Ernest Alfred Simons
From The Dreadnought Project
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.
