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Lieutenant-Colonel William Keating Walker

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1888-07-12
Place of birth: Cleator Moor Cumberland England
Next of kin: Reverend R. Walker, father. St. Paul’s Rectory, Cumberland, England
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Missionary
Occupation (normalized): Missionary
Religion: Church of England
Date of death: 1961-07-21

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank: Lieutenant-Colonel
Rank detail
  1. Private (Army).
  2. Lieutenant-Colonel (Army).
  3. Lieutenant (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: yes
Battle wounded/killed: Wounded July 31, 1915

RESEARCH INFORMATION

LAC ID: 295564
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B10027-S003
Uploader's Notes:

R T Elliott, K.C., of Victoria, B.C., was the founder of Elliott’s Horse - a ‘free-lance’ cavalry unit, composed almost entirely of seasoned veterans, raised in Victoria in the early days of the Great War [1914].

Elliott’s Horse was composed of 5 officers and 78 men. The unit departed Victoria on Oct. 23 for Vancouver, then travelled across Canada by train to Montreal, arriving Oct. 29, where they boarded SS Letitia on Oct. 31 bound for Glasgow, Scotland. Arriving there Nov. 9 they then travelled to London. On Nov. 17 the unit entrained for Salisbury Plain where they were welcomed by the Royal Canadian Dragoons and Lord Strathcona's Horse.

Walker wrote an article in The Daily Colonist, Victoria, B.C. Nov 8, 1936, signed at that time: Colonel W.K. Walker, D.S.O., M.C.

He joined Royal Canadian Dragoons.

Walker's previous record of service: St. Bees O.T.C. 1900 - 1905.

His grave marker notes: DSO and bar, MC, Lieutenant-Colonel, CMGC, CEF

Uploader's Research notes: [Private Army Canadian Militia Elliott's Horse Lieutenant Army Canadian Cavalry Royal Canadian Dragoons Lieutenant-Colonel Army Canadian Machine Gun Corps 1st Canadian Motor Machine Gun Brigade ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2013-08-14
Last modified: 2022-03-02