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Lt.Col. Charles Hotham Montague Doughty-Wylie VC, CB, CMG
British Army Royal Welsh Fusiliers
from:Suffolk
(d.26th April 1915)
Charles Doughty-Wylie died on the 26th of April 1915 and is buried in an isolated grave, marked by a standard Gallipoli marker on the top of Hill 141, also known as Doughty Wylie or Fort Hill. The site is situated on the road from Seddulbahir to W Beach. He was the son of H. M. Doughty, of Theberton Hall, Suffolk, and Edith, his wife (nee Cameron); husband of Lilian O. Doughty-Wylie.
An extract from The London Gazette, No 29202, dated 23rd June 1915, records the following: - "On 26th of April 1915 subsequent to a landing having been effected on the beach at a point on the Gallipoli Peninsula, during which both Brigadier- General and Brigade Major had been killed, Lieutenant-Colonel Doughty-Wylie and Captain Walford organised and led an attack through and on both sides of the village of Sedd el Bahr on the Old Castle at the top of the hill inland. The enemy`s position was very strongly held and entrenched, and defended with concealed machine-guns and pom-poms. It was mainly due to the initiative, skill and great gallantry of these two officers that the attack was a complete success. Both were killed in the moment of victory."
