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...13, by an Order in Council, the five Colonels Commandant then in the Royal Marine Forces were granted the rank (not appointment) of Brigadier-General.

...mRN}} {{SIR}} '''Reginald Hugh Spencer Bacon''', K.C.B., K.C.V.O., D.S.O., Royal Navy, Retired (6 September, 1863 – 9 June, 1947) commanded the [[Dove ...ons: from ship design to electricity to submarines (he conducted the first Royal Navy trials) to mining.