Wion de Malpas Egerton

Vice-Admiral Wion de Malpas Egerton, DSO (16 April 1879 – 1 January 1943) was a British Royal Navy officer from the Egerton family, who served in World War I and was Deputy Director of Torpedoes and Mining from 1921 to 1922.

He was posted to the battleship HMS Centurion on 15 January 1901, then serving as flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Seymour on the China Station.

[2] In July and August 1902 he had a temporary posting to HMS Royal Sovereign,[3] flagship to Sir Charles Frederick Hotham, Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth, during the fleet review held at Spithead on 16 August 1902 for the coronation of King Edward VII.

[5] He was mentioned in despatches during the First World War, and in 1917 was awarded the Distinguished Service Order, being promoted to captain on 30 June that year.

Egerton was killed on 1 January 1943, while on board a ship that was torpedoed by a U-boats during World War II.

Egerton plaques in the south transept of Chester Cathedral : a memorial to family members killed during the war (top) and a memorial to Vice-Admiral Wion de Malpas Egerton (below)