Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Walker ya shafe shekaru na farko a cikin sojan ruwa da farko a cikin ruwan Birtaniya a lokacin mamayewar tsoro na 1779, sa'an nan kuma a cikin ruwan Arewacin Amirka inda ya ga aikin a mafi yawan yakin basasa na yakin basasa, musamman a Chesapeake, St. Kitts da Saintes
Ka yi haƙuri. Ya kai matsayin Laftanar kafin karshen tashin hankali kuma ya shafe shekaru tsakanin yaƙe-yaƙe yana tafiya a nahiyar. Da yake komawa aiki tare da fashewar yaki da Faransanci, ya sake shiga cikin manyan ayyukan jiragen ruwa na wannan lokaci, tare da hidimarsa a ranar farko ta Yuni na farko da ya tabbatar da ci gabansa ga umarnin kansa. Aikinsa ya kusan ƙare tare da zargin rashin biyayya ga umarni, wanda ya haifar da korarsa daga rundunar sojan ruwa, amma an sake dawo da shi a lokaci don samar da shirin da za a yi wa 'yan tawaye a Spithead da Nore. Ya umurci jirgin ruwa a yakin Camperdown, da kuma wani a yakin Copenhagen, yana samun yabo ga Nelson saboda ayyukansa.