Category:H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of September, 1899

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Sixty-two candidates were selected for naval cadetships in the September, 1899 term at H.M.S. Britannia after competitive examinations held on 11 July and successive days produced the following results.[1]

The source article did not contain information on prior schooling.

  1. Lionel Victor Wells, 3002 marks
  2. Bernard Cecil Smith-Pigott, 2813 ("Smyth-Pigott" in The Times, b 5 Nov 1884, withdrew sickly as Mid)
  3. Sidney Beckwith Mainguy, 2806
  4. Christopher John Frederick Wood, 2753
  5. Alan Urquhart Campbell, 2667 b 14 Jan 1885, Mid., withdrawn 5 May 1904)
  6. William Beveridge Mackenzie, 2659
  7. John Kelty McLeod, 2620
  8. Geoffrey George Bavin, 2599 (b 30 Aug 1884, ret Lt. Cdr., ret 7 Jul 1910 unfit syphilis, d 18 Aug 1954)
  9. Alfred Edmund Godsal, 2577
  10. Alfred Ernest Albert Fremantle, 2574 (b 26 Feb 1884, Mid., withdrew 5 Mar 1902)
  11. Edward Benedict Arathoon, 1548 (b 23 Nov 1884, Lt. Cdr., ret 1 Jan 1926, WW2)
  12. Gilbert Hilton Kellett, 2462
  13. Charles Stuart Benning, 2443
  14. Jehoiada Jeaffreson Brewer, 2423 (b 2 Mar 1885, navigating ret Capt, )
  15. Henry Garrett Moore and William Jock Whitworth, 2412
  16. above two tied
  17. Manfred Clarence Brotherton, 2406 (b 17 Aug 1884, Flight Cdr., ret unfit 28 Nov 1908, WW1)
  18. Archibald Douglas Cochrane, 2374
  19. Arthur Falkenberg Powell, 2373
  20. Robert Francis Lee-Dillon Fitz Gibbon, 2370 (b 21 Sep 1884, emergency Lt. Cdr., resigned 4 Jan 1906, WW1)
  21. Ernest Loftus Colley-Grattan, 2363
  22. Charles Edward Vereker Craufurd, 2362 (Kivernells School)
  23. James Charles Wauhope, 2345
  24. Ronald James Edward Willoughby, 2336 (b 7 May 1884, Cdr ret, WW2)
  25. John Angus Scott, 2333
  26. Robert Campbell Shearburn White, 2331 (b 12 Aug 1884, acting Sub, )
  27. Jack Arthur Atwood Morris, 2323 (b 13 Dec 1884, ret gunnery Capt, WW2)
  28. Alan Francis Steel Grant, 2315 (Kivernells School) (b 20 Aug 184, surveyor ret Cdr. 7 Jun 1929, WW2)
  29. Arthur Beauchamp St. John, 2300 (b 24 May 1884, navigating ret Cdr., WW2, d 11 Apr 1948)
  30. Robert Makin, 2295
  31. Ralph Benest Janvrin, 2283 (b 12 Sep 1884, p/t ret Capt. o/r 1 Feb 1929, )
  32. John Phelips Farquharson, 2284
  33. Anthony William Loveband, 2282
  34. Armand Temple Powlett, 2267 (Kivernells School) (b 29 Mar 1884, d 29 Nov 1963)
  35. Roger Vincent Alison, 2265
  36. Robert Wise Richardson, 2263
  37. Douglas Roscoe Saxby-Thomas, 2254
  38. Hubert Vaughan-Jones, 2235
  39. Clement Gordon Wakefield Head, 2234
  40. Fairfax Moresby Kerr, 2231
  41. Harry George Hamilton Tandy, 2228
  42. Henry Byng Pilcher, 2224
  43. Spencer Francis Russell, 2220
  44. Geoffrey Eric Ridgeway, 2206
  45. John Jackson Cuthbert Ridley, 2191
  46. John Purton Morgan (not found at TNA) and Harold Dallas Adair-Hall, 2183
  47. above two tied
  48. Hubert Ardill and Evelyn Harry Byrd Levett Scrivener, 2173
  49. above two tied
  50. Henry Luxmoore Hitchins, 2172
  51. Brownlow Villiers Layard, 2165
  52. James Robertson Harvey, 2135 (b 12 Jun 1884, navigating ret Capt., )
  53. Robert Fellowes Chisholm and Francis James Ongley Lamb (b 29 Nov 1884, ret. Lt. Cdr., May 1914 CM "drunken on board", d 24 Jul 1918 heat stroke in army service), 2117
  54. above two tied
  55. Richard Marsland Hopkins, 2115 (b 30 Jul 1884, Lt. Cdr., d 6 Nov 1928)
  56. Robert Woodward Sutton Curteis, 2113 (Kivernells School) (b 12 Mar 1885, Lt., RAF, forgery in 1925)
  57. Arthur George Seymour, 2112
  58. Frederick John Chambers, 2106 (b 1 Nov 1884, Sub Lt., resigned to avoid CM 20 Mar 1906)
  59. Lionel Arthur Doveton Sturdee, 2104
  60. William Raigersfeld Phillimore, 2094
  61. Harold Raymond Thrupp, 2088
  62. Ralph Burland Bodilly, 2076 (b 25 Nov 1884, p/t ret Cdr., ret 22 Feb 1909 eye disease, WW2)

Additionally, John Robert Auber Codrington was granted a Service Cadetship with 1877 marks and Charles William Augustus Baldwin a Colonial Cadetship with 1289 marks.

Footnotes

  1. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Aug 12, 1899; pg. 8; Issue 35906.
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