George Edwin Patey
Sir George Edwin Patey | |
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Cross of the Order of Military Merit (Spain) |
KCVO (24 February 1859 – 5 February 1935) was a senior officer in the Royal Navy
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Early years
Patey was born on 24 February 1859 at Montpellier, near Plymouth, United Kingdom. His father, also named George Edwin Patey, was a Royal Navy officer.[1] Patey entered the Royal Navy as a cadet on 15 January 1872, aged 12.[2][3][4]
Patey served as a
Promoted to
International Squadron blockading Crete during the Cretan Christian uprising against the rule of the Ottoman Empire there in 1897–1898.[7]
After being promoted to
King of Spain. On 22 March 1908, he became a Naval Aide-de-camp to King Edward VII.[13]
On 2 January 1909, he was promoted to
King George V visited the Australian Fleet at Spithead on 30 June 1913 to review the fleet and watch them depart for Australia. He was promoted to vice admiral on 21 September 1914.[15]
At the outbreak of
First World War, Patey commanded the Australian naval squadron as part of the New Zealand Samoa Expeditionary Force that captured German Samoa and the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force that captured German New Guinea. He sailed with HMAS Australia to join the 2nd Battlecruiser Squadron at Rosyth, Scotland and on 8 February 1915, Australia became the flagship of the squadron.[16] Patey was appointed Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station from March 1915.[17][18]
He was appointed
William Pakenham.[16]
He died on 5 February 1935.[2]
Notes
- ^ a b "Admiral Sir George Patey—The Australian Navy". Obituaries. The Times. No. 46981. London. 6 February 1935. col E, p. 14.
- ^ Sydney Morning Herald, Thursday 7 February 1935, p.12 (Obituary).
- ^ "RN Officer's Service Records—Image details—Patey, George Edwin—ADM 196/39" (fee usually payable to view full pdf of original service record). DocumentsOnline. The National Archives. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
- ^ a b "RN Officer's Service Records—Image details—Patey, George Edwin—ADM 196/20" (fee usually payabel to view full pdf of original service record). DocumentsOnline. The National Archives. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
- ^ "No. 25004". The London Gazette. 12 August 1881. p. 4185.
- ^ "No. 26585". The London Gazette. 1 January 1895. p. 7.
- ^ Burt, p. 99
- ^ "No. 27150". The London Gazette. 2 January 1900. p. 3.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36096. London. 22 March 1900. p. 11.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36917. London. 5 November 1902. p. 11.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36924. London. 13 November 1902. p. 11.
- ^ "No. 27560". The London Gazette. 2 June 1903. p. 3525.
- ^ "No. 28122". The London Gazette. 24 March 1908. p. 2262.
- ^ "No. 28734". The London Gazette. 4 July 1913. p. 4734.
- ^ "No. 28910". The London Gazette. 22 September 1914. p. 7478.
- ^ a b Stevens, in The Royal Australian Navy, p. 37
- ^ "Bermuda's Royal Navy base at Ireland Island from 1815 to the 1960s". Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
- ^ Obituary: Sir George Patey Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 31, 6 February 1935, Page 12
- ^ "No. 29423". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1915. p. 83.
References
- The Sydney Morning Herald. – Thursday 7 February 1935 p. 12 (Obituary).
- Burt, R. A. British Battleships 1889–1904. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1988. ISBN 0-87021-061-0.
- Stevens, David (2001). "The Genesis of the Australian Navy (pp. 5–27); World War I (pp. 29–53)". In Stevens, David (ed.). The Royal Australian Navy. The Australian Centenary History of Defence. Vol. III. South Melbourne, VIC: Oxford University Press. OCLC 50418095.
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