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- D1A single attributed public source (museum, council, Historic England, CWGC, mapping data).
- D2Two or more independent public sources corroborate the same facts.
- D3A named coordinator or local reviewer has confirmed the public-source account.
- D4A named observer has personally visited and documented the site — photographs, inscriptions, condition.
- D5An archive or institution has provided written documentation supporting the entry.
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A bronze statue on the Pier Head waterfront, facing the River Mersey, commemorating Captain Frederic John Walker, Royal Navy — anti-submarine warfare commander of the 2nd Support Group during the Battle of the Atlantic.
According to published commemorative materials, the statue was sculpted by Liverpool sculptor Tom Murphy and unveiled by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh on 16 October 1998. It was funded by the Captain Walker Old Boys Association through a national public appeal.
The biography of Captain Walker himself is not asserted here; it is the subject of separate archival research where verified primary documentation exists.
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What this page does not claim
- Verbatim text of the plinth inscription — requires first-hand field observation (D4).
- Current physical condition of the statue — observation is field-pass only.
- Personal biographical claims about Captain Walker beyond his Layer B archival surface.
- Endorsement by any named organisation; sources cited for documentary research only.
Sources
- BNational Museums Liverpool — National Museums Liverpool — order-of-service artifact for the statue unveilingarchived ↗
- BWestern Approaches Liverpool War Museum — Western Approaches Liverpool War Museum — Remembering Captain Frederic Johnnie Walker
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