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★Victoria Cross

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Walter Congreve — Victoria Cross

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Heroic Score178537th out of 4480

Number of Medals11

Total Heroic & Non-Heroic Score196568 of 4480

British Army#102of 876

Second Boer War#22of 131

World War I#209of 928

Walter Congreve

General, British Army

Second Boer WarWorld War I

Awards & Decorations

Victoria Cross
Distinguished Service Order
Queen's South Africa Medal (2)
King's South Africa Medal (3)
1914 Star (2)
War Medal 1939-45 — (United Kingdom)
Victory Medal 1914-19

Ribbon Rack

Biography

General Sir Walter Norris Congreve, 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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Score Breakdown

Victoria Cross(base 100)

+100

Distinguished Service Order(base 55)

+55

Unified Scoring Metrics Bonuses(career variety ×1.15 (2 medal types))

+23

Heroic Score178 pts