David Walker (RAF administrative officer)

Not to be confused with David Walker (RAF aircrew officer), also an RAF air marshal.

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

David Allan Walker
Born	(1956-07-14) 14 July 1956 (age 68)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	Royal Air Force
Years of service	1974–2011
Rank	Air Marshal
Commands	Training Group RAF RAF Halton
Awards	Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Spouse(s)	Jane Alison Fraser Calder (m. 1983)
Other work	Master of the Household Extra Equerry to The Queen Deputy Lieutenant of Gloucestershire

Air Marshal Sir David Allan Walker, KCVO, OBE, DL (born 14 July 1956) is a Director at Alexander Mann Solutions, and a member of the Advisory Board of Auticon. He is a retired senior Royal Air Force officer and Master of the Household to the Sovereign.

RAF career

Walker was commissioned in the Administrative Branch of the Royal Air Force (RAF) 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 was appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) in 1992, and an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1995.^[5]

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 being seconded to Buckingham Palace in 2005 as Master of the Household to the Sovereign.^[5] Walker was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) in the 2011 Birthday Honours, being invested in a personal audience with Queen Elizabeth II on 13 July 2011.^[6][7][8]

Personal life

Walker is the son of Allan Walker and Audrey (née Brothwell). In 1983, he married Jane Alison Fraser Calder.^[9]

References

1. "No. 46432". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 December 1974. p. 12879.
2. "No. 47311". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 August 1977. p. 11142.
3. "No. 47437". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 January 1978. p. 609.
4. "No. 48366". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 November 1980. p. 15626.
5. "Air Vice-Marshal David Walker, OBE, MVO". Debrett's. Retrieved 7 May 2010.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
6. The Court Circular, 13 July 2011
7. "No. 59808". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 June 2011. p. 3.
8. "HM The Queen's Birthday Honours List – 2011". The Daily Telegraph. London. 11 June 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
9. "Walker, Air Marshal Sir David (Allan), (Born 14 July 1956), DL; Director, Strategic Difference LTD, since 2014; non-executive Director, Alexander Mann Solutions, since 2015; an Extra Equerry to the Queen, since 2005". Who's Who. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U4000578. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4.

Military offices
Preceded by Graham Miller	Air Officer Commanding Training Group 2003–2005	Succeeded by John Ponsonby
Court offices
Preceded by Sir Anthony Blackburn	Master of the Household 2005–2013	Succeeded by Tony Johnstone-Burt