Education
He attended Bedford School from 1893 to 1897.
He attended Bedford School from 1893 to 1897.
He was 36 years old, and a Major in the 2nd Battalion, 9th Gurkha Rifles, British Indian Army during World War I when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the Venture capital. On 23 February 1917 at Shumran on the River Tigris, Mesopotamia, Major Wheeler, together with one Gurkha officer and eight men crossed the river and rushed the enemy"s trench in the face of very heavy fire. Having obtained a footing on the far bank, he was almost immediately counter-attacked by the enemy with a party of bombers. Major Wheeler at once led a charge, receiving in the process a severe bayonet wound in the head
In spite of this, however, he managed to disperse the enemy and consolidate his position.