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Patey was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 1 January, 1900.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27150/pages/3 no. 27150. p. 3.] 2 January, 1900.</ref> | Patey was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 1 January, 1900.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27150/pages/3 no. 27150. p. 3.] 2 January, 1900.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 15:58, 17 March 2011
Admiral SIR George Edwin Patey, K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O., Royal Navy (24 February, 1859 – 4 February, 1935) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Patey was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1894.[1]
Patey was promoted to the rank of Captain on 1 January, 1900.[2]
He succeeded Rear-Admiral Cecil Burney as Inspecting Captain of Boys' Training Ships on 4 November, 1907.[3]
Great War
Patey was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 14 September, 1914, supernumerary to the establishment.[4]
Patey was appointed Commander-in-Chief on the North America and West Indies Station on 7 March, 1915.[5]
Patey was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 1 January, 1918, vice Farquhar.[6]
Footnotes
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 26585. p. 7. 1 January, 1895.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27150. p. 3. 2 January, 1900.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 5 November, 1907. Issue 38482, col A, pg. 6.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 28910. p. 7478. 22 September, 1914.
- ↑ "Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918, and Which Have Now Ceased to Exist." The National Archives. ADM 6/461. p. 34.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 30457. p. 273. 4 January, 1918.
Bibliography
- "Admiral Sir George Patey" (Obituaries). The Times. Wednesday, 6 February, 1935. Issue 46981, col E, pg. 14.
Service Records
- The National Archives. ADM 196/39.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/20.
Categories:
- 1859 births
- 1935 deaths
- Personalities
- H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of January, 1873
- Royal Navy Gunnery Officers
- Assistant Directors of Naval Intelligence (Royal Navy)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Venerable (1899)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Implacable (1899)
- Inspecting Captains of Boys' Training Ships
- Rear-Admirals in the Second Division, Home Fleet (Royal Navy)
- Vice-Admirals Commanding, Australian Fleet
- Commanders-in-Chief on the North America and West Indies Station
- Royal Navy Admirals
- Royal Navy Flag Officers
