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==Service Records==
==Service Records==
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Revision as of 13:40, 27 December 2011

Admiral Ernest Alfred Simons, Royal Navy (3 September, 1856 – 30 August, 1928) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Early Life & Career

Simons was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant with seniority of 24 May, 1877.[1]

Simons was promoted to the rank of Commander on 1 January, 1890.[2]

Simons was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1896.[3]

On 7 July, 1903, Simons was appointed in command of the battleship Illustrious.[4]

On 1 January, 1906, Simons was appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to King Edward VII, vice Login.[5]

Flag Rank

Simons was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 1 January, 1907, vice Lambton.[6]

Simons was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 27 August, 1911, vice Charles Grey Robinson.[7] He was promoted to the rank of Admiral dated 24 October, 1914,[8] and placed on the Retired List on 24 October, 1915.[9]

He died in London on 30 August, 1928 a few days shy of his seventy-second birthday.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ London Gazette: no. 24462. p. 3324. 25 May, 1877.
  2. ↑ London Gazette: no. 26007. p. 7553. 31 December, 1889.
  3. ↑ London Gazette: no. 26809. p. 3. 1 January, 1897.
  4. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 9 July, 1903. Issue 37128, col F, pg. 5.
  5. ↑ London Gazette: no. 27870. p. 25. 2 January, 1906.
  6. ↑ London Gazette: no. 27982. p. 31. 1 January, 1907.
  7. ↑ London Gazette: no. 28526. p. 6373. 29 August, 1911.
  8. ↑ London Gazette: no. 28984. p. 9690. 24 November, 1914.
  9. ↑ London Gazette: no. 29340. p. 10509. 26 October, 1915.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral E. A. Simons" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 3 September, 1928. Issue 44988, col D, pg. 14.

Service Records


Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Sir Baldwin Wake Walker, Bart. 		Assistant Director of Torpedoes
1898 		Succeeded by
George Le C. Egerton
Preceded by
Frederic W. Fisher 		Admiral Superintendent of Malta Dockyard
1910 – 1912 		Succeeded by
Sackville H. Carden
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