Wallace Lloyd Algie
Lieutenant, 20th Battalion 1st Central Ontario Regiment, The Canadian Expeditionary Force
- Register No.
- 18 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Lieutenant all Lieutenants →
- Unit
- 20th Battalion 1st Central Ontario Regiment, The Canadian Expeditionary Force (register: 1st Battalion, CEF) all CEF VCs →
- Date of action
- 11 October 1918 on this day → all of 1918 →
- Conflict / campaign
- First World War
- London Gazette
- 21st January 1919 on this day → all of 1919 →
- Born
- 10th June 1891 at Alton, Ontario, Canada
- Died
- 11th October 1918 at Cambrai, France. (Killed in action)
- Award
- Posthumous all posthumous VCs →
- Memorial / grave
- Niagara Cemetery, Iwuy, France
Digest of citation
On 11th October 1918 north east of Cambrai, France, Lieutenant Algie was with attacking troops which came under heavy enfilade machine-gun fire from a neighbouring village. Rushing forward with nine volunteers he shot the crew of an enemy machine-gun and then turned the gun on the enemy, enabling his party to reach the village. He rushed another machine-gun, killing the crew and capturing an officer and 10 men, thereby clearing the end of the village. He then went back for reinforcements but was killed while leading them forward
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
ALGIE, Wallace Lloyd (Reg. No.18)
Lieutenant 20th Battalion 1st Central Ontario Regiment, The Canadian Expeditionary Force.
London Gazetted on 21st January 1919.
Born on 10th June 1891 at Alton, Ontario, Canada.
Died on 11th October 1918 at Cambrai, France. (Killed in action).
Memorial at Niagara Cemetery, Iwuy, France.
Digest of Citation reads: On 11th October 1918 north east of Cambrai, France, Lieutenant Algie was with attacking troops which came under heavy enfilade machine-gun fire from a neighbouring village. Rushing forward with nine volunteers he shot the crew of an enemy machine-gun and then turned the gun on the enemy, enabling his party to reach the village. He rushed another machine-gun, killing the crew and capturing an officer and 10 men, thereby clearing the end of the village. He then went back for reinforcements but was killed while leading them forward.
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