Peter Walls
| Lieutenant General George Peter Walls G.L.M.; D.C.D.; M.B.E. |
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| Nickname(s) | Peter |
| Born | 1927 Southern Rhodesia |
| Died | 20 July 2010 (aged 83) George, Western Cape, South Africa |
| Allegiance |
 Southern Rhodesia /  British Empire Rhodesia
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| Service/branch |
 British Army (1940s) Rhodesian Army (1940s–1980) |
| Years of service | 1946–1980 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
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Black Watch Rhodesian Special Air Service Rhodesian Light Infantry |
| Commands held | Combined Operations Headquarters of the Military of Rhodesia. |
| Battles/wars |
World War II Malayan Emergency Rhodesian Bush War |
| Relations | Eunice (wife), three daughters and a son |
Lieutenant General George Peter Walls GLM DCD MBE (1927 – 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.
George Peter Walls was born in Salisbury, the capital of the British self-governing colony of Southern Rhodesia in 1927. His mother was Philomena and father was George Walls, a pilot, who had seen service with the Royal Air Force in World War I. He received his initial education at Plumtree School in Southern Rhodesia.
In the closing months of World War II he left Southern Rhodesia for England, where he received his initial military education at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned on 16 March 1946 into the Black Watch regiment of the British Army.
Resigning his commission in the British Army, apparently dissatisfied with a proposal to transfer him to another regiment from the Black Watch, he returned home and re-enlisted with the Rhodesian Army, first as a non-commissioned officer in the Southern Rhodesian Staff Corps, and then as an officer in the Northern Rhodesia Regiment.
In 1951 Walls was promoted to the rank of Captain at the age of 24 years, and was appointed second-in-command of a reconnaissance unit that Rhodesia despatched to fight in the Malayan Emergency. On arrival in Malaya this unit was renamed "C" Squadron, Special Air Service, and Walls, proving his fighting and leadership qualities in the Malayan jungle, was promoted to the rank of Major, and appointed as the unit's Commanding Officer. On the conclusion of the victorious campaign after 2 years, Walls was awarded the M.B.E. (Military) in 1953.
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