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| align= center | [[4 September]], [[1861]] | | align= center | [[4 September]], [[1861]] | ||
| align= center | [[18 March]], [[1936]] | | align= center | [[18 March]], [[1936]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[20 March]], [[1913]] |
| align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') | | align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') | ||
| align= center | [[18 February]], [[1915]] | | align= center | [[18 February]], [[1915]] | ||
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| align= center | [[27 August]], [[1914]] | | align= center | [[27 August]], [[1914]] | ||
| align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') | | align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[15 June]], [[1921]] |
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| align= left | [[Ernest Gillbe Barton]] | | align= left | [[Ernest Gillbe Barton]] | ||
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| align= left | [[Brian Herbert Fairbairn Barttelot]] | | align= left | [[Brian Herbert Fairbairn Barttelot]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[13 December]], [[1867]] |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[4 February]], [[1942]] |
| align= center | [[26 August]], [[1918]] | | align= center | [[26 August]], [[1918]] | ||
− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[2 November]], [[1923]] |
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| align= left | [[Robert Edmund Ross Benson]] | | align= left | [[Robert Edmund Ross Benson]] | ||
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| align= left | [[Vivian Henry Gerald Bernard]] | | align= left | [[Vivian Henry Gerald Bernard]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[30 August]], [[1868]] |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[17 February]], [[1934]] |
| align= center | [[20 September]], [[1917]] | | align= center | [[20 September]], [[1917]] | ||
− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[16 November]], [[1922]] |
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| align= left | [[George Holmes Borrett]] | | align= left | [[George Holmes Borrett]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[10 March]], [[1868]] |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[10 June]], [[1952]] |
| align= center | [[16 August]], [[1918]] | | align= center | [[16 August]], [[1918]] | ||
− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[17 February]], [[1925]] |
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| align= left | The Hon. [[Robert Francis Boyle]] | | align= left | The Hon. [[Robert Francis Boyle]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[12 December]], [[1863]] |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[11 September]], [[1922]] |
| align= center | [[25 April]], [[1914]] | | align= center | [[25 April]], [[1914]] | ||
− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | Vice-Admiral |
| align= center | [[11 February]], [[1919]] | | align= center | [[11 February]], [[1919]] | ||
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| align= left | S<small>IR</small> [[Osmond de Beauvoir Brock]] (''Acting Vice-Admiral'' [[17 January]], [[1918]]) | | align= left | S<small>IR</small> [[Osmond de Beauvoir Brock]] (''Acting Vice-Admiral'' [[17 January]], [[1918]]) | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[5 January]], [[1869]] |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[14 October]], [[1947]] |
| align= center | [[5 March]], [[1915]] | | align= center | [[5 March]], [[1915]] | ||
− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | Admiral of the Fleet |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[31 July]], [[1934]] |
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| align= left | [[Henry Harvey Bruce]] | | align= left | [[Henry Harvey Bruce]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[8 May]], [[1862]] |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[14 September]], [[1948]] |
| align= center | [[27 April]], [[1917]] | | align= center | [[27 April]], [[1917]] | ||
− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[2 May]], [[1922]] |
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| align= left | [[Edward Francis Bruen]] | | align= left | [[Edward Francis Bruen]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[7 November]], [[1866]] |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[22 November]], [[1952]] |
| align= center | [[28 September]], [[1917]] | | align= center | [[28 September]], [[1917]] | ||
− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[1 October]], [[1924]] |
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| align= left | [[Henry Hervey Campbell]] | | align= left | [[Henry Hervey Campbell]] | ||
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| align= left | [[George Cuthbert Cayly]] | | align= left | [[George Cuthbert Cayly]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[30 August]], [[1866]] |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[21 December]], [[1944]] |
| align= center | [[28 April]], [[1917]] | | align= center | [[28 April]], [[1917]] | ||
− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') |
| align= center | [[18 July]], [[1919]] | | align= center | [[18 July]], [[1919]] | ||
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| align= center | [[22 June]], [[1863]] | | align= center | [[22 June]], [[1863]] | ||
| align= center | [[19 November]], [[1932]] | | align= center | [[19 November]], [[1932]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[19 November]], [[1932]] |
| align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') | | align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') | ||
| align= center | [[27 April]], [[1917]] | | align= center | [[27 April]], [[1917]] | ||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| align= left | [[Henry James Langford Clarke]] | | align= left | [[Henry James Langford Clarke]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[1 January]], [[1866]] |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[28 March]], [[1944]] |
| align= center | [[18 July]], [[1915]] | | align= center | [[18 July]], [[1915]] | ||
| align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') | | align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') | ||
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| align= left | [[Lewis Clinton-Baker]] | | align= left | [[Lewis Clinton-Baker]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[16 March]], [[1866]] |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[12 December]], [[1939]] |
| align= center | [[19 August]], [[1917]] | | align= center | [[19 August]], [[1917]] | ||
| align= left | Admiral | | align= left | Admiral | ||
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| align= left | [[Walter Henry Cowan, First Baronet]] | | align= left | [[Walter Henry Cowan, First Baronet]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[11 June]], [[1871]] |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[14 February]], [[1956]] |
| align= center | [[2 September]], [[1918]] | | align= center | [[2 September]], [[1918]] | ||
− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | Admiral |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[6 October]], [[1931]] |
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| align= left | [[Christopher George Francis Maurice Cradock]] | | align= left | [[Christopher George Francis Maurice Cradock]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[2 July]], [[1862]] |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[1 November]], [[1914]] |
| align= center | [[24 August]], [[1910]] | | align= center | [[24 August]], [[1910]] | ||
| align= left | Rear-Admiral | | align= left | Rear-Admiral | ||
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| align= left | [[Michael Culme-Seymour, Fourth Baronet|Michael Culme Seymour]] | | align= left | [[Michael Culme-Seymour, Fourth Baronet|Michael Culme Seymour]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[29 August]], [[1867]] |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[2 April]], [[1925]] |
| align= center | [[10 June]], [[1916]] | | align= center | [[10 June]], [[1916]] | ||
− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | Vice-Admiral |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | — |
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| align= left | [[Herbert Charles Campbell Da Costa]] | | align= left | [[Herbert Charles Campbell Da Costa]] | ||
| align= center | [[18 April]], [[1865]] | | align= center | [[18 April]], [[1865]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[29 December]], [[1940]] |
| align= center | [[14 June]], [[1916]] | | align= center | [[14 June]], [[1916]] | ||
| align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') | | align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') |
Revision as of 16:58, 25 May 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 | 1 May, 1929 | 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 | 4 December, 1859 | 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 |