Francis Spring Walker
| Francis Spring Walker CBE FRCS | |
|---|---|
| Born |
6 January 1876 Glanbehy, County Kerry, Ireland |
| Died |
24 June 1941 (aged 65) Caragh Lake, County Kerry, Ireland |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom |
| Service/branch |
 British Army British Indian Army |
| Years of service | 1894-1922 |
| Rank | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| Battles/wars |
Second Boer War First World War |
| Awards | Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Mention in Dispatches |
Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Spring Walker CBE (6 January 1876 – 24 June 1941) was a British Army officer.
Spring Walker was born into an Anglo-Irish gentry family in County Kerry, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1878.[1]
In 1894, Spring Walker started his military service in the Royal Navy Reserve as a midshipman.[2] He received his diploma for Licentiate Midwifing from the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland in 1898.[3] He was subsequently commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps and served in the Second Boer War. Between 1902 and 1908 he served in India and was promoted to captain in April 1903. He worked in the Cantonment Magistrates Department and was promoted to major in 1912. Upon the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, Spring Walker sailed to France with the 26th Field Ambulance of the British Expeditionary Force, where he served as Assistant-Director of the 6th Division. On 17 February 1915, he was Mentioned in Dispatches for the first time. He served in the Gallipoli Campaign as a medical officer and was promoted to lieutenant-colonel in 1917.[4][5]
On 30 May 1919, he was decorated as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. On 10 and 29 July that same year, Spring Walker was Mentioned in Dispatches for a second and third time. He retired from the army in 1920, but remained on the officer reserve list until 1922. Spring Walker returned to County Cork, Ireland, where he died in 1941.[6]
References
- Entry No: 127. Drew R, 1968. Commissioned Officers in the Medical Services of the British Army 1660–1960, Vol II Roll of Officers in the RAMC 1898–1960 London, Wellcome Historical Library.
- Succession Books Vol XX, Returns of statement of service of RAMC Officers.
- ↑ http://www.thepeerage.com/p39617.htm#i396167
- ↑ The London Gazette, 28 March 1890 http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26037/pages/1897/page.pdf
- ↑ The London Gazette, 23 February 1894 http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26488/pages/1161/page.pdf
- ↑ The London Gazette, 4 July 1916 http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29651/pages/6613/page.pdf
- ↑ http://www.thepeerage.com/p39617.htm#i396167
- ↑ http://www.thepeerage.com/p39617.htm#i396167