Born on 11 October 1863 to the Rev. Alfred Vaughan Walters and Frances Amelia Dodsley in Hampshire as one of a pair of twin brothers, Herbert Flamstead Walters was commissioned a lieutenant in the 4th Battalion, the Princess of Wales Own (Yorkshire Regiment) on 4 April 1883.

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Transferring to the regulars, he took a lieutenant's posting with the Gloucestershire Regiment on 6 May 1885.  Seconded to the Indian Staff Corps, he was promoted captain on 6 May 1896. 

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Assigned to the 24th Baluchistan Infantry, Walker along with 100 of his men acted as an escort to the Baluch-Afghan Boundary Commission of 1896. The above photo was probably taken at this time.

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He was field intelligence officer with the Tirah Expeditionary Force under General Sir William Lockhart and received a Mention in Despatches.  He received the 1895 India General Service Medal with clasps "Tirah 1897-98" and "Punjab Frontier 1897-98". He authored The Operations of the Malakand Field Force and the Buner Field Force 1897-98.

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In 1909 he was presented the Delhi Durbar Medal.

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An active Mason, Walker was a member of the McMahon Lodge in Quetta, Baluchistan. Walker was in Tientsin, China in October 1911 when he is listed as a member of the Freemason's Coronation Lodge in that city.

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Attached to the 124th Baluchistan Infantry for the majority of his career he was appointed the regiment's commandant on 8 February 1909. His final promotion to colonel was Gazetted on 1 May 1913.

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Walters married Hannah Johanna Bower at Kensington on 27 August 1901.

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Walker was attached to the Reserve of Officers at the time of his death on 8 October 1916 at Surbiton, Surrey.

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Cabinet Photograph

Fred Brenner - Photographer

Rawal Pindi & Quetta, British India

c. 1896

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