Commander John Wallace Linton, VC, DSO, DSC (15 October 1905 – 23 March 1943) was a Royal Navy submariner and a Welsh recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Nicknamed "Tubby", he was a fine Rugby football forward,[1] playing for the Royal Navy, United Services, and Hampshire County teams.

[6] In 1940 Linton was commander of the submarine Pandora operating in the Far East and in May 1940 brought her to Alexandria and on to Malta, where she was destroyed in the bombing attacks by the Luftwaffe on 1 April 1942.

[7] Linton was 37 years old, and a commander in the Royal Navy during the Second World War, when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross.

[9] Linton was killed in action in La Maddalena Harbour, Italy, on 23 March 1943.This has not been proved and the wreck of the submarine has never been found.

On 6 May 1941 Lieutenant-Commander John Wallace Linton of HMS Pandora was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross: For courage and determination in sinking two Italian supply ships.On 15 September 1942 Commander John Wallace Linton, DSC, was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order: For courage and skill in successful submarine patrols in HMS Turbulent.On 25 May 1943 Commander John Wallace Linton, DSO, DSC, was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for valour in command of HM Submarines: From the outbreak of War until H.M.S.

one Destroyer outright, and set the other Merchantman on fire so that she blew up.The convoy attack specified in the citation occurred off Libya on 28/29 May 1942.

His eldest son, Sub-Lieutenant William F. Linton, was among the 75 men who perished when the A-class submarine HMS Affray was lost in a training exercise on 16 April 1951.