest Brooks (photographer)|Ernest Brooks]].
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|serviceyears=1914 - 1948
|rank=[[Commander (Royal Navy)|Commander]]
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|unit=[[SS River Clyde|SS ''River Clyde'']]
|battles= [[World War I]]<br/>[[World War II]]
|awards= [[Victoria Cross]]
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Commander '''Wilfred St. Aubyn Malleson''' [[Victoria Cross|VC]] (17 September 1896 – 21 July 1975) was a British recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]], the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] forces.

Malleson was born in [[Kirkee]], India,<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/cornwall.htm | title = Grave locations for winners of the Victoria Cross in the county of Cornwall | accessdate=18 February 2007}}</ref> the son of Major-General Sir [[Wilfrid Malleson]] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KCIE|CB}} and Ida Kathleen King, daughter of Frederick St Aubyn King.<ref>''India, Select Marriages, 1792–1948''</ref> He attended the [[Britannia Royal Naval College|Royal Naval College Dartmouth]] from 1912 until 1914, being commissioned shortly before the start of [[World War I]].

Malleson was an 18-year-old [[Midshipman]] in the [[Royal Navy during the First World War]] when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

On 25 April 1915 during the landing at V Beach, Cape Helles, [[Gallipoli]], [[Turkey]], Midshipman Malleson and three others ([[William Charles Williams]], [[George Leslie Drewry]], [[George McKenzie Samson]]) of [[SS River Clyde|HMS ''River Clyde'']] assisted the commander ([[Edward Unwin]]) of the ship at the work of securing the lighters under very heavy rifle and Maxim fire. When the other midshipman with the party had failed, through sheer exhaustion to get a line from lighter to lighter, Midshipman Malleson swam with it himself and succeeded. The line subsequently broke and he afterwards made two further unsuccessful attempts at his self-imposed task.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue= 29264|date=13 August 1915|page=8132|supp=y}}</ref>

He later achieved the rank of [[commander]], and retired in 1948. He died at [[St Clement, Cornwall|St Clement]], [[Cornwall]]. His VC is on display at the Lord Ashcroft Gallery in the [[Imperial War Museum]], [[London]].

==References==
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==Bibliography==
*{{cite book|last=Snelling|first=Stephen|title=Gallipoli|series=[[VCs of the First World War]]|orig-date=1995|year=2012|publisher=[[The History Press]]|isbn=978-0752456539}}
*''Scotland's Forgotten Valour'' (Graham Ross, 1995)
*''[[VCs of the First World War]]: The Naval VCs'' (Stephen Snelling, 2002)

==External links==
*[https://victoriacrossonline.co.uk/wilfred-st-aubyn-malleson-vc/ VC online biography]

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Richard Wakeford

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{{short description|English recipient of the Victoria Cross}}
{{for|the Air Marshal|Richard Gordon Wakeford}}
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{{Infobox military person
| name = Richard Wakeford
|image= Richard Wakeford.jpg
| caption = Captain Wakeford receiving his VC from King [[George VI]].
| birth_date = 23 July 1921
| death_date = 27 August 1972 (aged 51)
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| birth_place =[[Kensington]], [[London]], England
| death_place =[[Leatherhead]], [[Surrey]], England
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| branch ={{army|United Kingdom}}
| serviceyears =1941−1946
| servicenumber =174363
| rank =[[Major (United Kingdom)|Major]]
| unit =[[Royal Hampshire Regiment|Hampshire Regiment]]
| commands =
| battles =[[World War II]]
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[[Major (United Kingdom)|Major]] '''Richard Wakeford''' [[Victoria Cross|VC]] (23 July 1921 – 27 August 1972) was an [[England|English]] soldier and a recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]] during [[World War II]], the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] forces.

==Details==
Richard Wakeford (1921-1972) was born in Kensington, London on 23 July 1921, the son of Dr. Victor David Collins Wakeford and Mary (née Kee), and was educated at [[Westminster School]] and [[Trinity College, Oxford]].<ref>{{cite web |title=For Valour |url=https://heartheboatsing.com/2019/09/18/for-valour/ |website=Hear The Boat Sing |date=18 September 2019 |accessdate=18 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Richard Wakeford VC - victoriacross |url=http://www.vconline.org.uk/richard-wakeford-vc/4588398247 |website=www.vconline.org.uk |accessdate=18 September 2019}}</ref> In 1939, he began a course in medicine at Oxford University, intending to become a surgeon and follow in his father's footsteps. Unfortunately, World War II curtailed his medical studies, and ultimately his choice of career. He was commissioned into the Army in 1941.<ref>[https://victoriacrossonline.co.uk/richard-wakeford-vc/ VC online biography]</ref>

Richard Wakeford was 22 years old, and a temporary [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] in the 2/4th Battalion, [[Royal Hampshire Regiment|The Hampshire Regiment]] of the [[British Army]], during the [[Second World War]] when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

On 13 May 1944, near [[Cassino]], [[Italy]], Captain Wakeford, accompanied by his orderly and armed only with a revolver, went forward and killed a number of men from the German [[1st Parachute Division (Germany)|1st Parachute Division]] and took 20 prisoners. When attacking a hill feature the following day his company came under heavy fire, although wounded in the face and both arms, Captain Wakeford pressed home the attack. He was wounded again, but reached the objective and consolidated the position.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue= 36605|date=11 July 1944|pages=3273–3274|supp=y}}</ref>

==Further information==
[[File:Plaque Mr and Mrs Wakeford.jpg|thumb|left]]

After the war, he returned to Trinity College, Oxford. He stroked the Trinity 1st VIII to the Head of the River in the 1946 Summer Eights.<ref>''The Times'', 28 May 1946</ref> He was invalided out of the army with the rank of [[Major (rank)|major]] that same year.<ref>[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37547/supplement/2075 London Gazette]</ref>

On 31 March 1951, he married Denise Elizabeth Corlson at St Saviour's Church, Westcliff on Sea, Essex. Mrs. Denise Wakeford died on 2 February 2019, aged 96.<ref>The Times, 12 February 2019, page 55</ref>).<ref>The Times, 4 April 1951, page 1</ref>

He qualified as a solicitor<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.counselmagazine.co.uk/articles/grand-masters |title=Grand Masters |last=Bragge |first=Nicolas |year=2013 |publisher=Counsel Magazine |access-date=12 February 2019}}</ref> and in 1964 was appointed as a [[Judiciary of England and Wales#High Court Justices, Masters and Insolvency and Companies Court Judges|Chancery Master]].<ref>The Times, 26 October 1964, page 12</ref>

Richard Wakeford died at Leatherhead, Surrey, in 1972 aged 51 and was cremated at Leatherhead Randalls Park Crematorium.
The [[Worshipful Company of Haberdashers|Haberdashers' Company]], of which he was a Warden, held a memorial service for him on 26 September 1972 at [[St Lawrence Jewry]].<ref>The Times, 28 September 1972, page 18</ref>

His VC is held by the [[Worshipful Company of Haberdashers]] in London.

A memorial plaque in honour of Major Richard Wakeford VC and Mrs. Denise Elizabeth Wakeford was erected at Leatherhead Randalls Park Crematorium, Surrey, England in 2019.

==References==
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==Bibliography==
*{{Cite book|last=John|first=Laffin|year=1997|title=British VCs of World War 2: A Study in Heroism|publisher=Sutton Publishing|isbn=0-7509-1026-7}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20041204085907/http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/surrey.htm Location of grave and VC medal] ''(Surrey)''

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