Charles Walwyn
Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Lawrence Tyndall "Taffy" Walwyn (1883–1959) was a British Army officer of the First World War who received the Military Cross. His son was the race horse trainer Peter Walwyn. Walwyn was commissioned into the Carmarthen Artilley Militia in June 1901, and transferred to the regular army as a second lieutenant in the Royal Artillery on 24 December 1902. References External links

* Royal Artillery officers Recipients of the Military Cross Companions of the Distinguished Service Order 1883 births 1959 deaths Officers of the Order of the British Empire Walwyn family, Charles British Army personnel of World War I {{UK-army-bio-stub ...
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British Army
The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurkhas, and 28,330 volunteer reserve personnel. The modern British Army traces back to 1707, with antecedents in the English Army and Scots Army that were created during the Restoration in 1660. The term ''British Army'' was adopted in 1707 after the Acts of Union between England and Scotland. Members of the British Army swear allegiance to the monarch as their commander-in-chief, but the Bill of Rights of 1689 and Claim of Right Act 1689 require parliamentary consent for the Crown to maintain a peacetime standing army. Therefore, Parliament approves the army by passing an Armed Forces Act at least once every five years. The army is administered by the Ministry of Defence and commanded by the Chief of the General Staff. The Brit ...
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