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Sixty-three Naval Cadet candidates were accepted with two Colonial Cadets following competitive entrance examinations for the May, 1897 intake term for {{UK-1Britannia|f=p}}.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence." ''The Times'' (London, England), Wednesday, Apr 14, 1897; pg. 6; Issue 35177.</ref> | Sixty-three Naval Cadet candidates were accepted with two Colonial Cadets following competitive entrance examinations for the May, 1897 intake term for {{UK-1Britannia|f=p}}.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence." ''The Times'' (London, England), Wednesday, Apr 14, 1897; pg. 6; Issue 35177.</ref> | ||
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+ | The prior education noted for some of the men is obtained from classified ads in various issues of the ''Hampshire Telegraph and Naval Chronicle'', e.g. 17 Jul 1897 p. 1. | ||
# [[Arthur Rice]], 1781 marks | # [[Arthur Rice]], 1781 marks | ||
# [[Frank O'Brien Wilson]], 1677 | # [[Frank O'Brien Wilson]], 1677 | ||
− | # [[Charles Bingham Elwell]], 1618 | + | # [[Charles Bingham Elwell]], 1618 (b 13 Sep 1882, Lt. Cdr., d 11 Sep 1914 leading attack on German w/t station in Pacific at Kabakaul) |
# [[Neville Florian Usborne]], 1614 | # [[Neville Florian Usborne]], 1614 | ||
# [[Reginald Watkins Grubb]], 1582 | # [[Reginald Watkins Grubb]], 1582 | ||
# [[Cecil Burnaby Prickett]], 1540 | # [[Cecil Burnaby Prickett]], 1540 | ||
− | # [[John Ronald | + | # [[John Ronald Dean Oldman]], 1534 (b 15 Sep 1883, Mid, unfit or further service 8 May 1900, d 18 Jan 1953) |
# [[Cecil Rupert Hemans]], 1501 | # [[Cecil Rupert Hemans]], 1501 | ||
# [[James Follett Houstoun]], 1493 | # [[James Follett Houstoun]], 1493 | ||
− | # [[Basil Des Geyneys Ball]], 1488 | + | # [[Basil Des Geyneys Ball]], 1488 (b 10 May 1883, Mid, widthdrawn Jul re1902) |
# [[Bertie William Bluett]], 1475 | # [[Bertie William Bluett]], 1475 | ||
# [[Sydney Boyd Boyd-Richardson]], 1451 | # [[Sydney Boyd Boyd-Richardson]], 1451 | ||
− | # [[Francis Samuel Drake Esdaile]], 1449 | + | # [[Francis Samuel Drake Esdaile]], 1449 (b 25 Apr 1883, Mid, d wounds received at Tientsen 7 Jul 1900) |
# [[George Louis Downall Gibbs]], 1442 | # [[George Louis Downall Gibbs]], 1442 | ||
# [[Brudenell Hunt-Grubbe]], 1422 | # [[Brudenell Hunt-Grubbe]], 1422 | ||
− | # [[ | + | # [[Henry Oswald Nash]], 1414 (b 15 May 1882, Mid, withdrew 15 May 1902 ill health) |
− | # [[Cyril Goolden]], 1401 | + | # [[Cyril Goolden]], 1401 (b 2 Oct 1882, ret. Cdr., WW2 service, d 8 Aug 1943) |
# [[Robert Hamilton Clark-Hall]], 1393 | # [[Robert Hamilton Clark-Hall]], 1393 | ||
# [[Herbert Edward Walter Christian Whyte]], 1385 | # [[Herbert Edward Walter Christian Whyte]], 1385 | ||
− | # [[Arthur Kimber Gregory]], 1379 | + | # [[Arthur Kimber Gregory]], {{PS-Eastman}} 1379 |
# [[Kenelm Everard Lane Creighton]], 1377 | # [[Kenelm Everard Lane Creighton]], 1377 | ||
# [[James Andrew Gardiner Troup]], 1358 | # [[James Andrew Gardiner Troup]], 1358 | ||
# [[Ralph Vincent Eyre]], 1355 | # [[Ralph Vincent Eyre]], 1355 | ||
− | # [[Heathcote George Hewitt]],1351 | + | # [[Heathcote George Hewitt]], {{PS-Eastman}} 1351 |
− | # [[Austin Charles Ackland]], 1348 | + | # [[Austin Charles Ackland]], {{PS-Eastman}} 1348 |
# [[Geoffrey Blake]], 1346 | # [[Geoffrey Blake]], 1346 | ||
− | # [[Kenneth Ballantine Drysdale]], 1344 | + | # [[Kenneth Ballantine Drysdale]], 1344 (b 16 Jul 1882, Mid, d 9 Oct 1899 in Mediterranean while in {{UK-EmpressOfIndia}}) |
# [[Kenneth Allan Ferrers Guy]], 1339 | # [[Kenneth Allan Ferrers Guy]], 1339 | ||
# [[William Duncan Phipps]], 1335 | # [[William Duncan Phipps]], 1335 | ||
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# [[Lionel Henry Shore]], 1316 | # [[Lionel Henry Shore]], 1316 | ||
# [[Percy Richard Stevens]], 1304 | # [[Percy Richard Stevens]], 1304 | ||
− | # [[ | + | # [[Knightley Henry Benson]] (b 10 Nov 1882, Lt. Cdr., intemperate Jan 1913, retired but served) and [[Harold Larpent Woodcock]], 1302 |
# last two tied | # last two tied | ||
− | # [[Edwin Mansergh Palmer]], 1301 | + | # [[Edwin Mansergh Palmer]], {{PS-Eastman}} 1301 |
# [[Richard Knight Philpott]], 1299 | # [[Richard Knight Philpott]], 1299 | ||
# [[Gerald Fortescue Longhurst]], 1296 | # [[Gerald Fortescue Longhurst]], 1296 | ||
# [[Rudolf Henry Cole Verner]], 1290 | # [[Rudolf Henry Cole Verner]], 1290 | ||
− | # [[William Chalker Pearse]], 1275 | + | # [[William Chalker Pearse]], {{PS-Eastman}} 1275 (b 1 Jul 1882, SubLt., d drowned 25 Sep 1903) |
− | # [[Alexander Charles Seton]], 1268 | + | # [[Alexander Charles Seton]], 1268 (b 27 Jul 1882, Lt., d 3 Jan 1904 at Las Palmas of enteric fever) |
# [[Kenneth Bowring Toms]], 1264 | # [[Kenneth Bowring Toms]], 1264 | ||
− | # [[Douglas George Anderson]], 1263 | + | # [[Douglas George Anderson]], 1263 (b 29 Apr 1883, SubLt., d 6 May 1904 of Mediterranean fever at Haslar) |
− | # [[Reginald Becher Caldwell Hutchinson]], 1258 | + | # [[Reginald Becher Caldwell Hutchinson]], {{PS-Eastman}} 1258 |
# [[John Alfred Vernon Gravener]], 1250 | # [[John Alfred Vernon Gravener]], 1250 | ||
# [[Cuthbert Dixon Longstaff]], 1235 | # [[Cuthbert Dixon Longstaff]], 1235 | ||
− | # [[Gilbert Cockshutt Heathcote]], 1226 | + | # [[Gilbert Cockshutt Heathcote]], {{PS-Eastman}} 1226 |
# [[Hamilton Colclough Allen]], 1222 | # [[Hamilton Colclough Allen]], 1222 | ||
# [[Robert Prescott McHardy]], 1217 | # [[Robert Prescott McHardy]], 1217 | ||
− | # [[Stephen Harvey Yoon Birley]], 1205 | + | # [[Stephen Harvey Yoon Birley]], 1205 (b 23 Oct 1883, SubLt., resigned 18 Mar 1905 family reasons) |
− | # [[Mark Sutton Rothwell]], 1200 | + | # [[Mark Sutton Rothwell]], 1200 (b 1 Apr 1883, Lt. Cdr., resigned commission, emergency list) |
− | # [[Jack Beaumont Le Mottée]], 1196 | + | # [[Jack Beaumont Le Mottée]], 1196 (b 18 Feb 1883, SubLt., resigned to avoid CM desertion/wardroom theft 1904) |
# [[Cyril Duncan Fenn]], 1190 | # [[Cyril Duncan Fenn]], 1190 | ||
− | # [[Wilfred Murray Richardson]], 1188 | + | # [[Wilfred Murray Richardson]], 1188 (b 8 Oct 1882, Mid, discharged 1902 after 3rd failure at seamanship examination) |
# [[Hugh Hext Rogers]], 1178 | # [[Hugh Hext Rogers]], 1178 | ||
− | # [[Alwyne Edward Sherrin]], 1175 | + | # [[Alwyne Edward Sherrin]], {{PS-Cruickshank}} 1175 |
− | # [[Geoffrey Latimer]], 1171 | + | # [[Geoffrey Latimer]], 1171 (b 16 Jun 1882, SubLt., d 31 May 1903 small boat capsizing at Penzance) |
− | # [[Edwin Anderson Homan]], 1162 | + | # [[Edwin Anderson Homan]], {{PS-Eastman}} 1162 |
− | # [[Harold Guy Rawlins]], 1161 | + | # [[Harold Guy Rawlins]], 1161 (b 29 Sep 1882, Lt., withdrawn 16 Apr 1903) |
− | # [[Hugh Lincoln]], 1152 | + | # [[Hugh Lincoln]], 1152 (not found at TNA) |
# [[George Francis Cholmley]], 1133 | # [[George Francis Cholmley]], 1133 | ||
− | # [[Jack Francis Vernon Guise]], 1086 | + | # [[Jack Francis Vernon Guise]], 1086 (b 17 May 1882, Lt. Cdr., retired misconduct) |
− | # [[George Mytton Hill]], 1073 | + | # [[George Mytton Hill]], 1073 (b 30 Jun 1883, Cdr., d 10 Jul 1935) |
− | [[Hugh Dundas Hamilton]] and [[John Howard Nankivell]] passed for Colonial Cadetships with 778 and 747 marks, respectively. | + | [[Hugh Dundas Hamilton]] and [[John Howard Nankivell]] (b 12 Dec 1882, navigating Lt., ) passed for Colonial Cadetships with 778 and 747 marks, respectively. |
==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== |
Latest revision as of 20:29, 27 August 2019
Sixty-three Naval Cadet candidates were accepted with two Colonial Cadets following competitive entrance examinations for the May, 1897 intake term for H.M.S. Britannia.[1]
The prior education noted for some of the men is obtained from classified ads in various issues of the Hampshire Telegraph and Naval Chronicle, e.g. 17 Jul 1897 p. 1.
- Arthur Rice, 1781 marks
- Frank O'Brien Wilson, 1677
- Charles Bingham Elwell, 1618 (b 13 Sep 1882, Lt. Cdr., d 11 Sep 1914 leading attack on German w/t station in Pacific at Kabakaul)
- Neville Florian Usborne, 1614
- Reginald Watkins Grubb, 1582
- Cecil Burnaby Prickett, 1540
- John Ronald Dean Oldman, 1534 (b 15 Sep 1883, Mid, unfit or further service 8 May 1900, d 18 Jan 1953)
- Cecil Rupert Hemans, 1501
- James Follett Houstoun, 1493
- Basil Des Geyneys Ball, 1488 (b 10 May 1883, Mid, widthdrawn Jul re1902)
- Bertie William Bluett, 1475
- Sydney Boyd Boyd-Richardson, 1451
- Francis Samuel Drake Esdaile, 1449 (b 25 Apr 1883, Mid, d wounds received at Tientsen 7 Jul 1900)
- George Louis Downall Gibbs, 1442
- Brudenell Hunt-Grubbe, 1422
- Henry Oswald Nash, 1414 (b 15 May 1882, Mid, withdrew 15 May 1902 ill health)
- Cyril Goolden, 1401 (b 2 Oct 1882, ret. Cdr., WW2 service, d 8 Aug 1943)
- Robert Hamilton Clark-Hall, 1393
- Herbert Edward Walter Christian Whyte, 1385
- Arthur Kimber Gregory, (Eastman's Academy) 1379
- Kenelm Everard Lane Creighton, 1377
- James Andrew Gardiner Troup, 1358
- Ralph Vincent Eyre, 1355
- Heathcote George Hewitt, (Eastman's Academy) 1351
- Austin Charles Ackland, (Eastman's Academy) 1348
- Geoffrey Blake, 1346
- Kenneth Ballantine Drysdale, 1344 (b 16 Jul 1882, Mid, d 9 Oct 1899 in Mediterranean while in Empress of India)
- Kenneth Allan Ferrers Guy, 1339
- William Duncan Phipps, 1335
- Robert Leal Jermain, 1319
- Ernest George Houssemayne Du Boulay, 1318
- Lionel Henry Shore, 1316
- Percy Richard Stevens, 1304
- Knightley Henry Benson (b 10 Nov 1882, Lt. Cdr., intemperate Jan 1913, retired but served) and Harold Larpent Woodcock, 1302
- last two tied
- Edwin Mansergh Palmer, (Eastman's Academy) 1301
- Richard Knight Philpott, 1299
- Gerald Fortescue Longhurst, 1296
- Rudolf Henry Cole Verner, 1290
- William Chalker Pearse, (Eastman's Academy) 1275 (b 1 Jul 1882, SubLt., d drowned 25 Sep 1903)
- Alexander Charles Seton, 1268 (b 27 Jul 1882, Lt., d 3 Jan 1904 at Las Palmas of enteric fever)
- Kenneth Bowring Toms, 1264
- Douglas George Anderson, 1263 (b 29 Apr 1883, SubLt., d 6 May 1904 of Mediterranean fever at Haslar)
- Reginald Becher Caldwell Hutchinson, (Eastman's Academy) 1258
- John Alfred Vernon Gravener, 1250
- Cuthbert Dixon Longstaff, 1235
- Gilbert Cockshutt Heathcote, (Eastman's Academy) 1226
- Hamilton Colclough Allen, 1222
- Robert Prescott McHardy, 1217
- Stephen Harvey Yoon Birley, 1205 (b 23 Oct 1883, SubLt., resigned 18 Mar 1905 family reasons)
- Mark Sutton Rothwell, 1200 (b 1 Apr 1883, Lt. Cdr., resigned commission, emergency list)
- Jack Beaumont Le Mottée, 1196 (b 18 Feb 1883, SubLt., resigned to avoid CM desertion/wardroom theft 1904)
- Cyril Duncan Fenn, 1190
- Wilfred Murray Richardson, 1188 (b 8 Oct 1882, Mid, discharged 1902 after 3rd failure at seamanship examination)
- Hugh Hext Rogers, 1178
- Alwyne Edward Sherrin, (Cruickshank School) 1175
- Geoffrey Latimer, 1171 (b 16 Jun 1882, SubLt., d 31 May 1903 small boat capsizing at Penzance)
- Edwin Anderson Homan, (Eastman's Academy) 1162
- Harold Guy Rawlins, 1161 (b 29 Sep 1882, Lt., withdrawn 16 Apr 1903)
- Hugh Lincoln, 1152 (not found at TNA)
- George Francis Cholmley, 1133
- Jack Francis Vernon Guise, 1086 (b 17 May 1882, Lt. Cdr., retired misconduct)
- George Mytton Hill, 1073 (b 30 Jun 1883, Cdr., d 10 Jul 1935)
Hugh Dundas Hamilton and John Howard Nankivell (b 12 Dec 1882, navigating Lt., ) passed for Colonial Cadetships with 778 and 747 marks, respectively.
Footnotes
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Apr 14, 1897; pg. 6; Issue 35177.
Pages in category "H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of May, 1897"
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