Royal Navy Flag Officers of the Great War

Admiral

Admirals of the Royal Navy, 1914 – 1918
Name	Born	Died	Date of Promotion			Final Rank	Retired
			Admiral	Vice-Admiral	Rear-Admiral
SIR Reginald Hugh Spencer Bacon (Retired)	6 September, 1863	9 June, 1947	1 September, 1918 (Retired)	15 July, 1915	12 July, 1909	Admiral	31 March, 1919
SIR Lewis Bayly	28 September, 1857	16 May, 1938	23 October, 1917	14 September, 1914	2 December, 1908	Admiral	1 April, 1919
SIR David Beatty (Acting)	17 January, 1871	10 March, 1936	27 November, 1916 (Acting)	9 August, 1915	1 January, 1910	Admiral of the Fleet	17 January, 1936
The Honourable SIR Alexander Edward Bethell	28 August, 1855	13 June, 1932	10 June, 1916	10 May, 1913	1 March, 1908	Admiral	1 September, 1918
SIR Edward Eden Bradford	10 December, 1958	25 November, 1935	2 July, 1917	10 February, 1914	5 November, 1908	Admiral	11 March, 1918
SIR Charles John Briggs	15 July, 1858	16 July, 1951	10 January, 1916	13 July, 1912	1 May, 1907	Admiral	2 July, 1917
SIR Frederic Edward Errington Brock	15 October, 1854	1 November, 1929	1 April, 1917	15 May, 1913	22 March, 1908	Admiral	25 August, 1918
SIR Cecil Burney	15 May, 1858	5 June, 1929	9 June, 1916	20 September, 1912	10 October, 1907	Admiral of the Fleet	24 November, 1925
SIR Paul Warner Bush	21 September, 1855	15 March, 1930	24 October, 1915	19 May, 1912	10 April, 1907	Admiral	10 January, 1916
SIR Sackville Hamilton Carden	3 May, 1857	5 May, 1930	1 September, 1917	27 August, 1914	15 November, 1908	Admiral	23 October, 1917
SIR Charles Henry Coke	2 October, 1854	23 February, 1945	3 April, 1917	17 May, 1913	18 May, 1908	Admiral	10 April, 1917
The Honourable SIR Stanley Cecil James Colville	21 February, 1861	9 April, 1939	11 September, 1914	12 April, 1911	11 November, 1906	Admiral	4 April, 1922
Charles Holcombe Dare (Retired)	9 November, 1854	6 August, 1924	25 August, 1918 (Retired)	5 March, 1915 (Retired)	12 March, 1909	Admiral	12 July, 1909
SIR George Le Clerc Egerton	17 October, 1852	30 March, 1940	21 March, 1913	2 January, 1909	2 March, 1905	Admiral	9 June, 1916
SIR Arthur Murray Farquhar	19 January, 1855	16 November, 1937	14 September, 1914	17 July, 1911	17 November, 1906	Admiral	9 June, 1916
Richard Bowles Farquhar	12 January, 1859	27 November, 1948	5 August, 1917	11 September, 1914	2 December, 1908	Admiral	9 January, 1918
SIR Frederic William Fisher	5 October, 1851	23 December, 1943	15 May, 1913	26 October, 1909	8 June, 1905	Admiral	24 October, 1914
SIR Douglas Austin Gamble	8 November, 1856	23 May, 1934	26 April, 1917	8 December, 1913	2 September, 1908	Admiral	17 May, 1917
SIR William Lowther Grant	10 November, 1864	30 January, 1929	1 September, 1918	15 July, 1915	26 October, 1909	Admiral	24 March, 1920
SIR Frederick Tower Hamilton	8 March, 1856	4 October, 1917	9 June, 1916	31 July, 1912	1 October, 1907	Admiral	—
SIR Frederick Samuel Inglefield	29 April, 1854	8 August, 1921	4 June, 1913	24 August, 1910	30 May, 1906	Admiral	9 June, 1916
SIR Henry Bradwardine Jackson	21 January, 1855	14 December, 1929	10 February, 1914	15 March, 1911	18 October, 1906	Admiral of the Fleet	31 July, 1924
John Rushworth Jellicoe, First Viscount Jellicoe	5 December, 1859	20 November, 1935	5 March, 1915	18 September, 1911	8 February, 1907	Admiral of the Fleet	5 December, 1924
SIR Thomas Henry Martyn Jerram	6 September, 1858	19 March, 1933	10 April, 1917	4 June, 1913	30 June, 1908	Admiral	30 January, 1918
SIR Herbert Goodenough King Hall	15 March, 1862	20 October, 1936	25 August, 1918	5 March, 1915	22 June, 1909	Admiral	1 May, 1922
SIR Arthur Henry Limpus	7 June, 1863	3 November, 1931	30 January, 1918	14 September, 1914	23 January, 1909	Admiral	1 January, 1919
SIR Robert Swinburne Lowry	4 March, 1854	29 May, 1920	13 December, 1913	6 March, 1911	17 October, 1906	Admiral	19 August, 1917
SIR Charles Edward Madden (Acting)	5 September, 1862	5 June, 1935	28 November, 1916 (Acting)	10 June, 1916	12 April, 1911	Admiral of the Fleet	30 July, 1930
SIR Archibald Berkeley Milne, Second Baronet	2 June, 1855	5 July, 1938	19 September, 1911	12 May, 1908	25 April, 1904	Admiral	12 February, 1919
Louis Alexander Mountbatten, First Marquess of Milford Haven	24 May, 1854	11 September, 1921	13 July, 1912	30 June, 1908	1 July, 1904	Admiral of the Fleet	1 January, 1919
SIR Alfred Wyndham Paget	20 March, 1852	17 June, 1918	8 December, 1913	6 March, 1911	1 October, 1906	Admiral	14 September, 1914
SIR George Edwin Patey	24 February, 1859	4 February, 1935	1 January, 1918	14 September, 1914	2 January, 1909	Admiral	1 January, 1919
SIR Richard Henry Peirse	4 September, 1860	10 July, 1940	11 March, 1918	24 October, 1914	9 February, 1909	Admiral	17 January, 1919
Frederick Sidney Pelham	25 October, 1854	19 October, 1931	9 June, 1916	20 March, 1913	10 October, 1907	Admiral	10 June, 1916
SIR Edmund Samuel Poë	11 September, 1849	4 April, 1921	30 April, 1910	20 February, 1906	9 September, 1901	Admiral	11 September, 1914
SIR Richard Poore, Fourth Baronet	7 July, 1853	8 December, 1930	17 July, 1911	1 March, 1907	30 August, 1903	Admiral	3 April, 1917
Ernest Alfred Simons	3 September, 1856	30 August, 1928	24 October, 1914	27 August, 1911	1 January, 1907	Admiral	24 October, 1915
SIR Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee, First Baronet	9 June, 1859	7 May, 1925	17 May, 1917	13 December, 1913	12 December, 1908	Admiral of the Fleet	—
SIR Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss	12 April, 1864	24 May, 1933	27 December, 1917 (Acting)	6 December, 1916	19 April, 1911	Admiral of the Fleet	12 April, 1929
Total number of Admirals on the Active List as of 11th November, 1918: FIFTEEN (15)

Vice-Admiral

Vice-Admirals of the Royal Navy, 1914 – 1918
Name	Born	Died	Date of Promotion		Final Rank	Retired
			Vice-Admiral	Rear-Admiral
SIR Montague Edward Browning			26 April, 1917	22 September, 1911	Admiral
SIR Edward Francis Benedict Charlton			30 January, 1918	10 May, 1913	Admiral
Arthur Henry Christian			13 April, 1917	21 August, 1911	Admiral
Bernard Currey	11 May, 1862	6 June, 1936	9 June, 1916	2 March, 1911	Admiral	9 January, 1919
SIR Dudley Rawson Stratford De Chair			5 October, 1917	31 July, 1912	Admiral
SIR John Michael de Robeck			17 May, 1917	1 December, 1911	Admiral of the Fleet
SIR Alexander Ludovic Duff			15 January, 1918	2 March, 1913	Admiral
SIR Hugh Evan-Thomas			19 September, 1917	9 July, 1912	Admiral
Francis George Eyre			1 October, 1918	14 October, 1913	Admiral (Retired)
The Hon. SIR Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe			26 April, 1917	27 August, 1911	Admiral
SIR Herbert Leopold Heath			26 April, 1917	19 September, 1911	Admiral
Robert Stewart Phipps Hornby			11 March, 1918	15 May, 1913	Admiral
Francis Spurstow Miller			1 September, 1918	14 October, 1913	Admiral (Retired)
SIR Archibald Gordon Henry Wilson Moore	2 February, 1862	2 April, 1934	25 January, 1916	20 September, 1910	Admiral	21 February, 1919
Trevelyan Dacres Willes Napier			15 January, 1918	2 March, 1913	Vice-Admiral
Stuart Nicholson			27 September, 1917	30 July, 1912	Admiral
SIR William Christopher Pakenham			1 September, 1918	4 June, 1913	Admiral
SIR Cecil Fiennes Thursby	17 January, 1861	28 May, 1936	10 April, 1917	17 July, 1911	Admiral	7 October, 1920
Ernest Charles Thomas Troubridge	15 July, 1862	28 January, 1926	9 June, 1916	20 March, 1911	Admiral	1 July, 1921
SIR Frederick Charles Tudor Tudor			23 October, 1917	25 January, 1913	Admiral
SIR Reginald Godfrey Otway Tupper	16 October, 1859	5 March, 1945	25 January, 1916	20 September, 1910	Admiral	16 May, 1921

Engineer Vice-Admiral

Engineer Vice-Admirals of the Royal Navy, 1914 – 1918
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

Surgeon-Generals of the Royal Navy, 1914 – 1918 (with the relative rank of Vice-Admiral)
Name	Born	Died	Date of Promotion		Final Rank	Retired
			Surgeon-General	Deputy Surgeon-General
SIR Arthur William May			11 May, 1913		Engineer Vice-Admiral

Rear-Admiral

Rear-Admirals of the Royal Navy, 1914 – 1918
Name	Born	Died	Date of Promotion	Final Rank	Retired
Edwyn Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair			26 April, 1917
George Alexander Ballard			27 August, 1914
Brian Herbert Fairbairn Barttelot			26 August, 1918
Vivian Henry Gerald Bernard			20 September, 1917
George Holmes Borrett			16 August, 1918
The Hon. Robert Francis Boyle			25 April, 1914
SIR Osmond de Beauvoir Brock (Acting Vice-Admiral 17 Janaury, 1918)			5 March, 1915
Henry Harvey Bruce			27 April, 1917
Edward Francis Bruen			28 September, 1917
George Cuthbert Cayly			28 April, 1917
Lewis Clinton-Baker			19 August, 1917
Philip Howard Colomb	13 December, 1867	18 April, 1958	27 April, 1918	Admiral (Retired)	14 October, 1923
Walter Henry Cowan			2 September, 1918
Michael Culme Seymour			10 June, 1916
Cecil Frederick Dampier			18 February, 1915
Allan Frederic Everett			28 April, 1917
James Andrew Fergusson			27 April, 1917
The Hon. Edward Stafford Fitzherbert			24 October, 1915
Sydney Robert Fremantle (Acting Vice-Admiral 1 October, 1918)			7 December, 1913
Ernest Frederic Augustus Gaunt			24 October, 1914
William Edmund Goodenough			10 June, 1916
Alfred Ernest Albert Grant			26 May, 1915
Heathcoat Salusbury Grant (Acting Vice-Admiral 27 September, 1918)			4 June, 1916
Clement Greatorex			27 April, 1917
John Frederick Ernest Green			1 September, 1917
SIR William Reginald Hall			27 April, 1917
SIR Lionel Halsey			26 April, 1917
Arthur Hayes-Sadler			19 July, 1915
Algernon Walker Heneage			31 January, 1918
SIR Arthur John Henniker-Hughan, Bart.			25 January, 1916
Cecil Spencer Hickley			11 January, 1916
George Price Webley Hope			3 April, 1917
Allen Thomas Hunt			3 July, 1917
Edmond Hyde Parker			23 October, 1917
Edmund Hyde Smith			29 June, 1915
Thomas Jackson			9 June, 1916
Francis William Kennedy			1 June, 1916
SIR Roger John Brownlow Keyes (Acting Vice-Admiral 1 June, 1918)			10 April, 1917
Edward Buxton Kiddle			28 October, 1918
Cecil Foley Lambert			13 April, 1917
Frederick Charles Learmonth			11 March, 1918
Arthur Cavenagh Leveson (Acting Vice-Admiral 1 October, 1918)			1 December, 1913
James Clement Ley			5 October, 1917
Douglas Romilly Lothian Nicholson			10 January, 1916
William Coldingham Masters Nicholson			10 June, 1916
SIR Henry Francis Oliver			8 December, 1913
Norman Craig Palmer			18 December, 1914
John Franklin Parry			16 June, 1916
Edmund Radcliffe Pears			10 February, 1914
Henry Bertram Pelly			17 May, 1917
SIR Richard Fortescue Phillimore			9 August, 1915
Edward Montgomery Phillpotts			15 January, 1918
Laurence Elliot Power			6 December, 1916
Robert John Prendergast			2 November, 1914
Arthur David Ricardo			7 March, 1914
William George Elmhirst Ruck-Keene			1 January, 1918
Thomas Dawson Lees Sheppard			15 February, 1916
Morgan Singer			14 September, 1914
The Hon. Victor Albert Stanley			26 April, 1917
SIR Hugh Henry Darby Tothill			17 April, 1917
Charles Lionel Vaughan-Lee			12 August, 1915
Richard Webb			3 September, 1918
Maurice Woollcombe			2 October, 1918

Paymaster Rear-Admiral

Paymaster Rear-Admirals of the Royal Navy, 1914 – 1918
Name	Born	Died	Date of Promotion	Final Rank	Retired
William Marcus Charles Beresford Whyte	28 November, 1863	13 July, 1932	1 July, 1918	Admiral	3 July, 1923