Lieutenant Colonel Frederick William Edward Forestier Walker

Posts : 3379 Join date : 2009-03-03 Location : Devon

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Family Vault, Bushey, Hertfordshire, England

Posts : 2558 Join date : 2009-04-06 Age : 61 Location : UK

Date of Birth - 17th April 1844
First Appointment - Ensign & Lieutenant - Scots Foot Guards - 5th September 1862
Captain - Scots Foot Guards - 11th July 1865
Adjutant - Scots Foot Guards - 22nd July 1869 to 31st January 1873
Captain & Lieutenant-Colonel - Scots Foot Guards - 1st February 1873
Lieutenant (Regimental Major) Scots Guards - 1st July 1881
Brevet Colonel - Scots Guards (2nd Battalion stationed at Dublin) - 15th October 1878
Aide-de-camp to Major-General, Mauritius - 18th June 1866 to 22nd May 1867
Military Secretary, Cape of Good Hope - 5th November 1873 to 4th March 1878
Military Secretary (Acting) to Governor, Cape of Good Hope - 5th March 1878 to 23rd November 1878
Special Service, Cape of Good Hope - 24th November 1878 to 2nd October 1879
A. A. & Q. M. G., Home District - 1st August 1882 to 14th November 1882
Date of Nomination for his CB was 11th November 1878
South African War - 1878-9 - Kaffir Campaign - Zulu Campaign. Battle of Inyezane, occupation of Etshowe. Despatches, London Gazette 5th March and 16th May 1879. Medal with Clasp; CB.

Died from heart failure at Tenby on 30th August 1910 and was buried at Bushey, Hertfordshire, in the Family Vault.

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