Charles Hotham Montagu Doughty -Wylie
Lieutenant Colonel, HQ Staff, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force
- Register No.
- 1337 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel all Lieutenant-Colonels →
- Unit
- HQ Staff, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (register: Royal Welsh Fusiliers) all Royal Welsh Fusiliers VCs →
- Date of action
- 26 April 1915 on this day → all of 1915 →
- Conflict / campaign
- First World War
- London Gazette
- 23rd June, 1915 on this day → all of 1915 →
- Born
- 23rd July, 1868 at Theberton, Leiston, Suffolk
- Died
- in action on 26th April, 1915 at Sedd el Bahr, Gallipoli
- Award
- Posthumous all posthumous VCs →
- Memorial / grave
- grave V Beach Cemetery, Gallipoli also at St Peter's Church, Theberton, Suffolk and on the War Memorial in Theberton Churchyard. Suffolk
Digest of citation
After a landing had been effected at a point on the Gallipoli Peninsula on 26th April 1915, The Brigadier General and the Brigade Major had been killed so Lieutenant Colonel Doughty-Wylie and Captain G N Walford (reg No. 1259), organised and fronted an attack through, and either side of the village of Sedd el Bahr against an Old Fort at the top of the hill, inland. The enemy's position was defended with concealed machine-guns and pom-poms. It was well-entrenched and very strongly held. At the moment of victory both, Lieutenant Colonel Doughty-Wylie and Captain Walford were killed. The attack was completely successful owing mainly, to the skill, initiative and great gallantry of these two officers
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
DOUGHTY -WYLIE, Charles Hotham Montagu. (reg No. 1337).
Lieutenant Colonel . HQ Staff, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force.* London Gazetted on 23rd June, 1915.
Born on 23rd July, 1868 at Theberton, Leiston, Suffolk.
Killed in action on 26th April, 1915 at Sedd el Bahr, Gallipoli Memorials at grave V Beach Cemetery, Gallipoli also at St Peter's Church, Theberton, Suffolk and on the War Memorial in Theberton Churchyard. Suffolk.
Digest of Citation reads: After a landing had been effected at a point on the Gallipoli Peninsula on 26th April 1915, The Brigadier General and the Brigade Major had been killed so Lieutenant Colonel Doughty-Wylie and Captain G N Walford (reg No. 1259), organised and fronted an attack through, and either side of the village of Sedd el Bahr against an Old Fort at the top of the hill, inland. The enemy's position was defended with concealed machine-guns and pom-poms. It was well-entrenched and very strongly held. At the moment of victory both, Lieutenant Colonel Doughty-Wylie and Captain Walford were killed. The attack was completely successful owing mainly, to the skill, initiative and great gallantry of these two officers.
*Attached from Royal Welch Fusiliers.
*Attached from Royal Welch Fusiliers.
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Alf recorded the memorial as: grave V Beach Cemetery, Gallipoli also at St Peter's Church, Theberton, Suffolk and on the War Memorial in Theberton Churchyard. Suffolk
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