Garth Walford

Garth Neville Walford  (27 May 1882 – 26 April 1915) 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.

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. He was 32 years old and married to Elizabeth Walford.

Walford was a Captain in the Royal Field Artillery, British Army 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.

Citation

Walford is buried in V Beach Cemetery.

References

Sources
 Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
 The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)
 VCs of the First World War - Gallipoli (Stephen Snelling, 1995)

Category:1882 births
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Category:Royal Artillery officers
Category:British Army personnel of World War I
Category:British Gallipoli Campaign recipients of the Victoria Cross
Category:British military personnel killed in World War I
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Category:British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross