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He succeeded Rear-Admiral [[Cecil Burney]] as [[Inspecting Captain of Boys' Training Ships]] on 4 November, 1907.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 5 November, 1907.  Issue '''38482''', col A, pg. 6.</ref>
 
He succeeded Rear-Admiral [[Cecil Burney]] as [[Inspecting Captain of Boys' Training Ships]] on 4 November, 1907.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 5 November, 1907.  Issue '''38482''', col A, pg. 6.</ref>
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On 22 March, 1908, he was appointed a [[Naval Aide-de-Camp]] to King Edward VII, vice [[Frederic Edward Errington Brock|Brock]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28122/pages/2261 no. 28122.  p. 2261.]  24 March, 1908.</ref>
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==Flag Rank==
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Patey hoisted his flag in the battle cruiser [[H.M.A.S. Australia (1911)|''Australia'']] on 23 June, 1913 as Rear-Admiral Commanding the Australian Fleet.<ref>''Commonwealth of Australia: The Navy List'' (October, 1913).  p. 17.</ref>  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.).<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28734/pages/4734 no. 28734.  p. 4734.]  4 July, 1913.</ref>
  
 
==Great War==
 
==Great War==

Revision as of 14:42, 22 March 2011

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]

On 22 March, 1908, he was appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to King Edward VII, vice Brock.[4]

Flag Rank

Patey hoisted his flag in the battle cruiser Australia on 23 June, 1913 as Rear-Admiral Commanding the Australian Fleet.[5] 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.).[6]

Great War

Patey was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 14 September, 1914, supernumerary to the establishment.[7]

Patey was appointed Commander-in-Chief on the North America and West Indies Station on 7 March, 1915.[8]

Patey was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 1 January, 1918, vice Farquhar.[9]

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. 28122. p. 2261. 24 March, 1908.
  5. ↑ Commonwealth of Australia: The Navy List (October, 1913). p. 17.
  6. ↑ London Gazette: no. 28734. p. 4734. 4 July, 1913.
  7. ↑ London Gazette: no. 28910. p. 7478. 22 September, 1914.
  8. ↑ "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.
  9. ↑ 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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