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George Stanley WALKER’S Photo Album.

(G S Walker, 1932 – 1985)

 

Chepstow AAS Intake 47B / 48A.

Arborfield AAS Permanent Staff, 1967 to 1972.

 

Information kindly contributed by Mark Walker, son of George Walker.

 

‘The Editor’ was contacted by Mark, son of George Walker, after seeing a photo of his father on the site in the photo album of Dennis Osborne 48A.  Mark has been researching his father’s service career and thought that he had been an Arborfield apprentice.  A search of our records was negative and so ‘The Editor’ contacted Malcolm Hay who is the Heritage Member of the Beachley Old Boys Association.  Malcolm confirmed that George Joined Chepstow on the 3rd of September 1947 (47B) and ‘Passed Out’ with 48A on the 1st of February 1951. 

 

Chepstow Army Apprentices School, Intake 47B.

George Walker is in the Rear Rank, 3rd from the left.  A full name check of the group is available direct from the B.O.B.A. Web Site

 

His first posting was to 27 Command Workshop, Warminster.  Service details pre.1957 include Belgium, Aden and Egypt.  Passed Artificer Cert Vehicle Course No.144 1958-59.  Wulfenbuttle 1957-62 (daughter Julie born there).  Kenya 1962-67 then on to the Arborfield Army Apprentices College 1967-72 (son Mark was born here) which included a detachment to the UN Peace Keeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP).  At Arborfield Julie happily remembers being paid in sweets for helping with riot training by throwing things at the trainees but wasn’t too pleased at having to attend Church Parade in the gym.

 

Information added 1st April 2013.

‘The Editor’ received an e-mail from Andie in New Zealand………

Hi I am George's second daughter Andrea born 1963 in Halifax. Mom used to tell me that I had the same name as the daughter of one of Dad’s commanding officers who also had the surname Walker? I too remember throwing rocks at the trainees in return for sweets. There was also a very tall man, nickname of 'tiny', who served with Dad who attended his funeral - I would love to know his real name. I believe Dad was his best man at his wedding. Dad loved his life in the army.

 

This photograph below first brought Mark to the 49ers web site and is in Dennis Osborne’s album.

 

Christmas 1954 in Egypt with George Walker in the rear row, pointing to his head.

 

Mark Walker contributed the following photographs

 

Date and location uncertain but S/Sgt George Walker dances with an unknown partner.

 

Cyprus, and the Indian Army Major General Dewan Prem Chand, Force Commander of The United Nations Peacekeeping Force In Cyprus (UNFICYP) pays a visit.  On the right of the three men is believed to be Major Turner of REME, then wearing spectacles is WO1 George Walker and the person on the left is unidentified.

 

Ferreting around in a Ferret.

 

Arborfield Army Apprentices College. Sergeants Mess July 1970.

Front Row: No.5 ASM George Walker, REME.

 

Editor’s Note:

Front Row: No.9 Major R H Matthews, MC, Royal Artillery, Adjutant of the college.  He appears in another article on site referring to his role as OC No.8 Independent Recce. Flight, Army Air Corps, based in Tripoli.  The item was published in Flight Magazine under the title ‘Exercise Quickstep’.

 

Having started at Chepstow, George Walker redeemed himself by joining the ‘Instructional Staff’ at the Arborfield Army Apprentices College in 1967 and his name, as WO1 G Walker, appears in two issues of the college magazine ‘Arborfield Apprentice’.  These are Mag. V7 No.7 Winter 1971, and Mag. V8 No.1 Spring 1972.  The magazines are available from the School Magazine section.

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Please contact ‘The Editor’ if you can add any information regarding George Walker, 47B, Chepstow AAS.

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First Published: 15th January 2013.

Latest Update: 1st July 2013.

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