<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Wingfield akaberekwa musi wa 16 October 1833 muRuabon, Denbighshire, Wales, mwanakomana waClopton Lewis Wingfield, mukuru mu66th Foot Regiment, naJane Eliza, mwanasikana waSir John Mitchell KCB. Amai vake vakafa muna 1836 pashure pokuberekwa kwomwana wavo wechipiri uye baba vake vakafa muna 1846 nokuda kwokuvharika kwematumbo. Walter akarerwa nababamunini vake uye nababamunini vake. Akadzidza paRossall School, uye muna 1851 akapinda muRoyal Military College, Sandhurst, pakuedza kwechipiri kuburikidza nesimba rababamunini vake avo vaiva colonel. Akapiwa basa reCornet mu1st Dragoon Guards uye akashanda muIndia. Muna 1858 Wingfield akava kaputeni uye muna 1860 akapinda mu  <response>: mushandirapamwe muChina uye akanga aripo pakubatwa kwePeking. Akadzokera kuEngland muna 1861 uye akasiya basa kubva kuDragon Guards gore rakatevera. 