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*The National Archives.  [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7904212&queryType=1&resultcount=4 ADM 196/16.]
 
*The National Archives.  [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7904212&queryType=1&resultcount=4 ADM 196/16.]
 
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[[Category:1846 births|Walker]]
 
[[Category:1846 births|Walker]]

Revision as of 04:29, 2 November 2010

Vice-Admiral SIR Baldwin Wake Walker, Second Baronet, C.M.G., Royal Navy (24 September, 1846 – 28 June, 1905) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Walker was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 21 March, 1900, vice Hastings.[1] On 1 October, 1901, Wake Walker hoisted his flag in the Sans Pareil, port guardship at Sheerness, as Second-in-Command of the Reserve Squadron.[2]

Footnotes

  1. London Gazette: no. 27178. p. 2131. 30 March, 1900.
  2. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 2 October, 1901. Issue 36575, col D, pg. 10.

Bibliography

  • "Obituary" (Obituaries). The Times. Thursday, 29 June, 1905. Issue 37746, col F, pg. 5.

Service Records


Naval Offices
Preceded by
The Hon. Maurice A. Bourke
Assistant Director of Torpedoes
1895 – 1898
Succeeded by
Ernest A. Simons