Birth Name: | John McNeill Walter |
Birth Date: | 1861 6, df=y |
Serviceyears: | 1880–1918 |
Rank: | Major-general |
Major-General John McNeill Walter (10 June 1861 – 1951) was a British Indian Army officer.
Educated at Cheltenham College, Walter was commissioned into the 12th Regiment of Foot on 14 January 1880.[1] He became Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General in India in May 1896, and saw action with the Tochi Field Force and then at the Relief of Ladysmith in October 1899 during the Second Boer War.[1] He became Assistant Adjutant-General in October 1910 and Deputy Adjutant-General at GHQ India in September 1913.[1]
Walter served in World War I as Adjutant-General, India from November 1915[2] and as Major General in charge of Administration at Northern Command, India from 1917 before retiring at the end of the War.[1]