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• 1) Of what exactly did he die? a heart attack?
• 2) In which boat did his son die?

Bastie 23:10, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

Contents 1 Other memorials 2 Walker's first name 3 World War 2 4 Fair use rationale for Image:Frederick John Walker RN.jpg

[edit] Other memorials

There was some sort of memorial to him in either Litherland or Bootle town hall, I htink it may have been the flags flown as the General Chase signal. I don't remember exact details as it is some years snce I was their during a reception hosted by the then Mayor of Sefton for members of the Sefton Youth Wind Orchestra. Hardly meets NOR criteria at the moment, but perhaps someone else could find out more. David Underdown 13:44, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Walker's first name

My 1956 copy of his biography, Walker, R.N. consistently refers to his first name as Frederic rather than Frederick (which is the spelling used in the article). In the introduction, the author thanks Walker's wife (to whom the book is dedicated) for her time and access to her late husband's documents, along with a lengthy list of other people who knew Walker personally. One of the photos in the book is of a commemorative plaque commissioned by the crew of HMS Starling after his death that also uses the name Frederic. It seems unlikely to me that a biographer having access to primary sources, or Walker's own crew, would spell his name incorrectly. Incidently most of the text of the book can be found on the BBC website at [1] Jll 19:46, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

This issue seems to be very confused. The ODNB, artilce gives his name as Frederick, but his father's name as Frederic, and entries in the London Gazette also seem to be inconsistent. David Underdown (talk) 11:58, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] World War 2

There are several references to Walker "flying his flag", since he was only a captain this can't be strictly accurate, only admirals can do that (I thought). David Underdown 08:54, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

I understansd that Walker rescued U boat crews in order to interrogate them, but once he had found the name & captain's name used to let the remainder drown. I do not judge him for this since one of the ways in which the U Boat campaign was defeated was the impact of huge losses among the crews - something like 80% and by this point the war had got especially ruthless. However Doenitz was sentenced to 20 years for giving a similar command to his U Boats. Maybe when you do this you may expect the other side to retaliate. Still Wlker's actions were against official RN policy Streona (talk) 18:00, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Frederick John Walker RN.jpg

Image:Frederick John Walker RN.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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BetacommandBot (talk) 21:26, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Fixed I think. David Underdown (talk) 08:33, 14 February 2008 (UTC)