bestowed on a soldier of the British Empire. The citation that was published in the London Gazette for his VC read: Algie's body was retrieved and he was buried at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's Niagara Cemetery at Iwuy, north east of Cambrai. Victoria Cross On 28 March 1919, Algie's father was presented with his son's posthumous VC by the Lieutenant Governor of Toronto. The VC was later sold at auction to Lord Ashcroft in 1995 for £17,800, and is on display in the Lord Ashcroft Gallery at the Imperial War Museum. The exact whereabouts of the other medals that Algie was entitled to, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal, are not known but they are most likely in the possession of a collector. Footnotes References External links Wallace Lloyd Algie's digitized service file, Library and Archive Canada. "In memory of: Lieutenant Wallace Lloyd Algie, October 11, 1918", The Canadian Virtual War Memorial, last modified 25 February 2020. Wallace Lloyd Algie, Victoria Cross Recipients, Veterans Affairs Canada, last modified 7 March 2019. Arthur Bishop, "Securing Victory", Legion Magazine, 2006. Royal Military College of Canada alumni 1891 births 1918 deaths Canadian World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross Canadian military personnel killed in World War I People from Caledon, Ontario The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada officers Canadian Expeditionary Force officers Queen's York Rangers (1st American Regiment)