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Revision as of 13:06, 11 May 2014

Admiral Ernest Alfred Simons, Royal Navy (3 September, 1856 – 30 August, 1928) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Early Life & Career

Simons was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant with seniority of 24 May, 1877.[1]

Simons was promoted to the rank of Commander on 1 January, 1890.[2]

Simons was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1896.[3]

On 7 July, 1903, Simons was appointed in command of the battleship Illustrious.[4]

On 1 January, 1906, Simons was appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to King Edward VII, vice Login.[5]

He served as captain of Formidable from March 1906 until January 1907.[6]

Flag Rank

Simons was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 1 January, 1907, vice Lambton.[7]

Simons was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 27 August, 1911, vice Charles Grey Robinson.[8] He was promoted to the rank of Admiral dated 24 October, 1914,[9] and placed on the Retired List on 24 October, 1915.[10]

He died in London on 30 August, 1928 a few days shy of his seventy-second birthday.

Footnotes

  1. The London Gazette: no. 24462. p. 3324. 25 May, 1877.
  2. The London Gazette: no. 26007. p. 7553. 31 December, 1889.
  3. The London Gazette: no. 26809. p. 3. 1 January, 1897.
  4. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 9 July, 1903. Issue 37128, col F, p. 5.
  5. The London Gazette: no. 27870. p. 25. 2 January, 1906.
  6. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  7. The London Gazette: no. 27982. p. 31. 1 January, 1907.
  8. The London Gazette: no. 28526. p. 6373. 29 August, 1911.
  9. The London Gazette: no. 28984. p. 9690. 24 November, 1914.
  10. The London Gazette: no. 29340. p. 10509. 26 October, 1915.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral E. A. Simons" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 3 September, 1928. Issue 44988, col D, p. 14.

Service Records


Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Sir Baldwin Wake Walker, Bart.
Assistant Director of Torpedoes
1898
Succeeded by
George Le C. Egerton

Preceded by
Frederic W. Fisher
Admiral Superintendent of Malta Dockyard
1910 – 1912
Succeeded by
Sackville H. Carden

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Victor A. Stanley
Captain of H.M.S. Pomone
? – ?
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Francis J. Foley
Captain of H.M.S. Illustrious
7 Jul, 1903 – ?
Succeeded by
William O. Boothby
Preceded by
Thomas P. Walker
Captain of H.M.S. Formidable
Mar, 1906 – ?
Succeeded by
Herbert Lyon

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