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| align= left | [[Ernest Frank Ellis]] | | align= left | [[Ernest Frank Ellis]] | ||
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| align= left | [[Charles John James]] | | align= left | [[Charles John James]] | ||
| align= center | [[29 December]], [[1862]] | | align= center | [[29 December]], [[1862]] | ||
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| align= left | [[Arthur Frederick Kingsnorth]] | | align= left | [[Arthur Frederick Kingsnorth]] | ||
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| align= center | [[22 August]], [[1918]] | | align= center | [[22 August]], [[1918]] |
Revision as of 21:03, 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 | 20 April, 1925 | 11 May, 1913 | Surgeon Vice-Admiral | 1 June, 1917 | |||||
SIR William Henry Norman | 13 December, 1855 | 16 March, 1934 | 1 June, 1917 | Surgeon Vice-Admiral | 1 June, 1919 |
Rear-Admiral
Engineer Rear-Admiral
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 | 5 March, 1925 | 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 |