Walter Henry Green CBE, (1878 â 13 April 1958) was a British Labour and Co-operative politician for Deptford, elected in 1935 and MP until 1945. He became a councillor in Deptford in 1909, its mayor 1920âÂÂ1922, and in 1944 became the first freeman of the borough. Later he became a member of the Metropolitan Water Board 1946âÂÂ1953, and was appointed the C.B.E. Order of the British Empire in 1949.
Between 1920âÂÂ1922, he was Mayor of Deptford. As part of his duties, on 22 March 1921, he unveiled the First World War memorial.
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.
Between 1935âÂÂ1947, he was Political Secretary of the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society, the only Co-operative Society to be affiliated to the Labour Party nationally.
Between 1941âÂÂ42 he was chairman of the Labour Party.
He married Grace Edith Puddlefoot in 1904, and together had a son and a daughter.