Category:H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of July, 1882

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Twenty-four candidates were accepted in the following order of merit after the competitive examinations held in June.[1]

  1. Rudolf Walter Bentinck
  2. Arthur Rhuvon Guest (b 18 Dec 1869, ret at O.R. as Lt. 2 Jun 1897 to work w/ Egyptian govt., d 24 Feb 1946)
  3. John Pascoe Grenfell (b 18 Jan 1865, disch. 16 Feb 1886 as acting Sub Lt., having failed examinations)
  4. Douglas Lionel Dent
  5. Charles Edward Le Mesurier
  6. Arthur Reginald Raby
  7. George Price Webley Hope and Edward Metham Marshall (not found at TNA)
  8. above two tied
  9. Francis Arthur Lavington Andrews
  10. Octavius Harold Daniel
  11. Frederick George Loring (b. 11 Mar 1869, retired at O.R. as Cdr. ret. 28 Dec 1909., d 7 Sep 1917)
  12. Edward Peemes [?] (not at TNA or in Navy List of April, 1891 or April, 1887)
  13. Charles Duncan Johnson
  14. Lionel Hanbury Webber (b 24 Jan 1869, discharged at O.R. 11 Aug 1888, died as Midshipman 6 May 1901)
  15. Mortimer L'Estrange Silver
  16. Harry Owens Tracy
  17. Arthur Lindesay Cay and The Hon. Angus David Murray (b 4 Jun 1869, d 4 Oct 1898 as Lt.)
  18. above two tied
  19. Alexander Farrington
  20. Herbert Edward Holmes-à-Court
  21. Hugh Francis Wyldbore Wyldbore-Smith
  22. Gerald William Vivian
  23. Henry William Simms (perhaps recorded as "Simons" in The Times)
  24. Thomas Mackay Heriot (not found at TNA)

Footnotes

  1. "Cadetships In The Royal Navy." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jun 24, 1882; pg. 12; Issue 30542.
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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.