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The '''Grand Fleet''' was the British [[Royal Navy]]'s main naval fleet during the [[First World War]]. | The '''Grand Fleet''' was the British [[Royal Navy]]'s main naval fleet during the [[First World War]]. | ||
[[File:Grand Fleet Admirals 1916.jpg|thumb|right|512px|Grand Fleet Flag officers at the fleet boxing championship, 3 August, 1916. Left to right: [[Lionel Halsey]], [[Thomas Henry Martyn Jerram|Sir T. H. Martyn Jerram]], [[Cecil Burney, First Baronet|Sir Cecil Burney]], [[Herbert Leopold Heath|Herbert L. Heath]], [[Hugh Evan-Thomas]], [[William Coldingham Masters Nicholson|William C. M. Nicholson]], [[Charles Edward Madden, First Baronet|Sir Charles E. Madden]], and [[Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee|Sir F. C. Doveton Sturdee]].]] | |||
[[File:Flag Officers and Belgian Royalty.jpg|thumb|right|512px|The King and Queen of the Belgians visiting the Grand Fleet in 1918. Left to right: [[William Edmund Goodenough|Sir William Goodenough]], [[Hugh Evan-Thomas|Sir Hugh Evan-Thomas]], [[David Beatty, First Earl Beatty|Sir David Beatty]], King Albert of Belgium, [[John Michael de Robeck, First Baronet|Sir John de Robeck]], Elizabeth (Queen Consort of the Belgians), [[Richard Fortescue Phillimore|Sir Richard Phillimore]], Unknown Rear-Admiral, and Vice-Admiral [[Osmond de Beauvoir Brock|Osmond Brock]].<br><small>Photo: Imperial War Museum.</small>]] | [[File:Flag Officers and Belgian Royalty.jpg|thumb|right|512px|The King and Queen of the Belgians visiting the Grand Fleet in 1918. Left to right: [[William Edmund Goodenough|Sir William Goodenough]], [[Hugh Evan-Thomas|Sir Hugh Evan-Thomas]], [[David Beatty, First Earl Beatty|Sir David Beatty]], King Albert of Belgium, [[John Michael de Robeck, First Baronet|Sir John de Robeck]], Elizabeth (Queen Consort of the Belgians), [[Richard Fortescue Phillimore|Sir Richard Phillimore]], Unknown Rear-Admiral, and Vice-Admiral [[Osmond de Beauvoir Brock|Osmond Brock]].<br><small>Photo: Imperial War Museum.</small>]] | ||
[[Category:Royal Navy Fleets]] | [[Category:Royal Navy Fleets]] | ||
Revision as of 10:49, 24 July 2010
The Grand Fleet was the British Royal Navy's main naval fleet during the First World War.
Grand Fleet Flag officers at the fleet boxing championship, 3 August, 1916. Left to right: Lionel Halsey, Sir T. H. Martyn Jerram, Sir Cecil Burney, Herbert L. Heath, Hugh Evan-Thomas, William C. M. Nicholson, Sir Charles E. Madden, and Sir F. C. Doveton Sturdee.
The King and Queen of the Belgians visiting the Grand Fleet in 1918. Left to right: Sir William Goodenough, Sir Hugh Evan-Thomas, Sir David Beatty, King Albert of Belgium, Sir John de Robeck, Elizabeth (Queen Consort of the Belgians), Sir Richard Phillimore, Unknown Rear-Admiral, and Vice-Admiral Osmond Brock.
Photo: Imperial War Museum.
Photo: Imperial War Museum.
