William George Walker

William George Walker
Born 28 May 1863
Nainital, British India
Died 16 February 1936
Seaford, East Sussex
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch British Indian Army
Rank Major General
Unit 4th Gurkha Rifles
Bikanir Camel Corps (attached)
Commands held 9th Sirhind Brigade
2nd Division
Battles/wars Third Somaliland Expedition
First World War
Awards Victoria Cross
Companion of the Order of the Bath

Major General William George Walker VC, CB (28 May 1863 – 16 February 1936) was a British recipient of the Victoria Cross.

Details

Walker was 39 years old, and a captain in the 4th Gurkha Rifles, Indian Army, attached to the Bikanir Camel Corps during the Third Somaliland Expedition when, on 22 April 1903 after the action at Daratoleh, British Somaliland, the rearguard got considerably behind the rest of the column. Captain Walker and George Murray Rolland, with four other men were with a fellow officer when he fell badly wounded, and while one went for assistance, Captain Walker and the rest stayed with him, endeavouring to keep off the enemy. This they succeeded in doing, and when the officer in command of the column, John Edmund Gough, arrived, they managed to get the wounded man on to a camel. He was, however, hit a second time and died immediately.[1][2][3]

He later served in the First World War as Commander of 9th Sirhind Brigade from August 1914 and achieved the rank of major general in 1915 as General Officer Commanding 2nd Division.[4] His Victoria Cross is displayed at the National Army Museum, Chelsea, London.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27584. p. 4981. 7 August 1903. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27584. p. 4976. 7 August 1903. Retrieved 29 May 2009.
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27636. p. 331. 15 January 1904. Retrieved 29 May 2009.
  4. ↑ Army Commands

References

Military offices
Preceded by
Henry Horne		 General Officer Commanding the 2nd Division
1915–1916 		Succeeded by
Cecil Pereira