Ernest Neville Rolfe
Admiral Ernest Neville Rolfe, CB (11 August 1847 – 11 May 1909) was a Royal Navy officer who saw extensive service in Africa.[1]
Rolfe entered HMS Britannia as a cadet in June 1861 and saw active service during the Third Anglo-Ashanti War, during operations on the Congo and Niger rivers from 1874 to 1876, and during the Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882. He subsequently commanded a naval brigade under Sir Gerald Graham in the Sudan.[1]
In retirement, he was a churchwarden of St Margaret's, Westminster.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Admiral E. Neville Rolfe". The Times. 12 May 1909. p. 11.
- ^ "Ernest Neville-Rolfe". Westminster Abbey.