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Revision as of 04:40, 3 December 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] 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

  1. London Gazette: no. 27288. p. 1350. 22 February, 1901.
  2. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 9 May, 1902. Issue 36763, col E, pg. 10.
  3. "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


Naval Offices
Preceded by
Charles C. Drury
Commander-in-Chief on the East Indies Station
1903 – 1905
Succeeded by
Edmund S. Poë