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 Lieutenant on 10 August, 1881.[1]

Patey was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1894.[2]

Patey was promoted to the rank of Captain on 1 January, 1900.[3]

He succeeded Rear-Admiral Cecil Burney as Inspecting Captain of Boys' Training Ships on 4 November, 1907.[4]

On 22 March, 1908, he was appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to King Edward VII, vice Brock.[5]

Flag Rank

Patey was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 2 January, 1909, vice Casement.[6]

Patey hoisted his flag in the battle cruiser Australia on 23 June, 1913 as Rear-Admiral Commanding the Australian Fleet.[7] On 30 June he was knighted by King George V on the occasion of the Royal visit to the Australia, being appointed a Knight Commander in the Royal Victorian Order (K.C.V.O.).[8]

Great War

Patey was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 14 September, 1914, supernumerary to the establishment.[9]

Patey was appointed Commander-in-Chief on the North America and West Indies Station on 7 March, 1915.[10]

Patey was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 1 January, 1918, vice Farquhar.[11] He was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 1 January, 1919.[12]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ London Gazette: no. 26534. p. 4154. 12 August, 1881.
  2. ↑ London Gazette: no. 26585. p. 7. 1 January, 1895.
  3. ↑ London Gazette: no. 27150. p. 3. 2 January, 1900.
  4. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 5 November, 1907. Issue 38482, col A, pg. 6.
  5. ↑ London Gazette: no. 28122. p. 2261. 24 March, 1908.
  6. ↑ London Gazette: no. 28212. p. 131. 5 January, 1909.
  7. ↑ Commonwealth of Australia: The Navy List (October, 1913). p. 17.
  8. ↑ London Gazette: no. 28734. p. 4734. 4 July, 1913.
  9. ↑ London Gazette: no. 28910. p. 7478. 22 September, 1914.
  10. ↑ "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.
  11. ↑ London Gazette: no. 30457. p. 273. 4 January, 1918.
  12. ↑ London Gazette: no. 31104. p. 199. 3 January, 1919.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral Sir George Patey" (Obituaries). The Times. Wednesday, 6 February, 1935. Issue 46981, col E, pg. 14.

Service Records

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