World War II Victoria Cross Recipient. A native of Wales, he was gazetted for the award posthumously on May 25, 1943 for his actions while serving as a commander in the British Royal Navy on the submarine HMS Turbulent during World War II. Nicknamed "Tubby" he was born in Newport, Wales, England. He attended the British Royal Naval College at Dartmouth, Devon, England and joined the submarine service in 1927. In July 1936 he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant commander. When World War II broke out in September 1939, he was commanding the submarine HMS Pandora in the Far East. In 1940 he was ordered to move it to the Mediterranean Sea where he sank two Italian supply ships in one attack in January 1941. Three months later the Pandora was sunk during a bombing raid and in May 1941 he was given a new T-class submarine, the HMS Turbulent. Under his command, the Turbulent sank over 90,000 tons of enemy shipping and endured over 250 attacks. In March 1943, while on its last patrol before undergoing a refit, his submarine sank off the coast of La Maddalena, Sardinia, Italy, most likely after coming into contact with a mine, and he died at the age of 37. His body, as well as that of his crew, was never recovered. In addition to the Victoria Cross, he received the Distinguished Service Order, the Distinguished Service Cross, the 1939-1945 Star, the Africa Star, and the 1939-1945 War Medal. His Victoria Cross citation reads: "The KING has been graciously pleased to approve the award of the VICTORIA CROSS for valour in command of H.M. Submarines to: Commander John Wallace Linton, D.S.O., D.S.C., Royal Navy. From the outbreak of War until H.M.S. Turbulent's last patrol Commander Linton was constantly in command of submarines, and during that time inflicted great damage on the Enemy. He sank one Cruiser, one Destroyer, one U-boat, twenty-eight Supply Ships, some 100,000 tons in all, and destroyed three trains by gun-fire. In his last year he spent two hundred and fifty-four days at sea, submerged for nearly half the time, and his ship was hunted thirteen times and had two hundred and fifty depth charges, aimed at her. His many and brilliant successes were due to his constant activity and skill, and the daring which never failed him when there was an Enemy to be attacked. On one occasion, for instance, in H.M.S. Turbulent, he sighted a convoy of two Merchantmen and two Destroyers in mist and moonlight. He worked round ahead of the convoy and dived to attack it as it passed through the moon's rays. On bringing his sights to bear he found himself right ahead of a Destroyer. Yet he held his course till the Destroyer was almost on top of him, and, when his sights came on the convoy, he fired. His great courage and determination were rewarded. He sank one Merchantman and one Destroyer outright, and set the other Merchantman on fire so that she blew up." His Victoria Cross and other medals are on display with the Lord Ashcroft Collection at the British Imperial War Museum in London, England.