Royal Navy Flag Officers of the Great War

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This is a list of all Flag Officers and officers of equivalent rank 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.

Admiral of the Fleet

Admirals of the Fleet of the Royal Navy, 1914 – 1918
Name Born Died Date of Promotion Final Rank Retired
Admiral of the Fleet Admiral Vice-Admiral Rear-Admiral
SIR George Astley Callaghan, G.C.B., G.C.V.O. 21 December, 1852 23 November, 1920 2 April, 1917 17 May, 1913 27 April, 1910 1 July, 1905 Admiral of the Fleet —
SIR Arthur Dalrymple Fanshawe, G.C.B., G.C.V.O. 2 April, 1847 21 January, 1936 30 April, 1910 22 July, 1905 25 January, 1902 23 February, 1897 Admiral of the Fleet 2 April, 1917
John Arbuthnot Fisher, First Baron Fisher, G.C.B., O.M., G.C.V.O. 25 January, 1841 10 July, 1920 4 December, 1905 2 November, 1901 8 May, 1896 2 August, 1890 Admiral of the Fleet 27 May, 1915
SIR William Henry May, G.C.B., G.C.V.O. 31 July, 1849 7 October, 1930 20 March, 1913 5 November, 1908 29 June, 1905 28 March, 1901 Admiral of the Fleet 31 July, 1919
THE HONOURABLE SIR Hedworth Meux, G.C.B., K.C.V.O. 5 July, 1856 20 September, 1929 5 March, 1915 2 March, 1911 1 January, 1907 3 October, 1902 Admiral of the Fleet 5 July, 1921
SIR Gerard Henry Uctred Noel, G.C.B., K.C.M.G. 5 March, 1845 23 May, 1918 2 December, 1908 24 May, 1905 2 November, 1901 8 May, 1896 Admiral of the Fleet 5 March, 1915
SIR Arthur Knyvet Wilson, Third Baronet, V.C., G.C.B., O.M., G.C.V.O. 4 March, 1842 25 May, 1921 1 March, 1907 24 February, 1905 24 May, 1901 20 June, 1895 Admiral of the Fleet 4 March, 1912
Total number of Admirals of the Fleet who served on the Active List or at the Admiralty: SEVEN (7)

Admiral

Admirals of the Royal Navy, 1914 – 1918
Name Born Died Date of Promotion Final Rank Retired
Admiral Vice-Admiral Rear-Admiral
SIR Reginald Hugh Spencer Bacon, K.C.B, K.C.V.O., D.S.O. (Retired) 6 September, 1863 9 June, 1947 1 September, 1918 (Retired) 15 July, 1915 12 July, 1909 Admiral 31 March, 1919
SIR Lewis Bayly, K.C.B, K.C.M.G., C.V.O. 28 September, 1857 16 May, 1938 23 October, 1917 14 September, 1914 2 December, 1908 Admiral 1 April, 1919
SIR David Beatty, G.C.B., K.C.V.O., D.S.O. (Acting) 17 January, 1871 10 March, 1936 27 November, 1916 (Acting) 9 August, 1915 1 January, 1910 Admiral of the Fleet 17 January, 1936
THE HONOURABLE SIR Alexander Edward Bethell, G.C.M.G., K.C.B. 28 August, 1855 13 June, 1932 10 June, 1916 10 May, 1913 1 March, 1908 Admiral 1 September, 1918
SIR Edward Eden Bradford, K.C.B., C.V.O. 10 December, 1958 25 November, 1935 2 July, 1917 10 February, 1914 5 November, 1908 Admiral 11 March, 1918
SIR Charles John Briggs, K.C.B. 15 July, 1858 16 July, 1951 10 January, 1916 13 July, 1912 1 May, 1907 Admiral 2 July, 1917
SIR Frederic Edward Errington Brock, K.C.M.G., C.B. 15 October, 1854 1 November, 1929 2 April, 1917 15 May, 1913 22 March, 1908 Admiral 25 August, 1918
SIR Cecil Burney, G.C.M.G., K.C.B. 15 May, 1858 5 June, 1929 9 June, 1916 20 September, 1912 10 October, 1907 Admiral of the Fleet 24 November, 1925
SIR Paul Warner Bush, K.C.B., M.V.O. 21 September, 1855 15 March, 1930 24 October, 1915 19 May, 1912 10 April, 1907 Admiral 10 January, 1916
SIR Sackville Hamilton Carden, K.C.M.G. 3 May, 1857 5 May, 1930 1 September, 1917 27 August, 1914 15 November, 1908 Admiral 23 October, 1917
SIR Charles Henry Coke, K.C.V.O. 2 October, 1854 23 February, 1945 3 April, 1917 17 May, 1913 18 May, 1908 Admiral 10 April, 1917
THE HONOURABLE SIR Stanley Cecil James Colville, G.C.V.O., K.C.B. 21 February, 1861 9 April, 1939 11 September, 1914 12 April, 1911 11 November, 1906 Admiral 4 April, 1922
Charles Holcombe Dare, C.B., M.V.O. (Retired) 9 November, 1854 6 August, 1924 25 August, 1918 (Retired) 5 March, 1915 (Retired) 12 March, 1909 Admiral 12 July, 1909
SIR George Le Clerc Egerton, K.C.B. 17 October, 1852 30 March, 1940 21 March, 1913 2 January, 1909 2 March, 1905 Admiral 9 June, 1916
SIR Arthur Murray Farquhar, K.C.B., C.V.O. 19 January, 1855 16 November, 1937 14 September, 1914 17 July, 1911 17 November, 1906 Admiral 9 June, 1916
Richard Bowles Farquhar, C.B. 12 January, 1859 27 November, 1948 5 August, 1917 11 September, 1914 2 December, 1908 Admiral 9 January, 1918
SIR Frederic William Fisher, K.C.V.O. 5 October, 1851 23 December, 1943 15 May, 1913 26 October, 1909 8 June, 1905 Admiral 24 October, 1914
SIR Douglas Austin Gamble, K.C.V.O. 8 November, 1856 23 May, 1934 26 April, 1917 8 December, 1913 2 September, 1908 Admiral 17 May, 1917
SIR William Lowther Grant, K.C.B. 10 November, 1864 30 January, 1929 1 September, 1918 15 July, 1915 26 October, 1909 Admiral 24 March, 1920
SIR Frederick Tower Hamilton, K.C.B., M.V.O. 8 March, 1856 4 October, 1917 9 June, 1916 31 July, 1912 1 October, 1907 Admiral —
SIR Frederick Samuel Inglefield, K.C.B. 29 April, 1854 8 August, 1921 4 June, 1913 24 August, 1910 30 May, 1906 Admiral 9 June, 1916
SIR Henry Bradwardine Jackson, G.C.B., K.C.V.O., F.R.S. 21 January, 1855 14 December, 1929 10 February, 1914 15 March, 1911 18 October, 1906 Admiral of the Fleet 31 July, 1924
John Rushworth Jellicoe, First Viscount Jellicoe, G.C.B., O.M., G.C.V.O. 5 December, 1859 20 November, 1935 5 March, 1915 18 September, 1911 8 February, 1907 Admiral of the Fleet 5 December, 1924
SIR Thomas Henry Martyn Jerram, K.C.B., K.C.M.G. 6 September, 1858 19 March, 1933 10 April, 1917 4 June, 1913 30 June, 1908 Admiral 30 January, 1918
SIR Herbert Goodenough King-Hall, K.C.B., C.V.O., D.S.O. 15 March, 1862 20 October, 1936 25 August, 1918 5 March, 1915 22 June, 1909 Admiral 1 May, 1922
SIR Arthur Henry Limpus, K.C.M.G., C.B. 7 June, 1863 3 November, 1931 30 January, 1918 14 September, 1914 23 January, 1909 Admiral 1 January, 1919
SIR Robert Swinburne Lowry, K.C.B. 4 March, 1854 29 May, 1920 13 December, 1913 6 March, 1911 17 October, 1906 Admiral 19 August, 1917
SIR Charles Edward Madden, K.C.B., C.V.O. (Acting) 5 September, 1862 5 June, 1935 28 November, 1916 (Acting) 10 June, 1916 12 April, 1911 Admiral of the Fleet 30 July, 1930
SIR Archibald Berkeley Milne, Second Baronet, G.C.V.O., K.C.B. 2 June, 1855 5 July, 1938 19 September, 1911 12 May, 1908 25 April, 1904 Admiral 12 February, 1919
Louis Alexander Mountbatten, First Marquess of Milford Haven, G.C.B., G.C.V.O., K.C.M.G. 24 May, 1854 11 September, 1921 13 July, 1912 30 June, 1908 1 July, 1904 Admiral of the Fleet (Retired) 1 January, 1919
SIR Alfred Wyndham Paget, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., D.S.O. 20 March, 1852 17 June, 1918 8 December, 1913 6 March, 1911 1 October, 1906 Admiral 14 September, 1914
SIR George Edwin Patey, K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O. 24 February, 1859 4 February, 1935 1 January, 1918 14 September, 1914 2 January, 1909 Admiral 1 January, 1919
SIR Richard Henry Peirse, K.C.B., K.B.E. 4 September, 1860 10 July, 1940 11 March, 1918 24 October, 1914 9 February, 1909 Admiral 17 January, 1919
Frederick Sidney Pelham 25 October, 1854 19 October, 1931 9 June, 1916 20 March, 1913 10 October, 1907 Admiral 10 June, 1916
SIR Edmund Samuel Poë, G.C.V.O., K.C.B. 11 September, 1849 4 April, 1921 30 April, 1910 20 February, 1906 9 September, 1901 Admiral 11 September, 1914
SIR Richard Poore, Fourth Baronet, K.C.B. 7 July, 1853 8 December, 1930 17 July, 1911 1 March, 1907 30 August, 1903 Admiral 3 April, 1917
Ernest Alfred Simons 3 September, 1856 30 August, 1928 24 October, 1914 27 August, 1911 1 January, 1907 Admiral 24 October, 1915
SIR Edmond John Warre Slade, K.C.I.E., K.C.V.O. 20 March, 1859 20 January, 1928 19 August, 1917 25 April, 1914 5 November, 1908 Admiral 1 September, 1917
SIR Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee, First Baronet, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., C.V.O. 9 June, 1859 7 May, 1925 17 May, 1917 13 December, 1913 12 December, 1908 Admiral of the Fleet —
SIR Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss, G.C.B., C.M.G., M.V.O. 12 April, 1864 24 May, 1933 27 December, 1917 (Acting) 6 December, 1916 19 April, 1911 Admiral of the Fleet 12 April, 1929
Total number of Admirals on the Active List during the war: FORTY-ONE (41)
Total number of Admirals on the Active List as of 11th November, 1918: FIFTEEN (15)

Vice-Admiral

Vice-Admirals of the Royal Navy, 1914 – 1918
Name Born Died Date of Promotion Final Rank Retired
Vice-Admiral Rear-Admiral
Charles Eustace Anson 3 December, 1859 28 April, 1940 3 April, 1917 15 May, 1911 Admiral (Retired) 13 April, 1917
SIR Montague Edward Browning 18 January, 1863 4 November, 1947 26 April, 1917 22 September, 1911 Admiral 4 October, 1926
SIR Edward Francis Benedict Charlton 21 March, 1865 23 October, 1937 30 January, 1918 10 May, 1913 Admiral 3 March, 1924
Arthur Henry Christian 31 August, 1863 20 August, 1926 13 April, 1917 21 August, 1911 Admiral 3 October, 1919
Bernard Currey 11 May, 1862 6 June, 1936 9 June, 1916 2 March, 1911 Admiral 9 January, 1919
SIR Dudley Rawson Stratford de Chair 30 August, 1864 17 August, 1958 5 October, 1917 31 July, 1912 Admiral 1 November, 1923
SIR John Michael de Robeck 10 June, 1862 20 January, 1928 17 May, 1917 1 December, 1911 Admiral of the Fleet —
SIR Alexander Ludovic Duff 20 February, 1862 22 November, 1933 15 January, 1918 2 March, 1913 Admiral 1 July, 1925
SIR Charles Hope Dundas of Dundas, K.C.M.G. 9 August, 1859 1 July, 1924 10 January, 1916 22 July, 1910 Admiral (Retired) 25 January, 1916
John Bridges Eustace 20 January, 1861 9 August, 1947 25 August, 1918 3 June, 1913 Admiral (Retired) 1 September, 1918
SIR Hugh Evan-Thomas 27 October, 1862 30 August, 1928 19 September, 1917 9 July, 1912 Admiral 20 June, 1924
Francis George Eyre 4 February, 1864 22 January, 1941 1 October, 1918 14 October, 1913 Admiral (Retired) 10 February, 1919
William Blake Fisher 17 February, 1853 8 May, 1926 19 July, 1911 23 November, 1906 Admiral (Retired) 27 August, 1914
THE HONOURABLE SIR Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe 23 December, 1864 27 July, 1937 26 April, 1917 27 August, 1911 Admiral of the Fleet 8 May, 1930
SIR Herbert Leopold Heath 27 December, 1861 22 October, 1954 26 April, 1917 19 September, 1911 Admiral 1 June, 1922
Robert Stewart Phipps Hornby 9 July, 1866 12 August, 1956 11 March, 1918 15 May, 1913 Admiral 6 April, 1922
Mark Edward Frederic Kerr 26 September, 1864 20 January, 1944 26 April, 1918 16 May, 1913 Admiral (Retired) 1 October, 1918
Francis Spurstow Miller 25 November, 1863 6 February, 1954 1 September, 1918 14 October, 1913 Admiral (Retired) 29 January, 1920
Arthur Yerbury Moggridge 20 September, 1858 13 November, 1946 11 April, 1915 2 July, 1909 Admiral (Retired) 15 July, 1915
SIR Archibald Gordon Henry Wilson Moore 2 February, 1862 2 April, 1934 9 June, 1916 20 September, 1910 Admiral 21 February, 1919
Godfrey Harry Brydges Mundy 11 August, 1860 7 October, 1928 19 August, 1917 11 April, 1912 Admiral (Retired) 19 September, 1917
Charles Lionel Napier 16 November, 1861 9 March, 1934 1 January, 1918 25 January, 1913 Admiral (Retired) 26 April, 1918
Trevylyan Dacres Willes Napier, C.B., M.V.O. 19 April, 1867 30 July, 1920 30 July, 1917 (Acting) 24 October, 1913 Vice-Admiral —
Stuart Nicholson 11 October, 1865 10 September, 1936 27 September, 1917 30 July, 1912 Admiral (Retired) 25 November, 1920
Robert Nelson Ommanney 31 January, 1854 12 January, 1938 15 December, 1913 1 October, 1908 Admiral (Retired) 9 August, 1915
SIR William Christopher Pakenham 10 July, 1861 28 July, 1933 1 September, 1918 4 June, 1913 Admiral 1 March, 1926
James Startin 20 May, 1855 25 September, 1948 19 September, 1911 13 February, 1907 Admiral (Retired) 14 September, 1914
Archibald Peile Stoddart 5 September, 1860 19 December, 1939? 1 September, 1917 19 May, 1912 Admiral (Retired) 15 January, 1918
SIR Cecil Fiennes Thursby 17 January, 1861 28 May, 1936 10 April, 1917 17 July, 1911 Admiral 7 October, 1920
Henry Loftus Tottenham, C.B. 7 August, 1860 24 February, 1950 24 October, 1915 30 April, 1910 Admiral (Retired) 26 October, 1918
Ernest Charles Thomas Troubridge 15 July, 1862 28 January, 1926 9 June, 1916 20 March, 1911 Admiral 1 July, 1921
SIR Frederick Charles Tudor Tudor 29 March, 1863 14 April, 1946 23 October, 1917 25 January, 1913 Admiral 15 November, 1922
SIR Reginald Godfrey Otway Tupper 16 October, 1859 5 March, 1945 25 January, 1916 20 September, 1910 Admiral 16 May, 1921
SIR George John Scott Warrender 31 July, 1860 8 January, 1917 4 June, 1913 2 July, 1908 Vice-Admiral 6 December, 1916
Arthur William Waymouth 16 November, 1863 14 January, 1936 2 July, 1917 7 March, 1912 Admiral (Retired) 27 September, 1917
Hugh Pigot Williams 1 September, 1858 28 June, 1934 16 May, 1913 11 April, 1908 Admiral (Retired) 11 April, 1915
Total number of Vice-Admirals on the Active List during the war: THIRTY-SIX (36)

Engineer Vice-Admiral

Engineer Vice-Admirals of the Royal Navy, 1914 – 1918
Name Born Died Date of Promotion Final Rank Retired
Engineer Vice-Admiral Engineer Rear-Admiral
SIR Henry John Oram, K.C.B., F.R.S. 19 June, 1858 5 May, 1939 25 October, 1907 1 April, 1901 Engineer Vice-Admiral 8 June, 1917

Surgeon-General

Surgeons-General of the Royal Navy, 1914 – 1918 (with the relative rank of Vice-Admiral)
Name Born Died Date of Promotion Final Rank Retired
SIR Arthur William May, K.C.B., F.R.C.S. 18 June, 1854 20 April, 1925 11 May, 1913 Surgeon Vice-Admiral 1 June, 1917
SIR William Henry Norman, K.C.B., F.R.C.S. EDIN. 13 December, 1855 16 March, 1934 1 June, 1917 Surgeon Vice-Admiral 1 June, 1919

Rear-Admiral

Rear-Admirals of the Royal Navy, 1914 – 1918
Name Born Died Date of Promotion Final Rank Retired
Edwyn Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair, C.B., M.V.O. 12 December, 1865 13 November, 1945 26 April, 1917 Admiral 12 December, 1930
Reginald Arthur Allenby, M.V.O., D.S.O. 4 September, 1861 18 March, 1936 20 March, 1913 Admiral (Retired) 18 February, 1915
Robert Hamilton Anstruther, C.M.G. 10 June, 1862 26 September, 1938 16 July, 1915 Admiral (Retired) 17 July, 1915
SIR Robert Keith Arbuthnot, Fourth Baronet, K.C.B., M.V.O., Bart. 23 March, 1864 31 May, 1916 13 July, 1912 Rear-Admiral —
George Alexander Ballard, C.B. 7 March, 1862 16 September, 1948 27 August, 1914 Admiral (Retired) 15 June, 1921
Ernest Gillbe Barton 20 October, 1861 29 January, 1938 15 July, 1915 Admiral (Retired) 16 July, 1915
Brian Herbert Fairbairn Barttelot, C.B., M.V.O. 13 December, 1867 4 February, 1942 26 August, 1918 Admiral (Retired) 2 November, 1923
Robert Edmund Ross Benson, C.B. 23 April or 25 April, 1864 3 February, 1927 26 April, 1918 Vice-Admiral (Retired) 27 April, 1918
Vivian Henry Gerald Bernard, C.B. 30 August, 1868 17 February, 1934 20 September, 1917 Admiral (Retired) 16 November, 1922
George Holmes Borrett, C.B. 10 March, 1868 10 June, 1952 16 August, 1918 Admiral (Retired) 17 February, 1925
THE HONOURABLE Robert Francis Boyle, M.V.O. 12 December, 1863 11 September, 1922 25 April, 1914 Vice-Admiral 11 February, 1919
Joseph Ridgway Bridson 13 August, 1861 3 September, 1933 19 June, 1915 Admiral (Retired) 29 June, 1915
SIR Osmond de Beauvoir Brock, K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O., C.B. (Acting Vice-Admiral 17 January, 1918) 5 January, 1869 14 October, 1947 5 March, 1915 Admiral of the Fleet 31 July, 1934
Henry Harvey Bruce, C.B., M.V.O. 8 May, 1862 14 September, 1948 27 April, 1917 Admiral (Retired) 2 May, 1922
Edward Francis Bruen, C.B. 7 November, 1866 22 November, 1952 28 September, 1917 Admiral (Retired) 1 October, 1924
Henry Hervey Campbell, C.B., C.V.O. 27 February, 1865 12 February, 1933 20 September, 1912 Admiral (Retired) 17 February, 1917
George Cuthbert Cayley, C.B. 30 August, 1866 21 December, 1944 28 April, 1917 Admiral (Retired) 18 July, 1919
Bertram Mordaunt Chambers 3 October, 1866 27 April, 1945 27 April, 1917 Admiral (Retired) 28 April, 1917
Herbert Chatterton 22 June, 1863 19 November, 1932 26 April, 1917 Admiral (Retired) 27 April, 1917
Henry James Langford Clarke 1 January, 1866 28 March, 1944 18 July, 1915 Admiral (Retired) 19 July, 1915
Lewis Clinton-Baker, C.B. 16 March, 1866 12 December, 1939 19 August, 1917 Admiral 1 August, 1927
Philip Howard Colomb, C.B. 13 December, 1867 18 April, 1958 27 April, 1918 Admiral (Retired) 14 October, 1923
Walter Henry Cowan, First Baronet, C.B., M.V.O., D.S.O. 11 June, 1871 14 February, 1956 2 September, 1918 Admiral 6 October, 1931
SIR Christopher George Francis Maurice Cradock, K.C.V.O., C.B. 2 July, 1862 1 November, 1914 24 August, 1910 Rear-Admiral —
Michael Culme Seymour, C.B., M.V.O. 29 August, 1867 2 April, 1925 10 June, 1916 Vice-Admiral —
Herbert Charles Campbell Da Costa 18 April, 1865 29 December, 1940 14 June, 1916 Admiral (Retired) 15 June, 1916
Cecil Frederick Dampier 11 May, 1868 11 April, 1950 18 February, 1915 Admiral (Retired) 1 July, 1922
Philip Wylie Dumas, C.B., C.V.O. 9 March, 1868 11 December, 1948 2 September, 1918 Admiral (Retired) 3 September, 1913
Seymour Elphinstone Erskine, C.B. 23 June, 1863 23 February, 1945 18 February, 1915 Admiral (Retired) 12 August, 1915
Allan Frederic Everett, C.B. 22 February, 1868 22 January, 1938 28 April, 1917 Admiral (Retired) 12 August, 1925
Cresswell John Eyres, D.S.O. 20 March, 1862 12 October, 1949 23 June, 1913 Admiral (Retired) 18 December, 1914
Stuart St. John Farquhar 2 October, 1865 8 February, 1941 26 April, 1917 Admiral (Retired) 27 April, 1917
James Andrew Fergusson, C.B. 16 April, 1871 13 April, 1942 27 April, 1917 Admiral 11 June, 1928
THE HONOURABLE Edward Stafford Fitzherbert, C.B. 17 April, 1865 28 September, 1941 24 October, 1915 Admiral (Retired) 24 March, 1923
Cunningham Robert de Clare Foot 13 June, 1864 17 May, 1940 30 January, 1918 Admiral (Retired) 31 January, 1918
Sydney Robert Fremantle, C.B., M.V.O. (Acting Vice-Admiral 1 October, 1918) 16 November, 1867 29 April, 1958 7 December, 1913 Admiral 5 April, 1928
Herbert Arthur Stevenson Fyler, C.B., D.S.O. 7 January, 1864 19 July, 1934 3 June, 1916 Admiral (Retired) 4 June, 1916
Ernest Frederic Augustus Gaunt, C.B., C.M.G. 25 March, 1865 20 April, 1940 24 October, 1914 Admiral 10 March, 1925
SIR Guy Reginald Archer Gaunt, K.C.M.G., C.B. 25 May, 1869 19 May, 1953 26 October, 1918 Admiral (Retired) 27 October, 1918
Owen Francis Gillett, C.B. 8 February, 1863 21 March, 1938 11 September, 1914 Admiral (Retired) 26 May, 1915
William Edmund Goodenough, C.B., M.V.O. 2 June, 1867 30 January, 1945 10 June, 1916 Admiral 23 May, 1930
Ernest Humbert Grafton 4 August, 1864 18 August, 1924 15 June, 1916 Vice-Admiral (Retired) 16 June, 1916
Alfred Ernest Albert Grant 10 April, 1861 14 August, 1933 26 May, 1915 Admiral (Retired) 2 November, 1919
Heathcoat Salusbury Grant, C.B. (Acting Vice-Admiral 27 September, 1918) 13 February, 1864 25 September, 1938 4 June, 1916 Admiral (Retired) 26 March, 1920
Hubert Grant-Dalton, C.B. 21 July, 1862 22 April, 1934 11 April, 1915 Admiral (Retired) 2 June, 1915
Clement Greatorex, C.B., M.V.O. 7 January, 1869 20 March, 1937 27 April, 1917 Admiral (Retired) 3 May, 1922
John Frederick Ernest Green, C.B. 8 August, 1866 30 October, 1948 1 September, 1917 Admiral (Retired) 1 January, 1925
SIR William Reginald Hall, K.C.M.G., C.B. 28 June, 1870 22 October, 1943 27 April, 1917 Admiral (Retired) 3 February, 1919
SIR Lionel Halsey, K.C.M.G, C.B. 26 February, 1872 26 October, 1949 26 April, 1917 Admiral (Retired) 1 November, 1922
Richard Morden Harbord-Hamond 24 August, 1865 2 February, 1951 19 September, 1917 Admiral (Retired) 20 September, 1917
THE HONOURABLE Stanhope Hawke 12 April or 16 April, 1863 1 February, 1936 26 April, 1917 Admiral (Retired) 27 April, 1917
Arthur Hayes-Sadler, C.S.I. 9 October, 1863 9 February, 1952 19 July, 1915 Admiral (Retired) 17 February, 1920
Charles Ferdinand Henderson 7 March, 1866 15 July, 1935 25 August, 1918 Admiral (Retired) 26 August, 1918
Algernon Walker Heneage, C.B., M.V.O. 4 February, 1871 26 February, 1952 31 January, 1918 Admiral (Retired) 29 July, 1920
SIR Arthur John Henniker-Hughan, Bart. 24 January, 1866 4 October, 1925 25 January, 1916 Admiral (Retired) 19 February, 1920
Hugh Thomas Hibbert, D.S.O. 5 August, 1863 30 April, 1951 2 June, 1916 Admiral (Retired) 3 June, 1916
Cecil Spencer Hickley, M.V.O. 22 January, 1865 1 May, 1941 11 January, 1916 Admiral (Retired) 18 February, 1920
Marcus Rowley Hill 13 March, 1867 8 February, 1825 1 September, 1918 Vice-Admiral (Retired) 2 September, 1918
THE HONOURABLE Horace Lambert Alexander Hood, K.C.B, M.V.O., D.S.O. 2 October, 1870 31 May, 1916 17 May, 1913 Rear-Admiral —
George Price Webley Hope, C.B. 11 October, 1869 11 July, 1959 3 April, 1917 Admiral 1 March, 1926
Allen Thomas Hunt, C.B., C.S.I. 14 February, 1866 24 February, 1943 3 July, 1917 Admiral (Retired) 19 July, 1924
Cuthbert Edward Hunter 10 March, 1866 30 April, 1952 3 April, 1917 Admiral (Retired) 17 April, 1917
John de Mestre Hutchison, C.M.G., C.V.O. 4 September, 1862 9 October, 1932 10 May, 1913 Admiral (Retired) 9 May, 1916
George Bowes Hutton 22 May, 1867 15 January, 1947 27 October, 1918 Admiral (Retired) 28 October, 1918
Edmond Hyde Parker, C.B. 30 January, 1868 19 August, 1951 23 October, 1917 Admiral (Retired) 26 March, 1923
Edmund Hyde Smith 21 June, 1865 13 July, 1939 29 June, 1915 Admiral (Retired) 3 November, 1919
Thomas Jackson, C.B., M.V.O. 20 February, 1868 7 July, 1945 9 June, 1916 Admiral (Retired) 7 October, 1923
Charles William Keighly-Peach 23 September, 1865 27 November, 1943 1 October, 1918 Admiral (Retired) 2 October, 1918
Thomas Webster Kemp, C.B., C.M.G., C.I.E. 27 September, 1866 13 January, 1928 27 April, 1917 Admiral (Retired) 28 April, 1917
Francis William Kennedy, C.B. 15 December, 1862 11 July, 1939 1 June, 1916 Admiral (Retired) 25 March, 1920
SIR Roger John Brownlow Keyes, K.C.B., C.M.G., C.V.O., D.S.O. (Acting Vice-Admiral 1 June, 1918) 4 October, 1872 26 December, 1945 10 April, 1917 Admiral of the Fleet 8 May, 1935
Edward Buxton Kiddle, C.B. 2 November, 1866 29 April, 1933 28 October, 1918 Admiral (Retired) 1 August, 1924
Cecil Foley Lambert 28 May, 1864 29 February, 1928 13 April, 1917 Admiral (Retired) 5 December, 1921
Henry James Langford Clarke 1 January, 1866 28 March, 1944 18 July, 1915 Admiral (Retired) 19 July, 1915
Frederick Charles Learmonth, C.B. 14 January, 1866 3 June, 1941 11 March, 1918 Admiral (Retired) 8 March, 1921
Arthur Cavenagh Leveson, C.B. (Acting Vice-Admiral 1 October, 1918) 27 January, 1868 26 June, 1929 1 December, 1913 Admiral 22 February, 1928
James Clement Ley, C.B., C.V.O. 25 July, 1869 15 July, 1946 5 October, 1917 Admiral (Retired) 25 March, 1923
John Scott Luard, C.B. 26 June, 1865 5 March, 1936 2 April, 1917 Admiral (Retired) 3 April, 1917
Gerald Charles Adolphe Marescaux 10 February, 1860 3 September, 1920 15 December, 1914 Vice-Admiral (Retired) 4 November, 1915
Herbert James Ogilvy Millar 3 February, 1866 6 June, 1934 26 April, 1917 Admiral (Retired) 27 April, 1917
Edward Herbert Moubray 22 January, 1865 ? 26 April, 1917 Admiral (Retired) 27 April, 1917
Philip Nelson-Ward, M.V.O. 29 June, 1866 27 June, 1937 9 June, 1916 Admiral (Retired) 10 June, 1916
John Nicholas 17 March, 1865 23 June, 1942 2 July, 1917 Admiral (Retired) 3 July, 1917
Douglas Romilly Lothian Nicholson 4 March, 1867 8 February, 1946 10 January, 1916 Admiral 1 March, 1926
William Coldingham Masters Nicholson, C.B. 28 October, 1863 9 January, 1932 10 June, 1916 Admiral 14 October, 1925
Rowland Nugent 22 December, 1861 ? 1 June, 1916 Admiral (Retired) 2 June, 1916
SIR Henry Francis Oliver, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., M.V.O. 22 January, 1865 15 October, 1965 8 December, 1913 Admiral of the Fleet 31 January, 1933
Norman Craig Palmer, C.V.O. 20 August, 1866 12 January, 1926 18 December, 1914 Admiral (Retired) 2 August, 1919
John Franklin Parry, C.B. 15 August, 1963 21 April, 1926 16 June, 1916 Admiral (Retired) 1 September, 1919
Edmund Radcliffe Pears, C.B. 25 April, 1862 21 June, 1941 10 February, 1914 Vice-Admiral 24 January, 1920
Henry Bertram Pelly, C.B., M.V.O. 9 September, 1867 27 December, 1942 17 May, 1917 Admiral (Retired) 18 January, 1925
SIR Richard Fortescue Phillimore, K.C.M.G., C.B., M.V.O. 23 December, 1864 8 November, 1940 9 August, 1915 Admiral 6 October, 1929
Edward Montgomery Phillpotts, C.B. 1 August, 1871 9 April, 1952 15 January, 1918 Admiral (Retired) 8 October, 1923
Laurence Eliot Power, C.B., C.V.O. 7 May, 1867 20 January, 1927 6 December, 1916 Admiral (Retired) 26 November, 1920
Robert John Prendergast 9 July, 1864 14 May, 1946 2 November, 1914 Admiral (Retired) 1 August, 1919
Richard Purefoy FitzGerald Purefoy, M.V.O. 26 May, 1862 19 December, 1943 30 January, 1912 Admiral (Retired) 15 February, 1916
Arthur David Ricardo 14 September, 1861 12 February, 1931 7 March, 1914 Admiral (Retired) 26 January, 1920
William George Elmhirst Ruck-Keene, M.V.O. 30 January, 1867 30 January, 1935 1 January, 1918 Admiral (Retired)
Frank Edward Cavendish Ryan 6 August, 1865 15 February, 1945 9 June, 1916 Admiral (Retired) 10 June, 1916
Henry George Glas Sandeman, C.M.G. 18 June, 1868 16 May, 1928 1 September, 1918 Rear-Admiral 2 September, 1918
Thomas Dawson Lees Sheppard, C.B., M.V.O. 7 April, 1866 24 February, 1953 15 February, 1916 Admiral (Retired) 1 May, 1922
Morgan Singer, C.B. 13 December, 1864 27 April, 1938 14 September, 1914 Admiral 1 August, 1924
George Walter Smith 13 June, 1865 ? 4 November, 1915 Rear-Admiral 11 January, 1916
THE HONOURABLE Victor Albert Stanley, C.B., M.V.O. 17 January, 1867 9 June, 1934 26 April, 1917 Admiral 8 November, 1926
Charles Frederick Thorp 3 June, 1869 31 October, 1954 27 September, 1917 Admiral (Retired) 28 September, 1917
SIR Hugh Henry Darby Tothill, K.C.M.G., C.B. 14 March, 1865 25 September, 1927 17 April, 1917 Admiral —
Cyril Everard Tower, D.S.O. 3 December, 1861 20 January, 1929 2 June, 1915 Admiral (Retired) 19 June, 1915
Charles Lionel Vaughan-Lee, C.B. 27 February, 1867 16 March, 1928 12 August, 1915 Admiral (Retired) 27 January, 1920
SIR Drury St. Aubyn Wake, K.C.I.E., C.B. 16 September, 1863 23 September, 1935 26 April, 1917 Admiral (Retired) 27 April, 1917
Richard Webb, C.B. 20 July, 1870 20 January, 1950 3 September, 1918 Admiral 27 February, 1929
Maurice Woollcombe, C.B. 18 April, 1868 19 December, 1930 2 October, 1918 Admiral (Retired) 25 March, 1922
Bentinck John Davies Yelverton 28 October, 1862 7 January, 1959 17 July, 1915 Admiral (Retired) 18 July, 1915
Total number of Rear-Admirals on the Active List during the war: ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN (113)

Engineer Rear-Admiral

Engineer Rear-Admirals of the Royal Navy, 1914 – 1918
Name Born Died Date of Promotion Final Rank Retired
William John Anstey, C.B. 2 November, 1860 13 December, 1936 28 January, 1913 Engineer Rear-Admiral 15 October, 1917
Ernest Frank Ellis, C.B. 21 December, 1855 31 January, 1944 21 December, 1911 Engineer Rear-Admiral 21 December, 1915
Archie Russell Emdin, C.M.G. 15 August, 1865 15 February, 1915 17 October, 1918 Engineer Rear-Admiral
Edouard Gaudin, C.B. 25 July, 1865 8 March, 1945 29 August, 1914 Engineer Rear-Admiral 20 July, 1920
George Goodwin Goodwin, C.B. 28 May, 1862 2 April, 1945 1 December, 1911 Engineer Vice-Admiral
Fred Hore, C.B. 8 July, 1863 7 March, 1932 25 April, 1918 Engineer Rear-Admiral
George William Hudson 8 February, 1861 30 January, 1941 8 February, 1916 Engineer Rear-Admiral
Thomas Charles Edward Hughes 9 November, 1859 Engineer Rear-Admiral 19 February, 1915
Henry Humphreys, C.B. 30 July, 1863 27 May, 1924 1 January, 1918 Engineer Rear-Admiral
Charles John James 29 December, 1862 16 April, 1943 Engineer Rear-Admiral 17 October, 1918
William Vey Juniper 29 November, 1861 28 November, 1916 Engineer Rear-Admiral
Arthur Frederick Kingsnorth, C.B. 21 February, 1864 23 April, 1947 22 August, 1918 Engineer Rear-Admiral
John George Liversidge 25 November, 1864 1952 20 August, 1918 Engineer Rear-Admiral 21 August, 1918
William George Mogg 3 December, 1860 1 May, 1929 26 November, 1913 Engineer Rear-Admiral 21 July, 1919
William Frederic Pamphlett 22 August, 1858 14 October, 1940 7 February, 1912 Engineer Rear-Admiral
Sylvester Rawling 28 June, 1859 2 December, 1912 Engineer Rear-Admiral
John Richardson, C.B. 22 October, 1862 7 July, 1928 8 June, 1917 Engineer Rear-Admiral
James Michael Thomson 28 April, 1861 7 January, 1914 Engineer Rear-Admiral
Arthur William Turner, C.B. 29 August, 1859 30 October, 1928 12 November, 1912 Engineer Rear-Admiral 27 October, 1917
Albert Ernest Luscombe Westaway 23 November, 1859 2 April, 1912 Engineer Rear-Admiral
James Thomas Willoughby 1 January, 1864 1 October, 1949? 21 August, 1918 Engineer Rear-Admiral 22 August, 1918

Surgeon-General

Surgeons-General of the Royal Navy, 1914 – 1918 (with the relative rank of Rear-Admiral)
Name Born Died Date of Promotion Final Rank Retired
John Jeffreys Dennis, M.D. 22 April, 1858 4 August, 1958 11 May, 1913 Surgeon Rear-Admiral
Edgar Ralph Dimsey, D.S.O. 3 December, 1861 5 February, 1930 22 April, 1918 Surgeon Rear-Admiral
William Eames, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.Edin. 18 October, 1856 27 March, 1924 11 May, 1913 Surgeon Rear-Admiral 11 September, 1916
Patrick Brodie Handyside, C.B., M.B. 24 March, 1860 15 October, 1939 17 April, 1917 Surgeon Rear-Admiral
Donald Templeton Hoskyn, M.B. 17 April, 1857 28 March, 1938 7 August, 1914 Surgeon Rear-Admiral 6 August, 1917
Alexander John James Johnston 6 September, 1856 17 October, 1942 2 February, 1912 Surgeon Rear-Admiral 6 September, 1916
William Wenmoth Pryn, C.B. 21 October, 1859 20 February, 1942 6 September, 1916 Surgeon Rear-Admiral 21 October, 1919
Humphrey Davy Rolleston, C.B., M.D., F.R.C.P. 21 June, 1862 24 September, 1944 Surgeon Rear-Admiral
James Lawrence Smith, C.B., M.V.O., M.B. 11 July, 1862 28 April, 1945 16 September, 1916 Surgeon Rear-Admiral 13 September, 1919
Alexander Gascoigne Wildey, C.B. 17 April, 1860 20 November, 1934 13 September, 1918 Surgeon Rear-Admiral 17 April, 1920

Paymaster Rear-Admiral

Paymaster Rear-Admirals of the Royal Navy, 1914 – 1918
Name Born Died Date of Promotion Final Rank Retired
SIR John Henry George Chapple, K.C.B., C.V.O. 4 December, 1859 5 March, 1925 Paymaster Rear-Admiral 1 July, 1918
William Marcus Charles Beresford Whyte 28 November, 1863 13 July, 1932 1 July, 1918 Paymaster Rear-Admiral 3 July, 1923
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