Category:H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of September, 1899
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Sixty-two candidates were selected for naval cadetships in the September, 1899 term at H.M.S. Britannia after competitive examinations held on 11 July and successive days produced the following results.[1]
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- Lionel Victor Wells, 3002 marks
- Bernard Cecil Smith-Pigott, 2813 ("Smyth-Pigott" in The Times, b 5 Nov 1884, withdrew sickly as Mid)
- Sidney Beckwith Mainguy, 2806
- Christopher John Frederick Wood, 2753
- Alan Urquhart Campbell, 2667 b 14 Jan 1885, Mid., withdrawn 5 May 1904)
- William Beveridge Mackenzie, 2659
- John Kelty McLeod, 2620
- Geoffrey George Bavin, 2599 (b 30 Aug 1884, ret Lt. Cdr., ret 7 Jul 1910 unfit syphilis, d 18 Aug 1954)
- Alfred Edmund Godsal, 2577
- Alfred Ernest Albert Fremantle, 2574 (b 26 Feb 1884, Mid., withdrew 5 Mar 1902)
- Edward Benedict Arathoon, 1548 (b 23 Nov 1884, Lt. Cdr., ret 1 Jan 1926, WW2)
- Gilbert Hilton Kellett, 2462
- Charles Stuart Benning, 2443
- Jehoiada Jeaffreson Brewer, 2423 (b 2 Mar 1885, navigating ret Capt, )
- Henry Garrett Moore and William Jock Whitworth, 2412
- above two tied
- Manfred Clarence Brotherton, 2406 (b 17 Aug 1884, Flight Cdr., ret unfit 28 Nov 1908, WW1)
- Archibald Douglas Cochrane, 2374
- Arthur Falkenberg Powell, 2373
- Robert Francis Lee-Dillon Fitz Gibbon, 2370 (b 21 Sep 1884, emergency Lt. Cdr., resigned 4 Jan 1906, WW1)
- Ernest Loftus Colley-Grattan, 2363
- Charles Edward Vereker Craufurd, 2362 (Kivernells School)
- James Charles Wauhope, 2345
- Ronald James Edward Willoughby, 2336 (b 7 May 1884, Cdr ret, WW2)
- John Angus Scott, 2333
- Robert Campbell Shearburn White, 2331 (b 12 Aug 1884, acting Sub, )
- Jack Arthur Atwood Morris, 2323 (b 13 Dec 1884, ret gunnery Capt, WW2)
- Alan Francis Steel Grant, 2315 (Kivernells School) (b 20 Aug 184, surveyor ret Cdr. 7 Jun 1929, WW2)
- Arthur Beauchamp St. John, 2300 (b 24 May 1884, navigating ret Cdr., WW2, d 11 Apr 1948)
- Robert Makin, 2295
- Ralph Benest Janvrin, 2283 (b 12 Sep 1884, p/t ret Capt. o/r 1 Feb 1929, )
- John Phelips Farquharson, 2284
- Anthony William Loveband, 2282
- Armand Temple Powlett, 2267 (Kivernells School) (b 29 Mar 1884, d 29 Nov 1963)
- Roger Vincent Alison, 2265
- Robert Wise Richardson, 2263
- Douglas Roscoe Saxby-Thomas, 2254
- Hubert Vaughan-Jones, 2235
- Clement Gordon Wakefield Head, 2234
- Fairfax Moresby Kerr, 2231
- Harry George Hamilton Tandy, 2228
- Henry Byng Pilcher, 2224
- Spencer Francis Russell, 2220
- Geoffrey Eric Ridgeway, 2206
- John Jackson Cuthbert Ridley, 2191
- John Purton Morgan (not found at TNA) and Harold Dallas Adair-Hall, 2183
- above two tied
- Hubert Ardill and Evelyn Harry Byrd Levett Scrivener, 2173
- above two tied
- Henry Luxmoore Hitchins, 2172
- Brownlow Villiers Layard, 2165
- James Robertson Harvey, 2135 (b 12 Jun 1884, navigating ret Capt., )
- Robert Fellowes Chisholm and Francis James Ongley Lamb (b 29 Nov 1884, ret. Lt. Cdr., May 1914 CM "drunken on board", d 24 Jul 1918 heat stroke in army service), 2117
- above two tied
- Richard Marsland Hopkins, 2115 (b 30 Jul 1884, Lt. Cdr., d 6 Nov 1928)
- Robert Woodward Sutton Curteis, 2113 (Kivernells School) (b 12 Mar 1885, Lt., RAF, forgery in 1925)
- Arthur George Seymour, 2112
- Frederick John Chambers, 2106 (b 1 Nov 1884, Sub Lt., resigned to avoid CM 20 Mar 1906)
- Lionel Arthur Doveton Sturdee, 2104
- William Raigersfeld Phillimore, 2094
- Harold Raymond Thrupp, 2088
- Ralph Burland Bodilly, 2076 (b 25 Nov 1884, p/t ret Cdr., ret 22 Feb 1909 eye disease, WW2)
Additionally, John Robert Auber Codrington was granted a Service Cadetship with 1877 marks and Charles William Augustus Baldwin a Colonial Cadetship with 1289 marks.
Footnotes
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Aug 12, 1899; pg. 8; Issue 35906.
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