Talk:Wilmot Fawkes

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The article says Fawkes joined the Royal Navy in 1860 but was only commissioned in 1880 but he was already a Commander by 1880 so I suspect an error in the source. He became a Lieutenant in 1867 according to his Times obituary. I will correct an add source later. MilborneOne (talk) 22:33, 14 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. It does seem unlikely as drafted. Dormskirk (talk) 22:56, 14 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This looks much improved - good work! Dormskirk (talk) 09:12, 15 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]