Wilfred St Aubyn Malleson

Wilfred St Aubyn Malleson
Wilfred St Aubyn Malleson
	Malleson (centre) with fellow midshipmen, George Drewry (left) and Greg Russell, on Imbros. Photo by Ernest Brooks.
Born	17 September 1896; Kirkee, British India
Died	21 July 1975 (aged 78); St Clement, Cornwall, England
Buried	Penmount Crematorium, Truro
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Rank	Commander
Unit	SS River Clyde
Battles/wars	World War I; World War II
Awards	Victoria Cross

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Commander Wilfred St. Aubyn Malleson 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 British and Commonwealth forces.

Malleson was born in Kirkee, India,^[1] the son of Major-General Sir Wilfrid Malleson KCIE CB and Ida Kathleen King, daughter of Frederick St Aubyn King.^[2]

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 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.^[3]

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

References[edit]

↑ "Grave locations for winners of the Victoria Cross in the county of Cornwall". Retrieved 18 February 2007.
↑ India, Select Marriages, 1792–1948
↑ "No. 29264". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 August 1915. p. 8132.

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)

[1] "Grave locations for winners of the Victoria Cross in the county of Cornwall". Retrieved 18 February 2007.

[2] India, Select Marriages, 1792–1948

[3] "No. 29264". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 August 1915. p. 8132.

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