Sir Atwell Lake, 9th Baronet

Sir Atwell Lake, 9th Baronet
Lake in 1944
Born(1891-02-13)13 February 1891
Greenwich, London
Died27 November 1972(1972-11-27) (aged 81)
Rudgwick, West Sussex
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchRoyal Navy
Years of service1904–1945
RankCommodore
CommandsChief of the New Zealand Naval Staff (1942–45)
HMS Caledonia (1937–39)
HMS Milford (1935–36)
Battles / warsFirst World War
Second World War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Commander of the Legion of Merit (United States)
Other workAdmiral Atwell Lake (father)

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]

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

  1. ^ Wynd, Michael. "Lists of Commanding Officers NZ Division of the RN/RNZN Fleets". The Family History Network. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  2. ^ Vetch, Robert Hamilton (1892). "Lake, Henry Atwell" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 31. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 415f.
  3. ^ "No. 33290". The London Gazette. 1 July 1927. p. 4235.
  4. ^ "No. 33899". The London Gazette. 3 January 1933. p. 48.
  5. ^ "No. 37505". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 March 1946. p. 1441.
  6. ^ "No. 36866". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1944. p. 3.
Military offices
Preceded by Chief of the New Zealand Naval Staff
1942–1945 		Succeeded by
Baronetage of Great Britain
Preceded by
Arthur Lake
 Baronet
(of Edmonton)
1924–1972 		Succeeded by
Graham Lake
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