post in the Ministry of Munitions in May 1917. Later life Following the war, Lake formally retired on 20 November 1919. He returned to Canada and lived in Victoria, British Columbia, where he died on 17 November 1940. He was survived by his wife Hester Fanny (), whom he had married in 1891. They had no children. References Further reading Barker, A. J., The First Iraq War, 1914–1918: Britain's Mesopotamian Campaign (New York: Enigma Books, 2009), 1855 births 1940 deaths Graduates of the Staff College, Camberley British military personnel of the Second Anglo-Afghan War British Army personnel of the Mahdist War British Army generals of World War I Canadian generals Commanders of the Canadian Army Canadian Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George British Army lieutenant generals Welsh military personnel 59th Regiment of Foot officers Military personnel from Pembrokeshire Canadian Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath