Walter Henry Green CBE, (1878 – 13 April 1958) was a British Labour and Co-operative politician for Deptford, elected in 1935 and MP until 1945."Mr Walter Green", Hansard 1803–2005 → People (G) via UK Parliament He became a councillor in Deptford in 1909, its mayor 1920–1922, and in 1944 became the first freeman of the borough. Later he became a member of the Metropolitan Water Board 1946–1953, and was appointed the C.B.E. Order of the British Empire in 1949.Obituary "Mr. W. H. Green", The Times (London), 15 Apr. 1958, Issue 54125, page 13. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 25 Jan. 2012.
Mayor of Deptford Between 1920–1922, he was Mayor of Deptford.List of Mayors, Deptford Town Hall council chamber, New Cross Road. Reproduced at Deptford Misc. As part of his duties, on 22 March 1921, he unveiled the First World War memorial."Deptford Town Hall WW1 and WW2 War Memorial" @ Lewisham War Memorials
Members of Parliament 1935–1945 Walter Green was elected Member of Parliament in the 1935 General Election, in which he gained the seat for Labour, with a majority of 6,892 (14.62%) over Conservative Prospective parliamentary candidate, Sir Malcolm Campbell, the then land and water speed record holder."UK General Election results November 1935" @ politicsresources.net/
Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society chairman Between 1935–1947, he was Political Secretary of the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society,Ben Pimlott, Editor, The Second World War diary of Hugh Dalton 1940–45, Publisher: Cape in association with the London School of Economics and Political Science, 1986, , 9780224020657, Length 913 pages (page 286) the only Co-operative Society to be affiliated to the Labour Party nationally.Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society, The history and the origins of the Woolwich at plumstead-stories.com
Labour Party Chairman Between 1941–42 he was chairman of the Labour Party.
Personal He married Grace Edith Puddlefoot in 1904,Civil Registration index of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales, Sep 1904, Volume: 1d, Page: 2067 @ freebmd.rootsweb.com (record) and together had a son and a daughter.
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