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VC519 William George Walker
BORN 29 May 1863
DIED 16 February 1936 AGE 72
VC Won 22 April 1903 AGE 39
Place VC Won Daratoleh
War/Campaign Somaliland
Name William George Walker No.
VC Issue No. 519 Awards VC CB
Regiment Indian Army, 4th Gurkha Rifles attached to the Bikanir Camel Corps
Later
Now 4th Gorkha Rifles, Indian Army
Rank VC Won Captain
Rank End Of Career Major-General
Place Of Birth Naini Tal, India
Place Of Death Seaford, Sussex, England
Buried/Location Ashes Sussex, England
Cremated Woodvale Crematorium, Lewes Road, Brighton, Sussex, England
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Ashes removed Plot/Grave no. Removed by the funeral directors Charling Limited
Gazetted 7 August 1903
VC Presented 29 September 1903, Major-General W Manning, Somaliland
Memorials
By The Way…
He achieved the rank of Major-General in 1915
VC Held By
National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London, England
