Royal Navy Captains of the Great War

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Officers Promoted to the Rank of Captain in the Royal Navy
• Royal Navy Captains, 1880-1884
• Royal Navy Captains, 1885-1889
• Royal Navy Captains, 1890-1894
• Royal Navy Captains, 1895-1899
• Royal Navy Captains, 1900-1904
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• Royal Navy Captains, 1910-1914
• Royal Navy Captains of the Great War

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.

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Captains of the Royal Navy, 1914 – 1918
Name Born Died Date of Promotion Final Rank Retired
Herbert Algernon Adam 3 January, 1872 27 September, 1920 30 June, 1910 Captain —
Henry George Homer Adams 10 April, 1879 28 February, 1960 30 June, 1918 Captain 2 July, 1922
Albert Percy Addison, C.M.G. 8 November, 1875 13 November, 1952 30 June, 1913 Admiral (Retired)
William John Standly Alderson 10 June, 1867 30 May, 1946 30 June, 1908 Vice-Admiral (Retired) 12 December, 1923
Argentine Hugh Alington 10 July, 1876 25 March, 1945 30 June, 1916 Vice-Admiral (Retired) 2 August, 1927
John Derwent Allen, C.B. 28 March, 1875 23 May, 1958 31 December, 1913
Walter Lingen Allen 14 October, 1876 30 June, 1916 Captain
David Murray Anderson, C.M.G., M.V.O. 11 April, 1874 30 October, 1936 11 August, 1911 Admiral 1 July, 1932
Nicholas Edward Archdale 11 June, 1881 28 July, 1955 30 June, 1918 Vice-Admiral (Retired)
John Garnet Armstrong 19 July, 1870 30 April, 1949 31 December, 1908 Vice-Admiral (Retired) 29 January, 1920
Forster Delafield Arnold-Forster, C.M.G. 27 August, 1876 21 April, 1958 30 June, 1916 Rear-Admiral (Retired)
Cyril Asser 13 December, 1874 31 December, 1914 Captain
Edward Astley Rushton 4 September, 1879 18 July, 1935 30 June, 1916 Vice-Admiral —
Henry Evans Freke Aylmer 6 September, 1878 17 August, 1933 31 December, 1917 Rear-Admiral (Retired)
Eric Percy Coventry Back 5 August, 1870 30 December, 1915 30 June, 1908 Captain —
Oliver Backhouse, C.B. 5 June, 1875 25 March, 1943 30 June, 1914 Admiral (Retired)
Roger Roland Charles Backhouse, C.B. 24 November, 1878 15 July, 1939 1 September, 1914 Admiral of the Fleet —
George Henry Baird, C.B. (Commodore, 1st Class) 14 October, 1871 22 October, 1924 30 June, 1909 Rear-Admiral —
Casper Boucher Ballard 24 June, 1876 31 December, 1917
Rowland Henry Bather 26 November, 1873 25 December, 1961 30 June, 1916 1 July, 1922
Robert Nesham Bax, C.B. 15 November, 1875 21 September, 1969 1 January, 1913 Admiral (Retired)
Alister Francis Beal 21 March, 1875 18 October, 1962 30 June, 1915 Vice-Admiral (Retired)
Tufton Percy Hamilton Beamish, C.B. 26 July, 1874 2 May, 1951 30 June, 1914 Rear-Admiral (Retired) 3 June, 1922
Charles Pipon Beaty-Pownall 1 January, 1872 17 August, 1938 30 June, 1913 Admiral (Retired) 6 April, 1928
Rudolf Walter Bentinck, C.B., AdC (Commodore, 1st Class) 20 March, 1869 31 March, 1947 31 December, 1907 Admiral 9 October, 1929
THE HONOURABLE Matthew Robert Best, M.V.O., D.S.O. 18 June, 1878 13 October, 1940 31 December, 1916 Admiral
George Parker Bevan, C.M.G., D.S.O., A.M. 23 June, 1878 14 January, 1920 30 June, 1916 Captain —
Theodore Evelyn Johnstone Bigg 5 September, 1878 30 June, 1918 Captain
Guy Plantagenet Bigg-Wither 1 June, 1878 31 December, 1917 Captain
Henry Blackett 28 November, 1867 1 December, 1952 31 December, 1907 Admiral (Retired) 22 February, 1919
George Ronald Beddard Blount, D.S.O. 8 October, 1877 8 January, 1964 30 June, 1917 Vice-Admiral (Retired)
William Frederick Blunt, D.S.O. 3 March, 1870 5 July, 1928 31 December, 1911 Rear-Admiral (Retired)
Thomas Parry Bonham 31 March, 1873 31 May, 1916 30 June, 1909 Captain —
Edward Leonard Booty, C.B., M.V.O. 19 May, 1871 8 March, 1949 31 December, 1908 Vice-Admiral (Retired) 1 February, 1921
William Bowden-Smith 28 March, 1874 17 March, 1962 1 January, 1913 Vice-Admiral (Retired)
Humphrey Wykeham Bowring, D.S.O. 18 April, 1874 21 February, 1952 30 June, 1914 Admiral (Retired) 2 August, 1929
THE HONOURABLE Algernon Douglas Edward Harry Boyle, C.B., C.M.G., M.V.O., AdC (Commodore, 1st Class) 21 October, 1871 13 October, 1949 31 December, 1907 Admiral (Retired) 1 September, 1924
William Henry Dudley Boyle, C.B. 30 November, 1873 19 April, 1967 30 June, 1913 Admiral of the Fleet
Lawrence Walter Braithwaite 18 July, 1878 18 January, 1961 31 December, 1917 Vice-Admiral (Retired)
THE HONOURABLE Hubert George Brand, C.B., C.V.O., AdC (Commodore, 1st Class) 20 May, 1870 14 December, 1955 31 December, 1907 Admiral 12 October, 1932
Frank Brandt 2 October, 1871 1 November, 1914 31 December, 1909 Captain —
Harold Douglas Briggs 29 September, 1877 13 September, 1944 30 June, 1917 Captain
Arthur Bromley 8 August, 1876 12 January, 1961 30 June, 1915 Rear-Admiral (Retired)
Basil Vernon Brooke 9 March, 1876 11 December, 1945 30 June, 1916 Rear-Admiral (Retired)
Francis Clifton Brown, C.M.G. 10 July, 1874 6 September, 1963 30 June, 1912 Vice-Admiral (Retired)
Alan Cameron Bruce, D.S.O. 19 January, 1873 20 August, 1947 30 June, 1913 Vice-Admiral (Retired)
Charles William Bruton 4 May, 1875 1 March, 1952 30 June, 1915 Rear-Admiral (Retired)
Herbert Arthur Buchanan-Wollaston 13 October, 1878 24 March, 1975 30 June, 1917 Vice-Admiral (Retired)
Francis Alexander Waddilove Buller, D.S.O. 14 May, 1879 14 July, 1943 31 December, 1917 Rear-Admiral (Retired) 14 July, 1922
Henry Tritton Buller, M.V.O. 30 October, 1873 29 August, 1960 22 June, 1911 Admiral
Rudolf Miles Burmester, C.M.G. (Commodore, 2nd Class) 11 November, 1875 27 December, 1956 30 June, 1914 Admiral
James Tobin Bush 4 May, 1874 31 March, 1949 31 December, 1913 Rear-Admiral (Retired)
John Ewen Cameron, C.B., M.V.O. 15 June, 1874 28 July, 1939 31 December, 1913 Admiral (Retired)
Alexander Victor Campbell, M.V.O., D.S.O. 27 September, 1874 2 June, 1957 30 June, 1913 Admiral (Retired)
George William McOran Campbell 12 June, 1877 23 February, 1948 30 June, 1916 Vice-Admiral (Retired)
Gordon Campbell, V.C., D.S.O. 6 January, 1886 3 October, 1953 7 June, 1917 Vice-Admiral (Retired)
Algernon Henry Chester Candy 19 May, 1877 29 April, 1959 30 June, 1916 Rear-Admiral (Rear-Admiral) 15 September, 1922
Ernest Sausmarez Carey 12 March, 1872 31 December, 1909 Captain 2 January, 1915
Charles Douglas Carpendale, C.B. (Commodore, 2nd Class) 18 October, 1874 21 March, 1968 31 December, 1910 Vice-Admiral (Retired)
Alfred Francis Blakeney Carpenter, V.C. 17 September, 1881 27 December, 1955 23 April, 1918 Vice-Admiral (Retired)
John Walsh Carrington, D.S.O. 5 January, 1879 31 December, 1917
John Moore Casement 13 September, 1877 31 December, 1915
Francis Wade Caulfeild 25 January, 1872 7 November, 1947 31 December, 1908 Vice-Admiral (Retired) 19 February, 1920
Arthur Lindesay Cay 31 January, 1869 31 May, 1916 31 June, 1907 Captain —
Alfred Ernle Montacute Chatfield, C.B., C.M.G., C.V.O. 27 September, 1873 15 November, 1967 30 June, 1909 Admiral of the Fleet 27 September, 1938
Apsley Dunbar Maxwell Cherry 7 August, 1876 30 June, 1917 20 July, 1922
George Knightley Chetwode 10 December, 1877 30 June, 1917
Ronald Evered Chilcott 30 July, 1876 31 December, 1917
William Drummond Church 10 June, 1868 12 August, 1937 31 December, 1910 Vice-Admiral (Retired) 16 June, 1921
Francis Alexander Clutterbuck, D.S.O. 26 January, 1878 30 June, 1918
Mervyn Hugh Cobbe 7 April, 1873 27 May, 1915 31 December, 1911 Captain —
Archibald Cochrane, C.M.G. 20 June, 1874 30 June, 1918
Henry Lake Cochrane 16 October, 1871 31 December, 1911
Bernard St. George Collard, D.S.O. 27 February, 1876 30 June, 1915
Ralph Collins, C.B. 17 February, 1877 31 December, 1917
Ragnar Musgrave Colvin 7 May, 1882 31 December, 1917
Walter Burdge Compton, M.V.O., D.S.O. 10 May, 1876 30 June, 1917
Montagu William Warcop Peter Consett 15 April, 1871 22 June, 1911
Charles Penrose Rushton Coode, D.S.O. 24 October, 1870 30 June, 1913
Robert Henry Coppinger 5 March, 1877 30 June, 1916
Charles Frederick Corbett, C.B., M.V.O., AdC (Commodore, 2nd Class) 21 November, 1867 29 January, 1955 30 June, 1907 Admiral (Retired) 14 October, 1922
Robert Gwynne Corbett, D.S.O. 13 April, 1872 30 June, 1912
Arthur William Craig, C.B. 18 June, 1872 21 February, 1943 30 June, 1908 Vice-Admiral (Retired) 15 March, 1922
Denis Burke Crampton, M.V.O., D.S.O. 14 June, 1873 22 June, 1911
Arthur Goodenough Craufurd 10 April, 1879 30 June, 1916
Henry Ralph Crooke 7 December, 1875 30 June, 1912
Claude Lionel Cumberlege 9 June, 1877 30 June, 1915 11 July, 1922
Hugh Schomberg Currey, D.S.O. 11 November, 1876 31 December, 1916
Berwick Curtis, D.S.O. 9 October, 1876 30 June, 1916
Judge D'Arcy 30 June, 1910
Tristan Dannreuther 9 September, 1872 10 May, 1963 30 June, 1918 Captain 9 September, 1922
Alexander Percy Davidson, D.S.O. (Commodore, 2nd Class) 30 March, 1868 11 February, 1930 22 June, 1911 Vice-Admiral (Retired) 28 September, 1921
Arthur John Davies 31 December, 1915
Arthur Cloudesly Shovel Hughes D'Aeth, C.B. 31 December, 1913
Charles Martin-de-Bartolomé, C.B. 26 November, 1871 31 December, 1907 Admiral (Retired) 1 July, 1919
Ernest William Denison 31 December, 1916
James Douglas Dick 1 August, 1871 9 July, 1917 30 June, 1912 Captain —
Douglas Lionel Dent, C.M.G. 30 June, 1908 6 August, 1926
Kenneth Gilbert Balmain Dewar 21 September, 1879 8 September, 1964 30 June, 1918 Vice-Admiral (Retired) 5 August, 1929
Robert Gordon Douglas Dewar 31 December, 1913
Barry Edward Domvile, C.M.G. 5 September, 1878 30 June, 1916
Leonard Andrew Boyd Donaldson, C.M.G. 31 December, 1914
Henry Montagu Doughty, C.B. 30 June, 1908
Henry Percy Douglas, C.M.G. 31 December, 1915
Warren Hastings D'Oyly 30 June, 1908
Frederic Charles Dreyer, C.B. 30 June, 1913
John Edmund Drummond 30 June, 1908
Sidney Robert Drury-Lowe 19 October, 1871 24 January, 1945 30 June, 1909 Vice-Admiral (Retired) 25 February, 1921
Arthur Allan Morison Duff, C.B. 31 December, 1909
Eric Valentine Frederick Radclyffe Dugmore 31 December, 1916
John Saumarez Dumaresq, C.B., M.V.O. 30 June, 1910
Lawrence Leopold Dundas, C.M.G. 29 April, 1874 30 June, 1916
Arthur Brandreth Scott Dutton 11 September, 1876 29 November, 1932 31 December, 1915 Vice-Admiral 21 April, 1931
Graham Richard Leicester Edwards 31 December, 1917
Herbert Laurence Edwards 25 January, 1877 17 November, 1917 30 June, 1915 Captain —
Hugh Edwards, D.S.O. 14 October, 1873 5 December, 1916 31 December, 1913 Captain —
John Douglas Edwards, C.B. 31 December, 1909
Wion de Malpas Egerton, D.S.O. 28 December, 1942 30 June, 1917 Vice-Admiral (Retired) 1 June, 1930
William Leslie Elder, C.M.G. 31 December, 1914
Ralph Eliot 30 June, 1918
Walter Maurice Ellerton, C.B. 31 December, 1910
Alfred Astley Ellison, C.B. (Commodore, 2nd Class) 30 June, 1914
Herbert MacIver Edwards 30 June, 1914
George Plunkett England 30 June, 1917
Bertram Sutton Evans, M.V.O. 30 June, 1913
Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, C.B., D.S.O. 21 April, 1917
Maurice Dorsett Evans 30 June, 1918
Basil Hew Fanshawe 30 June, 1910
James Uchtred Farie 17 September, 1957 30 June, 1913
Alexander Farrington 31 December, 1910
Frederick Laurence Field, C.B., AdC 19 April, 1871 24 October, 1945 31 December, 1907 Admiral of the Fleet
Frederick Charles Fisher 23 October, 1958 30 June, 1917 Vice-Admiral (Retired)
William Wordsworth Fisher, C.B., M.V.O. 26 March, 1875 24 June, 1937 1 July, 1912 Admiral —
Maurice Swynfen FitzMaurice, C.M.G. (Commodore, 2nd Class) 12 August, 1870 23 January, 1927 30 June, 1910 Vice-Admiral &mdash
Raymond Fitzmaurice, D.S.O. 25 October, 1943 30 June, 1918 Vice-Admiral (Retired)
Charles Morton Forbes, D.S.O. 28 August, 1960 30 June, 1917 Admiral of the Fleet
THE HONOURABLE Arthur Lionel Ochoncar Forbes-Sempill 24 September, 1877 30 June, 1916
Charles Andrew Fountaine 24 March, 1946 3 March, 1915 Vice-Admiral (Retired)
Cole Cortlandt Fowler, AdC 24 May, 1936 30 June, 1907 Admiral (Retired)
Cecil Henry Fox, C.B. 31 December, 1911
Philip Francklin, M.V.O. 18 May, 1874 1 November, 1914 22 June, 1911 Captain —
Wilfred Frankland French 6 December, 1958 31 December, 1917
Cyril Thomas Moulden Fuller, C.M.G., D.S.O. 22 May, 1874 1 February, 1942 31 December, 1910
Eric John Arthur Fullerton, D.S.O. 9 November, 1962 31 December, 1914
Herbert Neville Garnett, C.M.G. 30 June, 1914
Frederick Dundas Gilpin-Brown 18 September, 1907
Edward Oliver Gladstone 30 June, 1915
Robert Woodyear Glennie, C.M.G. 30 June, 1913
John Collings-Taswell Glossop, C.B. 22 June, 1911
Harry Rowlandson Godfrey, D.S.O. 30 June, 1915 7 August, 1926
Thomas Leigh Goldie 30 June, 1917
Henry Edgar Grace 31 December, 1914
Edmund Percy Fenwick George Grant, C.B., AdC 31 December, 1907
Henry William Grant, C.B. 31 December, 1907
Noel Grant, C.B. 13 September, 1868 6 March, 1920 31 December, 1908 Rear-Admiral 28 January, 1920
John Foster Grant-Dalton 30 June, 1914
Robert Marsland Groves, C.B., D.S.O., A.F.C. 30 June, 1917
Victor Gallafent Gurner (Commodore, 2nd Class) 31 December, 1910
Vernon Harry Stuart Haggard 1 January, 1913
Sydney Stewart Hall, C.B. (Commodore, 1st Class) 31 December, 1907
Theodore John Hallett 30 June, 1917
Charles Talbot Hardy 30 June, 1915
Ernest Clifford Hardy 30 June, 1910
John Ernest Troyte Harper, M.V.O. (Commodore, 2nd Class) 31 December, 1913
John Harvey 31 December, 1917
Otto Herman Hawke-Genn 31 December, 1917
James Rose Price Hawksley, C.B, C.V.O. 30 June, 1912
Hugh Lindsay Patrick Heard, D.S.O. (Commodore, 2nd Class) 30 June, 1910
Edward Henry Fitzhardinge Heaton-Ellis, C.B., M.V.O. (Commodore, 2nd Class) 30 June, 1908
Reginald Guy Hannam Henderson 18 October, 1917
Wilfred Henderson, C.B. (Commodore, 2nd Class) 30 June, 1909
Joseph Charles Walrond Henley 12 September, 1879 30 June, 1916
Henry Percy Valentine Hickman 14 February, 1876 9 November, 1918 31 December, 1916 Captain —
Peter William Edward Hill 31 December, 1914
Michael Henry Hodges, M.V.O. (Commodore, 2nd Class) 29 September, 1874 3 November, 1951 31 December, 1908 Admiral 23 September, 1932
Hubert Henry Holland, C.B. 16 September, 1915 12 July, 1922
Herbert Willes Webley Hope, C.B. 30 June, 1915
Geoffrey Hopwood 31 December, 1917
Ronald Arthur Hopwood 30 June, 1907
Richard Horne, D.S.O. 31 December, 1917
Robert Arthur Hornell, D.S.O. 31 December, 1917
Alan Geoffrey Hotham 30 June, 1913
Ronald Howard 30 June, 1918
Arthur Beckett Hughes 31 December, 1915
Richard Hyde, M.V.O. (Commodore, 2nd Class) 30 June, 1912
John Knowles im Thurn 30 June, 1918
Francis Haines Marshall Jackson 30 June, 1913 Captain 4 December, 1916
Thomas Norman James 31 December, 1917
William Milbourne James 22 December, 1881 17 August, 1973 18 October, 1917 Admiral
Charles Duncan Johnson, D.S.O., M.V.O. 31 December, 1909
Percy Johnson 30 June, 1917
Robert Warren Johnson 10 May, 1868 22 September, 1914 Captain —
Edward Roynon-Jones 30 June, 1918
George Michael Keane 30 June, 1914
John Donald Kelly 22 June, 1911
William Archibald Howard Kelly, C.B., C.M.G., M.V.O. (Commodore, 1st Class) 31 December, 1911
Arthur Kemmis Betty, D.S.O. 30 June, 1918
Harry Mervyn Kemmis Betty 2 June, 1869 22 December, 1940 22 June, 1911 Vice-Admiral (Retired) 29 September, 1921
Howard John Kennard 30 June, 1918
Edward Coverley Kennedy 31 December, 1917
Theobald Walter Butler Kennedy, C.M.G. 31 December, 1910
William Munro Kerr 31 December, 1915
Kerrison Kiddle 30 June, 1918 3 July, 1922
Henry Karslake Kitson 30 June, 1917
Walter John Challoner Lake 31 December, 1917
Charles Laverock Lambe, C.M.G., D.S.O. 31 December, 1916
Robert Cathcart Kemble Lambert, D.S.O. 30 June, 1914
Henry Gerald Elliot Lane 30 June, 1915
Frank Larken, C.M.G. (Commodore, 2nd Class) 31 December, 1913
Francis Arthur Lavington Andrews, C.B.E. 30 December, 1944 30 June, 1913
William Johns Beckett Law 21 August, 1874 30 June, 1916
Robert Neale Lawson, C.B. 31 December, 1912
Francis Martin Leake, D.S.O. (Commodore, 2nd Class) 22 June, 1911
Eustace La Trobe Leatham, C.B. 1 September, 1935 30 June, 1909 Vice-Admiral (Retired)
Oliver Elles Leggett 18 March, 1946 30 June, 1915
Lockhart Leith, D.S.O. 31 December, 1916 15 June, 1922
Charles Edward Le Mesurier, C.B. (Commodore, 2nd Class) 2 August, 1869 10 November, 1917 30 June, 1908 Captain —
THE HONOURABLE William Spencer Leveson-Gower 11 July, 1880 25 June, 1953 30 June, 1918 Vice-Admiral
Charles La Primaudaye Lewin 31 December, 1914
George Edgar Lewin 30 June, 1918
Frank Oswald Lewis 30 June, 1913
John Colin Howard Lindsay 30 June, 1918
Frederick Shirley Litchfield-Speer, C.M.G., D.S.O. 22 June, 1911
Charles James Colebrooke Little 30 June, 1917
Hughes Campbell Lockyer 4 March, 1866 22 June, 1941 31 December, 1908 Captain 21 March, 1918
Frederick Parland Loder-Symonds, C.M.G. 24 November, 1952 31 December, 1914 Vice-Admiral (Retired)
Horace Walker Longden, C.M.G. 12 January, 1877 30 June, 1916
Ernest Kindersley Loring 30 June, 1910
Alexander Lowndes 30 June, 1913
Edward George Lowther-Crofton, D.S.O.* 31 December, 1909
Arthur Noel Loxley 31 October, 1874 1 January, 1915 1 January, 1913 — —
John Luce, C.B. (Commodore, 2nd Class) 4 February, 1870 22 September, 1932 30 June, 1909 Admiral (Retired) 13 August, 1925
Hubert Lynes, C.B., C.M.G. 31 December, 1911
Colin Mackenzie, D.S.O. 19 July, 1915
Alan James Mackenzie-Grieve 30 June, 1918
Crawford Maclachlan, C.B. 11 July, 1867 21 April, 1952 31 December, 1908 Admiral (Retired) 6 July, 1926
Colin Kenneth MacLean, D.S.O. 17 September, 1876 30 June, 1916
Arthur Kenneth Macrorie, M.V.O. 24 April, 1914
Lionel Fitzgerald Maitland-Kirwan 31 December, 1917
Herbert John Temple Marshall 22 June, 1911
Francis Arthur Marten 7 January, 1879 30 June, 1916
Cecil Maxwell-Lefroy 31 December, 1912
Henry Lancelot Mawbey, AdC 31 December, 1907
Arthur de Kewer Livius May 31 December, 1914
John William Leopold McClintock, D.S.O. 30 June, 1912
THE HONOURABLE Herbert Meade, D.S.O. 31 December, 1914
Thomas Francis Tregoye Michell 8 November, 1872 31 December, 1910 Captain 24 February, 1915
Charles Blois Miller, C.B. 22 March, 1867 31 December, 1908 Rear-Admiral 23 May, 1924
Stanley Ray Miller 31 December, 1915
Francis Herbert Mitchell, D.S.O. 10 January, 1876 7 March, 1946 31 December, 1913
William Mitchell Moir 30 June, 1915
Vincent Barkly Molteno, C.B. 30 June, 1910
Brien Michael Money 31 December, 1917
Hubert Seeds Monroe, D.S.O. 30 June, 1918
Alldin Usborne Moore 30 June, 1915
John Alfred Moreton, D.S.O. 31 December, 1915
Charles Herbert Morgan 16 November, 1865 30 June, 1907 Vice-Admiral (Retired) 12 January, 1915
William Rawdon Napier, D.S.O. 31 December, 1913
Martin Eric Nasmith, V.C. 1 April, 1883 29 June, 1965 30 June, 1916 Admiral
Wilmot Stuart Nicholson, C.B. 30 June, 1909
Percy Lockhart Harnam Noble, M.V.O. 30 June, 1918
Herbert Reginald Norbury 31 December, 1913
David Thomas Norris (Commodore, 2nd Class) 30 June, 1914
Raymond Andrew Nugent, C.M.G. 25 February, 1870 13 September, 1959 30 June, 1909 Vice-Admiral (Retired) 26 March, 1920
Wilfrid Nunn, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O. 31 December, 1914
Laurence Richard Oliphant 30 June, 1915
SIR Godfrey Marshall Paine, K.C.B., M.V.O. 21 November, 1871 23 March, 1932 30 June, 1907
Alexander Robinson Palmer 31 December, 1917
Henry Wise Parker, C.B. (Commodore, 2nd Class) 1 August, 1940 30 June, 1914
Frederick Claude Coote Pasco 24 February, 1863 30 June, 1909 Captain 5 April, 1915
William Douglas Paton, M.V.O., D.S.O. 31 December, 1914
Christopher Russell Payne (Commodore, 2nd Class) 31 December, 1912
John Lewis Pearson 31 December, 1917
Ambrose Maynard Peck, D.S.O. 21 April, 1917
Cyril Peel 8 July, 1876 8 November, 1918 31 December, 1916 Captain —
Walter Reginald Glynn Petre, D.S.O. 30 June, 1915
Valentine Egerton Bagot Phillimore, D.S.O. 31 December, 1913 14 June, 1922
Cecil Horace Pilcher 30 June, 1917
THE HONOURABLE Reginald Aylmer Ranfurly Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax, D.S.O. 22 August, 1880 16 October, 1967 30 June, 1916 Admiral
Alfred Dudley Pickman Rogers Pound 31 December, 1914
Frank Powell 31 December, 1917
George Bingham Powell, C.M.G. 31 December, 1910
Frederick Armand Powlett 19 October, 1909
Thomas Drummond Pratt, C.B. 4 November, 1870 24 January, 1962 31 December, 1911 Admiral (Retired) 2 July, 1927
Lionel George Preston, C.B. 31 December, 1914
Cecil Irby Prowse 31 May, 1916 30 June, 1907 Captain —
Charles Edward Whately Pyddoke 30 June, 1914 9 October, 1916
Stephen Herbert Radcliffe 31 December, 1911
Cecil Dacre Staveley Raikes 31 December, 1913
Edward Reeves, C.B. 31 December, 1910
Harold Owen Reinold 30 June, 1917
Herbert William Richmond 31 December, 1908
Claude Alwin Rombulow-Pearse 30 June, 1917
Charles Donnison Roper 30 June, 1915
Frank Forester Rose, D.S.O. 30 June, 1918
George Parish Ross, C.B. 30 June, 1914
Rafe Grenville Rowley-Conwy 31 December, 1916
Charles William Rawson Royds 31 December, 1914
Percy Molyneux Rawson Royds, C.M.G. 1 January]], 1912
Edward Hilary Rymer 31 December, 1913
Herbert John Savill 20 May, 1870 5 June, 1916 30 June, 1918 Captain —
Francis Rowland Scarlett, D.S.O. 31 December, 1914
Guy Lutley Sclater 15 August, 1868 26 November, 1914 31 December, 1907 Captain —
Albert Charles Scott 31 December, 1911
John Roderick Segrave 31 December, 1911
Claude Seymour, D.S.O. 31 December, 1915
Thomas Lawrie Shelford 26 December, 1869 12 May, 1915 31 December, 1909 Captain —
Henry Graham Sherbrooke, D.S.O. 30 June, 1918
Mortimer L'Estrange Silver 7 August, 1869 6 December, 1946 30 June, 1908 Vice-Admiral (Retired) 4 October, 1919
Claud Hamilton Sinclair 9 January, 1878 30 June, 1916 2 July, 1922
Hugh Francis Paget Sinclair, C.B. (Commodore, 2nd Class) 31 December, 1909
Harry Louis d'Estoteville Skipwith (Commodore, 2nd Class) 31 December, 1909
William Firth Slayter 30 June, 1907
Arthur Gordon Smith, C.M.G. (Commodore, 2nd Class) 31 December, 1909
Aubrey Clare Hugh Smith, M.V.O. (Commodore, 2nd Class) 30 June, 1910
Bertram Hornsby Smith 30 June, 1912
Humphrey Hugh Smith, D.S.O. 30 June, 1915
Harry Hesketh Smyth, C.M.G., D.S.O. 31 December, 1914
Ralph Stuart Sneyd, D.S.O. 23 April, 1918
Henry Boyle Townshend Somerville 30 June, 1908
Hugh Gaultier-Coghill Somerville 30 June, 1914
Charles FitzGerald Sowerby 31 July, 1866 31 May, 1916 1 January, 1905 Captain —
John Barnes Sparks 31 December, 1914
Francis Gerald St. John, C.B., M.V.O. 30 June, 1910
Richard Greville Arthur Wellington Stapleton-Cotton, M.V.O. 30 June, 1913
Cecil Minet Staveley, C.M.G. 31 December, 1913
John Miles Steel 31 December, 1916
Gilbert Owen Stephenson 31 December, 1917
James Denham Douglas Stewart 30 June, 1918
Anselan John Buchanan Stirling, C.B. 31 December, 1915
THE HONOURABLE Arthur Stopford 31 December, 1917
Philip Streatfeild, M.V.O. 26 May, 1872 1960 14 July, 1908 Captain 26 January, 1920
THE HONOURABLE Arthur Charles Strutt 30 June, 1917
Murray Fraser Sueter, C.B. 30 June, 1909
Harold Ernest Sulivan, D.S.O. 30 June, 1917
Norton Allen Sulivan 30 September, 1964 30 June, 1917
George Thomas Carlisle Parker Swabey, D.S.O. 9 February, 1952 30 June, 1918
Oliver Swann, C.B., C.M.G. 30 June, 1914
Alfred Charles Sykes, C.M.G. 20 February, 1868 11 February, 1933 30 June, 1909 Vice-Admiral (Retired) 25 March, 1920
Henry FitzRoy George Talbot, D.S.O. 30 June, 1914
James Charles Tancred 30 June, 1908
Ernest Augustus Taylor 31 December, 1913
Bertram Sackville Thesiger, C.B., C.M.G. 12 May, 1966 31 December, 1912
Percival Henry Hall Thompson, C.M.G. 30 June, 1913
Denis Granville Thynne 31 December, 1916 3 July, 1922
Charles Tibbits, M.V.O. 31 December, 1913
Charles Nicolas Tindal-Carill-Worsley 30 June, 1917
George James Todd, D.S.O. 30 June, 1915
Wilfred Tomkinson, C.B. 15 November, 1877 30 June, 1916
George Napier Tomlin, M.V.O. 31 December, 1914
Cyril Samuel Townsend, C.B. 31 December, 1913
George Trewby, D.S.O. 30 June, 1913
Lancelot Napier Turton 19 January, 1875 13 October, 1918 31 December, 1916 Captain —
Hugh Justin Tweedie (Commodore, 2nd Class) 31 December, 1914
SIR Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, K.C.B., D.S.O., AdC (Acting Rear-Admiral 8 January, 1918) 30 June, 1908
Edwin Veale Underhill, C.B., AdC 31 December, 1907
Cecil Vivian Usborne, C.M.G. 30 June, 1917
Henry Rawdon Veale 31 December, 1912
Edward Cecil Villiers, C.M.G. 16 February, 1866 16 April, 1939 30 June, 1906 Rear-Admiral (Retired) 23 October, 1917
Gerald William Vivian, C.M.G. 30 June, 1912
Arthur Vyell Vyvyan, C.B., D.S.O. 12 March, 1875 20 November, 1935 30 June, 1913 Air Vice Marshal —
Arthur Kipling Waistell, C.B. 30 March, 1873 26 October, 1953 31 December, 1910 Admiral
Frederic Henry Walter 30 June, 1918
Humphrey Thomas Walwyn, D.S.O. 25 January, 1879 28 December, 1957 31 December, 1916 15 December, 1934
Thomas Erskine Wardle, D.S.O. 9 January, 1877 9 May, 1944 30 June, 1915 Vice-Admiral (Retired)
Percival Henry Warleigh 2 April, 1873 20 October, 1933 31 December, 1913 Captain 24 August, 1922
John Fenwick Warton, C.M.G. 10 September, 1877 30 June, 1916
Cathcart Romer Wason, C.M.G. 20 July, 1874 12 December, 1941 30 June, 1916 Rear-Admiral (Retired)
Horace Cyril Watson 31 December, 1916
Hugh Dudley Richards Watson, C.B., M.V.O. 20 April, 1872 22 May, 1954 31 December, 1908 Admiral 1 April, 1930
Reginald James Newall Watson, D.S.O. 30 June, 1918
John Alexander Webster, M.V.O. 31 December, 1914
Gerard Aylmer Wells 8 August, 1943 30 June, 1918 Vice-Admiral (Retired)
Edward William Elphinstone Wemyss 11 June, 1866 30 June, 1906 Vice-Admiral (Retired)
Frederic Aubrey Whitehead 30 April, 1958 30 June, 1910
Ernest Wigram, C.M.G., D.S.O. 29 October, 1944 30 June, 1915 Vice-Admiral (Retired) 8 August, 1926
Michael Henley Wilding 10 June, 1933 30 June, 1918 Captain
Leonard Laurence Peel Willan 31 December, 1917
Howard James Lionel Walter Kox Willcox 31 December, 1915
Adolphus Huddlestone Williamson, C.M.G., M.V.O. 30 June, 1908 Captain 9 February, 1918
Stanley Lyte Willis 15 March, 1875 7 May, 1947 31 December, 1915 Vice-Admiral (Retired)
Charles Samuel Wills, C.M.G., D.S.O. 31 December, 1912
Charles John Wintour 10 December, 1871 1 June, 1916 30 June, 1913 Captain —
Percy Withers 23 September, 1875 30 June, 1915 14 July, 1922
Arthur Edmund Wood 31 December, 1915 22 June, 1922
Gregory Gonville Cuff Wood-Martin 30 June, 1917
Walter Egerton Woodward, D.S.O. 18 February, 1935 31 December, 1916 Captain
Louis Charles Stirling Woollcombe, M.V.O. 26 October, 1951 15 February, 1912 Admiral ('"Retired)
Fawcet Wray, D.S.O. 4 March, 1932 31 December, 1911
Charles Archibald Wise Wrightson 31 December, 1917
George Bennett Weston Young, D.S.O. 31 December, 1915

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