Preceded by Fabian Malbon Years of service 1968–2007 Education Durham University Service/branch Royal Air Force Spouse Lynda Walker | Allegiance United Kingdom Died September 6, 2015 Alma mater Durham University Name Peter Walker | |
Premier Lyndon Trott
Peter Harwood
Jonathan Le Tocq Role Former Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey Previous office Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey (2011–2015) Children Suzie Walker, James Walker, Robert Walker Parents Sidney Walker, Chris Walker | ||
Air Marshal Peter Brett Walker (29 September 1949 – 6 September 2015) was a Royal Air Force officer who served as Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey from 2011 to 2015.
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RAF career
The son of an RAF fighter pilot, Peter Brett Walker was born on 29 September 1949 in the Staffordshire village of Rowley Regis. Educated at Pocklington School and Durham University, Walker joined the Royal Air Force as a flight cadet at Royal Air Force College Cranwell in 1969. He served as a fighter pilot flying the Phantom FGR2 and Tornado F3 aircraft and went on to command No. 111 Squadron. In 1993 he went to the Falkland Islands to command RAF Mount Pleasant. He became Director of Operational Capability in 1999, Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Operations) in 2001 and Assistant Chief of Staff (Policy & Requirements) at SHAPE in 2002. He went on to be Commander of the Joint Warfare Centre in Norway in 2005 and retired in 2007.
In retirement he became Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey and died in that role on 6 September 2015.
Family
He was married to Lynda: they had two sons and a daughter.