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==Life & Career==
==Life & Career==
Fawkes was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 30 June, 1886.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/25604/pages/3189 no. 25604.  p. 3189.]  2 July, 1886.</ref>
Fawkes was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 1 January, 1901, vice [[Charles Lister Oxley|Oxley]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27262/pages/4 no. 27262.  p. 4.]  1 January, 1901.</ref>
Fawkes was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 1 January, 1901, vice [[Charles Lister Oxley|Oxley]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27262/pages/4 no. 27262.  p. 4.]  1 January, 1901.</ref>



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Admiral SIR Wilmot Hawkesworth Fawkes, G.C.B., K.C.V.O., HON. LL.D., Royal Navy (22 December, 1846 – 29 May, 1926) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Fawkes was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1886.[1]

Fawkes was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 1 January, 1901, vice Oxley.[2]

He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 3 March, 1905, vice Douglas.[3]

Fawkes was placed on the Retired List on 12 April, 1911, at his own request.[4] On the occasion of King George V's coronation he was promoted Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Bath (G.C.B) on 19 June, 1911.[5]

Footnotes

  1. London Gazette: no. 25604. p. 3189. 2 July, 1886.
  2. London Gazette: no. 27262. p. 4. 1 January, 1901.
  3. London Gazette: no. 27772. p. 1845. 7 March, 1905.
  4. London Gazette: no. 28485. p. 2967. 14 April, 1911.
  5. London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 28505. p. 4588. 19 June, 1911.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral Sir Wilmot Fawkes" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 31 May, 1926. Issue 44285, col B, pg. 19.

Service Records