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	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 Infantry Division (United Kingdom)\|2nd Division]].<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=5 July 2015 }}</ref> His Victoria Cross is displayed at the [[National Army Museum]], [[Chelsea, London]].		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 Infantry Division (United Kingdom)\|2nd Division]].<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=5 July 2015 }}</ref> His Victoria Cross is displayed at the [[National Army Museum]], [[Chelsea, London]].

	Walker was cremated at the [[Cemeteries and crematoria in Brighton and Hove#Woodvale Cemetery and Crematorium\|Woodvale Crematorium]] in [[Brighton]], East Sussex, and is commemorated there.<ref name="VC">{{cite web\|url=http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/downloads/bhcc/Victoria_Cross_holders2.doc\|title=Victoria Cross Holders interred within or cremated at Brighton & Hove City Council's Cemeteries and Crematorium\|format=DOC\|year=2010\|publisher=[[Brighton and Hove City Council]] (Woodvale Bereavement Services)\|accessdate=4 January 2016\|url-status=dead\|archiveurl=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121206003516/http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/downloads/bhcc/Victoria_Cross_holders2.doc\|archivedate=6 December ~~2022~~}}</ref>		Walker was cremated at the [[Cemeteries and crematoria in Brighton and Hove#Woodvale Cemetery and Crematorium\|Woodvale Crematorium]] in [[Brighton]], East Sussex, and is commemorated there.<ref name="VC">{{cite web\|url=http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/downloads/bhcc/Victoria_Cross_holders2.doc\|title=Victoria Cross Holders interred within or cremated at Brighton & Hove City Council's Cemeteries and Crematorium\|format=DOC\|year=2010\|publisher=[[Brighton and Hove City Council]] (Woodvale Bereavement Services)\|accessdate=4 January 2016\|url-status=dead\|archiveurl=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121206003516/http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/downloads/bhcc/Victoria_Cross_holders2.doc\|archivedate=6 December 2012}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==

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{{about|the British Army officer|the former Scottish National Party (SNP) politician|Bill Walker (SNP politician)}}
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{{Infobox military person
|name= William George Walker
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|birth_date= {{birth date|1863|05|28|df=yes}}
|death_date= {{death date and age|1936|02|16|1863|05|28|df=yes}}
|birth_place= [[Nainital]], [[British India]]
|death_place= [[Seaford, East Sussex|Seaford]], [[East Sussex]]
|placeofburial=
|nickname=
|allegiance= United Kingdom
|branch= [[British Indian Army]]
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|rank= [[Major-general (United Kingdom)|Major general]]
|commands= [[2nd Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|2nd Division]] 9th Sirhind Brigade
|unit= [[4th Gurkha Rifles]] [[Bikanir Camel Corps]] (attached)
|battles= [[Third Somaliland Expedition]] [[First World War]]
|awards= [[Victoria Cross]] [[Companion of the Order of the Bath]] [[Mentioned in dispatches]]
|laterwork=
}}
[[Major-general (United Kingdom)|Major General]] '''William George Walker''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|VC|CB}} (28 May 1863 – 16 February 1936) was a senior [[British Army]] officer and a recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]].

==Details==
Walker was 39 years old, and a [[Captain (land and air)|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.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27584|page=4981|date=7 August 1903}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27584|page=4976|date=7 August 1903}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27636|page=331|date=15 January 1904}}</ref>

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 Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|2nd Division]].<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=5 July 2015 }}</ref> His Victoria Cross is displayed at the [[National Army Museum]], [[Chelsea, London]].

Walker was cremated at the [[Cemeteries and crematoria in Brighton and Hove#Woodvale Cemetery and Crematorium|Woodvale Crematorium]] in [[Brighton]], East Sussex, and is commemorated there.<ref name="VC">{{cite web|url=http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/downloads/bhcc/Victoria_Cross_holders2.doc|title=Victoria Cross Holders interred within or cremated at Brighton & Hove City Council's Cemeteries and Crematorium|format=DOC|year=2010|publisher=[[Brighton and Hove City Council]] (Woodvale Bereavement Services)|accessdate=4 January 2016|url-status=dead|archiveurl=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121206003516/http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/downloads/bhcc/Victoria_Cross_holders2.doc|archivedate=6 December 2022}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of Brigade of Gurkhas recipients of the Victoria Cross]]

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

==References==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20041028141812/http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/sussex.htm Location of grave and VC medal]''(East Sussex)''

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{{s-bef|before=[[Henry Horne, 1st Baron Horne|Henry Horne]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=[[General Officer Commanding]] the [[2nd Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|2nd Division]]|years=1915–1916}}
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[[Category:1863 births]]
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[[Category:British recipients of the Victoria Cross]]
[[Category:British Indian Army generals]]
[[Category:Companions of the Order of the Bath]]
[[Category:British military personnel of the Third Somaliland Expedition]]
[[Category:People from Nainital]]
[[Category:Indian Army personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:Military personnel of British India]]

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