serviceyears branch death_place death_date birth_place unit awards battles birth_date placeofburial rank image article_title name
-- 1915 23px british army cape helles , gallipoli , ottoman empire 26 april 1915 -lrb- aged 32 -rrb- frimley , surrey , england royal field artillery victoria cross world war i 27 may 1882 v beach commonwealth war graves commission cemetery captain garth neville walford.jpg garth walford
 garth neville walford
garth walford

garth neville walford vc -lrb- 27 may 1882 -- 26 april 1915 -rrb- was an english 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 .
walford was born to colonel neville walford -lrb- royal artillery -rrb- and his wife .
he was 32 years old and married to elizabeth walford .
walford was a captain in the royal field artillery , british army during the first world war , and was awarded a victoria cross for his actions on 26 april 1915 at the v beach , gallipoli , turkey .
after his senior officers had been killed , walford and charles hotham montagu doughty-wylie organised a successful attack targeted on the old fort at the top of the hill , although both men were killed in the battle .
