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Mates ranked with but after Sub-Lieutenants.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1915). p. 949.</ref> Definitely not Lieutenant as David Wragg would have it.<ref>Wragg. p. 156.</ref> | |||
Of the 371 Mates promoted up to the time of the Armistice, only twenty-seven remained on the Active List by 18 March, 1937, two of whom were {{CaptRN}}s and ten {{CommRN}}s. 139 had retired under the "[[Geddes Axe]]" in 1922.<ref>"From the Lower Deck" (News). ''The Times''. Thursday, 18 March, 1937. Issue '''47636''', col G, pg. 17.</ref> | Of the 371 Mates promoted up to the time of the Armistice, only twenty-seven remained on the Active List by 18 March, 1937, two of whom were {{CaptRN}}s and ten {{CommRN}}s. 139 had retired under the "[[Geddes Axe]]" in 1922.<ref>"From the Lower Deck" (News). ''The Times''. Thursday, 18 March, 1937. Issue '''47636''', col G, pg. 17.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 09:10, 30 May 2012
Mates ranked with but after Sub-Lieutenants.[1] Definitely not Lieutenant as David Wragg would have it.[2]
Of the 371 Mates promoted up to the time of the Armistice, only twenty-seven remained on the Active List by 18 March, 1937, two of whom were Captains and ten Commanders. 139 had retired under the "Geddes Axe" in 1922.[3]
Vice-Admiral Sir Benjamin Martin became the first Mate to reach the rank of Rear-Admiral in 1944. He was the first officer from the lower deck to achieve the flag rank on the Active List for eighty-seven years.[4]
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Wragg, David (2006). Royal Navy Handbook, 1914-1918. Thrupp: Sutton Publishing. ISBN 0-7509-4203-7.
