Brigadier General William Crawford Walton

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Born in 1864 he joined the Royal Scots Fusiliers in 1884, transferring to the Indian Army two years later. He was ADC to the Governor of Bombay 1895-97 and a staff officer in the intelligence branch at Simla 1903-06. He was commandant of 104th Wellesley’s Rifles 1908-14, which included active service in the Persian Gulf in 1911. 

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He was Commanding Officer of the 8th Berkshires for a few months in 1914-15. Later in 1915 he went to Aden as a full Colonel on the staff. He became Acting Resident in February 1916, when he also took command of Aden Brigade. It seems that he remained in Aden commanding the brigade when Stewart arrived to become Resident in July 1916 as he was still in Aden in 1917. 

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His last appointment before retiring in 1920 was as Inspector of Infantry in South India Command from 1918-20. he died in 1937. Whilst in Aden he was made CMG in 1916 and awarded a CB in 1917.