Horace Walker
Commander (retired) Horace Walker (17 March, 1885 – 14 November, 1955) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Walker was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1906.[1]
Walker was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 31 December, 1914.[2]
Walker was appointed Lieutenant & Commander of the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 28 on 4 June, 1912,[3] and again as Lieutenant in Command on 29 July, 1914.[4]
Walker was appointed in command of the destroyer Mindful on 17 April, 1918.[5]
Post-War
He was appointed in command of the destroyer Radstock on 1 October, 1919.[6]
On 13 November 1923, Walker was placed in command of a group of destroyers in reserve, being borne on the books of Woolwich. Similar work interspersed with unpaid time carried him into late 1926, when he found himself briefly in Marshal Soult and Castor. After being superseded in March, Walker was placed on the Retired List at his own request with the rank of Commander on 1 June, 1927.[7]
World War II
Despite the fact that he was suffering from a slight heart disability, Walker was called up in December 1939 and placed in charge of Immingham. In 1941, he was appointed to Quebec, additional, as Maintenance Commander vice the sick John Bertram Aubrey Marsden-Smedley. On 8 March 1944, Walker was appointed in command of the escort carrier Archer vice Bickley.[8]
See Also
Naval Appointments | ||
Preceded by Hugh J. Woodward |
Captain of H.M. T.B. 1 28 Dec, 1911 – 4 Jun, 1912 |
Succeeded by Francis E. H. G. Hobart |
Preceded by Guy P. Bowles |
Captain of H.M. T.B. 28 4 Jun, 1912[9] – 21 Jun, 1916 |
Succeeded by Charles T. A. Bunbury |
Preceded by New Command |
Captain of H.M.S. Peregrine 29 Jun, 1916[10] – 13 Apr, 1917 |
Succeeded by Maurice C. Bomford |
Preceded by Frederic B. Coppin |
Captain of H.M.S. Gladiolus 15 May, 1917 – 16 Apr, 1918 |
Succeeded by Ralph H. Deane |
Preceded by John O. Barron |
Captain of H.M.S. Mindful 17 Apr, 1918[11] – 29 Jan, 1919[12] |
Succeeded by Richard A. A. Plowden |
Preceded by Richard A. A. Plowden |
Captain of H.M.S. Musketeer 29 Jan, 1919 – 1 Oct, 1919 |
Succeeded by John H. Jauncey |
Preceded by Hamilton E. Snepp |
Captain of H.M.S. Radstock 1 Oct, 1919[13] – 3 Oct, 1921 |
Succeeded by Ronald Langton-Jones |
Footnotes
- ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. D7604351 ADM 196/49/254. f. 137.
- ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. D7604351 ADM 196/49/254. f. 137.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 399.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 400.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 846.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 851.
- ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. D7604351 ADM 196/49/254. f. 137.
- ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. D7604351 ADM 196/49/254. f. 137.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1913). p. 400.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396n.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 846.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1919). p. 812.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 851.