Lord Walker of Aldringham, Michael Walker was born in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe)

On this day in 1944, Lord Walker of Aldringham, Michael Walker was born in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe). Walker served as Chief of the Defence Staff (head of all British Armed Forces), a post he held for 3 years before retiring and receiving a life peerage in 2006, chief of the General Staff (the professional head of the British Army) Commander in Chief, Land Command and Commander of NATO’s Allied Rapid Reaction Corps.