Garth Walford

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Memorial in Exeter Cathedral

Captain Garth Neville Walford Template:Postnominals (27 May 1882 – 26 April 1915) was a British Army officer and 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.

Biography

Walford was born to Colonel Neville Walford (Royal Artillery) and his wife at No 5, The Terrace in Camberley, which is now part of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.

Walford was listed as a ′University Candidate′ when he was commissioned into the British Army as a second lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery on 24 December 1902.<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref>

He had advanced to captain during the First World War, and was awarded a Victoria Cross for his actions on 26 April 1915 at the V Beach, Gallipoli, Turkey. After his senior officers had been killed, Walford and Charles Hotham Montagu Doughty-Wylie organised a successful attack targeted on the old fort at the top of the hill, although both men were killed in the battle.

Walford was 32 years old when he died, and married to Elizabeth Walford.<ref>Walford, Gareth Neville, Commonwealth War Graves Commission</ref> He is buried in V Beach Cemetery.<ref>V Beach Cemetery, Commonwealth War Graves Commission</ref>

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