Siege of Derry
A Doctor of Divinity, Walker was joint Governor of Derry along with Robert Lundy during the Siege of Derry in 1689 and received the thanks of the House of Commons for his work. The Walker Plinth on the Walls of Derry which was completed in 1828, remains in his memory; although the associated column that sat on top was destroyed in an IRA terrorist bomb attack in 1972.
He was killed at the Battle of the Boyne on 1 July 1690 (12 July New Style), whilst going to the aid of Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg, Commander-in-Chief of all Williamite forces in Ireland, who was wounded during the crossing of the river in the early part of the battle. He was originally buried at the battlefield but at the insistence of his widow, his body was later exhumed and buried inside the church at Castlecaufield, County Tyrone. His body was later rediscovered and re-interred next to that of his wife but not before a cast was taken of his skull.
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