Captain Frederic John Walker RN
(1896-1944)

Royal Navy Captain and renowned Royal Navy Commander during the 'Battle of the Atlantic'

Died aged c. 48

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 the Second World War. Walker was the most successful anti-submarine warfare commander during the Battle of the Atlantic and was known more popularly as Johnnie Walker (for the Johnnie Walker brand of whisky).

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Commemorated on 2 plaques

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Plymouth, United Kingdom
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Bootle, Merseyside, United Kingdom

Captain F. J. Walker 1896-1944 renowned Royal Navy Commander during the 'Battle of the Atlantic' Second World War. Born at Hoe Gardens

Hoegate Street, Plymouth, United Kingdom where they was born (1896)

FLOTILLA/Home of Captain "Johnny" F. Walker, CB, DSO**, RN of HMS STARLING and Commander of NORTH WEST 36th ESCORT GROUP based at GLADSTONE DOCK during the SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945/HOUSE

35 Pembroke Road, Bootle, Bootle, Merseyside, United Kingdom where they lived