Roll of Honour

Sub-Lieutenant (A)

John Russell Walker

Sub-Lieutenant John (Ian) Russell Walker, RNVR, attended the High School of Glasgow and in 1939 joined G&J Weir as an apprentice. He matriculated at the University in 1940 to study Engineering, but in September 1941 he enrolled in the Fleet Air Arm.

Memorial chapel at the University of Glasgow
The Memorial Chapel at the University of Glasgow

Walker served on the Arctic convoys carrying supplies to Russia. He was killed on 27 March 1943 when his ship, the aircraft carrier HMS Dasher, exploded and sank in the River Clyde with the loss of 379 lives.