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[[Admiral (Royal Navy)|Admiral]] {{SIR}} '''George Lambart Atkinson-Willes''', K.C.B., Royal Navy (13 July, 1847 – 25 December, 1921) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]].
 
[[Admiral (Royal Navy)|Admiral]] {{SIR}} '''George Lambart Atkinson-Willes''', K.C.B., Royal Navy (13 July, 1847 – 25 December, 1921) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]].
  
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==Who was Who==
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==Life & Career==
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ATKINSON-WILLES, Adm. Sir George (Lambart)
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He was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 19 February, 1901, vice [[Robert Hastings Harris|Harris]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27288/pages/1350 no. 27288. p. 1350.]  22 February, 1901.</ref>
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KCB 1905
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Born 13 July 1847; 2nd surv. s of late Rev. Thomas Atkinson, Rector of Kirby Sigston, Yorkshire, and Henrietta J., d of Capt. George W. Willes, RN; took the additional surname of Willes in compliance with the will of his uncle, Admiral Sir George Willes, GCB; m Alice, y d of late Thomas Sutcliffe Mort of Greenoakes, Darling Point, Sydney; one s three d ; died 25 Dec. 1921
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Commander-in-Chief, East Indies, 1903–06
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EDUCATION
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Leamington College; RN Academy, Gosport
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CAREER
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Entered Navy, 1861; Captain, 1886; Admiral, 1901; served Abyssinian War in Naval Brigade, including action of Arogee and storming of Magdala, 1868 (despatches, promoted to Lieut, medal); as commodore commanded Training Squadron, 1895–97; Dockyard Reserve, Chatham, 1898–1900; ADC to HM Queen Victoria, 1899–1901, and to King Edward until promoted Rear-Adm.; Rear-Admiral in command Home Squadron and second in command of Home Fleet, 1902–03; Commander-in-Chief, East Indies, 1903; directed the operations of a mixed naval and military force which captured the Dervish stronghold of Illig, 1904; as Commander-in-Chief was present on Somali Coast, 1904, during the operations against the Mullah; retired 1912
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United Service, Travellers’
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ADDRESS
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The Stroud, Haslemere
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==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==

Revision as of 13:16, 19 July 2010

Admiral SIR George Lambart Atkinson-Willes, K.C.B., Royal Navy (13 July, 1847 – 25 December, 1921) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 19 February, 1901, vice Harris.[1]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ London Gazette: no. 27288. p. 1350. 22 February, 1901.

Bibliography

  • "Fifty Years in the Navy" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 27 December, 1921. Issue 42913, col F, pg. 10.

Service Record

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