Henry Neville Lake

Captain (retired) Henry Neville Lake, D.S.O., D.S.C., (20 February, 1893 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

He was qualified as an interpreter in Spanish.

Life & Career

Lake was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 April, 1915. In early 1916, he was appointed to Dolphin and then to Vulcan for submarines. On 19 April, 1916, he was appointed to D 4. On 6 January, 1917, he was appointed to E 52. His first command was that of C 13, appointed 5 January, 1918 and lasting until 20 July.

Lake was appointed in command of G 2 on 20 July, 1918 and was in command of the submarine G 2 on 28 October, 1918, when she sank U 78 in a night attack at 56deg 16' N., 5deg 15' E..

Post-War

Lake was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 April, 1923.

He married Florence May Walsham in Foochow China on 21 October, 1924.

Lake was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1927. In that year, he was cautioned to be more careful in future following an error in judgment that resulted in the grounding of L 22 and H 48.

Lake was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 8 April, 1937.

Lake was promoted to the rank of Captain on the Retired List on 20 February, 1938.

World War II

Lake superseded Hubert Henry de Burgh in command of the Armed Merchant Cruiser Forfar on 13 November, 1939.

See Also

• Wikipedia

Service Records

• The National Archives. ADM 196/55.
• The National Archives. ADM 196/127.

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Hubert Vaughan-Jones	Captain of H.M.S. C 13 5 Jan, 1918 – 20 Jul, 1918	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Alfred M. Winser	Captain of H.M.S. G 2 20 Jul, 1918 – 21 Mar, 1919	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Edgar H. Dolphin	Captain of H.M.S. E 41 31 Oct, 1919 – 7 Nov, 1919	Succeeded by Victor C. Dorman-Smith
Preceded by Walter A. C. Dickson	Captain of H.M.S. L 7 6 Dec, 1922	Succeeded by Harold E. Spragge
Preceded by Theodore F. A. Voysey	Captain of H.M.S. L 18 24 Feb, 1925 – Nov, 1926	Succeeded by Henry P. Kendall Oram
Preceded by Theodore F. A. Voysey	Captain of H.M.S. L 14 24 Feb, 1925	Succeeded by Henry P. Kendall Oram
Preceded by Theodore F. A. Voysey	Captain of H.M.S. L 17 24 Feb, 1925	Succeeded by Henry P. Kendall Oram
Preceded by Thomas Parkinson	Captain of H.M.S. L 12 7 May, 1926 – 19 May, 1926	Succeeded by Arthur S. Lindsell
Preceded by Arthur S. Lindsell	Captain of H.M.S. L 22 Nov, 1926 – 1 Aug, 1927	Succeeded by Gerald E. Colpoys
Preceded by Cyril G. B. Coltart	Captain of H.M.S. Cyclops 13 Apr, 1931 – Nov, 1933	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Herbert A. Forster	Captain of H.M.S. Erebus 9 Apr, 1935 – 11 Dec, 1936	Succeeded by Ivan W. Whitehorn