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.
Captain
Captains of the Royal Navy, 1914 – 1918
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Name
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Born
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Died
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Date of Promotion
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Final Rank
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Retired
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William John Standly Alderson
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10 June, 1867
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30 May, 1946
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30 June, 1908
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Vice-Admiral (Retired)
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—
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John Garnet Armstrong
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19 July, 1870
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30 April, 1949
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31 December, 1908
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Vice-Admiral
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—
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Rudolf Walter Bentinck
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31 December, 1907
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Henry Blackett
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31 December, 1907
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The Hon. Algernon Douglas Edward Harry Boyle
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31 December, 1907
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The Hon. Hubert George Brand
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31 December, 1907
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Arthur Lindesay Cay
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31 January, 1869
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31 May, 1916
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31 June, 1907
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Captain
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—
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Charles Frederick Corbett
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30 June, 1907
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Arthur William Craig
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30 June, 1908
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Alexander Percy Davidson
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30 March, 1868
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11 February, 1930
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22 June, 1911
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Vice-Admiral (Retired)
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28 September, 1921
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Charles Martin de Bartolomé
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31 December, 1907
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Douglas Lionel Dent
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30 June, 1908
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Henry Montagu Doughty
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30 June, 1908
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Warren Hastings D'Oyly
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30 June, 1908
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John Edmund Drummond
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30 June, 1908
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Frederick Laurence Field
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31 December, 1907
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Cole Cortlandt Fowler
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30 June, 1907
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Frederick Dundas Gilpin-Brown
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18 September, 1907
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Edmund Percy Fenwick George Grant
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31 December, 1907
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Henry William Grant
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31 December, 1907
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Sydney Stewart Hall
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31 December, 1907
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Edward Henry Fitzhardinge Heaton-Ellis (Commodore, 2nd Class)
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30 June, 1908
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Ronald Arthur Hopwood
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30 June, 1907
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William Milbourne James
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22 December, 1881
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17 August, 1973
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18 October, 1917
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Admiral
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Henry Lancelot Mawbey
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31 December, 1907
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Thomas Drummond Pratt
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4 November, 1870
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24 January, 1962
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31 December, 1911
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Admiral (Retired)
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2 July, 1927
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Mortimer L'Estrange Silver
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7 August, 1869
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6 December, 1946
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30 June, 1908
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Vice-Admiral (Retired)
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4 October, 1919
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William Firth Slayter
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30 June, 1907
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Henry Boyle Townshend Somerville
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30 June, 1908
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James Charles Tancred
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30 June, 1908
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SIR Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt (Acting Rear-Admiral 8 January, 1918)
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30 June, 1908
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Edwin Veale Underhill
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31 December, 1907
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