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− | | align= left | [[Robert Keith Arbuthnot, Fourth Baronet]] | + | | align= left | {{SIR}} [[Robert Keith Arbuthnot, Fourth Baronet]] |
| align= center | [[23 March]], [[1864]] | | align= center | [[23 March]], [[1864]] | ||
| align= center | [[31 May]], [[1916]] | | align= center | [[31 May]], [[1916]] | ||
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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]]) | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[27 January]], [[1868]] |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[26 June]], [[1929]] |
| align= center | [[1 December]], [[1913]] | | align= center | [[1 December]], [[1913]] | ||
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| align= left | [[James Clement Ley]] | | align= left | [[James Clement Ley]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[25 July]], [[1869]] |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[15 July]], [[1946]] |
| align= center | [[5 October]], [[1917]] | | align= center | [[5 October]], [[1917]] | ||
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| align= left | [[Douglas Romilly Lothian Nicholson]] | | align= left | [[Douglas Romilly Lothian Nicholson]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[4 March]], [[1867]] |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[8 February]], [[1946]] |
| align= center | [[10 January]], [[1916]] | | align= center | [[10 January]], [[1916]] | ||
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| align= left | [[William Coldingham Masters Nicholson]] | | align= left | [[William Coldingham Masters Nicholson]] | ||
+ | | align= center | [[28 October]], [[1863]] | ||
+ | | align= center | [[9 January]], [[1932]] | ||
+ | | align= center | [[10 June]], [[1916]] | ||
+ | | align= left | Admiral | ||
+ | | align= center | [[14 October]], [[1925]] | ||
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+ | | align= left | [[Rowland Nugent]] | ||
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| align= left | S<small>IR</small> [[Henry Francis Oliver]] | | align= left | S<small>IR</small> [[Henry Francis Oliver]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[22 January]], [[1865]] |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[15 October]], [[1965]] |
| align= center | [[8 December]], [[1913]] | | align= center | [[8 December]], [[1913]] | ||
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| align= left | [[Norman Craig Palmer]] | | align= left | [[Norman Craig Palmer]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[20 August]], [[1866]] |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[12 January]], [[1926]] |
| align= center | [[18 December]], [[1914]] | | align= center | [[18 December]], [[1914]] | ||
− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') |
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| align= left | [[John Franklin Parry]] | | align= left | [[John Franklin Parry]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[15 August]], [[1963]] |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[21 April]], [[1926]] |
| align= center | [[16 June]], [[1916]] | | align= center | [[16 June]], [[1916]] | ||
− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') |
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| align= left | [[Edmund Radcliffe Pears]] | | align= left | [[Edmund Radcliffe Pears]] | ||
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− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[21 June]], [[1941]] |
| align= center | [[10 February]], [[1914]] | | align= center | [[10 February]], [[1914]] | ||
− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | Vice-Admiral |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[24 January]], [[1920]] |
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| align= left | [[Henry Bertram Pelly]] | | align= left | [[Henry Bertram Pelly]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[9 September]], [[1867]] |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[27 December]], [[1942]] |
| align= center | [[17 May]], [[1917]] | | align= center | [[17 May]], [[1917]] | ||
− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') |
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| align= left | S<small>IR</small> [[Richard Fortescue Phillimore]] | | align= left | S<small>IR</small> [[Richard Fortescue Phillimore]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[23 December]], [[1864]] |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[8 November]], [[1940]] |
| align= center | [[9 August]], [[1915]] | | align= center | [[9 August]], [[1915]] | ||
− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | Admiral |
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| align= left | [[Edward Montgomery Phillpotts]] | | align= left | [[Edward Montgomery Phillpotts]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[1 August]], [[1871]] |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[9 April]], [[1952]] |
| align= center | [[15 January]], [[1918]] | | align= center | [[15 January]], [[1918]] | ||
− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') |
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| align= left | [[Laurence Elliot Power]] | | align= left | [[Laurence Elliot Power]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[7 May]], [[1867]] |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[20 January]], [[1927]] |
| align= center | [[6 December]], [[1916]] | | align= center | [[6 December]], [[1916]] | ||
− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') |
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| align= left | [[Robert John Prendergast]] | | align= left | [[Robert John Prendergast]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[9 July]], [[1864]] |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[14 May]], [[1946]] |
| align= center | [[2 November]], [[1914]] | | align= center | [[2 November]], [[1914]] | ||
− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') |
| align= center | [[1 August]], [[1919]] | | align= center | [[1 August]], [[1919]] | ||
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| align= left | [[Arthur David Ricardo]] | | align= left | [[Arthur David Ricardo]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[14 September]], [[1861]] |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[12 February]], [[1931]] |
| align= center | [[7 March]], [[1914]] | | align= center | [[7 March]], [[1914]] | ||
− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') |
| align= center | [[26 January]], [[1920]] | | align= center | [[26 January]], [[1920]] | ||
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| align= left | [[William George Elmhirst Ruck-Keene]] | | align= left | [[William George Elmhirst Ruck-Keene]] | ||
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− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[30 January]], [[1935]] |
| align= center | [[1 January]], [[1918]] | | align= center | [[1 January]], [[1918]] | ||
− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') |
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| align= left | [[Thomas Dawson Lees Sheppard]] | | align= left | [[Thomas Dawson Lees Sheppard]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[7 April]], [[1866]] |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[24 February]], [[1953]] |
| align= center | [[15 February]], [[1916]] | | align= center | [[15 February]], [[1916]] | ||
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| align= left | [[Morgan Singer]] | | align= left | [[Morgan Singer]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[13 December]], [[1864]] |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[27 April]], [[1938]] |
| align= center | [[14 September]], [[1914]] | | align= center | [[14 September]], [[1914]] | ||
− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | Admiral |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[1 August]], [[1924]] |
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| align= left | [[George Walter Smith]] | | align= left | [[George Walter Smith]] | ||
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| align= left | The Hon. [[Victor Albert Stanley]] | | align= left | The Hon. [[Victor Albert Stanley]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[17 January]], [[1867]] |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[9 June]], [[1934]] |
| align= center | [[26 April]], [[1917]] | | align= center | [[26 April]], [[1917]] | ||
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| align= left | S<small>IR</small> [[Hugh Henry Darby Tothill]] | | align= left | S<small>IR</small> [[Hugh Henry Darby Tothill]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[14 March]], [[1865]] |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[25 September]], [[1927]] |
| align= center | [[17 April]], [[1917]] | | align= center | [[17 April]], [[1917]] | ||
− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | Admiral |
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| align= left | [[Cyril Everard Tower]] | | align= left | [[Cyril Everard Tower]] | ||
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| align= left | [[Charles Lionel Vaughan-Lee]] | | align= left | [[Charles Lionel Vaughan-Lee]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[27 February]], [[1867]] |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[16 March]], [[1928]] |
| align= center | [[12 August]], [[1915]] | | align= center | [[12 August]], [[1915]] | ||
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| align= left | [[Richard Webb]] | | align= left | [[Richard Webb]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[20 July]], [[1870]] |
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[20 January]], [[1950]] |
| align= center | [[3 September]], [[1918]] | | align= center | [[3 September]], [[1918]] | ||
− | | align= left | | + | | align= left | Admiral |
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| align= left | [[Maurice Woollcombe]] | | align= left | [[Maurice Woollcombe]] | ||
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− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[19 December]], [[1930]] |
| align= center | [[2 October]], [[1918]] | | align= center | [[2 October]], [[1918]] | ||
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| align= left | [[William George Mogg]] | | align= left | [[William George Mogg]] | ||
| align= center | [[3 December]], [[1860]] | | align= center | [[3 December]], [[1860]] | ||
− | | align= center | | + | | align= center | [[1 May]], [[1929]] |
| align= center | [[26 November]], [[1913]] | | align= center | [[26 November]], [[1913]] | ||
| align= left | Engineer Rear-Admiral | | align= left | Engineer Rear-Admiral | ||
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| align= left | [[John Henry George Chapple]] | | align= left | [[John Henry George Chapple]] | ||
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Revision as of 10:24, 6 April 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 |