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| birth_name =John McNeill Walter<br />
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[[Major-general (United Kingdom)|Major-General]] '''John McNeill Walter''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CB|CSI|DSO}} (10 June 1861 – 1951) was a [[British Indian Army]] officer.<br />
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==Military career==<br />
Educated at [[Cheltenham College]], Walter was commissioned into the [[Suffolk Regiment|12th Regiment of Foot]] on 14 January 1880.<ref name=ab>[http://www.angloboerwar.com/index.php?option=com_grid&gid=22_uw_0&p=54 Anglo-Boer War]</ref> He became Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General in India in May 1896, and saw action with the Tochi Field Force and then at the [[Relief of Ladysmith]] in October 1899 during the [[Second Boer War]].<ref name=ab/> He became Assistant Adjutant-General in October 1910 and Deputy Adjutant-General at [[India Command|GHQ India]] in September 1913.<ref name=ab/><br />
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Walter served in [[World War I]] as [[Adjutant-General (India)|Adjutant-General, India]] from November 1915<ref name=commands>[http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201900-2011.pdf Army Commands] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705211343/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201900-2011.pdf |date=2015-07-05 }}</ref> and as Major General in charge of Administration at [[Northern Command (India)|Northern Command, India]] from 1917 before retiring at the end of the War.<ref name=ab/><br />
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