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Order of the Bath, Badge of a Knight Commander (KCB) 1893. From a medal group awarded to Gen Sir Mark Walker VC KCB, 30th (The Cambridgeshire) Regiment and 1st Bn 3rd (The East Kent) Regiment of Foot (The Buffs). From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. Born in Ireland, the son of Captain Alexander Walker who had distinguished himself in the Peninsula with the 38th Foot, Lieutenant Mark Walker was serving as Adjutant in the 30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot when he earned the Victoria Cross for his gallantry at Inkerman. In spite of subsequently losing an arm, Walker continued his military career as an officer in the 3rd (The East Kent) Regiment (the Buffs) and saw active service again as a Brigade Major in the Second China War of 1857-60, for which he was mentioned in despatches. He ended his 46-year army career as a General, receiving a knighthood in 1893, and died at Folkestone in 1902 at the age of 75.