Roger Walker
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Roger Walker, originally Ship's Boy, was promoted later to Able Seaman (PP2) of the Swallow. Roger is mischievous, expert in matters mechanical and very fond of chocolate. He is the fourth-oldest and second-youngest of the Walker family children. The character of Roger was partly based on Roger Altounyan, who went on to become an acclaimed medical scientist.
At the beginning of Swallows and Amazons, Roger is described as aged seven, and no longer the youngest in the family (SA1).
A roger is the [[Norfolk name for a sudden squall which makes a loud hissing noise as it comes sweeping over the reeds (CC23). Such a squall was an occasion for Dorothea Callum's lame pun about giving it some chocolate.
[edit] Appearances
List of books, with Roger's particular contribution to the plot, if any:
- Swallows and Amazons
- Swallowdale breaks ankle on the moor
- Peter Duck
- Winter Holiday
- Coot Club (mention only: CC23)
- Pigeon Post finds the "gold" seam
- We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea ship's engineer
- Secret Water
- Missee Lee Excels in Latin, enabling the crew of Wild Cat to have better relations with Miss Lee
- Great Northern? Helps speed the bonny boat Sea Bear, coast watch and humiliation by Ian
- 'Coots in the North' (Roger's later appearance implied in sketch notes for this incomplete story)
