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| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| '''[[Assistant Director of Torpedoes (Royal Navy)|Assistant Director of Torpedoes]]'''<br>1898 | | width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| '''[[Assistant Director of Torpedoes (Royal Navy)|Assistant Director of Torpedoes]]'''<br>1898 | ||
| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| Succeeded by<br>'''[[George Le Clerc Egerton|George Le C. Egerton]]''' | | width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| Succeeded by<br>'''[[George Le Clerc Egerton|George Le C. Egerton]]''' | ||
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| + | | width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| Preceded by<br>'''[[Frederic William Fisher|Frederic W. Fisher]]''' | ||
| + | | width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| '''[[Admiral Superintendent of Malta Dockyard]]'''<br>1910 – 1912 | ||
| + | | width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| Succeeded by<br>'''[[Sackville Hamilton Carden|Sackville H. Carden]]''' | ||
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[[Category:H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of January, 1870|Simons]] | [[Category:H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of January, 1870|Simons]] | ||
[[Category:Royal Navy Gunnery Officers|Simons]] | [[Category:Royal Navy Gunnery Officers|Simons]] | ||
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| + | [[Category:Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Pomone (1897)|Simons]] | ||
[[Category:Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Illustrious (1896)|Simons]] | [[Category:Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Illustrious (1896)|Simons]] | ||
[[Category:Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Formidable (1898)|Simons]] | [[Category:Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Formidable (1898)|Simons]] | ||
Revision as of 05:21, 8 November 2010
Admiral Ernest Alfred Simons, Royal Navy (3 September, 1856 – 30 August, 1928) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Early Life & Career
Promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 27 August, 1911, vice Charles Grey Robinson. Simons was promoted to the rank of Admiral dated 24 October, 1914,[1] and retired on 24 October, 1915. He died in London on 30 August, 1928 a few days shy of his seventy-second birthday.
Footnotes
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 28984. p. 9690. 24 November, 1914.
Bibliography
- "Admiral E. A. Simons" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 3 September, 1928. Issue 44988, col D, pg. 14.
Service Records
- The National Archives. ADM 196/39.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/19.
| Naval Offices | ||
| Preceded by Sir Baldwin Wake Walker, Bart. |
Assistant Director of Torpedoes 1898 |
Succeeded by George Le C. Egerton |
| Preceded by Frederic W. Fisher |
Admiral Superintendent of Malta Dockyard 1910 – 1912 |
Succeeded by Sackville H. Carden |
Categories:
- 1856 births
- 1928 deaths
- Personalities
- H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of January, 1870
- Royal Navy Gunnery Officers
- Assistant Directors of Torpedoes (Royal Navy)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Pomone (1897)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Illustrious (1896)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Formidable (1898)
- Admirals Superintendent of Malta Dockyard
- Royal Navy Admirals
- Royal Navy Flag Officers
