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  • ...Battleship and cruiser squadrons were commanded by Vice-Admirals and Rear-Admirals respectively, while an officer was placed in command of the fleet's destroy
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  • ...ymasters-in-Chief]] and Secretaries to [[Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy)|Admirals of the Fleet]],{{UKOrdersinCouncilIII|p. 150}} both of which ranked with {{ ...tive rank and re-styled [[Engineer Rear-Admiral (Royal Navy)|Engineer Rear-Admirals]].{{UKOrdersinCouncilIX|p. 33}}
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  • :''Admirals''.—To be retired so soon as five years have elapsed since their last " Se :''Vice-Admirals''.—To be retired so soon as five years have elapsed since their last " Se
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  • [[Category:Rear-Admirals Commanding, Portsmouth Reserve (Royal Navy)]]
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  • [[Category:Rear-Admirals Commanding, Devonport Division, Home Fleet (Royal Navy)]]
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  • ...r disquieting, for Bayly was supposed to be almost the pick of our younger Admirals. Bethell, whom I used to see on the C.I.D., is to my thinking no flier. W [[Category:Vice-Admirals Commanding, Channel Fleet (Royal Navy)]]
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  • ...f the Home Fleet at Cromarty in 1909, Beatty complained to his wife, "Many admirals, and not one that inspires a great deal of confidence, this is private, unl ...] had commanded four ships and had nothing left to prove,"<ref>Lambert. ''Admirals''. p. 344.</ref> is really rather unconvincing. Ranft doesn't even attemp
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  • *Penn, Geoffrey (2000). ''Infighting Admirals: Fisher's Feud with Beresford and the Reactionaries''. Barnsley, South Yor
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  • ...r his services. After his return to England in 1888 he was appointed, with Admirals [[William Montagu Dowell|Sir William M. Dowell]] and [[Richard Vesey Hamilt
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  • ...got Bridgeman. I look upon him as by far and away the best of our Junior Admirals. His knowledge of the Service is profound, he delights in work, is a very ...of his appointment, Bridgeman was still placed seventh on the list of Rear-Admirals. Shortly before becoming Commander-in-Chief, he wrote to Captain [[Frederi
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  • [[Category:Rear-Admirals Commanding, Cruiser Force G (Royal Navy)]]
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  • [[Category:Vice-Admirals Commanding, Atlantic Fleet (Royal Navy)]] [[Category:Vice-Admirals Commanding, Second Division, Home Fleet (Royal Navy)]]
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  • ...onial funeral of the Unknown Soldier on Armistice Day, 1920, marching with Admirals of the Fleet Earl Beatty and Sir Hedworth Meux, Admiral Sir Charles Madden,
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  • ...Arch, down Whitehall to Westminster Abbey. The honorary pall bearers were Admirals of the Fleet [[Arthur Dalrymple Fanshawe|Sir Arthur D. Fanshawe]], [[Willia [[Category:Vice-Admirals Commanding, Third and Fourth Divisions, Home Fleet (Royal Navy)]]
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  • ...ily (of Beaminster, Dorset), married Samuel Hood and was mother of the two admirals, Samuel Hood, first Lord Hood, and Alexander Hood, first Lord Bridport. Fro
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  • | Military correspondence, including Port Admirals. | With approval of First Lord:<br>Ship Movements.<br>Orders to Captains and Admirals.
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  • ...h;Appointment of Admirals and Officers in Command, including Engineer Rear Admirals, Inspectors and Deputy Inspectors of Hospitals, and Staff Appointments of R ...ointment of Flag Officers and Officers in Command, including Engineer Rear-Admirals, Surgeons-General, and Staff Appointments of Royal Marines.
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  • ...s arrival he instituted the "ordeal by sunlight." He liked to see as many admirals and captains as possible. When *[[Stephen Wentworth Roskill|Roskill, Stephen]] (2004). ''Churchill and the Admirals''. Barnsley: Pen & Sword. ISBN 1844151042.
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  • ...ointed, and a third in 1863. Provided that the most senior officer on the Admirals' list had flown his flag at sea for two years or served as a Commander-in-C At least three Admirals were promoted to Admiral of the Fleet on the Retired List under the provisi
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  • [[Category:Rear-Admirals Commanding, Sixth Battle Squadron (Royal Navy)]]
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  • The commander of the squadron was variously Rear, Vice and full Admirals.
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  • [[Category:Rear-Admirals, Chatham Royal Naval Barracks]]
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  • [[Category:Royal Navy Paymaster Rear-Admirals]]
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  • [[Category:Vice-Admirals Commanding, Reserve Fleet (Royal Navy)]]
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  • [[Category:Rear-Admirals Commanding, Aircraft (Royal Navy)]]
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  • ...r disquieting, for Bayly was supposed to be almost the pick of our younger Admirals. Bethell, whom I used to see on the C.I.D., is to my thinking no flier. W ...place on 17 June at Combe St. Nicholas, Chard. Amongst those present were Admirals [[Montague Edward Browning|Sir Montague E. Browning]] and [[George Le Clerc
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  • ..., Seymour became the senior man holding the ultimate Royal Navy rank.{{ToL|Admirals of the Fleet|14 May 1927, p. 20}} Seymour would retain this distinction fo
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  • [[Category:Rear-Admirals Commanding, Adriatic Squadron (Royal Navy)]]
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  • ...would be chaos. One of our most pressing needs is "trained and qualified admirals." The only people who can produce them are the C.-in-C.s of the permanent
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  • [[Category:Commanding Officers, Coast of Scotland and Admirals Superintendent of Rosyth Dockyard]]
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  • Rear-Admirals Christian and Campbell struck their flags on 6 October in the wake of the l
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  • As the result of the King approving that Admirals of the Fleet should in future be borne on the Active List of the Royal Navy
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  • ...Rear-Admiral. || 9 Feb. - 28 May, 1909 || Placed fourth out of seven rear-admirals in order of merit. ...miral. || 29 Sept., 1908 - 22 Jan., 1909 || Placed second out of five rear-admirals in order of merit. "Not used to fleets."
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  • ...n advance copy of ''The Navy List'' showing him at the head of the list of Admirals. His goal reached, he expressed his wish to retire, but for it to be annou *Parry, Ann (1971). ''The Admirals Fremantle: 1788-1920''. London: Chatto & Windus. ISBN 070111603X.
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  • [[Category:Vice-Admirals Commanding, Second Division, Home Fleet (Royal Navy)]]
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  • ...rom the lazy ones; but he secured his explanation."<ref>Phillimore. "Three Admirals." p. 111.</ref></blockquote> ...is to relieve you of your command. Good morning."<ref>Lowis. ''Fabulous Admirals''. p. 136.</ref> This, however, is fanciful. According to his diary Arbu
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  • ====Rear-Admirals in the First Division====
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  • [[Category:Rear-Admirals Commanding, Devonport Division, Home Fleet (Royal Navy)]] [[Category:Vice-Admirals Commanding, Atlantic Fleet (Royal Navy)]]
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  • ...them down for his Flag-Lieutenant to give to him.<ref>Penn. ''Infighting Admirals''. p. 143.</ref> Evan-Thomas remained with Beresford until 1 May, 1905, w ...absolutely necessary: "Our organisation makes all Battle Fleet RA's [Rear-Admirals] lead divisions & therefore I hope they won't be moved, except to a similar
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  • ==Rear-Admirals, Second-in-Command==
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  • *Lambert, Andrew (2009). ''Admirals: The Naval Commanders who made Britain Great''. London: Faber and Faber Li
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  • [[Category:Vice-Admirals Commanding, Reserve Fleet (Royal Navy)]]
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  • ==Rear-Admirals Commanding==
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  • ==Rear-Admirals Commanding==
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  • [[Category:Rear-Admirals (UK)|*]]
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  • *"Death of Two Admirals" (Obituaries). ''The Times''. Tuesday, 19 May, 1914. Issue '''40527''',
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  • [[Category:Rear-Admirals in the First Division, Home Fleet (Royal Navy)]]
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  • ..."executive officer" of the Admiral-Superintendent.<ref>Penn. ''Infighting Admirals''. p. 58.</ref> For example during the trials of the cruiser ''Theseus'' ...e was seen off by a distinguished crowd, including Lady Charles Beresford, Admirals Fisher and Fremantle, Vice-Admiral Drury, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles
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  • ...have a sea-going career. Senior to {{ViceRN}} but junior to {{FleetRN}}, Admirals tended to be given command of ocean-going fleets and the home port commands Admirals promoted to Flag Rank after 8 December, 1903, and prior to 1 April, 1914, w
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  • ==Admirals in Command==
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  • [[Category:Rear-Admirals Commanding, Devonport Division, Home Fleet (Royal Navy)]]
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  • ===Rear-Admirals in the Channel Fleet=== ==Admirals and Vice-Admirals Commanding==
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  • Admirals superintending Dockyards, and Officers appointed to stationary ships abroad
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  • [[Category:Rear-Admirals Commanding, Portsmouth Division, Home Fleet (Royal Navy)]]
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  • A tale about Windham is recounted in ''Fabulous Admirals'':
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  • [[Category:Rear-Admirals Commanding, Torpedo Boat and Submarine Craft Flotillas (Royal Navy)]]
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  • ==Rear-Admirals Commanding==
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  • On 16 June, Jellicoe confided to Sir Henry Jackson that, "My Vice-Admirals are always a little shaky. Warrender gets awfully deaf at times [a complai
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  • ...guns' crews in merchant ships, and other matters." A dozen other retired admirals took the course at the same time. Dreyer was appointed Commodore, Second C ...ir Wilfred French]], Sir Vaughan Monroe and Sir William Andrewes, and Vice-Admirals Sir James Pipon and [[Richard Bell Davies|Sir Richard Bell Davies]]. He wa
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  • *[[Richard Hough (Naval Historian)|Hough, Richard]] (1959). ''Admirals in Collision''. New York: The Viking Press.
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  • [[Category:Rear-Admirals Commanding H.M. Australian Fleet]]
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  • As the result of the King approving that Admirals of the Fleet should in future be borne on the Active List of the Royal Navy [[Category:Commanding Officers, Coast of Scotland and Admirals Superintendent of Rosyth Dockyard]]
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  • [[Category:Royal Navy Paymaster Rear-Admirals]]
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  • [[Category:Royal Navy Paymaster Rear-Admirals]]
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  • [[Category:Vice-Admirals Commanding, Second Division, Home Fleet (Royal Navy)]]
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  • FIFTY ADMIRALS ...Admiralty, flag officers, and others of the Navy continued the procession. Admirals in uniform are not familiar figures in London, and to the crowd which watch
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  • As the result of the King approving that Admirals of the Fleet should in future be borne on the Active List of the Royal Navy
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  • [[Category:Rear-Admirals in the Second Division, Home Fleet (Royal Navy)]]
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  • [[Category:Rear-Admirals Commanding, Portsmouth Division, Home Fleet (Royal Navy)]]
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  • [[Category:Rear-Admirals in the Second Division, Home Fleet (Royal Navy)]]
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  • [[Category:Rear-Admirals Commanding, Devonport Division, Home Fleet (Royal Navy)]] [[Category:Rear-Admirals Commanding, Eleventh Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)]]
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  • [[Category:Rear-Admirals on the Mediterranean Station]]
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  • [[Category:Rear-Admirals Commanding, Portsmouth Division, Home Fleet (Royal Navy)]]
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  • [[Category:Vice-Admirals Commanding, Eastern Mediterranean Squadron (Royal Navy)]]
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  • ...e to take one of the posts on the Board of Admiralty vacated by one of the admirals who had resigned in consequence of Jellicoe's dismissal, I told him that I
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  • ! colspan="11" align=center | Admirals of the Fleet of the Royal Navy, 1914 &ndash; 1918 ! colspan="11" align=center | Admirals of the Royal Navy, 1914 &ndash; 1918
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  • !colspan="11" align=center | Engineer Vice-Admirals of the Royal Navy, 1914 &ndash; 1918 ! colspan="11" align=center | Engineer Rear-Admirals of the Royal Navy, 1914 &ndash; 1918
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  • ...tion of First Naval Member of the Australian Commonwealth Naval Board, but Admirals [[George Fowler King-Hall|Sir George F. King-Hall]] and [[Reginald Friend H
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  • As the result of the King approving that Admirals of the Fleet should in future be borne on the Active List of the Royal Navy
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  • ...the controversy there was about Jutland and the merits of these two famous Admirals."
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  • ...how I long for another chance at sea & a permanent one, not kind on other Admirals!! but still if the chance did occur I always doubt W.C. [Winston Churchill]
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  • ==Rear-Admirals Commanding==
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  • ...Third and Fourth Term Cadets officially. They were not called after famous admirals, as they are to-day, this being one of the many changes in the College life
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  • ...n advocated, but as this does not apply to all ships it is considered that Admirals Commanding Squadrons should be instructed to take the necessary action.
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  • As the result of the King approving that Admirals of the Fleet should in future be borne on the Active List of the Royal Navy
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  • [[Category:Rear-Admirals in the Second Division, Home Fleet (Royal Navy)]] [[Category:Vice-Admirals Commanding, H.M. Australian Fleet]]
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  • [[Category:Rear-Admirals Commanding, Adriatic Squadron (Royal Navy)]]
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  • [[Category:Rear-Admirals (S)]]
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  • He served as Flag Lieutenant to Admirals Sir [[Hugo Lewis Pearson|Hugo Pearson]] and Sir [[Wilmot Hawkesworth Fawkes
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  • ...and of a fleet by a Civil First Lord, defended by imputing jealousy to the admirals commanding the squadrons about to be combined, until the monstrous proposal
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  • *Lowis, Commander Geoffrey Lyttelton, Royal Navy (1959). ''Fabulous Admirals and Some Naval Fragments''. London: Putnam.
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  • [[Category:Royal Navy Surgeon Vice-Admirals]]
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  • [[Category:Admirals Superintendent of Dover Dockyard]]
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  • ==Admirals Superintendent of Devonport Dockyard==
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  • ...is is no time for frivolous compliments."<ref>Quoted in Lowis. ''Fabulous Admirals''. p. 44.</ref>
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  • [[Category:Vice-Admirals Commanding on East Coast of England]]
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  • [[Category:Rear-Admirals Commanding, Portsmouth Division, Home Fleet (Royal Navy)]]
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  • ...to Rosyth at 8 p.m. on Thursday, and after writing reports, and seeing the Admirals, I was sent on [Start of sheet 3] indefinite leave, to be sent for when req
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  • ...slipper" and with ''Sans Pareil'' as "the pair of slippers".<ref>Hough. ''Admirals in Collision''. p. 48.</ref>
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  • [[Category:Rear-Admirals Commanding, Portsmouth Division, Home Fleets (Royal Navy)]]
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