 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pasinei zvapo nokuwana mutoro, Wake-Walker akapfuurira kukwira muRoyal Navy. Akakwidziridzwa kuva rear-admiral muna 1939, akabatanidzwa muOperation Dynamo, kubviswa kwevanhu muDunkirk muna 1940. Ngarava dzaaitungamirira dzakaita basa rinokosha pakuvhima Bismarck muna 1942, uye akanga achibatanidzwa zvikuru mukugadzira ngarava dzezvikepe zvaidiwa nokuda kweOperation Torch muNorth Africa, uye gare gare Normandy landings paD-Day. 