Frederic Wake-Walker Military person

Admiral Sir Frederic Wake-Walker CB CBE (24 March 1888 – 24 September 1945) was a British admiral who served in the Royal Navy during World War I and World War II, taking a leading part in the destruction of the German battleship Bismarck, and in Operation Dynamo, the evacuation at Dunkirk.

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Frederic Wake-Walker
Birth dateMarch 24, 1888
Date of deathSeptember 24, 1945
Place of death
England , London

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Military person

military operations
Battle of the Denmark Strait
Dunkirk evacuation
Last battle of the battleship Bismarck
service start1903
service end1945

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External resources

  1. http://www.bismarck-class.dk/bismarck/men_involved/wakewalker.html
  2. http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/people_wake_walker.html
  3. http://www.thepeerage.com/p6229.htm#i62290
  4. http://www.unithistories.com/officers/RN_officersW.html#Wake-Walker_WF