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==Life & Career== | ==Life & Career== | ||
| − | 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> | + | 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> On 7 May, 1902, he succeeded Rear-Admiral [[Baldwin Wake Walker, Second Baronet|Sir Baldwin Wake Walker]] as Second-in-Command of the [[Home Squadron (Royal Navy)|Home Squadron]].<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Friday, 9 May, 1902. Issue '''36763''', col E, pg. 10.</ref> He hoisted his flag in the battleship ''Resolution'' in dock at Devonport on 7 May, and at sunset his flag was struck and he went on leave.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Thursday, 8 May, 1902. Issue '''36762''', col F, pg. 9.</ref> |
==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
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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] On 7 May, 1902, he succeeded Rear-Admiral Sir Baldwin Wake Walker as Second-in-Command of the Home Squadron.[2] He hoisted his flag in the battleship Resolution in dock at Devonport on 7 May, and at sunset his flag was struck and he went on leave.[3]
Footnotes
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27288. p. 1350. 22 February, 1901.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 9 May, 1902. Issue 36763, col E, pg. 10.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 8 May, 1902. Issue 36762, col F, pg. 9.
Bibliography
- "Fifty Years in the Navy" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 27 December, 1921. Issue 42913, col F, pg. 10.
Service Record
- The National Archives. ADM 196/38.
Categories:
- 1847 births
- 1921 deaths
- Personalities
- H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of March, 1861
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Reindeer (1883)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Comus (1878)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Hero (1885)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Howe (1885)
- Commodores of the Training Squadron (Royal Navy)
- Commanding Officers of the Chatham Dockyard Reserve (Royal Navy)
- Naval Aides-de-Camp to Queen Victoria
- Naval Aides-de-Camp to King Edward VII
- Seconds-in-Command, Home Squadron (Royal Navy)
- Commanders-in-Chief on the East Indies Station
- Royal Navy Admirals
- Royal Navy Flag Officers
