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VC1242 John Wallace Linton
Name John Wallace Linton No. POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 1242 Awards VC DSO DSC
Regiment Royal Navy
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Commander
Rank End Of Career Commander
Place Of Birth Claremont, Malpas, Newport, Gwent, Wales
Place Of Death Aboard HM Submarine 'Turbulent' off Maddelina Harbour, Sardinia, Italy
Buried/Location Ashes Lost at sea off Maddelina Harbour, Sardinia, Italy
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 25 May 1943
VC Presented 23 February 1944, King George VI, Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Named on Portsmouth Naval Memorial (Column 3, Panel 72), Hampshire
P Named on War Memorial, St Mary the Virgin Church, Meysey Hampton, Gloucestershire
P Memorial Bollard, on the banks of the River Usk, Newport, Gwent
P Named on Submarine Service Memorial, National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire
P Named on War Memorial, Britannia Naval College, Dartmouth, Devon
P Anchor Memorial, Malpas Court, Newport, Gwent
P Blue Submarine Association Plaque at Place of Birth, St Josephs Hospital, Harding Avenue, Newport, Gwent
P John Wallace Linton Pub, Newport, Gwent
P Memorial Plaque of HM Turbulent Losses, John Wallace Linton Pub, Newport, Gwent
P Linton Street, Newport, Gwent
By The Way…
The total tonnage sunk by Linton during the Second World War was the second highest of any British submarine commander, in 1942 he achieved the unique record of sinking three enemy ships with one salvo of three torpedos
VC Held By
Lord Ashcroft Collection / I.W.M.
BORN 15 October 1905
DIED 23 March 1943 AGE 37
VC Won 1939-March 1943 AGE 37
Place VC Won service in HMS 'Turbulent'
War/Campaign Second World War
