Occupation: Deputy lieutenant of Glasgow for the past 36 years. During the war he was commander of No 4 Commando.
Appearance: Last public outing was to the Armistice parade in Glasgow last month, sporting the Military Cross, Defence Medal, War Medal, the 1939-45 Star, SAS insignia and Commando regalia. Since then, a rather lower profile.
Busy polishing all that brass, no doubt: Hiding a red face is more like it. It seems Walker-Naddell isn't quite what he claims.
OK, so the 2,500-strong Commando Association has no record of him. Could be an oversight: Maybe. But military experts have raised a few questions about claims he made in his recent autobiography, Serve With Honour.
Such as? His exploits with the No 4 Commando during the 1950s and 60s, including daring raids on Kenya.
What's their problem? No 4 was disbanded in 1945.
Might have got his dates wrong. Is that all? He says he met Churchill and Montgomery in 1942 to discuss tactics for the raid on Dieppe.
Is that so unlikely? Do you think that our greatest military minds would have felt the need to consult a doctor who had never set foot in occupied Europe?
Go on. His appearance at the Armistice parade finally betrayed him. He displayed his Commando shoulder insignia upside-down.
Bit of a giveaway, that one. I expect he'll be given his marching orders from the lord lieutenant's office, then. Hold your fire. Walker-Naddell earned his post through 50-odd years of service in alternative medicine. But it does look as if he might be moving on, as his bosses have only just realised that he is well past the regular retirement age of 75.
Walker-Naddell's reaction? "I have no doubt there must have been mistakes, but not deliberate. That stupid book. Sometimes we just come out with stupid things and we build something up in ourselves and it becomes a story."
