David Walker (RAF administrative officer)
Royal Air Force air marshals
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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.
David Allan Walker | |
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| Born | 14 July 1956 |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Branch | Royal Air Force |
| Service years | 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 | Jane Alison Fraser Calder (m. 1983) |
| Other work | Master of the Household Extra Equerry to The Queen Deputy Lieutenant of Gloucestershire |
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]