Category:H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of January, 1883

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Thirty-four candidates for naval cadetships were taken in for the January 1883 Term with the following scores following competitive examinations help in late November and early December, 1882.[1]

I have not been able to properly identify two of the men, Waters and Morant (or Moraut).

  1. Harold Granville Grenfell, 1384
  2. Arthur Bertram Finch Dawson, 1364
  3. Philip Sherard Watson, 1349
  4. John William Seymour Talbot-Ponsonby, 1335 (b 1 May 1870, d. as Lt. 15 Jan 1895 from lung congestion)
  5. Hugh Lindsay Patrick Heard, 1332
  6. Arnold Kirke, 1267 ("Koike" in The Times)
  7. James Clement Ley, 1203
  8. Arthur Halsey, 1166
  9. Arthur Charles Molyneux Watling, 1149 (b 22 Dec 1869, d 10 Dec 1887 as Midshipman of typhoid in Halifax)
  10. William Stanley Lambert, 1126
  11. William Andrew Barkley, 1090
  12. Ernest Richard Hamilton, 1084 (b 29 Sep 1869, ret. as unfit in 1890 as acting Sub Lt.)
  13. Francis Gerald St. John, 1076
  14. William Reginald Hall, 1073
  15. Edward Ashley Baird, 1067
  16. George Murray Kendall Fair, 1052 (b 27 Dec 1869, Cdr., d 3 Nov 1903 of enteric fever)
  17. William Robert Willis, 1045
  18. Harry Lees Dacre Craven, 1044
  19. Archibald Peers MacEwan, 1038 ("Peters" in The Times, b 1 Oct 1869, disch unfit as Mid., Nov 1888)
  20. A. L. Morant[?], 1037 (not at TNA or in Navy List of April, 1891 or April, 1887)
  21. Robert Darell Jeffreys ("Darrell" in The Times, b. 16 Dec 1869, unfit colour blind 21 Sep 1894, Lt. Cdr. ret.) and Guy de Lancy Ormsby Johnson, 1024
  22. above two tied
  23. Arthur Demetrius Katinakis, 1000 (b 15 Dec 1869, disch. as Acting Sub Lt. Apr 189X for failing to pass exams)
  24. Malcolm Sabine Pasley, 993 (b 17 Apr 1870, ret. Capt., d 1947)
  25. John Lancelot Cavendish Taylor, 987 (b 24 Dec 1869, Acting Sub Lt., resigned service 28 Jun 1890)
  26. Wentworth Henry Davies Margesson, 959 (b 22 Jul 1869, placed on Retired List with rank of Capt. 12 Jan 1909)
  27. A. E. G. Knight, 945 (not at TNA or in Navy List of April, 1891 or April, 1887)
  28. Ernest Kindersley Loring, 933
  29. H. C. Waters, 932 (not at TNA or in Navy List of April, 1891 or April, 1887)
  30. John Luce, 928
  31. Alexander Attwood Gordon, 924
  32. Charles James Collins, 917
  33. Henry Lancelot Mawbey, 847

In addition, Commerall Markham Cowper-Coles (not found at TNA) and Henry William Grant qualified for Service Cadetships and Thomas Lawrie Shelford for a Colonial Cadetship.

Victor Gallafent Gurner's service record clearly indicates he was part of this term, but he is not listed in The Times article as having taken intake examinations with the others.

Footnotes

  1. "Naval Cadetships." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Dec 12, 1882; pg. 4; Issue 30688.
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From September 1903 entries were also made to the Royal Naval College, Osborne under the Selborne Scheme. The Britannia was closed in July 1905 after the May entry, which was sent to Bermuda with the January entry. The following two terms under the old scheme were sent straight to the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth.