Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The General Service Medal awarded to Brigadier J. R. Mackintosh-Walker, D.S.O., M.C. & 2 Bars, Seaforth Highlanders, Officer Commanding 227th Highland Infantry Brigade, killed in action, 15 July 1944

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (Capt. J. R. Mackintosh Walker, Seaforth) extremely fine £400-500

D.S.O. London Gazette 19 October 1944.

M.C. London Gazette 18 July 1917.

1st Bar to M.C. London Gazette 15 October 1918.

2nd Bar to M.C. London Gazette 1 February 1919.

M.I.D. London Gazette 29 November 1940.

John Ronald Mackintosh-Walker was born on 9 April 1898, the son of T. B. C. Walker, of Nairn, Scotland. Commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the 2nd Battalion Seaforth Highlanders on 7 April 1916. His service in the Great War earned him the M.C. and 2 Bars for bravery in the field. Served in pre-war Palestine as a Captain. Attained the rank of Brigadier in the Second World War, winning the D.S.O. Killed in action at the front near Caen, on 15 July 1944. Buried in the Hottot-les-Bagues War Cemetery, Calvados, France.

With a copied account of the death of Brigadier Mackintosh-Walker by one of his officers.