Difference between revisions of "George Lambart Atkinson-Willes"
(Update appts) |
m (→Service Records) |
||
| Line 54: | Line 54: | ||
{{CatBritannia|March, 1861}} | {{CatBritannia|March, 1861}} | ||
[[Category:Commodores, Second Class in Command of the Training Squadron (Royal Navy)]] | [[Category:Commodores, Second Class in Command of the Training Squadron (Royal Navy)]] | ||
| − | |||
[[Category:Naval Aides-de-Camp to Queen Victoria]] | [[Category:Naval Aides-de-Camp to Queen Victoria]] | ||
[[Category:Naval Aides-de-Camp to King Edward VII]] | [[Category:Naval Aides-de-Camp to King Edward VII]] | ||
Revision as of 09:55, 12 May 2014
Admiral SIR George Lambart Atkinson-Willes, K.C.B., Royal Navy (13 July, 1847 – 25 December, 1921) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Atkinson was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1886.[1]
He was appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria dated 13 January, 1899, vice Rolfe.[2]
He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 19 February, 1901, vice Harris.[3] On 7 May, 1902, he succeeded Rear-Admiral Sir Baldwin Wake Walker as Second-in-Command of the Home Squadron.[4] He hoisted his flag in the battleship Resolution in dock at Devonport on 7 May, and at sunset his flag was struck and he went on leave.[5]
He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 24 May, 1905, vice Noel.[6] On the occasion of the King's birthday, Atkinson-Willes was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) on 30 June.[7]
Atkinson-Willes was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 5 November, 1908, vice Rawson.[8]
In accordance with the provisions of the Order in Council of 22 February, 1870, he was placed on the Retired List on 13 July, 1912.[9]
Footnotes
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 25604. p. 3189. 2 July, 1886.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27043. p. 298. 17 January, 1899.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27288. p. 1350. 22 February, 1901.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 9 May, 1902. Issue 36763, col E, p. 10.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 8 May, 1902. Issue 36762, col F, p. 9.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27801. p. 4032. 6 June, 1905.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 27811. p. 4548. 30 June, 1905.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28193. p. 8028. 6 November, 1908.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28627. p. 5182. 16 July, 1912.
Bibliography
- "Fifty Years in the Navy" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 27 December, 1921. Issue 42913, col F, p. 10.
Service Records
- The National Archives. ADM 196/86.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/38.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/17.
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Robert H. Harris |
Commodore, Second Class in Command of the Training Squadron 1895 – 1897 |
Succeeded by Edmund S. Poë
|
| Preceded by Charles C. Drury |
Commander-in-Chief on the East Indies Station 1903 – 1905 |
Succeeded by Edmund S. Poë
|
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by ? |
Captain of H.M.S. Howe ? – ? |
Succeeded by Henry H. Boys |
| Preceded by ? |
Captain of H.M.S. Hero ? – ? |
Succeeded by ? |
| Preceded by Albert B. Jenkings |
Captain of Chatham Dockyard Reserve 15 Dec, 1897 – ? |
Succeeded by John Durnford |
| Preceded by Charles C. Drury |
Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station 9 Jun, 1903 – ? |
Succeeded by Edmund S. Poë |
- People with old TabAppts
- People
- People (UK)
- 1847 births
- 1921 deaths
- H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of March, 1861
- Commodores, Second Class in Command of the Training Squadron (Royal Navy)
- Naval Aides-de-Camp to Queen Victoria
- Naval Aides-de-Camp to King Edward VII
- Seconds-in-Command, Home Squadron (Royal Navy)
- Commanders-in-Chief on the East Indies Station
