Drury St. Aubyn Wake
From The Dreadnought Project
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.
Life & Career
Wake was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1897.[1]
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.
Footnotes
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 26924. p. 7854. 31 December, 1897.
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.
