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Walker was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 30 June, 1898.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26983/pages/3983 no. 26983.  p. 3983.]  1 July, 1898.</ref>
 
Walker was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 30 June, 1898.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26983/pages/3983 no. 26983.  p. 3983.]  1 July, 1898.</ref>
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He was advanced to the rank of {{ViceRN}} on the Retired List on 15 May, 1913.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28719/pages/3514 no. 28719.  p. 3514.]  16 May, 1913.</ref>
  
 
==Great War==
 
==Great War==

Revision as of 06:02, 18 February 2011

Admiral Thomas Philip Walker, D.S.O., Royal Navy, Retired (16 September, 1858 – 27 August, 1932) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Walker was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1898.[1]

He was advanced to the rank of Vice-Admiral on the Retired List on 15 May, 1913.[2]

Great War

On 10 April, 1915, Walker was granted a temporary Commission as Captain in the Royal Naval Reserve.[3]

Walker was advanced to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 2 April, 1917.[4]

Footnotes

  1. London Gazette: no. 26983. p. 3983. 1 July, 1898.
  2. London Gazette: no. 28719. p. 3514. 16 May, 1913.
  3. London Gazette: no. 29127. p. 3580. 13 April, 1915.
  4. London Gazette: no. 30008. p. 3206. 3 April, 1917.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral T. P. Walker" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 29 August, 1932. Issue 46224, col F, pg. 12.

Service Records