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'''John Riddell Bromhead Walker''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|CVO|MC}} (21 June 1913 – 9 September 1984) was a soldier and long-serving [[England|English]] [[Officer of Arms|officer of arms]] at the [[College of Arms]] in [[London]].<br />
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Following graduation from [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]],<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33908|pages=742–744|date=3 February 1933}}</ref> he was commissioned a [[Second Lieutenant]] on 2 February 1933.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34087|pages=5839–5840|date=14 September 1934}}</ref> He was appointed to the [[British Indian Army]] and the 1st battalion 11th Sikh Regiment on 4 March 1934.<ref>Indian Army List January 1935</ref> He was promoted to Lieutenant on 2 May 1935.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34173|page=4012|date=21 June 1935}}</ref> As an Acting Major with the 11th Sikh Regiment, he was awarded the [[Military Cross]] in the London Gazette 18 May 1944 for Burma. He was promoted to [[Major (United Kingdom)|Major]] on 1 July 1946.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=38069|pages=4286–4287|date=12 September 1947}}</ref> He retired on 31 December 1947 and was granted the rank of honorary [[Lieutenant-Colonel (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant-Colonel]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=38173|page=213|date=9 January 1948}}</ref> In 1949, he was transferred to the reserve list of the [[York and Lancaster Regiment]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=38737|supp=y|page=4948|date=18 October 1949}}</ref><br />
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His [[heraldry|heraldic]] career began on 15 October 1947 when he was appointed [[Rouge Croix Pursuivant|Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=38106|page=5019|date=24 October 1947}}</ref> He held this position until 1954 when he was promoted to the office of [[Lancaster Herald|Lancaster Herald of Arms in Ordinary]] to replace [[Archibald Russell (officer of arms)|Archibald George Blomefield Russell]], who had been advanced to the position of [[Clarenceux King of Arms]]. In 1968, Walker was advanced to this same office on the death of [[John Heaton-Armstrong|Sir John Dunamace Heaton-Armstrong]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=44755|page=13920|date=31 December 1968}}</ref> Walker served as Clarenceux for ten years until his retirement in 1978. He died in 1984 and was buried in the [[St Benet Paul's Wharf|Church of St Benet Paul's Wharf]], which has been the religious home of the officers of arms since 1555.<br />
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==Arms==<br />
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| crest = ''On a mural crown encircled by a wreath of laurel an ostrich resting the dexter claw on a grenade fired, all proper.''<br />
| escutcheon = ''Or ermined sable, on a pile embattled azure a mural crown between two caltraps in pale or.''<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jJi2GQAACAAJ |title=Heralds of Today: A Biographical List of the Officers of the College of Arms, London, 1963-86 |last1=Chesshyre |first1=D. H. B. |last2=Chesshyre |first2=Hubert |last3=Herald |first3=Chester |last4=Ailes |first4=Adrian |date=1986 |publisher=Colin Smythe Limited |isbn=9780905715315 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Heraldry]]<br />
*[[Pursuivant]]<br />
*[[Herald]]<br />
*[[King of Arms]]<br />
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*[http://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk The College of Arms]<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060623003434/http://www.cam.ac.uk/societies/cuhags/info/o_of_a/intro.htm CUHAGS Officers of Arms Index]<br />
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