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Admiral
Admirals of the Royal Navy, 1914 – 1918
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Name
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Born
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Died
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Date of Promotion
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Final Rank
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Retired
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Admiral
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Vice-Admiral
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Rear-Admiral
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SIR Reginald Hugh Spencer Bacon (Retired)
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6 September, 1863
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9 June, 1947
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1 September, 1918 (Retired)
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15 July, 1915
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12 July, 1909
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Admiral
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31 March, 1919
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SIR Lewis Bayly
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28 September, 1857
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16 May, 1938
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23 October, 1917
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14 September, 1914
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2 December, 1908
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Admiral
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1 April, 1919
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SIR David Beatty (Acting)
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17 January, 1871
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10 March, 1936
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27 November, 1916 (Acting)
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9 August, 1915
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1 January, 1910
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Admiral of the Fleet
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17 January, 1936
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The Honourable SIR Alexander Edward Bethell
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28 August, 1855
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13 June, 1932
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10 June, 1916
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10 May, 1913
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1 March, 1908
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Admiral
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1 September, 1918
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SIR Edward Eden Bradford
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10 December, 1958
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25 November, 1935
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2 July, 1917
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10 February, 1914
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5 November, 1908
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Admiral
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11 March, 1918
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SIR Charles John Briggs
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15 July, 1858
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16 July, 1951
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10 January, 1916
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13 July, 1912
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1 May, 1907
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Admiral
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2 July, 1917
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SIR Frederic Edward Errington Brock
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15 October, 1854
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1 November, 1929
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1 April, 1917
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15 May, 1913
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22 March, 1908
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Admiral
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25 August, 1918
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SIR Cecil Burney
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15 May, 1858
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5 June, 1929
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9 June, 1916
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20 September, 1912
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10 October, 1907
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Admiral of the Fleet
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24 November, 1925
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SIR Paul Warner Bush
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21 September, 1855
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15 March, 1930
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24 October, 1915
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19 May, 1912
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10 April, 1907
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Admiral
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10 January, 1916
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SIR Sackville Hamilton Carden
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3 May, 1857
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5 May, 1930
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1 September, 1917
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27 August, 1914
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15 November, 1908
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Admiral
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23 October, 1917
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SIR Charles Henry Coke
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2 October, 1854
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23 February, 1945
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3 April, 1917
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17 May, 1913
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18 May, 1908
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Admiral
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10 April, 1917
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The Honourable SIR Stanley Cecil James Colville
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21 February, 1861
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9 April, 1939
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11 September, 1914
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12 April, 1911
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11 November, 1906
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Admiral
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4 April, 1922
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Charles Holcombe Dare (Retired)
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9 November, 1854
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6 August, 1924
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25 August, 1918 (Retired)
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5 March, 1915 (Retired)
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12 March, 1909
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Admiral
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12 July, 1909
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SIR George Le Clerc Egerton
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17 October, 1852
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30 March, 1940
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21 March, 1913
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2 January, 1909
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2 March, 1905
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Admiral
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9 June, 1916
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SIR Arthur Murray Farquhar
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19 January, 1855
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16 November, 1937
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14 September, 1914
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17 July, 1911
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17 November, 1906
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Admiral
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9 June, 1916
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Richard Bowles Farquhar
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12 January, 1859
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27 November, 1948
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5 August, 1917
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11 September, 1914
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2 December, 1908
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Admiral
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9 January, 1918
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SIR Frederic William Fisher
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5 October, 1851
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23 December, 1943
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15 May, 1913
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26 October, 1909
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8 June, 1905
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Admiral
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24 October, 1914
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SIR Douglas Austin Gamble
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8 November, 1856
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23 May, 1934
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26 April, 1917
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8 December, 1913
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2 September, 1908
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Admiral
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17 May, 1917
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SIR William Lowther Grant
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10 November, 1864
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30 January, 1929
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1 September, 1918
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15 July, 1915
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26 October, 1909
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Admiral
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24 March, 1920
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SIR Frederick Tower Hamilton
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8 March, 1856
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4 October, 1917
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9 June, 1916
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31 July, 1912
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1 October, 1907
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Admiral
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—
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SIR Frederick Samuel Inglefield
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29 April, 1854
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8 August, 1921
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4 June, 1913
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24 August, 1910
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30 May, 1906
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Admiral
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9 June, 1916
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SIR Henry Bradwardine Jackson
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21 January, 1855
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14 December, 1929
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10 February, 1914
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15 March, 1911
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18 October, 1906
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Admiral of the Fleet
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31 July, 1924
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John Rushworth Jellicoe, First Viscount Jellicoe
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5 December, 1859
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20 November, 1935
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5 March, 1915
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18 September, 1911
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8 February, 1907
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Admiral of the Fleet
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5 December, 1924
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SIR Thomas Henry Martyn Jerram
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6 September, 1858
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19 March, 1933
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10 April, 1917
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4 June, 1913
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30 June, 1908
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Admiral
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30 January, 1918
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SIR Herbert Goodenough King Hall
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15 March, 1862
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20 October, 1936
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25 August, 1918
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5 March, 1915
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22 June, 1909
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Admiral
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1 May, 1922
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SIR Arthur Henry Limpus
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7 June, 1863
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3 November, 1931
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30 January, 1918
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14 September, 1914
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23 January, 1909
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Admiral
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1 January, 1919
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SIR Robert Swinburne Lowry
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4 March, 1854
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29 May, 1920
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13 December, 1913
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6 March, 1911
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17 October, 1906
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Admiral
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19 August, 1917
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SIR Charles Edward Madden (Acting)
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5 September, 1862
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5 June, 1935
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28 November, 1916 (Acting)
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10 June, 1916
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12 April, 1911
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Admiral of the Fleet
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30 July, 1930
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SIR Archibald Berkeley Milne, Second Baronet
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2 June, 1855
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5 July, 1938
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19 September, 1911
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12 May, 1908
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25 April, 1904
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Admiral
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12 February, 1919
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Louis Alexander Mountbatten, First Marquess of Milford Haven
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24 May, 1854
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11 September, 1921
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13 July, 1912
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30 June, 1908
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1 July, 1904
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Admiral of the Fleet
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1 January, 1919
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SIR Alfred Wyndham Paget
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20 March, 1852
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17 June, 1918
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8 December, 1913
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6 March, 1911
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1 October, 1906
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Admiral
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14 September, 1914
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SIR George Edwin Patey
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24 February, 1859
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4 February, 1935
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1 January, 1918
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14 September, 1914
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2 January, 1909
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Admiral
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1 January, 1919
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SIR Richard Henry Peirse
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4 September, 1860
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10 July, 1940
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11 March, 1918
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24 October, 1914
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9 February, 1909
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Admiral
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17 January, 1919
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Frederick Sidney Pelham
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25 October, 1854
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19 October, 1931
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9 June, 1916
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20 March, 1913
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10 October, 1907
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Admiral
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10 June, 1916
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SIR Edmund Samuel Poë
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11 September, 1849
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4 April, 1921
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30 April, 1910
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20 February, 1906
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9 September, 1901
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Admiral
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11 September, 1914
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SIR Richard Poore, Fourth Baronet
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7 July, 1853
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8 December, 1930
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17 July, 1911
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1 March, 1907
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30 August, 1903
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Admiral
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3 April, 1917
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Ernest Alfred Simons
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3 September, 1856
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30 August, 1928
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24 October, 1914
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27 August, 1911
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1 January, 1907
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Admiral
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24 October, 1915
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SIR Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee, First Baronet
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9 June, 1859
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7 May, 1925
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17 May, 1917
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13 December, 1913
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12 December, 1908
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Admiral of the Fleet
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—
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SIR Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss
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12 April, 1864
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24 May, 1933
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27 December, 1917 (Acting)
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6 December, 1916
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19 April, 1911
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Admiral of the Fleet
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12 April, 1929
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Total number of Admirals on the Active List as of 11th November, 1918: FIFTEEN (15)
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Vice-Admiral
Vice-Admirals of the Royal Navy, 1914 – 1918
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Name
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Born
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Died
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Date of Promotion
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Final Rank
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Retired
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Vice-Admiral
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Rear-Admiral
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SIR Montague Edward Browning
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26 April, 1917
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22 September, 1911
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Admiral
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SIR Edward Francis Benedict Charlton
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30 January, 1918
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10 May, 1913
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Admiral
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Arthur Henry Christian
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13 April, 1917
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21 August, 1911
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Admiral
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Bernard Currey
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11 May, 1862
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6 June, 1936
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9 June, 1916
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2 March, 1911
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Admiral
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9 January, 1919
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SIR Dudley Rawson Stratford De Chair
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5 October, 1917
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31 July, 1912
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Admiral
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SIR John Michael de Robeck
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17 May, 1917
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1 December, 1911
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Admiral of the Fleet
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SIR Alexander Ludovic Duff
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15 January, 1918
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2 March, 1913
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Admiral
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SIR Hugh Evan-Thomas
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19 September, 1917
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9 July, 1912
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Admiral
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Francis George Eyre
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1 October, 1918
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14 October, 1913
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Admiral (Retired)
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The Hon. SIR Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe
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26 April, 1917
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27 August, 1911
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Admiral
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SIR Herbert Leopold Heath
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26 April, 1917
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19 September, 1911
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Admiral
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Robert Stewart Phipps Hornby
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11 March, 1918
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15 May, 1913
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Admiral
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Francis Spurstow Miller
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1 September, 1918
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14 October, 1913
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Admiral (Retired)
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Arthur Yerbury Moggridge
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2 July, 1909
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Admiral
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15 July, 1915
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SIR Archibald Gordon Henry Wilson Moore
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2 February, 1862
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2 April, 1934
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25 January, 1916
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20 September, 1910
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Admiral
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21 February, 1919
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Trevelyan Dacres Willes Napier
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15 January, 1918
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2 March, 1913
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Vice-Admiral
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Stuart Nicholson
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27 September, 1917
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30 July, 1912
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Admiral
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SIR William Christopher Pakenham
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1 September, 1918
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4 June, 1913
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Admiral
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SIR Cecil Fiennes Thursby
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17 January, 1861
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28 May, 1936
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10 April, 1917
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17 July, 1911
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Admiral
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7 October, 1920
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Ernest Charles Thomas Troubridge
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15 July, 1862
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28 January, 1926
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9 June, 1916
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20 March, 1911
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Admiral
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1 July, 1921
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SIR Frederick Charles Tudor Tudor
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23 October, 1917
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25 January, 1913
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Admiral
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SIR Reginald Godfrey Otway Tupper
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16 October, 1859
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5 March, 1945
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25 January, 1916
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20 September, 1910
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Admiral
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16 May, 1921
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Engineer Vice-Admiral
Surgeon-General
Surgeon-Generals of the Royal Navy, 1914 – 1918 (with the relative rank of Vice-Admiral)
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Name
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Born
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Died
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Date of Promotion
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Final Rank
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Retired
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Surgeon-General
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Deputy Surgeon-General
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SIR Arthur William May
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11 May, 1913
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Engineer Vice-Admiral
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Rear-Admiral
Rear-Admirals of the Royal Navy, 1914 – 1918
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Name
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Born
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Died
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Date of Promotion
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Final Rank
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Retired
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Edwyn Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair
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26 April, 1917
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Robert Hamilton Anstruther
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10 June, 1862
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26 September, 1938
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16 July, 1915
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Admiral (Retired)
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17 July, 1915
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George Alexander Ballard
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27 August, 1914
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Ernest Gillbe Barton
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20 October, 1861
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29 January, 1938
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15 July, 1915
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Admiral (Retired)
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16 July, 1915
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Brian Herbert Fairbairn Barttelot
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26 August, 1918
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Vivian Henry Gerald Bernard
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20 September, 1917
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George Holmes Borrett
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16 August, 1918
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The Hon. Robert Francis Boyle
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25 April, 1914
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SIR Osmond de Beauvoir Brock (Acting Vice-Admiral 17 Janaury, 1918)
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5 March, 1915
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Henry Harvey Bruce
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27 April, 1917
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Edward Francis Bruen
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28 September, 1917
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George Cuthbert Cayly
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28 April, 1917
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Lewis Clinton-Baker
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19 August, 1917
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Philip Howard Colomb
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13 December, 1867
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18 April, 1958
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27 April, 1918
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Admiral (Retired)
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14 October, 1923
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Walter Henry Cowan
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2 September, 1918
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Michael Culme Seymour
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10 June, 1916
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Cecil Frederick Dampier
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18 February, 1915
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Allan Frederic Everett
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28 April, 1917
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James Andrew Fergusson
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27 April, 1917
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The Hon. Edward Stafford Fitzherbert
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24 October, 1915
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Sydney Robert Fremantle (Acting Vice-Admiral 1 October, 1918)
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7 December, 1913
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Ernest Frederic Augustus Gaunt
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24 October, 1914
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William Edmund Goodenough
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10 June, 1916
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Alfred Ernest Albert Grant
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26 May, 1915
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Heathcoat Salusbury Grant (Acting Vice-Admiral 27 September, 1918)
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4 June, 1916
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Clement Greatorex
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27 April, 1917
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John Frederick Ernest Green
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1 September, 1917
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SIR William Reginald Hall
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27 April, 1917
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SIR Lionel Halsey
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26 April, 1917
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Arthur Hayes-Sadler
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19 July, 1915
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Algernon Walker Heneage
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31 January, 1918
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SIR Arthur John Henniker-Hughan, Bart.
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25 January, 1916
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Cecil Spencer Hickley
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11 January, 1916
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George Price Webley Hope
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3 April, 1917
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Allen Thomas Hunt
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3 July, 1917
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Edmond Hyde Parker
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23 October, 1917
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Edmund Hyde Smith
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29 June, 1915
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Thomas Jackson
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9 June, 1916
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Charles William Keighly-Peach
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1 October, 1918
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2 October, 1918
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Francis William Kennedy
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1 June, 1916
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SIR Roger John Brownlow Keyes (Acting Vice-Admiral 1 June, 1918)
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10 April, 1917
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Edward Buxton Kiddle
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28 October, 1918
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Cecil Foley Lambert
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13 April, 1917
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Frederick Charles Learmonth
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11 March, 1918
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Arthur Cavenagh Leveson (Acting Vice-Admiral 1 October, 1918)
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1 December, 1913
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James Clement Ley
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5 October, 1917
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Douglas Romilly Lothian Nicholson
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10 January, 1916
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William Coldingham Masters Nicholson
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10 June, 1916
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SIR Henry Francis Oliver
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8 December, 1913
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Norman Craig Palmer
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18 December, 1914
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John Franklin Parry
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16 June, 1916
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Edmund Radcliffe Pears
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10 February, 1914
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Henry Bertram Pelly
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17 May, 1917
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SIR Richard Fortescue Phillimore
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9 August, 1915
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Edward Montgomery Phillpotts
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15 January, 1918
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Laurence Elliot Power
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6 December, 1916
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Robert John Prendergast
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2 November, 1914
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Arthur David Ricardo
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7 March, 1914
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William George Elmhirst Ruck-Keene
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1 January, 1918
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Thomas Dawson Lees Sheppard
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15 February, 1916
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Morgan Singer
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14 September, 1914
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The Hon. Victor Albert Stanley
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26 April, 1917
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SIR Hugh Henry Darby Tothill
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17 April, 1917
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Charles Lionel Vaughan-Lee
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12 August, 1915
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Richard Webb
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3 September, 1918
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Maurice Woollcombe
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2 October, 1918
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Engineer Rear-Admiral
Paymaster Rear-Admiral