Brigadier Alfred Maurice Toye (15 April 1897, Aldershot – 6 September 1955, Tiverton, Devon) was an English 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.
Military career
Toye was born in Aldershot in 1897, the son of James Robert Toye (1854–1943), an Army Pensioner and Clerk, and Elizabeth Charlotte (née Dodds, 1862–1947). He was educated at the Garrison School in Aldershot before enlisting into the Royal Engineers as a bugler in 1912 before being commissioned into the Middlesex Regiment during World War I. Before joining the Army, Toye was an active Boy Scout, attaining the rank of patrol leader at the 2nd Aldershot Scout Troop. He was the first member of his troop to become a King's Scout.
After the war
thumb|140px|right|Toye's grave in [[Tiverton Cemetery in 2017]]
thumb|right|140px|The memorial plaque to Toye in the [[Municipal Gardens, Aldershot|Municipal Gardens in his native Aldershot]]
A week after his investiture with the VC at Aldershot he married Flora Robertson (1896-1979) at the Church of St Michael in his native Aldershot. They had two daughters, Joan Flora Toye (1920-2017) and Enid Audrey Toye (1925-2000). From 1925 to 1932 he was chief instructor at the Royal Egyptian Military College and Commandant of War Office Schools of Chemical Warfare 1940- 1942. Toye then joined the teaching staff at the Staff College, Camberley. From 1934 to 1944 he was on active service with the 6th Airborne Division and with General Headquarters, Middle East from 1945 to 1948.