Arthur Horace Walker
Rear-Admiral Arthur Horace Walker, OBE (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, was appointed an acting sub-lieutenant on 15 March 1901 and was confirmed in this rank the following year.[1] He was promoted to lieutenant on 15 March 1902,[2] and in June 1902 was appointed to command the torpedo boat No. 42,[3] serving in the newly created First Submarine Flotilla at Portsmouth. In early 1903 he was reported to transfer to the port flagship at Portsmouth as the No. 42 paid off,[4] but this does not appear to have happened until later that year. He was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June 1914, in the 1914 Birthday Honours list,[5] 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
- ^ "No. 27441". The London Gazette. 10 June 1902. p. 3750.
- ^ "No. 27509". The London Gazette. 26 December 1902. p. 8919.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36783. London. 2 June 1902. p. 9.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36974. London. 10 January 1903. p. 6.
- ^ "No. 28842". The London Gazette (Supplement). 19 June 1914. p. 4880.