Walter Congreve

Sir Walter Congreve
Nickname(s)"Squibs"
Born(1862-11-20)20 November 1862
Chatham, Kent, England
Died28 February 1927(1927-02-28) (aged 64)
Mtarfa Hospital, Malta
Buried
Buried at sea between Malta and the Island of Filfla
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
Years of service1885–1924
RankGeneral
UnitNorth Staffordshire Regiment
Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)
CommandsSouthern Command (1923–24)
British Troops in Egypt (1919–23)
VII Corps (1918)
XIII Corps (1915–18)
6th Division (1915)
18th Brigade (1914–15)
Battles / warsSecond Boer War
First World War
AwardsVictoria Cross
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Member of the Royal Victorian Order
Mentioned in Despatches
RelationsMajor Billy Congreve (son)
Cecil Ralph Townshend Congreve (brother)
Other workDeputy Lieutenant of Staffordshire
Governor of Malta (1924–27)

General Sir Walter Norris Congreve, VC, KCB, MVO, DL, KStJ (20 November 1862 – 28 February 1927), was a British Army officer in the Second Boer War and the First World War, and Governor of Malta from 1924 to 1927. He received the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.


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