Gordon Walker was born on 13th December 1967 and raised in the royal Burgh of Old Cumnock in Ayrshire.. He was taught piping from the age of 4 by PM David Kay of Cumnock, an excellent teacher and piper himself.
In 1984 Gordon enlisted in the Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment) and started his training as a junior piper at Bridge of Don. He was a very successful competitor in Junior and Amateur solo piping competitions around Scotland and while training at Aberdeen, he won his first major piping competition and the same year his Silver Medal for Piobaireachd at The Argyllshire Gathering at Oban (the youngest ever at the age of 16)
After completing his training, Gordon was posted to the 1st Battalion in West Berlin in 1986. During steady progress through the piping ranks, Pipe Sergeant Walker was invited to attend the Pipe Major's Course at Edinburgh Castle under Major J M Allan and Major GNM Stoddart, BEM. Gordon achieving distinguished honours in both theoretical and practical piping.
Gordon Walker has continued to win many major accolades within the piping world including:
Argyllshire Gathering Gold Medal (Oban) 1993
Northern Meeting Inverness Gold Medal (1994)
Gold Medal The Royal Gathering (Braemar) 1990, '93,'95
The Dunvegan Medal (Skye)1991
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