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Brevet Major (later Lt-Gen Sir) Mark Walker VC (1827-1902), 1860 (c). Oil on canvas, signed verso ‘Benedetto Giove pittore’, by Benedetto Giove (dates not known), 1891 (c). Half-length, bare headed and facing forward, his right sleeve empty and hooked to a button on his chest, his left arm on his sword hilt. Possibly copied from a photograph. Walker was awarded the VC for his actions, whilst a Lieutenant in the 30th (The Cambridgeshire) Regiment, at the Battle of Inkerman, Crimean War (1854-1856), 5 Nov 1854. By jumping over a wall in the face of two oncoming Russian infantry battalions he encouraged his men to advance and repel the assault. He was severely wounded and had his right arm amputated after the sortie of 20 Oct 1854 on Sevastopol, and was promoted into the Buffs. From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum.

Inkerman, Battle of, 1854 (Crimean War 1854-1856), Sevastopol, Siege of, 1854-55 (Crimean War 1854-1856)