Английская Википедия:Charles Coke
Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox military person Admiral Sir Charles Henry Coke KCVO (2 October 1854 – 23 February 1945) was a Royal Navy officer who served during the First World War.
Early life
Coke was born on 2 October 1854 in the village of Ropsley in Lincolnshire where his father was the local rector.[1]
Coke joined the Royal Navy on 7 April 1868 when he entered the training ship Britannia, in 1872 was appointed a midshipman on the corvette Шаблон:HMS.[1] Coke served during the Third Anglo-Ashanti War and was present during the attack on Elmina on 13 June 1873, he was awarded the Ashantee Medal.[1] He was appointed lieutenant on HMY Victoria and Albert on 5 September 1877.[2] In 1880 he served on the gun-vessel Шаблон:HMS on the China Station, returning to England two years later to do a gunnery course.[1] In 1889 he took command of the sailing brig Шаблон:HMS.[1] Promoted to Commander in 1892 he moved to HMS Active before moving on to command Шаблон:HMS, a boys training ship at Falmouth.[1] He became commanding officer of the cruiser Шаблон:HMS in July 1899, Divisional Transport Officer posted to HMS Eagle in March 1900,[3] and commanding officer of the cruiser Шаблон:HMS in July 1900. In February 1901 he was appointed commanding officer of the cruiser Шаблон:HMS, serving at the Cape of Good Hope Station. He went on to be commanding officer of the cruiser Шаблон:HMS in April 1904 and of the battleship Шаблон:HMS in January 1905.[4]
After that Coke became Captain, Sheerness Gunnery School in January 1907, Senior Officer on the Coast of Ireland in April 1911[5] and commander of the Newfoundland Patrol Service in March 1917.[6]
Family life
Coke married Anna Marie Madeleine Fergusson in 1883 and they had one son and a daughter.[1] Coke died at Hughenden, Exmouth, Devon on 23 February 1945 aged 90.[1]
References
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- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 1,5 1,6 1,7 "Obituary." Times [London, England] 26 February 1945: 6. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 27 December 2014
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