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Admiral SIR Drury St. Aubyn Wake, K.C.I.E., C.B., Royal Navy, Retired (16 September, 1863 – 23 September, 1935) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Wake was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1897.^[1]

In the King's Birthday Honours of 3 June, 1916, Wake was appointed a Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.).^[2]

Promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on the Retired List on 6 April, 1922.

Wake died suddenly at his home, 78 Victoria Road, Clapham Common, S.W.4. on 23 September, 1935, at the age of seventy-eight.

Wake's widow Edith Rose Mary passed away on 15 February, 1949, aged eighty-six, and was buried at Streatham Cemetary on 21 February.

"Admiral Sir Drury Wake" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 24 September, 1935. Issue 47177, col A, pg. 9.

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 ==Life & Career==
 Wake was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 31 December, 1897.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26924/pages/7854 no. 26924.  p. 7854.]  31 December, 1897.</ref>
+In the King's Birthday Honours of 3 June, 1916, Wake was appointed a Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.).<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29608/supplements/5553 (Supplement) no. 29608.  p. 5553.]  2 June, 1916.</ref>
 Promoted to the rank of {{ViceRN}} on the Retired List on 6 April, 1922.