WALKER, GENERAL
Neg. No: (GP) 8642
Neg. Size: 12"x10"
Neg. Date: 22-05-1925

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Sitter: Brigadier General James Workman Walker (1873-1945).

Biog: Brigadier General Royal Artillery, 53rd Division; Honorary Colonel Royal Engineers 52nd Division and 79th Regiment Artillery.

Date: 22 May 1925.

Occasion: -

Location: THe Lafayette Studio, 160 New Bond Street, London, W.

Descr: TQL standing.

Costume: Full Dress Uniform, Brigadier General.

Orders, Decorations & Medals: Badge of a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George [C.M.G cr. 1919]; Badge of the Order of the Nile [Egypt]; The Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 11 April 1919]; 1914-15 Star; British War medal 1914-20; Allied Victory medal 1914-19 with oak leaf; The Territorial Decoration.

Furniture & Props: Painted backdrop.

Photographer: Lafayette Ltd., 160 New Bond Street, London.

Evidence of photographer at work: -

No of poses: 3.

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Provenance: Pinewood Studios; acquired 1989.

References:

Biog: Who's Who; The Army List, 1925; The Times, c. 15 September 1945 [ck].

Occasion: -

Costume: Dress Regulations for the Army, London, 1911.

Orders, Decorations & Medals: (Order of St. Michael and St. George) Burke's Peerage; (Order of The NIle) R. Werlich, Orders and Decorations of All Nations, Washington, 1990; (D.S.O) Sir O'Moore Creagh, and E.M. Humphris, The Distinguished Service Order 1886-1923, (facsimile edition), London, 1978; (Territorial Decoration) A.R. Litherland & B.T. Simpkin, Spinks Standard Catalogue of British and Associated Orders, Decorations & Medals, London, 1990; (others) E.C. Joslin, A.R. Litherland & B.T. Simpkin, British Battles & Medals, London, 1988.

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