Sir Atwell Lake, 9th Baronet

Sir Atwell Lake, 9th Baronet
Born	13 February 1891 Greenwich, London
Died	27 November 1972 (aged 81) Rudgwick, West Sussex
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1904–45
Rank	Commodore
Commands held	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)

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. Dictionary of National Biography. 31. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 415f.
3. The London Gazette: no. 33290. p. 4235. 1 July 1927. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
4. The London Gazette: no. 33899. p. 48. 3 January 1933. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
5. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 37505. p. 1441. 15 March 1946. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
6. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 36866. p. 3. 29 December 1944. Retrieved 7 March 2015.