Wallace Lloyd Algie
Lieutenant Wallace Lloyd Algie, (10 June 1891 – 11 October 1918) was a Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. A soldier with the CEF during the First World War, he was posthumously awarded the VC for his actions on 11 October 1918, during the Hundred Days Offensive, exactly a month before the armistice with Germany. Early life Wallace Lloyd Algie was born on 10 June 1891 at 1155 King Street at Alton in Ontario, Canada, the son of James and Rachel Algie. His father was a medical doctor whose practice covered Peel County, near Toronto, and had practiced medicine for over twenty-five years. The family later moved to Toronto itself sometime in 1908, settling in at 75 Dewson Street. Algie was educated at Alton Public School and when his schooling was completed, he worked in banking before entering the Royal Military College of Canada. After graduating from there as a lieutenant, he served initially in the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada and then the 40th Northumberland Regiment. He was known to play the