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This is a list of all Flag Officers of all branches of the [[Royal Navy]] during the [[First World War]]. Dates of promotion are taken from editions of the ''Navy List'', ''The London Gazette'' or biographical notices in ''The Times'' newspaper. Dates of birth are from The National Archives website, service records or biographical notices in ''The Times''. There may be some discrepancies in dates of promotion, as sometimes the ''Navy List'' and ''London Gazette'' dates do not match. | This is a list of all Flag Officers of all branches of the [[Royal Navy]] during the [[First World War]]. Dates of promotion are taken from editions of the ''Navy List'', ''The London Gazette'' or biographical notices in ''The Times'' newspaper. Dates of birth are from The National Archives website, service records or biographical notices in ''The Times''. There may be some discrepancies in dates of promotion, as sometimes the ''Navy List'' and ''London Gazette'' dates do not match. | ||
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+ | ==Admiral== | ||
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+ | !colspan="11" bgcolor="white"|Admirals of the Fleet of the Royal Navy, 1914 – 1918 | ||
+ | |- valign="top"|- valign="top" bgcolor=#CEDFF2 | ||
+ | ! width=20%; align= center rowspan=2 | <small>Name</small> | ||
+ | ! width=10%; align= center rowspan=2 | <small>Born</small> | ||
+ | ! width=10%; align= center rowspan=2 | <small>Died</small> | ||
+ | ! width=30%; align= center colspan=4 | <small>Date of Promotion</small> | ||
+ | ! width=10%; align= center rowspan=2 | <small>Final Rank</small> | ||
+ | ! width=10%; align= center rowspan=2 | <small>Retired</small> | ||
+ | |-valign="top" | ||
+ | ! width=10%; align= center | <small> Admiral of the Fleet </small> | ||
+ | ! width=10%; align= center | <small> Admiral </small> | ||
+ | ! width=10%; align= center | <small> Vice-Admiral </small> | ||
+ | ! width=10%; align= center | <small>Rear-Admiral</small> | ||
+ | |- valign="top" | ||
+ | | align= left | S<small>IR</small> [[Gerard Henry Uctred Noel]] | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | [[23 May]], [[1918]] | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= left | Admiral of the Fleet | ||
+ | | align= center | [[5 March]], [[1915]] | ||
+ | |} | ||
==Admiral== | ==Admiral== |
Revision as of 20:00, 22 January 2009
This is a list of all Flag Officers of all branches of the Royal Navy during the First World War. Dates of promotion are taken from editions of the Navy List, The London Gazette or biographical notices in The Times newspaper. Dates of birth are from The National Archives website, service records or biographical notices in The Times. There may be some discrepancies in dates of promotion, as sometimes the Navy List and London Gazette dates do not match.
Admiral
Admirals of the Fleet of the Royal Navy, 1914 – 1918 | ||||||||||
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Name | Born | Died | Date of Promotion | Final Rank | Retired | |||||
Admiral of the Fleet | Admiral | Vice-Admiral | Rear-Admiral | |||||||
SIR Gerard Henry Uctred Noel | 23 May, 1918 | Admiral of the Fleet | 5 March, 1915 |
Admiral
Vice-Admiral
Engineer Vice-Admiral
Engineer Vice-Admirals of the Royal Navy, 1914 – 1918 | ||||||||||
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Name | Born | Died | Date of Promotion | Final Rank | Retired | |||||
Engineer Vice-Admiral | Engineer Rear-Admiral | |||||||||
SIR Henry John Oram | 19 June, 1858 | 5 May, 1939 | 25 October, 1907 | 1 April, 1901 | Engineer Vice-Admiral | 8 June, 1917 |
Surgeon-General
Surgeons-General of the Royal Navy, 1914 – 1918 (with the relative rank of Vice-Admiral) | ||||||||||
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Name | Born | Died | Date of Promotion | Final Rank | Retired | |||||
SIR Arthur William May | 11 May, 1913 | Engineer Vice-Admiral |
Rear-Admiral
Engineer Rear-Admiral
Engineer Rear-Admirals of the Royal Navy, 1914 – 1918 | ||||||||||
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Name | Born | Died | Date of Promotion | Final Rank | Retired | |||||
Ernest Frank Ellis | Engineer Rear-Admiral | 21 December, 1915 | ||||||||
Edouard Gaudin | 25 July, 1865 | 8 March, 1945 | 29 August, 1914 | Engineer Rear-Admiral | ||||||
Charles John James | 29 December, 1862 | Engineer Rear-Admiral | 17 October, 1918 | |||||||
Arthur Frederick Kingsnorth | 23 April, 1947 | 22 August, 1918 | Engineer Rear-Admiral | |||||||
John George Liversidge | 25 November, 1864 | 1952 | 20 August, 1918 | Engineer Rear-Admiral | 21 August, 1918 | |||||
James Thomas Willoughby | 1 January, 1864 | Engineer Rear-Admiral | 22 August, 1918 |
Surgeon-General
Surgeons-General of the Royal Navy, 1914 – 1918 (with the relative rank of Rear-Admiral) | ||||||||||
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Name | Born | Died | Date of Promotion | Final Rank | Retired | |||||
James Lawrence Smith | 28 April, 1945 | 16 September, 1916 | Surgeon Rear-Admiral |
Paymaster Rear-Admiral
Paymaster Rear-Admirals of the Royal Navy, 1914 – 1918 | ||||||||||
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Name | Born | Died | Date of Promotion | Final Rank | Retired | |||||
William Marcus Charles Beresford Whyte | 28 November, 1863 | 13 July, 1932 | 1 July, 1918 | Admiral | 3 July, 1923 |