Baldwin Wake Walker, Second Baronet

From The Dreadnought Project
Revision as of 05:11, 18 August 2010 by Simon Harley (Talk | contribs) (Life & Career)

Jump to: navigation, search

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