Walter Walker (British Army officer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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British Army general
Date of Birth: 11-Nov-1912
Place of Birth: British Raj, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 12-Aug-2001
Profession: military personnel
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Walter Walker (British Army officer)
- General Sir Walter Colyear Walker, (11 November 1912 – 12 August 2001) was a senior British Army officer who served as Commander-in-Chief of Allied Forces Northern Europe from 1969 until his retirement in 1972.
- He commanded the 4/8th Gurkhas Rifles against the Japanese Army in Burma during the Second World War.
- He commanded the 1/6 Gurkha Rifles from 1950 to 1953 and he commanded the 99th Gurkha Infantry Brigade Group from 1957 to 1959 during the Malayan Emergency.
- Walker was Director of Operations in Borneo from 1962 to 1965 during the Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation.
- In retirement, he attracted some controversy by publicising his views on the political situation in Britain during the mid 1970s.
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