Edward William Herford Blake

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Captain (retired) Edward William Herford Blake (11 September, 1889 – 20 April, 1940) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Promoted to Lieutenant on 15 January, 1910.[1]

Blake served as Gunnery Officer in Theseus, Cumberland, Challenger and, from February 1917, Lion on the staff of Admiral Pakenham.

On 15 January, 1918, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander.[2] Four days later, he was appointed as Gunnery Officer in New Zealand.[3]

He was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1923.

Blake was placed on the Retired List at the rank of Captain on 11 September, 1935.

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Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 8.
  2. The Navy List. (January, 1919). p. 19.
  3. The Navy List. (January, 1919). p. 852.