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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| Argentine Hugh Alington
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30 June, 1916
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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 (Retired)
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29 January, 1920
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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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| Francis Wade Caulfeild
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25 January, 1872
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7 November, 1947
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31 December, 1908
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Vice-Admiral (Retired)
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19 February, 1920
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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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| Noel Grant
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13 September, 1868
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6 March, 1920
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31 December, 1908
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Rear-Admiral
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28 January, 1920
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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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| Michael Henry Hodges (Commodore, 2nd Class)
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29 September, 1874
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3 November, 1951
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31 December, 1908
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Admiral
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23 September, 1932
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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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| Crawford Maclachlan
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11 July, 1867
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21 April, 1952
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31 December, 1908
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Admiral (Retired)
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6 July, 1926
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| Henry Lancelot Mawbey
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31 December, 1907
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| Charles Blois Miller
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22 March, 1867
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31 December, 1908
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Rear-Admiral
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23 May, 1924
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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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| Herbert William Richmond
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31 December, 1908
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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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| Aubrey Clare Hugh Smith
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30 June, 1910
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| Henry Boyle Townshend Somerville
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30 June, 1908
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| Philip Streatfeild
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26 May, 1872
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1960
|
14 July, 1908
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Captain
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26 January, 1920
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| George Thomas Carlisle Parker Swabey
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30 June, 1918
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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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| Hugh Dudley Richards Watson
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20 April, 1872
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22 May, 1954
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31 December, 1908
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Admiral
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1 April, 1930
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