Frederic John Walker
| Frederic John Walker | |
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Captain Frederic Walker c.1944
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| Nickname(s) | "Johnnie" |
| Born |
3 June 1896 Plymouth, England |
| Died | 9 July 1944 (aged 48) Seaforth, Merseyside, England |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/branch | Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1909–1944 |
| Rank | Captain |
| Commands held |
2nd Support Group (1943–44) HMS Starling (1943–44) 36th Escort Group (1941–42) HMS Stork (1941–42) HMS Falmouth (1933–35) HMS Shikari (1933) |
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards |
Companion of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order & Three Bars Mentioned in Despatches (3) |
First World War
Second World War
Captain Frederic John Walker, CB, DSO & Three Bars (3 June 1896 – 9 July 1944) (his first name is given as Frederick in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography and some London Gazette entries) was a Royal Navy officer noted for his exploits during World War II. Walker was the most successful anti-submarine warfare commander during the Battle of the Atlantic and was known more popularly as Johnnie Walker (after the whisky).
Walker was born in Plymouth, the son of Frederic Murray and Lucy Selina (née Scriven) Walker. He joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1909 and was educated at the Royal Naval Colleges at Osborne and Dartmouth, where he excelled. First serving on the battleship Ajax as a midshipman, Walker as a sub-lieutenant went on to join the destroyers Mermaid and Sarpedon in 1916 and 1917 respectively. Following the end of the First World War, Walker joined the Queen Elizabeth-class battleship Valiant. He married Jessica Eileen Ryder Stobart, with whom he had three sons and a daughter.
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