Francis Wallington

Francis Victor Wallington MC & Three Bars (16 October 1891 – 1971) was a decorated British Army officer. He was the first of four soldiers to be awarded the Military Cross four times, all in the First World War.[1][2]

Francis Victor Wallington
Born(1891-10-16)16 October 1891
Died1971
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
Years of service1906–1923
1939
RankCaptain
UnitRoyal Field Artillery
Battles/warsFirst World War
AwardsMilitary Cross & Three Bars
Mentioned in Despatches

Military career

Wallington was born in Woolwich. He joined the Royal Horse Artillery in 1906. He reached the rank of bombardier while serving with the 7th Brigade, RHA.[2]

Early in the First World War, Wallington served as a soldier in the Royal Artillery, British Army, and reached the rank of serjeant.[3] On 15 August 1914, he departed for France with the British Expeditionary Force.[2] On 30 May 1916, he was commissioned into the Royal Artillery as a second lieutenant 'for service in the field'.[3] On 2 October 1917, he was promoted to acting captain while he served as second-in-command of a battery of the Royal Field Artillery.[4] On 30 November 1917, he was promoted to lieutenant and retained the acting rank of captain.[5] He retired on 2 May 1923 and was granted the rank of captain.[6]

Wallington married Gwendoline Constance Newton (1892–1936) in Lambeth in 1919. They lived in Abingdon, and had two sons Francis and Dennis, and a daughter Maureen.

Wallington later rejoined the British Army. On 7 March 1939, he became a captain and admin officer in the Royal Engineers.[7] With the outbreak of the Second World War, he relinquished his appointment as an admin officer on 2 September 1939.[8] He relinquished his commission in the Territorial Army on 2 September 1939.[9]

Wallington died in Richmond-upon-Thames in 1971.

Honours and decorations

For his service in the First World War, Wallington received the following campaign medals; the 1914 Star with clasp, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.[2] On 26 January 1917, he was Mentioned in Despatches.[2] He was awarded the Military Cross four times;[1] the first on 26 January 1917,[10] the second on 16 August 1917,[11] the third on 25 August 1917,[12] and the fourth on 16 September 1918.[13]

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See also

References
  1. "Humphrey Arthur GILKES". Christ Church, Oxford. 10 December 2012. Archived from the original on 5 October 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  2. Addington, Scott (2006). For conspicuous gallantry: winners of the Military Cross and bar during the Great War. Leicester: Matador. ISBN 9781905237432.
  3. "No. 29650". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 June 1916. p. 6585.
  4. "No. 30398". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 November 1917. p. 12309.
  5. "No. 30618". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 April 1918. p. 4285.
  6. "No. 32819". The London Gazette. 1 May 1923. p. 3146.
  7. "No. 34620". The London Gazette. 28 April 1939. p. 2829.
  8. "No. 34922". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 August 1940. p. 5011.
  9. "No. 34936". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 August 1940. p. 5339.
  10. "No. 29921". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 January 1917. pp. 1016–1020.
  11. "No. 30234". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 August 1917. pp. 8354–8356.
  12. "No. 30251". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 August 1917. pp. 8801–8804.
  13. "No. 30901". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 September 1918. pp. 10853–10877.
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