Arthur Horace Walker

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Rear-Admiral Arthur Horace Walker (17 August 1881 – 3 July 1947) was a British Royal Navy officer who was a Director of Torpedoes and Mining from 1926 to 1929, and a senior naval officer at Hong Kong from 1930 to 1932.

Naval career[]

Walker joined the Royal Navy, and was confirmed in the rank of Lieutenant on 15 March 1901.[1] In June 1902 he was appointed to the torpedo boat No. 42,[2] serving in the newly created First Submarine Flotilla at Portsmouth. He was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June 1914, in the 1914 Birthday Honours list,[3] and served as Captain of the torpedo vessel HMS Vesuvius during most of the First World War. Following the War, he was Assistant Director of Torpedoes 1921-1922, and Director of Torpedoes and Mining 1926-1929.

He ended his career as Commodore in Charge at Hong Kong 1930-1932, and retired as Rear admiral in October that year.

Following the outbreak of the Second World War, Walker re-enlisted as staff officer at the Admiralty.

References[]

  1. ^ "No. 27441". The London Gazette. 10 June 1902. p. 3750.
  2. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36783. London. 2 June 1902. p. 9.
  3. ^ "No. 28842". The London Gazette (Supplement). 19 June 1914. p. 4880.
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