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...866 – 22 November, 1952) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]] during the [[First World War]]. Bruen was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 30 June, 1889.{{Gaz|25969|4738|30 August, 1889}}

...D.S.O., Royal Navy (25 May, 1853 – 9 March, 1939) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. Denison was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 16 April, 1878.{{Gaz|24574|2637|19 April, 1878}}

...O., Royal Navy (28 September, 1857 &ndash; 16 May, 1938) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. ...on 18 October. He was appointed to the frigate ''Ariadne'', which cruised the Atlantic and Mediterranean for a year.<ref>Bayly. p. 18.</ref><ref>Bayly S

...m Orpen David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Admiral of the Fleet David, Earl Beatty.<br><small>Portrait: Sir William Orpen.</small>]] ...C., Royal Navy (17 January, 1871 &ndash; 11 March, 1936) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]].

[[File:Fisher, NPG x12902.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Admiral of the Fleet The Right Honourable Lord Fisher, 1916.<br><small>Portrait: © National Portrai ...kground, he made friends in the right places and forged his way up through the ranks.

...oyal Navy (30 November, 1833 &ndash; 28 September, 1912) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. ...on the west coast of Africa, and on his return he was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 6 February, 1866.{{Gaz|23068|773|9 February, 1866}}

...In 1912 he was dismissed in acrimonious circumstances by [[First Lord of the Admiralty]] [[Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill|Winston Churchill]] and wen He entered the Royal Navy as Francis Charles Bridgeman Bridgeman Simpson.

[[File:Wemyss Orpen.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Admiral of the Fleet Rosslyn Wemyss, First Baron Wester Wemyss, portrayed as an Admiral.<br><sma ...during the [[First World War]], followed by his elevation to the position of [[First Sea Lord]] in 1917.

...aw the introduction of convoy and the evolution of a proper Naval Staff at the Admiralty. ...d in the Beatty-Jellicoe spectrum continues to dominate public thinking of the Dreadnought Era.

[[File:Sir Henry B. Jackson.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry B. Jackson.]] ...1915 to 1916 during the [[First World War]] and being promoted to the rank of {{FleetRN}} in 1919.

...Haven, NPG x28756.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Admiral of the Fleet the Marquess of Milford Haven, as an Admiral.<br><small>Photograph: © National Portrait Ga ...K.C.M.G., P.C. (24 May, 1854 &ndash; 11 September, 1921) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]].

...B., Royal Navy (1 September, 1828 &ndash; 21 June, 1901) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. ...e.{{ClowesVI|pp. 345-6}} Afterwards, in the ''President'', he continued on the same station, employed on similar service.

...he Fleet supernumerary to the establishment by Order-in-Council, either on the Active or Retired Lists. ...(or Her Majesty during the reign of a female monarch).<ref>See commission of [[John Arbuthnot Fisher, First Baron Fisher|Lord Fisher]]. Fisher Papers. C

...y, Retired (11 October, 1865 &ndash; 10 September, 1936) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. Educated at the Royal Naval School.

...often as ships were damaged, retired or transferred. For tactical reasons the squadron was divided into two divisions. ...adron, 1915.jpg|thumb|right|512px|The First Battle Squadron of the [[Grand Fleet]] at sea at sunset, April, 1915.<br><small>Photo: United States Navy. Nava

..., 1865 &ndash; 20 April, 1940) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]] during the [[First World War]]. ...was educated at Melbourne Grammar School, and on 25 January, 1878, joined the training ship [[H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship)|''Britannia'']] at Dartmou

...[[Paymaster Director-General (Royal Navy)|Paymaster Director-General]] of the [[Royal Navy]]. Whyte was specially promoted to the rank of [[Staff Paymaster (Royal Navy)|Staff Paymaster]] on 1 January, 1901, for se

[[File:Sir-Victor-Albert-Stanley, NPG x67677.jpg|thumb|right|350px|The Hon. Sir Victor A. Stanley, 1921.<br><small>Portrait: © National Portrait ...ry, 1867 &ndash; 9 June, 1934) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]] during the [[First World War]].

...Royal Navy (23 December, 1864 &ndash; 8 November, 1940) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. The son of [[Augustus Phillimore]].

[[File:Bethell, IWM ART 1719.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Admiral The Hon. Sir Alexander E. Bethell, 1917.<br><small>Portrait: Francis Dodd. © ...t, 1855 &ndash; 13 June, 1932) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]] during the [[First World War]].