David Allan Walker
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David Allan Walker
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| Born | 14 July 1956 |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |
 Royal Air Force |
| Years of service | 1974-2011 |
| Rank | Air Marshal |
| Commands held | RAF Halton RAF Training Group |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Officer of the Order of the British Empire |
| Other work | Senior Advisor at HSBC Holdings Master of the Household Extra Equerry to The Queen Vice-Patron of the Royal International Air Tattoo President of the London Wing of the Air Training Corps Vice-President of the RAF Club Deputy Lieutenant of Gloucestershire. |
Air Marshal Sir David Allan Walker, KCVO OBE DL (born 14 July 1956) is a Director at Strategic Difference, and a former senior RAF officer and Master of the Household to the Sovereign.
Career
Walker was commissioned in the administrative branch of the Royal Air Force on 1 September 1974.[1] He was regraded to pilot officer on 15 July 1977 (seniority 15 October 1975),[2] promoted to flying officer on 15 January 1978 (seniority 15 April 1976)[3] and promoted to flight lieutenant on 15 October 1980.[4]
Walker became Station commander at RAF Halton in 1997, Director of Corporate Communications for the RAF in 1998 and Director of Personnel and Training Policy in 2002.[5] He went on to be Air Officer Commanding the RAF Training Group in 2003 before retiring in 2004.[5] In retirement he served as Master of the Household to the Sovereign.[5]
Awards and titles
Walker was appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) in 1992, an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1995,[5] and a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) in the 2011 Birthday Honours, being invested in a personal audience with The Queen on 13 July 2011.[6][7][8]
References
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 46432. p. 12879. 16 December 1974.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 47311. p. 11142. 26 August 1977.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 47437. p. 609. 16 January 1978.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 48366. p. 15626. 10 November 1980.
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- ↑ The Court Circular, 13 July 2011
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 59808. p. 3. 11 June 2011.
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| Preceded by | Air Officer Commanding Training Group 2003–2005 |
Succeeded by John Ponsonby |
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| Preceded by | Master of the Household 2005–2013 |
Succeeded by Anthony Johnstone-Burt |
- Use dmy dates from April 2012
- 1956 births
- Living people
- Royal Air Force air marshals
- Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
- Officers of the Order of the British Empire
- Deputy Lieutenants of Gloucestershire
- Fellows of the Royal Aeronautical Society
- People educated at the City of London School
- Equerries
- Masters of the Household
