Background
Walker-Heneage was born in 1831, the eldest son of George Heneage Walker-Heneage, Member of Parliament for Devizes 1838-1857.
Walker-Heneage was born in 1831, the eldest son of George Heneage Walker-Heneage, Member of Parliament for Devizes 1838-1857.
Christ Church; Eton College.
Entering the army, he served with the 8th Hussars in the Crimean War (1853-1856), and was present at many engagements of that campaign, including the battles of Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman, Tchernaïa, and the Siege of Sevastopol. He rode in the Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava. At the close of the Crimean war he proceeded to India with his regiment, which took part in suppressing the Indian Mutiny (1857-1858) in Rajputana and Central India.
He was present at the capture of Kotah, the reoccupation of Chundaree, the battle of Kotah ke Serai, the capture of Gwalior and of Powree, the battle of Sindwaho, and the action of Koorwye and Naharghur
Walker-Heneage was 27 years old, and a captain in the 8th Hussars, British Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the Venture capital. On 17 June 1858 at Gwalior, British India, Captain Heneage - together with Sergeant Joseph Ward, Farrier George Hollis and Private John Pearson - was in a charge made by a squadron of the 8th Hussars.
His citation reads:
8th Hussars, Captain (now Brevet-Major) Clement Walker Heneage
(Field Force Orders by Major-General Sir Hugh Henry Rose, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, Commanding Central India Field Force, dated Camp, Gwalior, 28th June, 1858)
Walker-Heneage retired from the army in 1868. He succeeded to the family estates on his father´s death in 1875, and "devoted himself to the life and duties of a country gentleman" in Wiltshire.
He was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire for 1887. He died, suddenly, at his residence Compton House, Compton Bassett, Wiltshire, on 9 December 1901, and is buried in Street Swithin"s churchyard, Compton Bassett.