General Sir Walter Walker

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/General_Sir_Walter_Walker
GPTKB entity
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:allegiance gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath
gptkb:Military_Cross
gptkb:Distinguished_Service_Order
gptkbp:birthDate 1912-11-11
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:British_India
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:commanded 17th Gurkha Division
4th Battalion, 8th Gurkha Rifles
British Army's Northern Command
Commonwealth forces in Borneo
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:Indonesia–Malaysia_confrontation
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Malayan_Emergency
gptkbp:deathDate 2001-08-12
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:England
gptkbp:education gptkb:Wellington_College
gptkb:Royal_Military_College,_Sandhurst
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label General Sir Walter Walker
gptkbp:militaryBranch gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:General
gptkbp:notableFor counter-insurgency operations
gptkbp:notableWork author of 'The Bear at the Gate'
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:British_Army_officer
gptkbp:spouse Joan Elizabeth Mather
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Royal_College_of_Defense_Studies
gptkb:Dwikora_Operation
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7