Charles Doughty-Wylie
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| Born |
23 July 1868 Theberton, Suffolk, England |
| Died | 26 April 1915 (aged 46) Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/branch | British Army |
| Years of service | 1889–1915 |
| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Unit |
Somaliland Camel Corps The Royal Welch Fusiliers |
| Battles/wars |
Mahdist War Chitral Expedition 1898 Occupation of Crete Second Boer War Boxer Rebellion Third Somaliland Expedition First World War |
| Awards |
Victoria Cross Companion of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Mentioned in Despatches Order of the Medjidie (Ottoman Empire) |
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Hotham Montagu "Richard" Doughty-Wylie, VC, CB, CMG (23 July 1868 – 26 April 1915) was a British Army officer and an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces. Doughty-Wylie was also posthumously awarded the Order of the Medjidie from the very Ottoman Government he fought against. He was generally known as "Richard".
A native of Suffolk, Doughty-Wylie was educated at Winchester College. He graduated from the Royal Military College, Sandhurst in 1889. His military career included the Chitral Expedition of 1895 and the 1898 Occupation of Crete, between and after which he was posted in Sudan serving with Lord Kitchener in the Mahdist War (1898–99). In 1899 he took part in the final defeat of the Khalifa as Brigade Major to the Infantry Brigade with the flying column, and was mentioned in despatches. He next served in the Second Boer War, then suppressing the Boxer Rebellion (1900) and in Somaliland (1903–04), where he commanded a unit of the Somaliland Camel Corps.
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