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| align= left | [[Francis George Eyre]] | | align= left | [[Francis George Eyre]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[4 February]], [[1864]] |
| align= center | [[22 January]], [[1941]] | | align= center | [[22 January]], [[1941]] | ||
| align= center | [[1 October]], [[1918]] | | align= center | [[1 October]], [[1918]] | ||
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| align= left | The Hon. S<small>IR</small> [[Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe]] | | align= left | The Hon. S<small>IR</small> [[Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[23 December]], [[1864]] |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[27 July]], [[1937]] |
| align= center | [[26 April]], [[1917]] | | align= center | [[26 April]], [[1917]] | ||
| align= center | [[27 August]], [[1911]] | | align= center | [[27 August]], [[1911]] | ||
− | | align= left | Admiral | + | | align= left | Admiral of the Fleet |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[8 May]], [[1930]] |
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| align= left | S<small>IR</small> [[Herbert Leopold Heath]] | | align= left | S<small>IR</small> [[Herbert Leopold Heath]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[27 December]], [[1861]] |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[22 October]], [[1954]] |
| align= center | [[26 April]], [[1917]] | | align= center | [[26 April]], [[1917]] | ||
| align= center | [[19 September]], [[1911]] | | align= center | [[19 September]], [[1911]] | ||
| align= left | Admiral | | align= left | Admiral | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | June, 1922 |
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| align= left | [[Robert Stewart Phipps Hornby]] | | align= left | [[Robert Stewart Phipps Hornby]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[9 July]], [[1866]] |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[12 August]], [[1956]] |
| align= center | [[11 March]], [[1918]] | | align= center | [[11 March]], [[1918]] | ||
| align= center | [[15 May]], [[1913]] | | align= center | [[15 May]], [[1913]] | ||
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| align= left | [[Francis Spurstow Miller]] | | align= left | [[Francis Spurstow Miller]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[25 November]], [[1863]] |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[6 February]], [[1954]] |
| align= center | [[1 September]], [[1918]] | | align= center | [[1 September]], [[1918]] | ||
| align= center | [[14 October]], [[1913]] | | align= center | [[14 October]], [[1913]] | ||
| align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') | | align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | 1920 |
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| align= left | [[Arthur Yerbury Moggridge]] | | align= left | [[Arthur Yerbury Moggridge]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[20 September]], [[1858]] |
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| align= center | [[11 April]], [[1915]] | | align= center | [[11 April]], [[1915]] | ||
| align= center | [[2 July]], [[1909]] | | align= center | [[2 July]], [[1909]] | ||
− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') |
| align= center | [[15 July]], [[1915]] | | align= center | [[15 July]], [[1915]] | ||
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| align= left | [[Trevelyan Dacres Willes Napier]] | | align= left | [[Trevelyan Dacres Willes Napier]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[19 April]], [[1867]] |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[30 July]], [[1920]] |
| align= center | [[15 January]], [[1918]] | | align= center | [[15 January]], [[1918]] | ||
| align= center | [[2 March]], [[1913]] | | align= center | [[2 March]], [[1913]] | ||
| align= left | Vice-Admiral | | align= left | Vice-Admiral | ||
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| align= left | [[Stuart Nicholson]] | | align= left | [[Stuart Nicholson]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[11 October]], [[1865]] |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[10 September]], [[1936]] |
| align= center | [[27 September]], [[1917]] | | align= center | [[27 September]], [[1917]] | ||
| align= center | [[30 July]], [[1912]] | | align= center | [[30 July]], [[1912]] | ||
− | | align= left | Admiral | + | | align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[25 November]], [[1920]] |
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| align= left | [[Robert Nelson Ommanney]] | | align= left | [[Robert Nelson Ommanney]] | ||
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| align= left | S<small>IR</small> [[William Christopher Pakenham]] | | align= left | S<small>IR</small> [[William Christopher Pakenham]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[10 July]], [[1861]] |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[28 July]], [[1933]] |
| align= center | [[1 September]], [[1918]] | | align= center | [[1 September]], [[1918]] | ||
| align= center | [[4 June]], [[1913]] | | align= center | [[4 June]], [[1913]] | ||
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| align= left | [[Archibald Peile Stoddart]] | | align= left | [[Archibald Peile Stoddart]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[5 September]], [[1860]] |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[19 December]], [[1939]]? |
| align= center | [[1 September]], [[1917]] | | align= center | [[1 September]], [[1917]] | ||
| align= center | [[19 May]], [[1912]] | | align= center | [[19 May]], [[1912]] | ||
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| align= left | S<small>IR</small> [[Frederick Charles Tudor Tudor]] | | align= left | S<small>IR</small> [[Frederick Charles Tudor Tudor]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[29 March]], [[1863]] |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[14 April]], [[1946]] |
| align= center | [[23 October]], [[1917]] | | align= center | [[23 October]], [[1917]] | ||
| align= center | [[25 January]], [[1913]] | | align= center | [[25 January]], [[1913]] | ||
| align= left | Admiral | | align= left | Admiral | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | 1922 |
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| align= left | S<small>IR</small> [[Reginald Godfrey Otway Tupper]] | | align= left | S<small>IR</small> [[Reginald Godfrey Otway Tupper]] | ||
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| align= left | S<small>IR</small> [[Arthur William May]] | | align= left | S<small>IR</small> [[Arthur William May]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[18 June]], [[1854]] |
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| align= center | [[11 May]], [[1913]] | | align= center | [[11 May]], [[1913]] | ||
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| align= left | S<small>IR</small> [[William Henry Norman]] | | align= left | S<small>IR</small> [[William Henry Norman]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[13 December]], [[1855]] |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[16 March]], [[1934]] |
| align= center | [[1 June]], [[1917]] | | align= center | [[1 June]], [[1917]] | ||
| align= left | Surgeon Vice-Admiral | | align= left | Surgeon Vice-Admiral | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[1 June]], [[1919]] |
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| align= left | [[Edwyn Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair]] | | align= left | [[Edwyn Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[12 December]], [[1865]] |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[13 November]], [[1945]] |
| align= center | [[26 April]], [[1917]] | | align= center | [[26 April]], [[1917]] | ||
− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | Admiral |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[12 December]], [[1930]] |
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| align= left | [[Reginald Arthur Allenby]] | | align= left | [[Reginald Arthur Allenby]] | ||
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| align= left | [[Robert Keith Arbuthnot, Fourth Baronet]] | | align= left | [[Robert Keith Arbuthnot, Fourth Baronet]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[23 March]], [[1864]] |
| align= center | [[31 May]], [[1916]] | | align= center | [[31 May]], [[1916]] | ||
| align= center | [[13 July]], [[1912]] | | align= center | [[13 July]], [[1912]] | ||
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| align= left | [[George Alexander Ballard]] | | align= left | [[George Alexander Ballard]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[7 March]], [[1862]] |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[16 September]], [[1948]] |
| align= center | [[27 August]], [[1914]] | | align= center | [[27 August]], [[1914]] | ||
− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') |
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Revision as of 10:43, 3 April 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 of the Fleet
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 | 18 June, 1854 | 11 May, 1913 | Surgeon Vice-Admiral | |||||||
SIR William Henry Norman | 13 December, 1855 | 16 March, 1934 | 1 June, 1917 | Surgeon Vice-Admiral | 1 June, 1919 |
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 | |||||
William John Anstey | 13 December, 1936 | 28 January, 1913 | Engineer Rear-Admiral | |||||||
Ernest Frank Ellis | Engineer Rear-Admiral | 21 December, 1915 | ||||||||
Archie Russell Emdin | 15 August, 1865 | 15 February, 1915 | 17 October, 1918 | Engineer Rear-Admiral | ||||||
Edouard Gaudin | 25 July, 1865 | 8 March, 1945 | 29 August, 1914 | Engineer Rear-Admiral | 20 July, 1920 | |||||
Thomas Charles Edward Hughes | Engineer Rear-Admiral | 19 February, 1915 | ||||||||
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 | |||||
William George Mogg | 3 December, 1860 | 26 November, 1913 | Engineer Rear-Admiral | 21 July, 1919 | ||||||
James Thomas Willoughby | 1 January, 1864 | 21 August, 1918 | 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 | |||||
Edgar Ralph Dimsey | 3 December, 1861 | 5 February, 1930 | 22 April, 1918 | Surgeon Rear-Admiral | ||||||
Patrick Brodie Handyside | 24 March, 1860 | 15 October, 1939 | 17 April, 1917 | Surgeon Rear-Admiral | ||||||
William Wenmoth Pryn | 21 October, 1859 | 20 February, 1942 | 6 September, 1916 | Surgeon Rear-Admiral | ||||||
James Lawrence Smith | 11 July, 1862 | 28 April, 1945 | 16 September, 1916 | Surgeon Rear-Admiral | ||||||
Alexander Gascoigne Wildey | 17 April, 1860 | 20 November, 1934 | 13 September, 1918 | 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 | |||||
John Henry George Chapple | Paymaster Rear-Admiral | 1 July, 1918 | ||||||||
William Marcus Charles Beresford Whyte | 28 November, 1863 | 13 July, 1932 | 1 July, 1918 | Paymaster Rear-Admiral | 3 July, 1923 |