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INDENTBrigadier General William Crawford Walton, C.B., C.M.G. (1864-1937), entered the Royal Scots Fusiliers as Lieutenant, 1884; transferred to the Bombay Staff Corps, 1886; accompanied the Burma Expedition, 1885-87; Captain 1895; A.D.C. to Lord Sandhurst, Bombay 1895-97; Major 1902; D.A.Q.M.G., Intelligence Branch, Simla 1903-06; Lieut. Colonel 1908, Commandant, 104th Wellesley's Rifles, 1908-14 and served in the Persian Gulf, 1911, (Mentioned in Despatches); Colonel 1913; during the Great War, he served in France from August to October, 1915; he commanded the 8th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment and was present during the battle of Loos (C.M.G., 1916; Mentioned in Despatches); served in Aden from November 1915 to November 1917 and was present during various actions in the Aden Hinterland (C.B., 1917; Mentioned in Despatches twice); served in India, January 1918 to February 1920; commanded the 2/129th Baluchis, January to June 1919 and commanded the Jubbelpore Brigade, April - June 1919; was present on the Northwest Frontier during the Mahsud and Waziristan campaign, June to December 1919 and commanded the 68th and 47th Brigades (Mentioned in Despatches); retired as Colonel with the honorary rank of Brigadier General, April 1920; was made Honorary Colonel, 1/6th Rajputana Rifles, 1927

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