Peter Walls


George Peter Walls

Nickname(s)Peter
Born1927 (1928)
Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe)
Died20 July 2010(2010-07-20) (aged 82–83)
George, Western Cape, South Africa
Allegiance Southern Rhodesia
Rhodesia Rhodesia
Service/branch British Army (1940s)
Rhodesian Army (1940s–1980)
Years of service1946–1980
RankLieutenant General
Unit
Commands held
Battles/wars
AwardsLegion of Merit GLM Defence Cross for Distinguished Service DCD Order of the British Empire MBE
Spouse(s)Eunice (wife)
RelationsThree daughters and a son

Lieutenant General George Peter Walls GLM DCD MBE (1927[1] – 20 July 2010) was a Rhodesian soldier. He served as the Head of the Armed Forces of Rhodesia during the Rhodesian Bush War from 1977 until his exile from the country in 1980.[2][3]

  1. ^ -2010 Walls: "We will make it work" Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine Time magazine and CNN
  2. ^ Kalley, Jacqueline Audrey. Southern African Political History: A chronological of key political events from independence to mid-1997, 1999. Page 711–712.
  3. ^ Peter Abbott and Philip Botham. Modern African Wars (1): Rhodesia 1965-80, 1986. Page 11.

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