Click below for full citation

VC778   George Campbell Wheeler

Name   George Campbell Wheeler   No.      

VC Issue No.   778   Awards   VC   

Regiment   Indian Army, 2nd Battalion, 9th Gurkha Rifles

Later   

Now   9th Gorkha Rifles, Indian Army

Rank VC Won   Major

Rank End Of Career   Lieutenant Colonel

Place Of Birth   Yokohama, Japan

Place Of Death   Barton-on-Sea, Hampshire, England

Buried/Location Ashes   Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene Churchyard, Church Lane, Old Milton, Hampshire, England

Cremated   

Date Buried/Cremated   

Headstone   Headstone   Plot/Grave no.   

Gazetted   8 June 1917

VC Presented   26 July 1919, King George V, Buckingham Palace, London, England

Memorials

P  Headstone, Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene Churchyard, Church Lane, Old Milton, Hampshire, England

P  Illuminated Citation,  Memorial Hall, Bedford School, Bedford, Bedfordshire

P  Named on Memorial Gates, Constitution Hill, London

P  Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire

By The Way…

A new headstone was erected in 1999, with efforts from Bedford School and the Gurkha Association

VC Held By

National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London, England

NEXT

PREVIOUS

BORN   7 April 1880

DIED   26 August 1938   AGE   58

VC Won   23 February 1917   AGE   36

Place VC Won   Shumran, Mesopotamia, (Now Iraq)

War/Campaign   First World War 1917