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.

Captain

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

See Also

• Royal Navy Flag Officers of the Great War