Royal Navy Captains of the Great War

This is a list of all Captains of all branches of the Royal Navy during the First World War. Dates of promotion are taken from editions of the Navy List, The London Gazette or biographical notices in The Times newspaper. Dates of birth are from The National Archives website, service records or biographical notices in The Times. There may be some discrepancies in dates of promotion, as sometimes the Navy List and London Gazette dates do not match.

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Captains of the Royal Navy, 1914 – 1918
Name	Born	Died	Date of Promotion	Final Rank	Retired
William John Standly Alderson	10 June, 1867	30 May, 1946	30 June, 1908	Vice-Admiral (Retired)	12 December, 1923
Argentine Hugh Alington			30 June, 1916
John Garnet Armstrong	19 July, 1870	30 April, 1949	31 December, 1908	Vice-Admiral (Retired)	29 January, 1920
George Henry Baird, C.B. (Commodore, 1st Class)			30 June, 1909
Rudolf Walter Bentinck, C.B., AdC (Commodore, 1st Class)			31 December, 1907
Henry Blackett			31 December, 1907
Edward Leonard Booty, C.B., M.V.O.	19 May, 1871	8 March, 1949	31 December, 1908	Vice-Admiral (Retired)	1 February, 1921
The Hon. Algernon Douglas Edward Harry Boyle, C.B., C.M.G., M.V.O., AdC (Commodore, 1st Class)			31 December, 1907
The Hon. Hubert George Brand, C.B., C.V.O., AdC (Commodore, 1st Class)			31 December, 1907
Francis Wade Caulfeild	25 January, 1872	7 November, 1947	31 December, 1908	Vice-Admiral (Retired)	19 February, 1920
Arthur Lindesay Cay	31 January, 1869	31 May, 1916	31 June, 1907	Captain	—
Alfred Ernle Montacute Chatfield, C.B., C.M.G., C.V.O.	27 September, 1873	15 November, 1967	30 June, 1909	Admiral of the Fleet
Charles Frederick Corbett, C.B., M.V.O., AdC (Commodore, 2nd Class)			30 June, 1907
Arthur William Craig, C.B.			30 June, 1908
Alexander Percy Davidson	30 March, 1868	11 February, 1930	22 June, 1911	Vice-Admiral (Retired)	28 September, 1921
Charles Martin de Bartolomé, C.B.			31 December, 1907
Douglas Lionel Dent, C.M.G.			30 June, 1908
Henry Montagu Doughty, C.B.			30 June, 1908
Warren Hastings D'Oyly			30 June, 1908
John Edmund Drummond			30 June, 1908
Sidney Robert Drury-Lowe	19 October, 1871	24 January, 1945	30 June, 1909	Vice-Admiral (Retired)	25 February, 1921
Arthur Allan Morison Duff, C.B.			31 December, 1909
John Douglas Edwards, C.B.			31 December, 1909
Frederick Laurence Field, C.B., AdC			31 December, 1907
Cole Cortlandt Fowler, AdC			30 June, 1907
Frederick Dundas Gilpin-Brown			18 September, 1907
Edmund Percy Fenwick George Grant, C.B., AdC			31 December, 1907
Henry William Grant, C.B.			31 December, 1907
Noel Grant, C.B.	13 September, 1868	6 March, 1920	31 December, 1908	Rear-Admiral	28 January, 1920
Sydney Stewart Hall, C.B. (Commodore, 1st Class)			31 December, 1907
Edward Henry Fitzhardinge Heaton-Ellis, C.B., M.V.O. (Commodore, 2nd Class)			30 June, 1908
Wilfred Henderson, C.B. (Commodore, 2nd Class)			30 June, 1909
Michael Henry Hodges, M.V.O. (Commodore, 2nd Class)	29 September, 1874	3 November, 1951	31 December, 1908	Admiral	23 September, 1932
Ronald Arthur Hopwood			30 June, 1907
William Milbourne James	22 December, 1881	17 August, 1973	18 October, 1917	Admiral
Charles Duncan Johnson, D.S.O., M.V.O.			31 December, 1909
Eustace La Trobe Leatham, C.B.	1 September, 1935		30 June, 1909	Vice-Admiral (Retired)
Edward George Lowther-Crofton, D.S.O.*			31 December, 1909
John Luce, C.B. (Commodore, 2nd Class)	4 February, 1870	22 September, 1932	30 June, 1909	Admiral (Retired)	13 August, 1925
Crawford Maclachlan, C.B.	11 July, 1867	21 April, 1952	31 December, 1908	Admiral (Retired)	6 July, 1926
Henry Lancelot Mawbey, AdC			31 December, 1907
Charles Blois Miller, C.B.	22 March, 1867		31 December, 1908	Rear-Admiral	23 May, 1924
Wilmot Stuart Nicholson, C.B.			30 June, 1909
Raymond Andrew Nugent, C.M.G.	25 February, 1870	13 September, 1959	30 June, 1909	Vice-Admiral (Retired)	26 March, 1920
Frederick Armand Powlett			19 October, 1909
Thomas Drummond Pratt	4 November, 1870	24 January, 1962	31 December, 1911	Admiral (Retired)	2 July, 1927
Herbert William Richmond			31 December, 1908
Mortimer L'Estrange Silver	7 August, 1869	6 December, 1946	30 June, 1908	Vice-Admiral (Retired)	4 October, 1919
Hugh Francis Paget Sinclair, C.B. (Commodore, 2nd Class)			31 December, 1909
Henry Louis d'Estoteville Skipwith (Commodore, 2nd Class)			31 December, 1909
William Firth Slayter			30 June, 1907
Arthur Gordon Smith, C.M.G. (Commodore, 2nd Class)			31 December, 1909
Aubrey Clare Hugh Smith			30 June, 1910
Henry Boyle Townshend Somerville			30 June, 1908
Philip Streatfeild, M.V.O.	26 May, 1872	1960	14 July, 1908	Captain	26 January, 1920
Murray Frazer Sueter, C.B.			30 June, 1909
George Thomas Carlisle Parker Swabey			30 June, 1918
Alfred Charles Sykes, C.M.G.	20 February, 1868	11 February, 1933	30 June, 1909	Vice-Admiral (Retired)	25 March, 1920
James Charles Tancred			30 June, 1908
SIR Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, K.C.B., D.S.O., AdC (Acting Rear-Admiral 8 January, 1918)			30 June, 1908
Edwin Veale Underhill, C.B., AdC			31 December, 1907
Hugh Dudley Richards Watson, C.B., M.V.O.	20 April, 1872	22 May, 1954	31 December, 1908	Admiral	1 April, 1930