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| align= left | S<small>IR</small> [[Roger John Brownlow Keyes]] (''Acting Vice-Admiral'' [[1 June]], [[1918]]) | | align= left | S<small>IR</small> [[Roger John Brownlow Keyes]] (''Acting Vice-Admiral'' [[1 June]], [[1918]]) | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[4 October]], [[1872]] |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[26 December]], [[1945]] |
| align= center | [[10 April]], [[1917]] | | align= center | [[10 April]], [[1917]] | ||
− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | Admiral of the Fleet |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[8 May]], [[1935]] |
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| align= left | [[Edward Buxton Kiddle]] | | align= left | [[Edward Buxton Kiddle]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[2 November]], [[1866]] |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[29 April]], [[1933]] |
| align= center | [[28 October]], [[1918]] | | align= center | [[28 October]], [[1918]] | ||
− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[1 August]], [[1924]] |
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| align= left | [[Cecil Foley Lambert]] | | align= left | [[Cecil Foley Lambert]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[28 May]], [[1864]] |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[29 February]], [[1928]] |
| align= center | [[13 April]], [[1917]] | | align= center | [[13 April]], [[1917]] | ||
− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[5 December]], [[1921]] |
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| align= left | [[Frederick Charles Learmonth]] | | align= left | [[Frederick Charles Learmonth]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[14 January]], [[1866]] |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[3 June]], [[1941]] |
| align= center | [[11 March]], [[1918]] | | align= center | [[11 March]], [[1918]] | ||
− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[8 March]], [[1921]] |
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| align= left | [[Arthur Cavenagh Leveson]] (''Acting Vice-Admiral'' [[1 October]], [[1918]]) | | align= left | [[Arthur Cavenagh Leveson]] (''Acting Vice-Admiral'' [[1 October]], [[1918]]) | ||
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| align= center | [[1 December]], [[1913]] | | align= center | [[1 December]], [[1913]] | ||
| align= left | Admiral | | align= left | Admiral | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[22 February]], [[1928]] |
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| align= left | [[James Clement Ley]] | | align= left | [[James Clement Ley]] | ||
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| align= left | [[George Charles Adolphe Marescaux]] | | align= left | [[George Charles Adolphe Marescaux]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[10 February]], [[1860]] |
| align= center | [[3 September]], [[1920]] | | align= center | [[3 September]], [[1920]] | ||
| align= center | [[15 December]], [[1914]] | | align= center | [[15 December]], [[1914]] | ||
− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | Vice-Admiral (''Retired'') |
| align= center | [[4 November]], [[1915]] | | align= center | [[4 November]], [[1915]] | ||
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| align= left | [[Edward Herbert Moubray]] | | align= left | [[Edward Herbert Moubray]] | ||
| align= center | [[22 January]], [[1865]] | | align= center | [[22 January]], [[1865]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | ? |
| align= center | [[26 April]], [[1917]] | | align= center | [[26 April]], [[1917]] | ||
| align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') | | align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') | ||
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| align= left | [[Philip Nelson-Ward]] | | align= left | [[Philip Nelson-Ward]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[29 June]], [[1866]] |
| align= center | [[27 June]], [[1937]] | | align= center | [[27 June]], [[1937]] | ||
| align= center | [[9 June]], [[1916]] | | align= center | [[9 June]], [[1916]] | ||
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| align= left | [[Rowland Nugent]] | | align= left | [[Rowland Nugent]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[22 December]], [[1861]] |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | ? |
+ | | align= center | [[1 June]], [[1916]] | ||
+ | | align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') | ||
| align= center | [[2 June]], [[1916]] | | align= center | [[2 June]], [[1916]] | ||
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| align= left | S<small>IR</small> [[Henry Francis Oliver]] | | align= left | S<small>IR</small> [[Henry Francis Oliver]] | ||
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| align= center | [[8 December]], [[1913]] | | align= center | [[8 December]], [[1913]] | ||
| align= left | Admiral of the Fleet | | align= left | Admiral of the Fleet | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[31 January]], [[1933]] |
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| align= left | [[Norman Craig Palmer]] | | align= left | [[Norman Craig Palmer]] | ||
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| align= center | [[18 December]], [[1914]] | | align= center | [[18 December]], [[1914]] | ||
| align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') | | align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[2 August]], [[1919]] |
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| align= left | [[John Franklin Parry]] | | align= left | [[John Franklin Parry]] | ||
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| align= center | [[16 June]], [[1916]] | | align= center | [[16 June]], [[1916]] | ||
| align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') | | align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[1 September]], [[1919]] |
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| align= left | [[Edmund Radcliffe Pears]] | | align= left | [[Edmund Radcliffe Pears]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[25 April]], [[1862]] |
| align= center | [[21 June]], [[1941]] | | align= center | [[21 June]], [[1941]] | ||
| align= center | [[10 February]], [[1914]] | | align= center | [[10 February]], [[1914]] | ||
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| align= center | [[17 May]], [[1917]] | | align= center | [[17 May]], [[1917]] | ||
| align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') | | align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[18 January]], [[1925]] |
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| align= left | S<small>IR</small> [[Richard Fortescue Phillimore]] | | align= left | S<small>IR</small> [[Richard Fortescue Phillimore]] | ||
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| align= center | [[9 August]], [[1915]] | | align= center | [[9 August]], [[1915]] | ||
| align= left | Admiral | | align= left | Admiral | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[6 October]], [[1929]] |
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| align= left | [[Edward Montgomery Phillpotts]] | | align= left | [[Edward Montgomery Phillpotts]] | ||
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| align= center | [[15 January]], [[1918]] | | align= center | [[15 January]], [[1918]] | ||
| align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') | | align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[8 October]], [[1923]] |
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| align= left | [[Laurence Elliot Power]] | | align= left | [[Laurence Elliot Power]] | ||
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| align= left | [[William George Elmhirst Ruck-Keene]] | | align= left | [[William George Elmhirst Ruck-Keene]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[30 January]], [[1867]] |
| align= center | [[30 January]], [[1935]] | | align= center | [[30 January]], [[1935]] | ||
| align= center | [[1 January]], [[1918]] | | align= center | [[1 January]], [[1918]] | ||
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| align= center | [[24 February]], [[1953]] | | align= center | [[24 February]], [[1953]] | ||
| align= center | [[15 February]], [[1916]] | | align= center | [[15 February]], [[1916]] | ||
− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') |
| align= center | [[1 May]], [[1922]] | | align= center | [[1 May]], [[1922]] | ||
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| align= left | [[George Walter Smith]] | | align= left | [[George Walter Smith]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[13 June]], [[1865]] |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | ? |
| align= center | [[4 November]], [[1915]] | | align= center | [[4 November]], [[1915]] | ||
− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | Rear-Admiral |
| align= center | [[11 January]], [[1916]] | | align= center | [[11 January]], [[1916]] | ||
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| align= center | [[26 April]], [[1917]] | | align= center | [[26 April]], [[1917]] | ||
| align= left | Admiral | | align= left | Admiral | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[8 November]], [[1926]] |
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| align= left | [[Charles Frederick Thorp]] | | align= left | [[Charles Frederick Thorp]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[3 June]], [[1869]] |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[31 October]], [[1954]] |
| align= center | [[27 September]], [[1917]] | | align= center | [[27 September]], [[1917]] | ||
− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') |
| align= center | [[28 September]], [[1917]] | | align= center | [[28 September]], [[1917]] | ||
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| align= center | [[16 March]], [[1928]] | | align= center | [[16 March]], [[1928]] | ||
| align= center | [[12 August]], [[1915]] | | align= center | [[12 August]], [[1915]] | ||
− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') |
| align= center | [[27 January]], [[1920]] | | align= center | [[27 January]], [[1920]] | ||
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| align= center | [[3 September]], [[1918]] | | align= center | [[3 September]], [[1918]] | ||
| align= left | Admiral | | align= left | Admiral | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[27 February]], [[1929]] |
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| align= left | [[Maurice Woollcombe]] | | align= left | [[Maurice Woollcombe]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[18 April]], [[1868]] |
| align= center | [[19 December]], [[1930]] | | align= center | [[19 December]], [[1930]] | ||
| align= center | [[2 October]], [[1918]] | | align= center | [[2 October]], [[1918]] | ||
| align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') | | align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[25 March]], [[1922]] |
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Revision as of 10:59, 26 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 |