Gerard Aylmer Wells

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Vice-Admiral Sir Gerard Wells as a Midshipman in 1896.
Photograph: Navy & Army Illustrated.

Vice-Admiral SIR Gerard Aylmer Wells, K.B.E. (6 October, 1879 – 8 August, 1943) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Gerard Wells was the son of Admiral SIR Richard Wells, and entered the Royal Navy on 15 January, 1893.[1]

Wells was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1918.[2]

He was appointed command of the light cruiser Comus on 15 November, 1918.[3] On 20 March, 1919, he was appointed in command of the Comus's near-sister Cambrian.[4]

Wells was appointed Naval Attaché to the nations of South America[5] on 8 June, 1923, with his headquarters in Beunos Aires.[6]

On return from South America, Wells was appointed in command of the light cruiser Weymouth on 7 April, 1926. Weymouth was flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir Rudolf W. Bentinck, the Vice-Admiral Commanding, Reserve Fleet, and Wells served as Bentinck's Flag Captain and Chief of Staff.[7][8]

He was promoted to Vice-Admiral on the Retired List on 16 January, 1935.[9]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
John M. Casement
Captain of H.M.S. Comus
15 Nov, 1918[10] – 20 Mar, 1919
Succeeded by
Cathcart R. Wason
Preceded by
Lockhart Leith
Captain of H.M.S. Cambrian
20 Mar, 1919[11]
Succeeded by
James D. D. Stewart
Preceded by
Hugh H. Rogers
Captain of H.M.S. Weymouth
Apr, 1926[12]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
William M. James
Captain of H.M.S. Royal Sovereign
Dec, 1927[13] – Aug, 1929[14]
Succeeded by
Basil G. Washington

Footnotes

  1. The Navy & Army Illustrated 1 (5): p. 98.
  2. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 335a.
  3. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 763.
  4. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 739.
  5. Given in the Navy List as Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Venezuela, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
  6. The Navy List. (December, 1924). p. 421.
  7. The Navy List. (June, 1926). p. 288.
  8. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  9. The Navy List. (August, 1939). p. 719.
  10. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 763.
  11. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 739.
  12. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.