Wallace Duffield Wright

Brigadier-General Wallace Duffield Wright, (20 September 1875 – 25 March 1953) was a British soldier and politician. He was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Early life Wright, the son of James Sykes Wright, was born in Gibraltar on 20 September 1875. He was educated at Cranbrook School, Kent. He joined the Militia in 1893, and was commissioned into the 1st Battalion of the Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) in December 1896.

Later military career From 1904 to 1914 Wright held a number of staff positions, and was appointed a general staff officer, grade 3 (GSO3) at the War Office in London.

During the First World War he served in the Kamerun campaign in Central Africa from 1914–15 and in France from 1915–19, becoming a brevet major in July 1915, major in September, and brevet lieutenant colonel in 1916. In September that year he was appointed as general staff officer, grade 1, of the 18th (Eastern) Division. In July 1918, a temporary brigadier general when he was appointed as brigadier general, general staff (BGGS), of XVII Corps, taking over from Major General Ronald Charles. He was promoted to brevet colonel in January 1919.

Having reverted in rank due to the war's termination, he transferred to the Middlesex Regiment and was made a substantive lieutenant colonel in August 1920. Having been placed on the half-pay list in September 1922, he was made a colonel in March 1923, with seniority backdated to January 1919. He was then a staff officer with the British Army of the Rhine from 1923 to 1926 and commanded the 8th Infantry Brigade at Plymouth, 1925,

He retired with the honorary rank of brigadier general in July 1927. In retirement he joined the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms and served in the Home Guard during World War II from 1940.