Walter Balmer Hislop

Walter Balmer Hislop (26 November 1886 – 28 April 1915) was a portrait painter and landscape artist.

During World War I Hislop served with ‘D’ Company, 1/5th (Queen's Edinburgh Rifles) Battalion, Royal Scots, having been commissioned into the regiment as a Second lieutenant in March 1914.

[6] His name appears on the War Memorial in the grounds of Colinton Parish Church.

[7] His sister was Jessie Hislop who married the Edinburgh artist Adam Bruce Thomson in 1918.

Hislop mainly painted portraits[8] and landscapes particularly around Edinburgh and East Lothian.

This pencil drawing by W.B.Hislop of battleships firing to cover the Gallipoli landings was made on about 26 April 1915. This drawing was found in a sketchbook in his pocket when his body was found some time later in an advanced position.
Oil painting by WB Hislop of an East Lothian landscape painted ca. 1910.
Christmas card drawn by WB Hislop (December 1914)