Lewis Pugh Evans Brigadier Lewis Pugh Evans VC , CB , CMG , DSO & Bar , DL ( 3 January 1881 – 30 November 1962 ) was a Welsh 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 . Early years . Lewis Pugh Evans was born at Abermadd to Sir Gruffydd Humphrey Pugh Evans ( 1840 – 1902 ) , KCIE , Advocate - General of Bengal and a member of the Viceroy ' s Council , and Lady Emilia Savi Pugh Evans ( née Hills ; 1849 – 1938 ) . Lewis Pugh Evans was educated at Eton and entered the army through Sandhurst . Early career . After Sandhurst Evans entered the British Army with a commission in the Black Watch with whom he served in the Second Boer War in South Africa . After service with his regiment in India Evans returned to England and obtained a pilot ' s certificate and when the First World War broke out in 1914 he was posted as an air observer with the Royal Flying Corps but after a few months he returned to the Black Watch and in 1917 was appointed to command the First Battalion of the Lincolnshire Regiment . Victoria Cross . On 4 October 1917 near Zonnebeke , Belgium and by now an Acting Lieutenant Colonel in The Black Watch ( Royal Highlanders ) , British Army , Pugh was Commanding Officer of 1st Battalion , The Lincolnshire Regiment and aged 36 years when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC . For most conspicuous bravery and leadership . Lt . - Col . Evans took his battalion in perfect order through a terrific enemy barrage , personally formed up all units , and led them to the assault . While a strong machine gun emplacement was causing casualties , and the troops were working round the flank , Lt . - Col . Evans rushed at it himself and by firing his revolver through the loophole forced the garrison to capitulate . After capturing the first objective he was severely wounded in the shoulder , but refused to be bandaged , and re - formed the troops , pointed out all future objectives , and again led his battalion forward . Again badly wounded , he nevertheless continued to command until the second objective was won , and , after consolidation , collapsed from loss of blood . As there were numerous casualties , he refused assistance , and by his own efforts ultimately reached the Dressing Station . His example of cool bravery stimulated in all ranks the highest valour and determination to win . 1918 . After recovering from his wounds he returned to duty with the 1st Battalion . On 9 April 1918 their lines came under attack in the Germans ' Spring Offensive in a three - day battle . He was awarded for this a bar to his DSO , the citation for which read : On the first day he was moving about everywhere in his forward area during operations , the next day he personally conducted reconnaissance for the counterattack , which he carried out on the third day . It was largely due to his untiring energy and method that the enemy was checked and finally driven out . At the end of hostilities in November 1918 he was commanding the 14th Infantry Brigade of the 32nd Division with temporary rank of Brigadier - General . Awards . Evans was mentioned in despatches seven times and was awarded the DSO and Bar ; the 1914 Star and Clasp ; the British War Medal ; the Victory Medal ; the Order of Leopold ( Belgium ) and the Croix de Guerre . He was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1919 , and a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1938 . He also as a living recipient of the Victoria Cross received the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal ( 1935 ) , King George VI Coronation Medal ( 1937 ) , and Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal ( 1953 ) . His VC is on display in the Lord Ashcroft Gallery at the Imperial War Museum , London . Marriage . Lewis Pugh Evans married Margaret Dorothea Seagrave Vaughan - Pryse - Rice on 10 October 1918 . They lived at Lovesgrove on the death of his elder brother in 1945 . Retirement . In 1938 he retired from the Army but returned to service in the Second World War as a Military Liaison Officer at the Headquarters of the Wales Region . He worked with the Special Operations Executive in India . He later achieved the rank of brigadier . Between October 1947 and January 1951 he was Honorary Colonel of the 16th Battalion , the Parachute Regiment . He died of a heart attack , aged eighty - one , at Paddington Station , London . Affiliations . He was Honorary Colonel of the Army Cadet Force in Ceredigion and was for 25 years President of the Aberystwyth Branch of the Royal British Legion . He was a Churchwarden at Llanbadarn Fawr , where he now lies buried , and a Justice of the Peace on the local bench as well as Deputy Lieutenant for Cardiganshire and a Freeman of the borough of Aberystwyth . Pugh was also invested as an Officer of the Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem .