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Honorary Brigadier-General Henry Alexander Walker, CB, CMG, DSO, H.P (20 October 1874 - 1 May 1953) was a British Army officer who served with the Royal Fusiliers regiment, and later with the King's African Rifles in the First World War. ==Military career== Walker was the son of Lieut.-Colonel Edward Walker, Royal Fusiliers, and he was educated at St Georges College, Weybridge. He was commissioned a second-lieutenant in the Royal Fusiliers in December 1894, was promoted to lieutenant on 24 November 1897, and to captain on 27 January 1900. He was later second in command of the 1st Battalion, King's African Rifles, Nairobi, at the turn of the 20th century.〔http://www.mocavo.com/The-Catholic-Whos-Who-and-Year-Book-1908/416279/452〕 In 1914, he was brigade major in the Meerut Division.〔http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/1262/30850_A001609-01437/5179150?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3dMedalRolls%26h%3d5179150%26ti%3d5538%26indiv%3dtry%26gss%3dpt%26ssrc%3dpt_t69143634_p38190935017_kpidz0q3d38190935017z0q26aidz0q3d343781349869z0q26pgz0q3d32771z0q26pgplz0q3dpidz0q257caid&ssrc=pt_t69143634_p38190935017_kpidz0q3d38190935017z0q26aidz0q3d343781349869z0q26pgz0q3d32771z0q26pgplz0q3dpidz0q257caid&backlabel=ReturnRecord〕 He commanded the 16th Infantry Brigade during the First World War until the loss of his left arm in a shell attack at Vaux Andigny on 16 October 1918.〔http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/h-c-herbert-charles-oneill/the-royal-fusiliers-in-the-great-war-ien/page-32-the-royal-fusiliers-in-the-great-war-ien.shtml〕 He was mentioned nine times in despatches. When he attained the age for compulsory retirement, he retired on pay, 20 October 1931, and was granted the honorary rank of Brigadier-General.〔http://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33764/page/6700〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Henry Alexander Walker」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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