Drury St. Aubyn Wake

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.

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.

Bibliography

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

Service Records

• The National Archives. ADM 196/42.
• The National Archives. ADM 196/20.