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{{Infobox military person
|name= Wilfred St Aubyn Malleson
|birth_date=17 September 1896
|death_date= 21 July 1975 (aged 78)
|birth_place= [[Kirkee]], [[British India]]
|death_place= [[St Clement, Cornwall]], [[England]]
|placeofburial= Penmount Crematorium, [[Truro]]
|image= George Drewry and Wilfred Malleson.jpg
|caption=Malleson (centre) with fellow midshipmen, [[George Leslie Drewry|George Drewry]] (left) and Greg Russell, on [[Imbros]]. Photo by [[Ernest Brooks (photographer)|Ernest Brooks]].
|nickname=
|allegiance={{UK}}
|serviceyears=
|rank=Commander
|branch={{Navy|United Kingdom}}
|commands=
|unit=[[SS River Clyde|SS ''River Clyde'']]
|battles= [[World War I]]<br/>[[World War II]]
|awards= [[Victoria Cross]]
|laterwork=
}}
Commander '''Wilfred St. Aubyn Malleson''' [[Victoria Cross|VC]] (17 September 1896 – 21 July 1975) was a British recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]], the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] forces.

Malleson was born in [[Kirkee]], India,<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/cornwall.htm | title = Grave locations for winners of the Victoria Cross in the county of Cornwall | accessdate=18 February 2007}}</ref> the son of Major-General Sir [[Wilfrid Malleson]] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KCIE|CB}} and Ida Kathleen King, daughter of Frederick St Aubyn King.<ref>''India, Select Marriages, 1792–1948''</ref>

Malleson was an 18-year-old [[Midshipman]] in the [[Royal Navy]] during the [[First World War]] when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

On 25 April 1915 during the landing at V Beach, Cape Helles, [[Gallipoli]], [[Turkey]], Midshipman Malleson and three others ([[William Charles Williams]], [[George Leslie Drewry]], [[George McKenzie Samson]]) of [[SS River Clyde|HMS ''River Clyde'']] assisted the commander ([[Edward Unwin]]) of the ship at the work of securing the lighters under very heavy rifle and Maxim fire. When the other midshipman with the party had failed, through sheer exhaustion to get a line from lighter to lighter, Midshipman Malleson swam with it himself and succeeded. The line subsequently broke and he afterwards made two further unsuccessful attempts at his self-imposed task.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue= 29264|date=13 August 1915|page=8132|supp=y}}</ref>

He later achieved the rank of [[commander]]. He died at [[St Clement, Cornwall|St Clement]], [[Cornwall]]. His VC is on display at the Lord Ashcroft Gallery in the [[Imperial War Museum]], [[London]].

==References==
{{reflist}}
*''[[Monuments to Courage]]'' (David Harvey, 1999)
*''[[The Register of the Victoria Cross]]'' (This England, 1997)
*''[[Scotland's Forgotten Valour]]'' (Graham Ross, 1995)
*''[[VCs of the First World War]]: Gallipoli'' (Stephen Snelling, 1995)
*''[[VCs of the First World War]]: The Naval VCs'' (Stephen Snelling, 2002)

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[[Category:British Gallipoli campaign recipients of the Victoria Cross]]
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[[Category:Royal Navy officers of World War I]]
[[Category:Royal Navy officers of World War II]]
[[Category:Military personnel of British India]]
[[Category:Burials in Cornwall]]

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