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! width=15%; align= center | <small>Final Rank</small> | ! width=15%; align= center | <small>Final Rank</small> | ||
! width=15%; align= center | <small>Retired</small> | ! width=15%; align= center | <small>Retired</small> | ||
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+ | | align= left | [[Herbert Algernon Adam]] | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | [[30 June]], [[1910]] | ||
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|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| align= left | [[William John Standly Alderson]] | | align= left | [[William John Standly Alderson]] | ||
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| align= left | Vice-Admiral (''Retired'') | | align= left | Vice-Admiral (''Retired'') | ||
| align= center | [[2 August]], [[1927]] | | align= center | [[2 August]], [[1927]] | ||
+ | |- valign="top" | ||
+ | | align= left | [[David Murray Anderson]], C.M.G., M.V.O. | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | [[11 August]], [[1911]] | ||
+ | | align= left | | ||
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|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| align= left | [[John Garnet Armstrong]] | | align= left | [[John Garnet Armstrong]] | ||
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| align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') | | align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') | ||
| align= center | [[22 February]], [[1919]] | | align= center | [[22 February]], [[1919]] | ||
+ | |- valign="top" | ||
+ | | align= left | [[William Frederick Blunt]], D.S.O. | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | [[31 December]], [[1911]] | ||
+ | | align= left | | ||
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|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| align= left | [[Edward Leonard Booty]], C.B., M.V.O. | | align= left | [[Edward Leonard Booty]], C.B., M.V.O. | ||
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| align= left | Admiral | | align= left | Admiral | ||
| align= center | [[12 October]], [[1932]] | | align= center | [[12 October]], [[1932]] | ||
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+ | | align= left | [[Henry Tritton Buller]], M.V.O. | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | [[22 June]], [[1911]] | ||
+ | | align= left | | ||
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+ | |- valign="top" | ||
+ | | align= left | [[Charles Douglas Carpendale]], C.B. (''Commodore, 2<sup><u>nd</u></sup> Class'') | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | [[31 December]], [[1910]] | ||
+ | | align= left | | ||
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|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| align= left | [[Francis Wade Caulfeild]] | | align= left | [[Francis Wade Caulfeild]] | ||
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| align= left | Admiral of the Fleet | | align= left | Admiral of the Fleet | ||
| align= center | [[27 September]], [[1938]] | | align= center | [[27 September]], [[1938]] | ||
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+ | | align= left | [[William Drummond Church]] | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | [[31 December]], [[1910]] | ||
+ | | align= left | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | |- valign="top" | ||
+ | | align= left | [[Henry Lake Cochrane]] | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | [[31 December]], [[1911]] | ||
+ | | align= left | | ||
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+ | |- valign="top" | ||
+ | | align= left | [[Montagu William Warcop Peter Consett]] | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | [[22 June]], [[1911]] | ||
+ | | align= left | | ||
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|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| align= left | [[Charles Frederick Corbett]], C.B., M.V.O., AdC (''Commodore, 2<sup><u>nd</u></sup> Class'') | | align= left | [[Charles Frederick Corbett]], C.B., M.V.O., AdC (''Commodore, 2<sup><u>nd</u></sup> Class'') | ||
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| align= center | [[15 March]], [[1922]] | | align= center | [[15 March]], [[1922]] | ||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
− | | align= left | [[Alexander Percy Davidson]] | + | | align= left | [[Denis Burke Crampton]], M.V.O., D.S.O. |
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | [[22 June]], [[1911]] | ||
+ | | align= left | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | |- valign="top" | ||
+ | | align= left | [[Judge D'Arcy]] | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | [[30 June]], [[1910]] | ||
+ | | align= left | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | |- valign="top" | ||
+ | | align= left | [[Alexander Percy Davidson]], D.S.O. (''Commodore, 2<sup><u>nd</u></sup> Class'') | ||
| align= center | [[30 March]], [[1868]] | | align= center | [[30 March]], [[1868]] | ||
| align= center | [[11 February]], [[1930]] | | align= center | [[11 February]], [[1930]] | ||
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| align= center | | | align= center | | ||
| align= center | [[31 December]], [[1909]] | | align= center | [[31 December]], [[1909]] | ||
+ | | align= left | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | |- valign="top" | ||
+ | | align= left | [[John Saumarez Dumaresq]], C.B., M.V.O. | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | [[30 June]], [[1910]] | ||
| align= left | | | align= left | | ||
| align= center | | | align= center | | ||
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| align= center | | | align= center | | ||
| align= center | [[31 December]], [[1909]] | | align= center | [[31 December]], [[1909]] | ||
+ | | align= left | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | |- valign="top" | ||
+ | | align= left | [[Walter Maurice Ellerton]], C.B. | ||
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+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | [[31 December]], [[1910]] | ||
+ | | align= left | | ||
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+ | |- valign="top" | ||
+ | | align= left | [[Basil Hew Fanshawe]] | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | [[30 June]], [[1910]] | ||
+ | | align= left | | ||
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+ | |- valign="top" | ||
+ | | align= left | [[Alexander Farrington]] | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | [[31 December]], [[1910]] | ||
| align= left | | | align= left | | ||
| align= center | | | align= center | | ||
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| align= left | | | align= left | | ||
| align= center | | | align= center | | ||
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+ | | align= left | [[Maurice Swynfen FitzMaurice]], C.M.G. (''Commodore, 2<sup><u>nd</u></sup> Class'') | ||
+ | | align= center | [[12 August]], [[1870]] | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | [[30 June]], [[1910]] | ||
+ | | align= left | Vice-Admiral | ||
+ | | align= center | — | ||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| align= left | [[Cole Cortlandt Fowler]], AdC | | align= left | [[Cole Cortlandt Fowler]], AdC | ||
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| align= center | | | align= center | | ||
| align= center | [[30 June]], [[1907]] | | align= center | [[30 June]], [[1907]] | ||
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+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | |- valign="top" | ||
+ | | align= left | [[Cecil Henry Fox]], C.B. | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | [[31 December]], [[1911]] | ||
| align= left | | | align= left | | ||
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| align= left | Captain | | align= left | Captain | ||
| align= center | — | | align= center | — | ||
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+ | | align= left | [[Cyril Thomas Moulden Fuller]], C.M.G., D.S.O. | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | [[31 December]], [[1910]] | ||
+ | | align= left | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| align= left | [[Frederick Dundas Gilpin-Brown]] | | align= left | [[Frederick Dundas Gilpin-Brown]] | ||
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| align= center | | | align= center | | ||
| align= center | [[18 September]], [[1907]] | | align= center | [[18 September]], [[1907]] | ||
+ | | align= left | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | |- valign="top" | ||
+ | | align= left | [[John Collings Taswell Glossop]], C.B. | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | [[22 June]], [[1911]] | ||
| align= left | | | align= left | | ||
| align= center | | | align= center | | ||
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| align= left | Rear-Admiral | | align= left | Rear-Admiral | ||
| align= center | [[28 January]], [[1920]] | | align= center | [[28 January]], [[1920]] | ||
+ | |- valign="top" | ||
+ | | align= left | [[Victor Gallafent Gurner]] (''Commodore, 2<sup><u>nd</u></sup> Class'') | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | [[31 December]], [[1910]] | ||
+ | | align= left | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| align= left | [[Sydney Stewart Hall]], C.B. (''Commodore, 1<sup><u>st</u></sup> Class'') | | align= left | [[Sydney Stewart Hall]], C.B. (''Commodore, 1<sup><u>st</u></sup> Class'') | ||
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| align= center | | | align= center | | ||
| align= center | [[31 December]], [[1907]] | | align= center | [[31 December]], [[1907]] | ||
+ | | align= left | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | |- valign="top" | ||
+ | | align= left | [[Ernest Clifford Hardy]] | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | [[30 June]], [[1910]] | ||
+ | | align= left | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | |- valign="top" | ||
+ | | align= left | [[Hugh Lindsay Patrick Heard]], D.S.O. (''Commodore, 2<sup><u>nd</u></sup> Class'') | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | [[30 June]], [[1910]] | ||
| align= left | | | align= left | | ||
| align= center | | | align= center | | ||
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| align= center | | | align= center | | ||
| align= center | [[31 December]], [[1909]] | | align= center | [[31 December]], [[1909]] | ||
+ | | align= left | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | |- valign="top" | ||
+ | | align= left | [[John Donald Kelly]] | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | [[22 June]], [[1911]] | ||
+ | | align= left | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | |- valign="top" | ||
+ | | align= left | [[William Archibalf Howard Kelly]], C.B., C.M.G., M.V.O. (''Commodore, 1<sup><u>st</u></sup> Class'') | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | [[31 December]], [[1911]] | ||
| align= left | | | align= left | | ||
| align= center | | | align= center | | ||
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| align= left | Vice-Admiral (''Retired'') | | align= left | Vice-Admiral (''Retired'') | ||
| align= center | [[29 September]], [[1921]] | | align= center | [[29 September]], [[1921]] | ||
+ | |- valign="top" | ||
+ | | align= left | [[Theobald Walter Butler Kennedy]], C.M.G. | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | [[31 December]], [[1910]] | ||
+ | | align= left | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | |- valign="top" | ||
+ | | align= left | [[Francis Martin Leake]], D.S.O. (''Commodore, 2<sup><u>nd</u></sup> Class'') | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | [[22 June]], [[1911]] | ||
+ | | align= left | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| align= left | [[Eustace La Trobe Leatham]], C.B. | | align= left | [[Eustace La Trobe Leatham]], C.B. | ||
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| align= center | [[30 June]], [[1909]] | | align= center | [[30 June]], [[1909]] | ||
| align= left | Vice-Admiral (''Retired'') | | align= left | Vice-Admiral (''Retired'') | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | |- valign="top" | ||
+ | | align= left | [[Frederick Shirley Litchfield-Speer]], C.M.G., D.S.O. | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | [[22 June]], [[1911]] | ||
+ | | align= left | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | |- valign="top" | ||
+ | | align= left | [[Ernest Kindersley Loring]] | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | [[30 June]], [[1910]] | ||
+ | | align= left | | ||
| align= center | | | align= center | | ||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
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| align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') | | align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') | ||
| align= center | [[13 August]], [[1925]] | | align= center | [[13 August]], [[1925]] | ||
+ | |- valign="top" | ||
+ | | align= left | [[Hubert Lynes]], C.B., C.M.G. | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | [[31 December]], [[1911]] | ||
+ | | align= left | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| align= left | [[Crawford Maclachlan]], C.B. | | align= left | [[Crawford Maclachlan]], C.B. | ||
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| align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') | | align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') | ||
| align= center | [[6 July]], [[1926]] | | align= center | [[6 July]], [[1926]] | ||
+ | |- valign="top" | ||
+ | | align= left | [[Herbert John Temple Marshall]] | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | [[22 June]], [[1911]] | ||
+ | | align= left | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| align= left | [[Henry Lancelot Mawbey]], AdC | | align= left | [[Henry Lancelot Mawbey]], AdC | ||
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| align= left | Rear-Admiral | | align= left | Rear-Admiral | ||
| align= center | [[23 May]], [[1924]] | | align= center | [[23 May]], [[1924]] | ||
+ | |- valign="top" | ||
+ | | align= left | [[Vincent Barkley Molteno]], C.B. | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | [[30 June]], [[1910]] | ||
+ | | align= left | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| align= left | [[Wilmot Stuart Nicholson]], C.B. | | align= left | [[Wilmot Stuart Nicholson]], C.B. | ||
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| align= left | Vice-Admiral (''Retired'') | | align= left | Vice-Admiral (''Retired'') | ||
| align= center | [[26 March]], [[1920]] | | align= center | [[26 March]], [[1920]] | ||
+ | |- valign="top" | ||
+ | | align= left | [[George Bingham Powell]], C.M.G. | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | [[31 December]], [[1910]] | ||
+ | | align= left | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| align= left | [[Frederick Armand Powlett]] | | align= left | [[Frederick Armand Powlett]] | ||
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| align= center | | | align= center | | ||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
− | | align= left | [[Thomas Drummond Gilbert|Thomas Drummond Pratt]] | + | | align= left | [[Thomas Drummond Gilbert|Thomas Drummond Pratt]], C.B. |
| align= center | [[4 November]], [[1870]] | | align= center | [[4 November]], [[1870]] | ||
| align= center | [[24 January]], [[1962]] | | align= center | [[24 January]], [[1962]] | ||
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| align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') | | align= left | Admiral (''Retired'') | ||
| align= center | [[2 July]], [[1927]] | | align= center | [[2 July]], [[1927]] | ||
+ | |- valign="top" | ||
+ | | align= left | [[Stephen Herbert Radcliffe]] | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | [[31 December]], [[1911]] | ||
+ | | align= left | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | |- valign="top" | ||
+ | | align= left | [[Edward Reeves]], C.B. | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | [[31 December]], [[1910]] | ||
+ | | align= left | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
| align= left | [[Herbert William Richmond]] | | align= left | [[Herbert William Richmond]] | ||
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| align= center | | | align= center | | ||
| align= center | [[31 December]], [[1908]] | | align= center | [[31 December]], [[1908]] | ||
+ | | align= left | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | |- valign="top" | ||
+ | | align= left | [[Albert Charles Scott]] | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | [[31 December]], [[1911]] | ||
+ | | align= left | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | |- valign="top" | ||
+ | | align= left | [[John Roderick Segrave]] | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | [[31 December]], [[1911]] | ||
| align= left | | | align= left | | ||
| align= center | | | align= center | | ||
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| align= center | | | align= center | | ||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
− | | align= left | [[Aubrey Clare Hugh Smith]] | + | | align= left | [[Aubrey Clare Hugh Smith]], M.V.O. (''Commodore, 2<sup><u>nd</u></sup> Class'') |
| align= center | | | align= center | | ||
| align= center | | | align= center | | ||
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| align= center | | | align= center | | ||
| align= center | [[30 June]], [[1908]] | | align= center | [[30 June]], [[1908]] | ||
+ | | align= left | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | |- valign="top" | ||
+ | | align= left | [[Francis Gerald St. John]], C.B., M.V.O. | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | [[30 June]], [[1910]] | ||
| align= left | | | align= left | | ||
| align= center | | | align= center | | ||
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| align= center | | | align= center | | ||
| align= center | [[31 December]], [[1907]] | | align= center | [[31 December]], [[1907]] | ||
+ | | align= left | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | |- valign="top" | ||
+ | | align= left | [[Arthur Kipling Waistell]], C.B. | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | [[31 December]], [[1910]] | ||
| align= left | | | align= left | | ||
| align= center | | | align= center | | ||
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| align= left | Admiral | | align= left | Admiral | ||
| align= center | [[1 April]], [[1930]] | | align= center | [[1 April]], [[1930]] | ||
+ | |- valign="top" | ||
+ | | align= left | [[Frederic Aubrey Whitehead]] | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | [[30 June]], [[1910]] | ||
+ | | align= left | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | |- valign="top" | ||
+ | | align= left | [[Fawcet Wray]], D.S.O. | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
+ | | align= center | [[31 December]], [[1911]] | ||
+ | | align= left | | ||
+ | | align= center | | ||
|} | |} |
Revision as of 16:58, 12 July 2009
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.