Lieutenant Colonel Walter Lorrain Brodie VC MC (28 July 1884 – 23 August 1918) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

He was born on 28 July 1884 the son of John Wilson Brodie,[1] an Edinburgh chartered accountant, and his wife Grace Mary Lorrain.

Brodie was 29 years old, and a lieutenant in the 2nd Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry, British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place on 11 November 1914 near Becelaere, Belgium, for which he was awarded the VC: For conspicuous gallantry near Becelaere on the 11th November, in clearing the enemy out of a portion of our trenches which they had succeeded in occupying.

He received the Victoria Cross from King George V at Windsor Castle on 17 July 1915.

[11] He is memorialised on his parents' grave in the modern north extension to Dean Cemetery in western Edinburgh.