Military Cross, GVR; 1914-15 Star (CAPT. G.K, WALKER. R.E.); British War Medal (CAPT G.K. WALKER.); Victory Medal with MID Oakleaf (CAPT G.K. WALKER.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, GVR (GILBERT K. WALKER.)
Gilbert Kingsley Walker was born in Mirfield, Yorkshire on 10 August 1886 He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Northumbrian Divisional Engineers (Territorial Force) on 25 March 1915, and served with the Royal Engineers during the Great War as an acting Captain in the Egyptian theatre of War from 29 December 1915. For his services during the Great War he was twice Mentioned in Dispatches (London Gazettes 1 January 1916 (France) and 21 July 1917 (Salonika)), and was awarded the Military Cross in the London Gazette of 4 June 1917. He relinquished his commission on account of ill-health contracted on active service on 11 March 1919, retained the rank of Captain, and was entitled to a Silver War Badge.
According to the 1939 Register he was a Company Director living at "Beech Croft," Crow Lees Road, Mirfield, Yorkshire (West Riding) and a Special Constable for West Riding. He was in fact the Divisional Commander of the Dewsbury Division of the Special Constabulary.
He passed away at 18 Crow Lees Road, Mirfield on 1 October 1964.
Note: The recipient’s Medal Index Card states that his first entry into a theatre of War was in Egypt on 29 December 1915; this would appear to be at variance with the fact that his first ‘Mention’ was on the Western Front in 1915.
