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VC598 Wilfred St. Aubyn Malleson
BORN 17 September 1896
DIED 21 July 1975 AGE 78
VC Won 25 April 1915 AGE 18
Place VC Won V Beach, Seddul Bahr, Gallipoli, Turkey
War/Campaign First World War 1915
Name Wilfred St. Aubyn Malleson No.
VC Issue No. 598 Awards VC
Regiment Royal Navy
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Midshipman
Rank End Of Career Captain
Place Of Birth Kirkee, India
Place Of Death At his home, 'Pendrae', St Clement, near Truro, Cornwall, England
Buried/Location Ashes Buried at sea off Falmouth, Cornwall, England
Cremated Penmount Crematorium, Truro, Cornwall, England
Date Buried/Cremated 24 July 1975
Headstone Ashes Plot/Grave no. At sea
Gazetted 16 August 1915
VC Presented 21 July 1915 by King George V at Windsor Castle or Buckingham Palace
Memorials
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire
By The Way…
During the Second World War he was mostly stationed in Malta, becoming the King’s harbour-master
VC Held By
Lord Ashcroft collection I.W.M
