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==Life & Career==
==Life & Career==
The son of Colonel Walters of Liverpool.
Walters was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 1 April, 1893.<ref>Walters Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/186.|}} f. 187.</ref>
Walters was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 1 April, 1893.<ref>Walters Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/186.|}} f. 187.</ref>



Revision as of 15:48, 2 February 2022

Lieutenant Francis Elliott Walters, R.N. (23 April, 1871 – 1899) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

The son of Colonel Walters of Liverpool.

Walters was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 April, 1893.[1]

He enjoyed three brief T.BD.. commands beginning in August 1898, but he went missing when he was in command of Ardent along with an Engineer named Baker in October 1899. The Admiralty presumed he had "met his death."[2]

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Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
John G. Armstrong
Captain of H.M.S. Skate
10 Aug, 1898[3]
Succeeded by
Alan C. Bruce

Footnotes

  1. Walters Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/186. f. 187.
  2. Walters Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/186. f. 187.
  3. The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 297.