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| align= center | [[31 March]], [[1919]] | | align= center | [[31 March]], [[1919]] | ||
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− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | {{SIR}} [[Lewis Bayly]] |
| align= center | [[28 September]], [[1857]] | | align= center | [[28 September]], [[1857]] | ||
| align= center | [[16 May]], [[1938]] | | align= center | [[16 May]], [[1938]] | ||
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| align= center | [[1 April]], [[1919]] | | align= center | [[1 April]], [[1919]] | ||
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− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | {{SIR}} [[David Beatty]] (''Acting'') |
| align= center | [[17 January]], [[1871]] | | align= center | [[17 January]], [[1871]] | ||
| align= center | [[10 March]], [[1936]] | | align= center | [[10 March]], [[1936]] | ||
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| align= center | [[17 January]], [[1936]] | | align= center | [[17 January]], [[1936]] | ||
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− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | {{HONSIR}} [[Alexander Edward Bethell]] |
| align= center | [[28 August]], [[1855]] | | align= center | [[28 August]], [[1855]] | ||
| align= center | [[13 June]], [[1932]] | | align= center | [[13 June]], [[1932]] | ||
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| align= center | [[1 September]], [[1918]] | | align= center | [[1 September]], [[1918]] | ||
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− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | {{SIR}} [[Edward Eden Bradford]] |
| align= center | [[10 December]], [[1958]] | | align= center | [[10 December]], [[1958]] | ||
| align= center | [[25 November]], [[1935]] | | align= center | [[25 November]], [[1935]] | ||
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| align= center | [[11 March]], [[1918]] | | align= center | [[11 March]], [[1918]] | ||
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− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | {{SIR}} [[Charles John Briggs]] |
| align= center | [[15 July]], [[1858]] | | align= center | [[15 July]], [[1858]] | ||
| align= center | [[16 July]], [[1951]] | | align= center | [[16 July]], [[1951]] | ||
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| align= center | [[2 July]], [[1917]] | | align= center | [[2 July]], [[1917]] | ||
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− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | {{SIR}} [[Frederic Edward Errington Brock]] |
| align= center | [[15 October]], [[1854]] | | align= center | [[15 October]], [[1854]] | ||
| align= center | [[1 November]], [[1929]] | | align= center | [[1 November]], [[1929]] | ||
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| align= center | [[25 August]], [[1918]] | | align= center | [[25 August]], [[1918]] | ||
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− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | {{SIR}} [[Cecil Burney, First Baronet|Cecil Burney]] |
| align= center | [[15 May]], [[1858]] | | align= center | [[15 May]], [[1858]] | ||
| align= center | [[5 June]], [[1929]] | | align= center | [[5 June]], [[1929]] | ||
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| align= center | [[24 November]], [[1925]] | | align= center | [[24 November]], [[1925]] | ||
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− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | {{SIR}} [[Paul Warner Bush]] |
| align= center | [[21 September]], [[1855]] | | align= center | [[21 September]], [[1855]] | ||
| align= center | [[15 March]], [[1930]] | | align= center | [[15 March]], [[1930]] | ||
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| align= center | [[10 January]], [[1916]] | | align= center | [[10 January]], [[1916]] | ||
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− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | {{SIR}} [[Sackville Hamilton Carden]] |
| align= center | [[3 May]], [[1857]] | | align= center | [[3 May]], [[1857]] | ||
| align= center | [[5 May]], [[1930]] | | align= center | [[5 May]], [[1930]] | ||
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| align= center | [[23 October]], [[1917]] | | align= center | [[23 October]], [[1917]] | ||
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− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | {{SIR}} [[Charles Henry Coke]] |
| align= center | [[2 October]], [[1854]] | | align= center | [[2 October]], [[1854]] | ||
| align= center | [[23 February]], [[1945]] | | align= center | [[23 February]], [[1945]] | ||
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| align= center | [[10 April]], [[1917]] | | align= center | [[10 April]], [[1917]] | ||
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− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | {{HONSIR}} [[Stanley Cecil James Colville]] |
| align= center | [[21 February]], [[1861]] | | align= center | [[21 February]], [[1861]] | ||
| align= center | [[9 April]], [[1939]] | | align= center | [[9 April]], [[1939]] | ||
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| align= center | [[12 July]], [[1909]] | | align= center | [[12 July]], [[1909]] | ||
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− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | {{SIR}} [[George Le Clerc Egerton]] |
| align= center | [[17 October]], [[1852]] | | align= center | [[17 October]], [[1852]] | ||
| align= center | [[30 March]], [[1940]] | | align= center | [[30 March]], [[1940]] | ||
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| align= center | [[9 June]], [[1916]] | | align= center | [[9 June]], [[1916]] | ||
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− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | {{SIR}} [[Arthur Murray Farquhar]] |
| align= center | [[19 January]], [[1855]] | | align= center | [[19 January]], [[1855]] | ||
| align= center | [[16 November]], [[1937]] | | align= center | [[16 November]], [[1937]] | ||
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| align= center | [[9 January]], [[1918]] | | align= center | [[9 January]], [[1918]] | ||
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− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | {{SIR}} [[Frederic William Fisher]] |
| align= center | [[5 October]], [[1851]] | | align= center | [[5 October]], [[1851]] | ||
| align= center | [[23 December]], [[1943]] | | align= center | [[23 December]], [[1943]] | ||
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| align= center | [[24 October]], [[1914]] | | align= center | [[24 October]], [[1914]] | ||
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− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | {{SIR}} [[Douglas Austin Gamble]] |
| align= center | [[8 November]], [[1856]] | | align= center | [[8 November]], [[1856]] | ||
| align= center | [[23 May]], [[1934]] | | align= center | [[23 May]], [[1934]] | ||
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| align= center | [[17 May]], [[1917]] | | align= center | [[17 May]], [[1917]] | ||
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− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | {{SIR}} [[William Lowther Grant]] |
| align= center | [[10 November]], [[1864]] | | align= center | [[10 November]], [[1864]] | ||
| align= center | [[30 January]], [[1929]] | | align= center | [[30 January]], [[1929]] | ||
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| align= center | [[24 March]], [[1920]] | | align= center | [[24 March]], [[1920]] | ||
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− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | {{SIR}} [[Frederick Tower Hamilton]] |
| align= center | [[8 March]], [[1856]] | | align= center | [[8 March]], [[1856]] | ||
| align= center | [[4 October]], [[1917]] | | align= center | [[4 October]], [[1917]] | ||
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− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | {{SIR}} [[Frederick Samuel Inglefield]] |
| align= center | [[29 April]], [[1854]] | | align= center | [[29 April]], [[1854]] | ||
| align= center | [[8 August]], [[1921]] | | align= center | [[8 August]], [[1921]] | ||
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| align= center | [[9 June]], [[1916]] | | align= center | [[9 June]], [[1916]] | ||
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− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | {{SIR}} [[Henry Bradwardine Jackson]] |
| align= center | [[21 January]], [[1855]] | | align= center | [[21 January]], [[1855]] | ||
| align= center | [[14 December]], [[1929]] | | align= center | [[14 December]], [[1929]] | ||
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| align= center | [[5 December]], [[1924]] | | align= center | [[5 December]], [[1924]] | ||
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− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | {{SIR}} [[Thomas Henry Martyn Jerram]] |
| align= center | [[6 September]], [[1858]] | | align= center | [[6 September]], [[1858]] | ||
| align= center | [[19 March]], [[1933]] | | align= center | [[19 March]], [[1933]] | ||
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| align= center | [[30 January]], [[1918]] | | align= center | [[30 January]], [[1918]] | ||
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− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | {{SIR}} [[Herbert Goodenough King-Hall]] |
| align= center | [[15 March]], [[1862]] | | align= center | [[15 March]], [[1862]] | ||
| align= center | [[20 October]], [[1936]] | | align= center | [[20 October]], [[1936]] | ||
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| align= center | [[1 May]], [[1922]] | | align= center | [[1 May]], [[1922]] | ||
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− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | {{SIR}} [[Arthur Henry Limpus]] |
| align= center | [[7 June]], [[1863]] | | align= center | [[7 June]], [[1863]] | ||
| align= center | [[3 November]], [[1931]] | | align= center | [[3 November]], [[1931]] | ||
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| align= center | [[1 January]], [[1919]] | | align= center | [[1 January]], [[1919]] | ||
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− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | {{SIR}} [[Robert Swinburne Lowry]] |
| align= center | [[4 March]], [[1854]] | | align= center | [[4 March]], [[1854]] | ||
| align= center | [[29 May]], [[1920]] | | align= center | [[29 May]], [[1920]] | ||
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| align= center | [[19 August]], [[1917]] | | align= center | [[19 August]], [[1917]] | ||
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− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | {{SIR}} [[Charles Edward Madden, First Baronet|Charles Edward Madden]] (''Acting'') |
| align= center | [[5 September]], [[1862]] | | align= center | [[5 September]], [[1862]] | ||
| align= center | [[5 June]], [[1935]] | | align= center | [[5 June]], [[1935]] | ||
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| align= center | [[30 July]], [[1930]] | | align= center | [[30 July]], [[1930]] | ||
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− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | {{SIR}} [[Archibald Berkeley Milne, Second Baronet]] |
| align= center | [[2 June]], [[1855]] | | align= center | [[2 June]], [[1855]] | ||
| align= center | [[5 July]], [[1938]] | | align= center | [[5 July]], [[1938]] | ||
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| align= center | [[1 January]], [[1919]] | | align= center | [[1 January]], [[1919]] | ||
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− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | {{SIR}} [[Alfred Wyndham Paget]] |
| align= center | [[20 March]], [[1852]] | | align= center | [[20 March]], [[1852]] | ||
| align= center | [[17 June]], [[1918]] | | align= center | [[17 June]], [[1918]] | ||
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| align= center | [[14 September]], [[1914]] | | align= center | [[14 September]], [[1914]] | ||
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− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | {{SIR}} [[George Edwin Patey]] |
| align= center | [[24 February]], [[1859]] | | align= center | [[24 February]], [[1859]] | ||
| align= center | [[4 February]], [[1935]] | | align= center | [[4 February]], [[1935]] | ||
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| align= center | [[1 January]], [[1919]] | | align= center | [[1 January]], [[1919]] | ||
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− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | {{SIR}} [[Richard Henry Peirse]] |
| align= center | [[4 September]], [[1860]] | | align= center | [[4 September]], [[1860]] | ||
| align= center | [[10 July]], [[1940]] | | align= center | [[10 July]], [[1940]] | ||
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| align= center | [[10 June]], [[1916]] | | align= center | [[10 June]], [[1916]] | ||
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− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | {{SIR}} [[Edmund Samuel Poë]] |
| align= center | [[11 September]], [[1849]] | | align= center | [[11 September]], [[1849]] | ||
| align= center | [[4 April]], [[1921]] | | align= center | [[4 April]], [[1921]] | ||
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| align= center | [[11 September]], [[1914]] | | align= center | [[11 September]], [[1914]] | ||
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− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | {{SIR}} [[Richard Poore, Fourth Baronet]] |
| align= center | [[7 July]], [[1853]] | | align= center | [[7 July]], [[1853]] | ||
| align= center | [[8 December]], [[1930]] | | align= center | [[8 December]], [[1930]] | ||
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| align= center | [[24 October]], [[1915]] | | align= center | [[24 October]], [[1915]] | ||
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− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | {{SIR}} [[Edmond John Warre Slade]] |
| align= center | [[20 March]], [[1859]] | | align= center | [[20 March]], [[1859]] | ||
| align= center | [[20 January]], [[1928]] | | align= center | [[20 January]], [[1928]] | ||
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| align= center | [[1 September]], [[1917]] | | align= center | [[1 September]], [[1917]] | ||
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− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | {{SIR}} [[Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee, First Baronet]] |
| align= center | [[9 June]], [[1859]] | | align= center | [[9 June]], [[1859]] | ||
| align= center | [[7 May]], [[1925]] | | align= center | [[7 May]], [[1925]] | ||
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− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | {{SIR}} [[Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss, First Baron Wester Wemyss|Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss]] |
| align= center | [[12 April]], [[1864]] | | align= center | [[12 April]], [[1864]] | ||
| align= center | [[24 May]], [[1933]] | | align= center | [[24 May]], [[1933]] |
Revision as of 19:43, 16 June 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 |