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• Hardinge Lilford Shephard
  ...rd was fluent in French. He gained three months' time on passing out of {{UK-1Britannia}}. ...inted to the {{UK-Viknor|f=t}} (initially called ''The Viking'') as Acting Interpreter in French.
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• John Kenneth Beaufoy Birch
  ...ec16|p. 393''t''}} and fought in her at the [[Battle of Jutland]] of the {{UK-CS|1}}.<ref>Birch Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/49.|}} f. 49.</ref> Birch was appointed as gunnery officer and as an interpreter to the {{UK-Dartmouth|f=t}} on 14 September, 1917 and served through at least the end o
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• Arthur Hugh Lloyd Terry
  ...n the language. He also spoke Spanish well enough to qualify as an acting interpreter. ...command of the {{UK-Ferret|f=t}} in September 1917 and operated with the {{UK-DF|20}},{{HardLying|p. 124}} which she joined in March 1918.
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• Illtyd Arthur Stewart Hutton
  Hutton entered the Royal Navy with the January, 1897 intake term at {{UK-1Britannia|f=p}}, passing in tied for eleventh of sixty-three in order of m ...oted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 31 March, 1904. He was qualified as an interpreter in Chinese and French.<ref>Hutton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/97.|}}
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• Basil Richard Poë
  He became an interpreter in French, and apparently a very good one. His naval career would rely on ...nnual Manoeuvres of 1912]], he served as Beatty's Flag Lieutenant in the {{UK-Aboukir|f=t}}.<ref>Poë Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/98.|}} f. 302.</
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• Gordon Reinhold Bald
  On 13 December, 1912, appointed to {{UK-Antrim}} of the {{UK-CS|3}} as torpedo officer. His journals at the National Maritime Museum pu ...-Vernon}} for torpedo duties. He stayed two months and was appointed to {{UK-Resolution}} as torpedo officer on 8 October, 1915.
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• Cornelius Octavius Regnart
  ...ified as an Interpreter in Russian.{{NLApr10|p. 433''a''}} He was also an interpreter in German from some point. ...ved to command {{UK-A13}} in September, 1910 and was now functioning as an interpreter in German.
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• Arthur Thomas Target
  ...e rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 June, 1874. In March 1879, he qualified as an interpreter in Hindustani. * [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_rv=simple&_q=ADM+Arthur+Thomas+Target Service Records]
  1 KB (161 words) - 16:31, 7 April 2022
• Kenneth Judge D'Arcy
  D'Arcy was an interpreter in Greek. He was appointed to the {{UK-1Ajax|f=t}} on 14 January, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 724}}
  1 KB (144 words) - 22:39, 6 April 2022
• Edgar Dudley Webb
  He qualified as an interpreter in French, class A 1. ...rank of {{LCommRN}} on 15 December, 1935.{{NLMay39|p. 85}} Appointed to {{UK-Caledon}} on 25 March, 1939.{{NLMay39|p. 264}}
  1 KB (181 words) - 16:45, 7 April 2022
• James Gordon Fraser
  Fraser passed for lower interpreter in French in January, 1909 and was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 3 ...n the ship until being appointed to {{UK-Repulse}} as navigator and acting interpreter in French on 4 July 1916.<ref>Fraser Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/7.|}
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• John Evelyn Smallwood
  Qualified as an interpreter in French. * [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_rv=simple&_q=ADM+John+Evelyn+Smallwood Service Records]
  1 KB (176 words) - 16:23, 7 April 2022
• Peter Norton Churchill
  He qualified as an Interpreter in Greek. Churchill was appointed to {{UK-Gloucester}} on 24 April, 1938.{{NLMay39|p. 291}} He was apparently among
  1 KB (184 words) - 22:28, 6 April 2022
• Robert Hudleston Keate
  ...o {{UK-Harrier}} to work with the [[Downs Boarding Flotilla]] as an acting interpreter in German, but he was sent ashore before mid-August, suffering from "genera * [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_rv=simple&_q=ADM+Robert+Hudleston+Keate Service Records]
  1 KB (185 words) - 15:24, 7 April 2022
• Melville Adams Hawes
  ...d raised by merchant uncle C. E. Hawes, Melville was destined to become an interpreter in German and a gunnery specialist.<ref>Hawes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 19 ...nterpreter from 8 January, 1913 to 6 January, 1914 and moved directly to {{UK-Colossus}}.
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• Henry Edward Rendall
  ...a submariner, a gunnery officer, an inventive torpedoman and as a Russian interpreter. ...serve in several, as he was appointed to {{UK-Forth}}, {{UK-Vulcan}} and {{UK-1Maidstone}} for work in submarines between May 1912 and 5 May, 1915.
  3 KB (465 words) - 16:10, 7 April 2022
• Spencer Dundas Forbes
  In January, 1911 he failed an examination to be an interpreter in French. Forbes was appointed to the {{UK-Monmouth|f=tp}} on 30 January, 1914 and died when she sank with all hands a
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• Arthur Reid Pedder
  Pedder qualified as an Interpreter in French in June, 1925 with an A.I rating.{{NLMay39|p. 384}} * [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_rv=simple&_q=ADM+Arthur+Reid+Pedder Service Records]
  1 KB (219 words) - 16:00, 7 April 2022
• Charles Cutlack Ennals
  After eight months in command of the {{UK-Opossum|f=t}}, Ennals went to France to study the language for four months. ...of the war, he was re-appointed as her navigator (not additional), and as Interpreter in German and French.<ref>Ennals Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/124.|}}
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• Morris Edward Cochrane
  ...{{UK-Fawn}} in reserve at Malta before being appointed in command of the {{UK-2Ardent|f=t}} on 10 April 1905. ...a on 17 April, 1906 when his destroyer accidentally rammed the "hostile" {{UK-TB84}}. Cochrane was not blamed in the sinking of the torpedo boat.{{Heppe
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