George Edwin Patey

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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

  1. ↑ London Gazette: no. 26585. p. 7. 1 January, 1895.
  2. ↑ London Gazette: no. 27150. p. 3. 2 January, 1900.
  3. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 5 November, 1907. Issue 38482, col A, pg. 6.
  4. ↑ London Gazette: no. 28910. p. 7478. 22 September, 1914.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ 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

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