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[[Admiral (Royal Navy)|Admiral]] | [[Admiral (Royal Navy)|Admiral]] {{SIR}} '''George Lambart Atkinson-Willes''', K.C.B., Royal Navy (13 July, 1847 – 25 December, 1921) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. | ||
==Who was Who== | |||
ATKINSON-WILLES, Adm. Sir George (Lambart) | |||
KCB 1905 | |||
Born 13 July 1847; 2nd surv. s of late Rev. Thomas Atkinson, Rector of Kirby Sigston, Yorkshire, and Henrietta J., d of Capt. George W. Willes, RN; took the additional surname of Willes in compliance with the will of his uncle, Admiral Sir George Willes, GCB; m Alice, y d of late Thomas Sutcliffe Mort of Greenoakes, Darling Point, Sydney; one s three d ; died 25 Dec. 1921 | |||
Commander-in-Chief, East Indies, 1903–06 | |||
EDUCATION | |||
Leamington College; RN Academy, Gosport | |||
CAREER | |||
Entered Navy, 1861; Captain, 1886; Admiral, 1901; served Abyssinian War in Naval Brigade, including action of Arogee and storming of Magdala, 1868 (despatches, promoted to Lieut, medal); as commodore commanded Training Squadron, 1895–97; Dockyard Reserve, Chatham, 1898–1900; ADC to HM Queen Victoria, 1899–1901, and to King Edward until promoted Rear-Adm.; Rear-Admiral in command Home Squadron and second in command of Home Fleet, 1902–03; Commander-in-Chief, East Indies, 1903; directed the operations of a mixed naval and military force which captured the Dervish stronghold of Illig, 1904; as Commander-in-Chief was present on Somali Coast, 1904, during the operations against the Mullah; retired 1912 | |||
CLUBS | |||
United Service, Travellers’ | |||
ADDRESS | |||
The Stroud, Haslemere | |||
==Footnotes== | |||
{{reflist}} | |||
==Bibliography== | |||
{{refbegin}} | |||
*"Fifty Years in the Navy" (Obituaries). ''The Times''. Tuesday, 27 December, 1921. Issue '''42913''', col F, pg. 10. | |||
{{refend}} | |||
==Service Record== | |||
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7916256&queryType=1&resultcount=1 ADM 196/38] | |||
[[Category:1847 births|Atkinson-Willes]] | [[Category:1847 births|Atkinson-Willes]] | ||
[[Category:1921 deaths|Atkinson-Willes]] | [[Category:1921 deaths|Atkinson-Willes]] | ||
[[Category:Personalities|Atkinson-Willes]] | [[Category:Personalities|Atkinson-Willes]] | ||
[[Category:H.M.S. Britannia (Cadet Training Ship) Entrants of March, 1861|Atkinson-Willes]] | |||
[[Category:Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Reindeer (1883)|Atkinson-Willes]] | |||
[[Category:Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Comus (1878)|Atkinson-Willes]] | |||
[[Category:Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Hero (1885)|Atkinson-Willes]] | |||
[[Category:Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Howe (1885)|Atkinson-Willes]] | |||
[[Category:Commanding Officers of the Chatham Dockyard Reserve (Royal Navy)|Atkinson-Willes]] | |||
[[Category:Naval Aides-de-Camp to Queen Victoria|Atkinson-Willes]] | |||
[[Category:Naval Aides-de-Camp to King Edward VII|Atkinson-Willes]] | |||
[[Category:Seconds-in-Command, Home Fleet (Royal Navy)|Atkinson-Willes]] | |||
[[Category:Commanders-in-Chief, East Indies|Atkinson-Willes]] | |||
[[Category:Royal Navy Admirals|Atkinson-Willes]] | [[Category:Royal Navy Admirals|Atkinson-Willes]] | ||
[[Category:Royal Navy Flag Officers|Atkinson-Willes]] | [[Category:Royal Navy Flag Officers|Atkinson-Willes]] | ||
Revision as of 19:48, 12 September 2009
Admiral SIR George Lambart Atkinson-Willes, K.C.B., Royal Navy (13 July, 1847 – 25 December, 1921) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Who was Who
ATKINSON-WILLES, Adm. Sir George (Lambart) KCB 1905
Born 13 July 1847; 2nd surv. s of late Rev. Thomas Atkinson, Rector of Kirby Sigston, Yorkshire, and Henrietta J., d of Capt. George W. Willes, RN; took the additional surname of Willes in compliance with the will of his uncle, Admiral Sir George Willes, GCB; m Alice, y d of late Thomas Sutcliffe Mort of Greenoakes, Darling Point, Sydney; one s three d ; died 25 Dec. 1921
Commander-in-Chief, East Indies, 1903–06
EDUCATION Leamington College; RN Academy, Gosport
CAREER Entered Navy, 1861; Captain, 1886; Admiral, 1901; served Abyssinian War in Naval Brigade, including action of Arogee and storming of Magdala, 1868 (despatches, promoted to Lieut, medal); as commodore commanded Training Squadron, 1895–97; Dockyard Reserve, Chatham, 1898–1900; ADC to HM Queen Victoria, 1899–1901, and to King Edward until promoted Rear-Adm.; Rear-Admiral in command Home Squadron and second in command of Home Fleet, 1902–03; Commander-in-Chief, East Indies, 1903; directed the operations of a mixed naval and military force which captured the Dervish stronghold of Illig, 1904; as Commander-in-Chief was present on Somali Coast, 1904, during the operations against the Mullah; retired 1912
CLUBS United Service, Travellers’
ADDRESS The Stroud, Haslemere
Footnotes
Bibliography
- "Fifty Years in the Navy" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 27 December, 1921. Issue 42913, col F, pg. 10.
Service Record
- 1847 births
- 1921 deaths
- Personalities
- H.M.S. Britannia (Cadet Training Ship) Entrants of March, 1861
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Reindeer (1883)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Comus (1878)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Hero (1885)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Howe (1885)
- Commanding Officers of the Chatham Dockyard Reserve (Royal Navy)
- Naval Aides-de-Camp to Queen Victoria
- Naval Aides-de-Camp to King Edward VII
- Seconds-in-Command, Home Fleet (Royal Navy)
- Commanders-in-Chief, East Indies
- Royal Navy Admirals
- Royal Navy Flag Officers
