Walker, Alexander Percy (b 1916 : medical graduate and general practitioner : University of Glasgow, Scotland)

Alexander Percy Walker was born on the 2nd July, 1916 at Campbellfield, Kilwinning Road, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland. He was the son of Thomas Campbell Walker, from Walker's Chemical Works in Irvine (later to become part of ICI at the base in Ardeer).When aged ten Percy was sent to Cambusdoon Preparatory School in Alloway, Ayr, and then moved on to Shrewsbury School, England, aged fourteen. He succeeded in obtaining his School Certificate and gained his University Entrance Certificate. Percy began at the University of Glasgow, Scotland in the Autumn of 1934 studying medicine. In his first year he took classes in Physics, Chemistry, Zoology and Botany. He then studied Anatomy and Physiology, before going on to examine Pathology, Materia Medica and Surgery. In his fourth year he studied Medical Jurisprudence and Public Health, and finally he undertook classes in Surgery, Medicine and Midwifery. Percy qualified with MBChB on the 3rd September 1939, the same day that war broke out in Europe.

Whilst studying at University, Alexander Percy Walker was also keenly involved in many sporting activities such as golf and tennis; his greatest sporting achivement came in the University annual High Jump competition, which he won four times during his five years there.

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