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Final exams were held in April 1868, and produced the following results.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence." ''The Times'' (London, England), Thursday, Apr 14, 1898; pg. 8; Issue 35490.</ref>
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Final exams were held in April 1898, and produced the following results.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence." ''The Times'' (London, England), Thursday, Apr 14, 1898; pg. 8; Issue 35490.</ref> I have not been able to find a list of their entry scores.
  
 
Sixty-two cadets took the exams.  The rank in order of merit of those passing out was as follows.
 
Sixty-two cadets took the exams.  The rank in order of merit of those passing out was as follows.
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# [[Arthur Winnifred Benson]]
 
# [[Arthur Winnifred Benson]]
 
# [[Maurice Brett Leslie]]
 
# [[Maurice Brett Leslie]]
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His service record indicates that [[Edward Glyn de Styrap Jukes Hughes]] belonged to this term.  An ad proclaiming the success of his school said that he passed in 22nd with 1,68 marks.
  
 
==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==

Revision as of 16:36, 27 August 2019

Final exams were held in April 1898, and produced the following results.[1] I have not been able to find a list of their entry scores.

Sixty-two cadets took the exams. The rank in order of merit of those passing out was as follows.

The prior education noted for some of the men is obtained from classified ads in various issues of the Hampshire Telegraph and Naval Chronicle, e.g. 26 Jun 1897 p. 1.

  1. Henry George Thursfield
  2. Robert Radcliffe Cooke
  3. Philip William Douglas
  4. George Bridges Lewis (Burney's Royal Naval Academy)
  5. Nathaniel Thomas Carrington (b 5 Sep 1882, Mid, dismissed for theft, 6 Jul 1901)
  6. Lindreex
  7. Adrian St. Vincent Keyes
  8. Eric Gascoigne Robinson
  9. Clement Charles Swift
  10. Andrew Browne Cunningham
  11. George Moore Allender Rowe (b 4 Apr 1883, P/T Cdr., d 28 Apr 1920 motor accident)
  12. George Lewis Browne (b 1 Apr 1882, ret. Cdr.,
  13. Aubrey Thomas
  14. James Douglas Campbell
  15. Henry Archer Colt (b 16 Sep 1882, Lt. Cdr., d Feb 1951)
  16. Edmond Alan Berners Stanley
  17. John David Napier Burnett (b 4 Jun 1882, Lt., removed for misconduct 17 Nov 1905)
  18. Arthur Henry Durrant Field (b 15 Jan 1882, torpedoes ret. Capt., WW2 service)
  19. Francis Allen Newton Cromie
  20. Herbert Seymour Webb Boldero (b 29 Aug 1882, Lt., retired unfit 4 Mar 1907, d 1940)
  21. James Fownes Somerville
  22. Charles Henry Aubrey Cartwright
  23. Walter John Fletcher
  24. Charles Campbell Lambert (b 24 feb 1883, Lt., retired 1908, d 25 Sep 1911 in whirpools near Vancouver)
  25. Charles James Colebrooke Little
  26. James Sacheverell Constable Salmond
  27. Illtyd Arthur Stewart Hutton
  28. Basil Richard Poë
  29. Edmund David Faber
  30. Alfred Fletcher Coplestone-Boughey
  31. Ralph Stuart Sneyd
  32. Hugh Hamilton-Gordon
  33. Joseph Gordon Walsh
  34. Archibald Anthony Lovett-Cameron
  35. John Pelham Champion
  36. Richard Bruce England
  37. Frederick Wilfred Law
  38. Walter Mark Hore (b. 27 Oct 1882, Mid, withdrew Jan 1901 to enter Army)
  39. John Spencer Tyndall (Burney's Royal Naval Academy)
  40. Reginald Thornton Amedroz
  41. Richard Thornton Down
  42. Lionel Edward Henry Royle (b 18 Mar 1883, torpedoes ret. Capt., d 11 Nov 1943)
  43. Cloudesley Varyl Robinson
  44. Lancelot Alan Smythies (b 3 Oct 1882, ret. Capt.)
  45. Percy Dumayne Campbell (v 2 Jan 1883, ret. Cdr., d 25 Jan 1942)
  46. Robert Francis Veasey
  47. Arthur Geoffrey Napier Lane
  48. Francis Edward Byrne (Burney's Royal Naval Academy)
  49. Charles Gordon Ramsey
  50. Evelyn Adam Govett (b 24 Apr 1882, Mid, accidentally shot himself 3 Sep 1899)
  51. Robert Edgeworth Johnston (b 17 Nov 1882, Mid, d Malta Hospital 16 May 1900 enteric fever)
  52. Herbert Francis Littledale
  53. Smith
  54. Arthur George Coke (b 6 Apr 1882, Mid, withdrew, died 22 May 1915 Dardanelles serving in RNVR)
  55. Clinton Francis Samuel Danby
  56. Arthur Winnifred Benson
  57. Maurice Brett Leslie

His service record indicates that Edward Glyn de Styrap Jukes Hughes belonged to this term. An ad proclaiming the success of his school said that he passed in 22nd with 1,68 marks.

Footnotes

  1. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Apr 14, 1898; pg. 8; Issue 35490.
Term Intakes into H.M.S. Britannia
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Jan, 1886 | Jul, 1886 | Jan, 1887 | Jul, 1887 | Jan, 1888 | Jul, 1888 | Jan, 1889 | Mar, 1889 | Jul, 1889
1890-1899
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Jan, 1894 | Jul, 1894 | Jan, 1895 | Jul, 1895 | Jan, 1896 | Jul, 1896 | Jan, 1897 | May, 1897 | Sep, 1897
Jan, 1898 | May, 1898 | Sep, 1898 | Jan, 1899 | May, 1899 | Sep, 1899
1900-1906
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Jan, 1903 | May, 1903 | Sep, 1903 | Jan, 1904 | May, 1904 | Sep, 1904 | Jan, 1905 | May, 1905 | Sep, 1905 | Jan, 1906
From September 1903 entries were also made to the Royal Naval College, Osborne under the Selborne Scheme. The Britannia was closed in July 1905 after the May entry, which was sent to Bermuda with the January entry. The following two terms under the old scheme were sent straight to the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth.