Commodore Sir Atwell Henry Lake, 9th Baronet, CB, OBE (13 February 1891 – 27 November 1972) was a senior officer in the Royal Navy and the second Chief of Naval Staff of the Royal New Zealand Navy, serving from June 1942 to July 1945.[1]
Sir Atwell Lake, 9th Baronet | |
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 Lake in 1944 | |
| Born | 13 February 1891 Greenwich, London |
| Died | 27 November 1972 (aged 81) Rudgwick, West Sussex |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1904–1945 |
| Rank | Commodore |
| Commands | Chief of the New Zealand Naval Staff (1942–45) HMS Caledonia (1937–39) HMS Milford (1935–36) |
| Battles / wars | First World War Second World War |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath Officer of the Order of the British Empire Commander of the Legion of Merit (United States) |
| Other work | Admiral Atwell Lake (father) |
Lake was born in 1891. His parents were Admiral Atwell Peregrine Macleod Lake (1842–1915) and Constance Mary Turner. Sir Henry Atwell Lake was his grandfather.[2]
On 30 June 1927, he was promoted from lieutenant commander to commander.[3] On 31 December 1932, he was promoted from commander to captain.[4] He was appointed a Commander of the Legion of Merit, a military award of the United States Armed Forces, and was granted unrestricted permission by the King to wear this award in 1946.[5] In the 1945 New Year Honours, he was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB).[6]
References
edit- ^ Wynd, Michael. "Lists of Commanding Officers NZ Division of the RN/RNZN Fleets". The Family History Network. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
- ^ Vetch, Robert Hamilton (1892). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 31. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 415f.
- ^ "No. 33290". The London Gazette. 1 July 1927. p. 4235.
- ^ "No. 33899". The London Gazette. 3 January 1933. p. 48.
- ^ "No. 37505". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 March 1946. p. 1441.
- ^ "No. 36866". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1944. p. 3.
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