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Auction: 21002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 295

Volunteer Force Long Service Medal (India & the Colonies), G.V.R. (Trooper W. J. Walker. C. Lt. Horse), very fine

William James Walker was born on 27 January 1868 at Dundee, Scotland, the son of a whaling ship's Captain. Walker went into the jute business and sailed to Calcutta in 1897, the only passenger on the Clan Macintosh. He was married firstly in November 1906, working as an Assistant with Thaddeus & Co. of Mission Row and also serving in the Calcutta Light Horse. Walker was awarded his Medal in November 1914 and returned to the United Kingdom in 1925, living in Newport, Fife, Scotland. Walker died on 29 January 1944, passing away after having spent an evening at the local cinema; sold together with copied research.

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Sold for
£250

Starting price
£60