Walter Gates (civil servant)

Walter George Gates CB (c.1860 – November 1936) was a British civil servant who served for his entire career with the General Post Office.

Gates was born in Croydon and was the brother of Sir Frank Gates, a distinguished colonial officer. He was educated at the King's School, Canterbury and joined the Civil Service in 1880. In 1892 he was appointed Assistant Director of the GPO Investigation Branch, becoming Director in 1900. From 1910 to his retirement in 1921 he was Assistant Secretary for Home Mails. He was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1920 New Year Honours.^[1]

Footnotes

↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31712. p. 4. 30 December 1919.

References

Obituary, The Times, 14 November 1936

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