{{Short description|English Victoria Cross recipient}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Infobox military person |name= Edgar Kinghorn Myles |image= Edgar Kinghorn Myles VC.jpg |image_size= |alt= |caption= |nickname= |birth_date= {{birth date|1894|07|29|df=yes}} |birth_place= [[East Ham]], [[Essex]], [[England]] |death_date= {{death date and age|1977|01|31|1894|07|29|df=yes}} |death_place= [[Bishopsteignton]], [[Devon]], England |burial_place= |allegiance= United Kingdom |branch= [[British Army]] |service_years= 1914–1928<br/>1939–1940 |rank= [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|Captain]] |service_number= 9311 |unit= [[Welch Regiment|Welsh Regiment]]<br/>[[Worcestershire Regiment]]<br/>[[King's Regiment (Liverpool)]] |commands= |battles= [[First World War]]<br/>[[Second World War]] |awards= [[Victoria Cross]]<br/>[[Distinguished Service Order]]<br/>[[Mentioned in dispatches]] |relations= |other_work= }} [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|Captain]] '''Edgar Kinghorn Myles''', {{postnominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|VC|DSO}} (29 July 1894 – 31 January 1977) was a [[British Army]] officer and an [[England|English]] recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]] (VC), the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] forces.
==Military career== Myles was deployed with the 8th (Service) Battalion, [[Welch Regiment|Welsh Regiment]], [[British Army]], attached to 9th (Service) Battalion, [[Worcestershire Regiment]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wfrmuseum.org.uk/vcwinners.htm |title=Victoria Cross Winners |access-date=2008-01-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118145503/http://www.wfrmuseum.org.uk/vcwinners.htm |archive-date=18 January 2008 }}</ref> On 9 April 1916 at [[Sanna-i-Yat]], [[Mesopotamia]], during combat, [[Second lieutenant]] Myles went out alone several times in front of British advanced trenches to assist wounded men on the battlefield. While under heavy rifle fire, and at great personal risk, he carried in a wounded officer to safety. For his service he received the [[Victoria Cross]]. The citation for his award read: {{blockquote|2nd Lt Edgar Kinghorn Myles, Welsh R. For most conspicuous bravery. He went out alone on several occasions in front of our advance trenches, and, under heavy rifle fire and at great personal risk, assisted wounded men lying in the open. On one occasion he carried in a wounded officer to a place of safety under circumstances of great danger.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29765|date=26 September 1916 |page=9418|supp=y }}</ref>}}
Myles transferred to the [[King's Regiment (Liverpool)]] as a [[lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in 1923 and was later promoted to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]].
Myles' Victoria Cross is displayed at [[Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum]] in [[Worcester, England|Worcester]], England.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wfrmuseum.org.uk/vcwinners.htm |title=Victoria Cross Winners |access-date=2008-01-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118145503/http://www.wfrmuseum.org.uk/vcwinners.htm |archive-date=18 January 2008 }}</ref>
==Bibliography== *{{cite book|last=Gliddon|first=Gerald|year=2005|title=The Sideshows|series=[[VCs of the First World War]]|publisher=Sutton Publishing|isbn=978-0-7509-2084-1}}
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20041125092218/http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/devonshi.htm Location of grave and VC medal] ''Devonshire)'' *[http://www.worcestershireregiment.com/wr.php?main=inc/vc_myles Worcestershire Regiment website]
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