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In 1941 he was commissioned in the [[RAF]] and served as a [[Flying Control Officer]] until demobilised as a [[Flight Lieutenant]] in November 1945. During that time he received a Fellowship of the Royal Manchester College of Music (1941) and a Fellowship of the [[Guildhall School of Music]] in 1945. After the war he returned occasionally to Covent Garden (notably as the [[Evangelism|Evangelist]] in the première of [[Ralph Vaughan Williams]]'s [[The Pilgrim's Progress (opera)|The Pilgrim's Progress]]), and sang with [[English National Opera|Sadlers Wells Opera]] and at [[Glyndebourne Festival Opera|Glyndebourne]],<ref name="New Grove, 1090"/> but devoted himself increasingly to oratorio, including the major works of Bach, Handel and [[Elgar]]. He also gave [[BBC]] broadcasts of [[lieder]].
Walker suffered a [[stroke]] in 1955 and retired from singing. He
He died in [[London]].<ref name="New Grove, 1090"/>
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