Frederic John Walker

For other people named Frederic Walker, see Frederic Walker (disambiguation).

Frederic John Walker
Captain Frederic Walker c.1944
Nickname(s)"Johnnie"
Born(1896-06-03)3 June 1896
Plymouth, England
Died9 July 1944(1944-07-09) (aged 48)
Seaforth, Merseyside, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchRoyal Navy
Years of service1909–1944
RankCaptain
CommandsHMS Shikari (1933)
HMS Falmouth (1933–1935)
HMS Stork (1941–1942)
36th Escort Group (1941–1942)
HMS Starling (1943–1944)
2nd Support Group (1943–1944)
Battles / warsFirst World War
Second World War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order & Three Bars
Mentioned in Despatches (3)

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[1] and some London Gazette entries) was a British 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 popularly as Johnnie Walker (after the Johnnie Walker brand of whisky).

  1. ^ Sainsbury, A. B. (September 2004). "Walker, Frederick John (1896–1944)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/36690. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)