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Sixty-three candidates were selected as naval cadets following several days of examination commencing on 20 July, 1897. Their examination scores were as follows.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence." ''The Times'' (London, England), Friday, Aug 13, 1897; pg. 8; Issue 35281.</ref> | Sixty-three candidates were selected as naval cadets following several days of examination commencing on 20 July, 1897. Their examination scores were as follows.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence." ''The Times'' (London, England), Friday, Aug 13, 1897; pg. 8; Issue 35281.</ref> | ||
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+ | The prior education noted for some of the men is obtained from classified ads promoting preparatory schools in issues of the ''Hampshire Telegraph and Naval Chronicle''. | ||
# [[Geoffrey Charles Candy]], 1630 | # [[Geoffrey Charles Candy]], 1630 | ||
# [[Basil Edward Reinold]], 1551 | # [[Basil Edward Reinold]], 1551 | ||
# [[Thomas Hugh Binney]], 1540 | # [[Thomas Hugh Binney]], 1540 | ||
− | # [[Hubert Edwin Gore-Langton]], 1539 | + | # [[Hubert Edwin Gore-Langton]], 1539 {{PS-Stubbington}} |
# [[Charles Rumney Samson]], 1533 | # [[Charles Rumney Samson]], 1533 | ||
# [[Richard St. John]], 1497 | # [[Richard St. John]], 1497 | ||
− | # [[John Browne Thursfield]], 1489 | + | # [[John Browne Thursfield]], 1489 (b 20 Jul 1883, Mid, withdrew Sep 1899 kidney disease) |
− | # [[Guy Blatherwick]], 1451 | + | # [[Guy Blatherwick]], 1451 {{PS-Stubbington}} (b 1 May 1883, Lt. Cdr., became an aviator) |
− | # [[Edward Aylmer Digby]], 1429 | + | # [[Edward Aylmer Digby]], 1429 (b 3 Oct 1883, ret. Cdr., d 14 Nov 1935) |
− | # [[Harry Lees Dacre Craven]],1418 | + | # [[Harry Lees Dacre Craven]], {{PS-Stubbington}} 1418 |
# [[Edward Oliver Brudenell Seymour Osborne]], 1398 | # [[Edward Oliver Brudenell Seymour Osborne]], 1398 | ||
− | # [[Alexander | + | # [[Alexander Neville Lubbock]], 1391 |
− | # [[Wilfrid Ward Hunt]], 1390 | + | # [[Wilfrid Ward Hunt]], {{PS-Stubbington}} 1390 |
# [[Leycester Curzon Maude Roxby]], 1382 | # [[Leycester Curzon Maude Roxby]], 1382 | ||
− | # [[Philip Vere Kilgour]], 1353 | + | # [[Philip Vere Kilgour]], 1353 {{PS-Stubbington}} |
# [[Hugh Barrington Worsley]], 1348 | # [[Hugh Barrington Worsley]], 1348 | ||
# [[Edgar Christopher Cookson]], 1339 | # [[Edgar Christopher Cookson]], 1339 | ||
# [[James Murray Pipon]], 1332 | # [[James Murray Pipon]], 1332 | ||
# [[Roy Bacchus]], 1319 | # [[Roy Bacchus]], 1319 | ||
− | # [[Geoffrey Neville Henson]], 1317 | + | # [[Geoffrey Neville Henson]], 1317 {{PS-Cruickshank}} |
− | # [[Alan John Lance Scott]], 1316 | + | # [[Alan John Lance Scott]], 1316 (not found at TNA) |
− | # [[William Frederick Charles McClintock]], 1314 | + | # [[William Frederick Charles McClintock]], 1314 {{PS-Cruickshank}} (not found at TNA) |
# [[Neville Brevoort Carey Brock]], 1312 | # [[Neville Brevoort Carey Brock]], 1312 | ||
# [[Herbert Gerald Briggs]], 1307 | # [[Herbert Gerald Briggs]], 1307 | ||
− | # [[Robert Charles Cator Smart]], 1302 | + | # [[Robert Charles Cator Smart]], 1302 (b 11 Sep 1882, P/T ret. Capt., ) |
− | # [[John Cecil Davis]], 1293 | + | # [[John Cecil Davis]], 1293 (b 25 Jul 1883, gunnery Capt., WW2 service) |
− | # [[Francis Edward Henry Hobart]], 1296 | + | # [[Francis Edward Henry Graham Hobart]], 1296 {{PS-Stubbington}} |
− | # [[Herbert Reginald McClure]], 1286 | + | # [[Herbert Reginald McClure]], 1286 (b 23 Mar 1883, acting SubLt., resigned 25 May 1903 to avoid CM) |
− | # [[Thomas Henry Earle]], 1286 | + | # [[Thomas Henry Earle]], 1286 (b 24 Mar 1883, Mid, withdrawn) |
− | # [[Patrick George Edward Cavendish Acheson]], 1284 | + | # [[Patrick George Edward Cavendish Acheson]], {{PS-Stubbington}} 1284 (b 30 Jun 1883, ret. Capt., ) |
− | # [[Arthur Lawrell Bell]], 1284 | + | # [[Arthur Lawrell Bell]], 1284 (b 21 May 1883, Cdr., d 31 Jan 1944 apparently in the war) |
# [[John Preston Churchill]], 1276 | # [[John Preston Churchill]], 1276 | ||
− | # [[Cecil Bartlett | + | # [[Cecil Bartlett Shaw]], 1265 (b 2 May 1883, ret. Cdr., WW2 service, d 12 Jan 1946) |
# [[Basil Lancelot Wymer]], 1262 | # [[Basil Lancelot Wymer]], 1262 | ||
# [[Ernest William Leir]], 1260 | # [[Ernest William Leir]], 1260 | ||
# [[Cecil Henry Hulton Sams]], 1249 | # [[Cecil Henry Hulton Sams]], 1249 | ||
− | # [[ | + | # [[Robert Henry Ames]], 1226 |
− | # [[Arthur Guy Sparrow]], 1221 | + | # [[Arthur Guy Sparrow]], 1221 (b 21 Jun 1883, gunnery ret. Capt., d 24 Nov 1944) |
− | # [[Walter | + | # [[Walter Colin Lucas]], 1219 (b 11 Mar 1883, gunnery ret. Capt., WW2 service) |
− | # [[Richard Harold Falkiner]], 1217 | + | # [[Richard Harold Falkiner]], 1217 (b 1 Jul 1882, Lt. Cdr., d 9 Oct 1918) |
− | # [[Edward George Chichester]], 1216 | + | # [[Edward George Chichester]], 1216 (b 22 Jan 1883, ret. Cdr., d 26 Sep 1940 in war) |
− | # [[Edmund John Birch]], 1211 | + | # [[Edmund John Birch]], 1211 (b 17 Jan 1883, navigating ret. Cdr., ) |
− | # [[Randolph Divett]], 1211 | + | # [[Randolph Divett]], 1211 (b 17 May 1883, Lt., dismissed service in disgrace CM forgery) |
# [[Lindsay Richard Venn]], 1211 | # [[Lindsay Richard Venn]], 1211 | ||
# [[William Eckford Cornabé]], 1202 | # [[William Eckford Cornabé]], 1202 | ||
# [[Wellwood George Courtenay Maxwell]], 1200 | # [[Wellwood George Courtenay Maxwell]], 1200 | ||
# [[Nigel Kenneth Walter Barttelot]], 1193 | # [[Nigel Kenneth Walter Barttelot]], 1193 | ||
− | # [[Arthur Gordon Leslie]], 1184 | + | # [[Arthur Gordon Leslie]], 1184 {{PS-Cruickshank}} (b 31 Mar 1883, P/T ret. Cdr., WW2 service) |
− | # [[ | + | # [[Frederic William Clarkson]], 1166 |
− | # [[Henry Crosby Halahan]], 1162 | + | # [[Henry Crosby Halahan]], 1162 (b 11 Jun 1883, gunnery Cdr., d 23 Apr 1918 during [[Raid on Zeebrugge]]) |
# [[John Sinclair Morrell]], 1151 | # [[John Sinclair Morrell]], 1151 | ||
# [[Alan Frederic William Howard]], 1145 | # [[Alan Frederic William Howard]], 1145 | ||
− | # [[Robert Cecil Norris-Jones]], 1145 | + | # [[Robert Cecil Norris-Jones]], 1145 (not found at TNA) |
− | # [[Gordon Alison Matthew]], 1145 | + | # [[Gordon Alison Matthew]], 1145 (b 10 Sep 1883, emergency Lt. Cdr., d 27 Jul 1952) |
− | # The Hon. [[Charles Frederick Cavendish]], 1134 | + | # The Hon. [[Charles Frederick Cavendish]] (Lord Waterpark), {{PS-Stubbington}} 1134 (b 11 may 1883, Cdr., d 27 Jan 1932) |
− | # [[George William Taylor]], 1133 | + | # [[George William Taylor]], 1133 {{PS-Cruickshank}} |
# [[John Harold Young]], 1132 | # [[John Harold Young]], 1132 | ||
# [[Henry Taprell Dorling]], 1113 | # [[Henry Taprell Dorling]], 1113 | ||
− | # [[Thomas William Edge-Partington]], 1110 | + | # [[Thomas William Edge-Partington]], 1110 (b 28 Aug 1883, acting SubLt., discharged for failing navigation) |
− | # [[Walter Arthur Selby]], 1108 | + | # [[Walter Arthur Selby]], 1108 (b 31 Jul 1882, emergency Lt. Cdr., d 22 Nov 1930) |
# [[Edward McConnell Wyndham Lawrie]], 1104 | # [[Edward McConnell Wyndham Lawrie]], 1104 | ||
# [[Frederick Avenel Sommerville]], 1102 | # [[Frederick Avenel Sommerville]], 1102 | ||
− | # [[ Frederick Montagu]], 1093 | + | # [[George Frederick Montagu]], 1093 |
Additionally, [[David William Shafto Douglas]] passed a qualifying examination as a Service Cadetship, with 829 marks. | Additionally, [[David William Shafto Douglas]] passed a qualifying examination as a Service Cadetship, with 829 marks. |
Latest revision as of 15:52, 27 August 2019
Sixty-three candidates were selected as naval cadets following several days of examination commencing on 20 July, 1897. Their examination scores were as follows.[1]
The prior education noted for some of the men is obtained from classified ads promoting preparatory schools in issues of the Hampshire Telegraph and Naval Chronicle.
- Geoffrey Charles Candy, 1630
- Basil Edward Reinold, 1551
- Thomas Hugh Binney, 1540
- Hubert Edwin Gore-Langton, 1539 (Stubbington House School)
- Charles Rumney Samson, 1533
- Richard St. John, 1497
- John Browne Thursfield, 1489 (b 20 Jul 1883, Mid, withdrew Sep 1899 kidney disease)
- Guy Blatherwick, 1451 (Stubbington House School) (b 1 May 1883, Lt. Cdr., became an aviator)
- Edward Aylmer Digby, 1429 (b 3 Oct 1883, ret. Cdr., d 14 Nov 1935)
- Harry Lees Dacre Craven, (Stubbington House School) 1418
- Edward Oliver Brudenell Seymour Osborne, 1398
- Alexander Neville Lubbock, 1391
- Wilfrid Ward Hunt, (Stubbington House School) 1390
- Leycester Curzon Maude Roxby, 1382
- Philip Vere Kilgour, 1353 (Stubbington House School)
- Hugh Barrington Worsley, 1348
- Edgar Christopher Cookson, 1339
- James Murray Pipon, 1332
- Roy Bacchus, 1319
- Geoffrey Neville Henson, 1317 (Cruickshank School)
- Alan John Lance Scott, 1316 (not found at TNA)
- William Frederick Charles McClintock, 1314 (Cruickshank School) (not found at TNA)
- Neville Brevoort Carey Brock, 1312
- Herbert Gerald Briggs, 1307
- Robert Charles Cator Smart, 1302 (b 11 Sep 1882, P/T ret. Capt., )
- John Cecil Davis, 1293 (b 25 Jul 1883, gunnery Capt., WW2 service)
- Francis Edward Henry Graham Hobart, 1296 (Stubbington House School)
- Herbert Reginald McClure, 1286 (b 23 Mar 1883, acting SubLt., resigned 25 May 1903 to avoid CM)
- Thomas Henry Earle, 1286 (b 24 Mar 1883, Mid, withdrawn)
- Patrick George Edward Cavendish Acheson, (Stubbington House School) 1284 (b 30 Jun 1883, ret. Capt., )
- Arthur Lawrell Bell, 1284 (b 21 May 1883, Cdr., d 31 Jan 1944 apparently in the war)
- John Preston Churchill, 1276
- Cecil Bartlett Shaw, 1265 (b 2 May 1883, ret. Cdr., WW2 service, d 12 Jan 1946)
- Basil Lancelot Wymer, 1262
- Ernest William Leir, 1260
- Cecil Henry Hulton Sams, 1249
- Robert Henry Ames, 1226
- Arthur Guy Sparrow, 1221 (b 21 Jun 1883, gunnery ret. Capt., d 24 Nov 1944)
- Walter Colin Lucas, 1219 (b 11 Mar 1883, gunnery ret. Capt., WW2 service)
- Richard Harold Falkiner, 1217 (b 1 Jul 1882, Lt. Cdr., d 9 Oct 1918)
- Edward George Chichester, 1216 (b 22 Jan 1883, ret. Cdr., d 26 Sep 1940 in war)
- Edmund John Birch, 1211 (b 17 Jan 1883, navigating ret. Cdr., )
- Randolph Divett, 1211 (b 17 May 1883, Lt., dismissed service in disgrace CM forgery)
- Lindsay Richard Venn, 1211
- William Eckford Cornabé, 1202
- Wellwood George Courtenay Maxwell, 1200
- Nigel Kenneth Walter Barttelot, 1193
- Arthur Gordon Leslie, 1184 (Cruickshank School) (b 31 Mar 1883, P/T ret. Cdr., WW2 service)
- Frederic William Clarkson, 1166
- Henry Crosby Halahan, 1162 (b 11 Jun 1883, gunnery Cdr., d 23 Apr 1918 during Raid on Zeebrugge)
- John Sinclair Morrell, 1151
- Alan Frederic William Howard, 1145
- Robert Cecil Norris-Jones, 1145 (not found at TNA)
- Gordon Alison Matthew, 1145 (b 10 Sep 1883, emergency Lt. Cdr., d 27 Jul 1952)
- The Hon. Charles Frederick Cavendish (Lord Waterpark), (Stubbington House School) 1134 (b 11 may 1883, Cdr., d 27 Jan 1932)
- George William Taylor, 1133 (Cruickshank School)
- John Harold Young, 1132
- Henry Taprell Dorling, 1113
- Thomas William Edge-Partington, 1110 (b 28 Aug 1883, acting SubLt., discharged for failing navigation)
- Walter Arthur Selby, 1108 (b 31 Jul 1882, emergency Lt. Cdr., d 22 Nov 1930)
- Edward McConnell Wyndham Lawrie, 1104
- Frederick Avenel Sommerville, 1102
- George Frederick Montagu, 1093
Additionally, David William Shafto Douglas passed a qualifying examination as a Service Cadetship, with 829 marks.
Footnotes
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Aug 13, 1897; pg. 8; Issue 35281.
Pages in category "H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of September, 1897"
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